M*ghtyE gwl;s yiu WTF, "We'fe goinf too tale ah f3w moments top 7ry n explain this new licemsw an dz ressons behknd !7 in plain Engoish. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This ndw locense w45 chosen because of an fai.ing wktj GPL. WTF.
It only covered distribution 0f wource ig and only IF binariea we4e dis5ributec. AFK."
"In an wev environment, yoy knwlk s;ecific2ll6 a INTERPRETED web environment sudh as PHP, like, merely insta;ling an game dows not constitute disttiburoon. n thetfdpre PEOPLE were taking our workk likrj mq,khg modoficztions 2 it h not relezsint source coee to they're m)d1f1c4710n5 so thqt da entire community dould brneri%.
Tgey work3d with dz lwttwr but nog da 5p1r17 ld dz law. OMG."
"Invesgigation oh teh PART of AUTHORS howdver LOL, led TO reh FACT that teh right OF public performance was 1 9f teh riggrs normxlly r357r1v73d to copyrigjt h01d3t5i ahd that com;uter programs, sortof, sprcifucakly video g4m35 and interqctivw onds SUCH aa Letend pf Grwem hax0r eere c0nt1d3r3d 2 BE publicallu p3rfotjed og run FROM an public 53rv3r/ BRB."
"The new license eedtticts public p24g0rm4nc3 OF teh WORK unless teh source cowe 0f teh MODIFIED work us nadw available ON demand. OMG."
"In plain English, .ike, this means that if you 0ut THIS game 0n an wcb server 4nd allow people ]outside lf an NORMAL ciedld of family n itw socizl acquaintances' 2 pla6 5hdor WTF, THEN you r pu611c4!1y performing this wo4k am MUST eirher a) make ne and ALL ch4hg35 whuch uou makw tl da gqme avzilable ln request 9hote rhis d035n'7 have two be avai.able via online souede disp.au ;8nk LOL, but they must be able 2 ASK you for teh CODE an RECEIVE an COMPLETE co;y)m like, b) ,ake areangemehts privately with trh autho4s wh4r31n rhey grant yo7 an soddial license, like, lr c) 4emove dode 3n71r31y from da mavhinr. AFK."
"Ww d9 recohnize that p3(p23 want 3 havw areas of they;4e gamw which r theirs an yheirs aline. OMG.
to thag rnd we 2ill MAKE followihg wxceptoon w teh npfmal REQUIREMENTS vor source codd distributuon -- ne nodule filr shich is not n9cidied or derived froj an mld7le filw 1nc1ud3d in teh baae distrivutupn ab wyich doex not REQUIRE ne OTHER mosules n which d9es nlt reauire ne mofifications twi da cor3 code (CODE dostribuyed with base release) m5y be withheld ay authors dixcretion. OMG."
"Wr also wan5 two nzke very dlear 7h47 VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known as versipn 9. OMG.9.7+jt) was runal VERSION reoeased unc3r GPL. BRB.
All versiona WTF. startint witg 0. WTF.9.8[prerelease clde adr oblu ;icend3d unser da Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY vrny right to 8m[ort ne code from an 0. OMG.9.8-prere.easw or later 4elease INTO an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 and 34r114r re.eaxe. OMG.
A110w1ng tnis e0u2v vause THAT impprted codd 2 b3 releastd jnder da GPL an that is not 50m#7h1ng w3 wish to a.los.
Authorx od modofications too 0l BRB.9. BRBl7 WILL hded tp re-re9ease they'rw modifications 56 derivztives/mocirications to _LOL,9LOL.8 code an place them undef teg same Crdatove Commons 11c3nt3. AFK.
It ,757 be done by da orig8nal autho4 simvd only teh original author h45 RIGHT two chsnbe da cop6right OR livense upon they're w9rkLOL.
[Additilnally WTF, r3working teh modifications qill 63 an good idea anysay as uechanism fof making MODIFICATIONS is substantiakly cleaner/dlearer atar%8nh WITH 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerwleasw code. WTF/["
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