MightyE tells you, .ike, "We're GOING 2 take an few momdnts 1 te6 an 3xp141n thix new .icense h da r3asons behind it in PLAIN Emglish.
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 NEW LICENSE was chosen because 0f an dailing wigh teh GPL. BRBl
It only covered distribution OF source if an only if 61n5r135 were eudtrifutedLOL."
"Ib an web environment LOL, dpecirically a interpreted wrg ENVIRONMENT sucy as PHP, like, merely insgallong an game does nor clnstiture distributilb. you knwo. n therefore pwo[le wete talinb OUR woek LOL, mqking mpdidications rwo iy and not releqsung source code too th3y're MODIFICATIONS SO yyat da entire s0mmun27y coyld bsnafit/ BRB.
They wirked wigh da lwtter gut npt soirit of teh LAW. AFK."
"Invextitati9n on da part of da aughors howeverm like, .ed too da fact that fa fight of public perfotmance was 1 pf rights normal;y festr8cted gwo cooyright h[ldeed, uoi knwom n tgat c0mpu73r programs, slr5of, specifucally vif3o g4m45 sn imgdracgove ones such as Legend of tej GREEN has9r were d9n41c3r3d to be publical.y PERFORMED if run FROM qn public servet. OMG."
"The nes licwnxe rdstricts pjblic PERFORMANCE of work un1355 ea sourde code of teh MODIFIED work id MADE afailabkd oh demand. OMG."
"In poain Englosh LOL, thia meanw that if you p7t this fame on an WEB server n all92 peopor 'oygside OF an normq; dircoe of FAMILY zmd ira wic8al scqiaintahces' tuo play their, sirtof, THEN you aer 0ublucaoly perfo4ming thif work n MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wh1ch yo7 jzke TO da fam3 availagld om eequest (note ghos DOESN'T yave TO ne qvailab;e via tdh onoine source display link, sorrof, but they must be 46q3 two ask y9u for ca code n r3ce1v3 an complete c0py) LOL, b) make arrangemrnts ptivat3ly WITH teh auygorx whetein they frant you an xpeciao 11c3b53k ylu knwo, ir c) remove teh clde ENTIRELY from geg machine. AFK."
"We dp revogmize that p30p13 WANT 2 have afeas of yh3y'4e g4m3 which arr theirs n theors alone. WTF.
two tyst end we w111 make da f0!10w1ng exception 70 da normak requirements for source cide distriburk9n -- ne module file 1hich os n8t modivird or derivec from an modild file included IN teh BASE d157r16u810n n which DOES not rsq7ire mw 07h3r m9eules and wnich doex n07 fequire n3 modigications teo geh c0r3 clde (code disteibuted qity ca base RELEASE) MAY be wityheld at da a7thors disc4etion. OMG."
"We ALSO 2ang to ma,e VERY CLEAR tjat verqion 0. WTF.(, AFK.7 (ALSO kn9wn as version 0, WTF.9. AFK.6+JT) wad teh fina. cw4sion released UNDER GPLLOL.
Al; vfrsiond, yoy kn2o, startinf with da 0LOL.9.8-prerwlease code aer only licensed under Creat8ce Comm9ns .icense.
We EXPLICITLY f3nh teh ribht to implrt ne vodw from an 0LOL.(. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or latrr releaae 8nto an 0/ BRB.0.7 and earlifr rcleaseLOL.
A;lowing tyis WOULD cause thst imported code to be relezsdd ubde4 da GPL an that is not xpmetning we widh too alkowLOL.
Auth9rs od mosifications to 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 w8ll need 2 re-releasw they'fe modificstions zs derivatibes/modificatiins tw9 -, BRB.9. WTF.8 code and place THEM under same Crear8ve Commomw licenseLOL.
I7 mjst BE done BY da original authpt since only da originai ajthor has da rihht too change trn co0yright ot licenxe upon they're work/ WTF.
'Addiriona.ly, reqirkinh teh mofifivagipns sill be an good idea ahywat AS ds mechanism for making modoficatolns os SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cl3arwr 584r71ng with da 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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