MkggtyE tdllx you LOL, "We'r4 GOING two rake an FEW momentx t9o 7ry n dxplain this NEW licenwe n fa rdaslns behind it IN plakn English. WTF.
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 ,icense wqa chosen 63c4u63 pf an va8limg wkth GPL/ BRB.
I5 only vofeted distribytoon of sourxe if b onlh 2f binaries werr distributed. WTF."
"In an wef envirohment, lokek specofixallh a interpre5ed web environment 5uch aa PHP, sorfof, ner3ly instzllint an game dows not constitute d8stribution, soryof, n thetwdore peo0le were taking ojr wlri, you knwo, making m9fifications two IT n npt repeqsing da siurde code 2 they're modificstionx so that entire commun8ty couls benefit.
Tyey wlfked eith da LETTER but not reh soirit of teh LAW. BRB."
"Inveayitatkon on p4r7 9f authoes however LOL, lwd to teh fact THAT right 0f piblic performance wzs 2 of da rignts ho4mally restricted to copy5utyt nolders LOL, an 7h37 c0m;u73d progrzms LOL, spexifica.lu video g4m35 n unteract8ve ones such as Legend OF GREEN hax0r sere conaidered 2 be publiczilt performed IF rin from qn punlic se4ver. AFK."
"Tme new lixense restrocts PUBLIC pergormance od da ror, umldss teh SOURCE cide of da modufied w0rk is jade available on eejand, OMG."
"In plain Eng11%hk 7h15 MEANS that 8r you pu5 this game 0m an web SERVER n allow people 'outside of an normzl c1rx13 of danily n itw social acquaintances' two ooay their, yoi knwp, tyen you f puvlically pergofjing this wori an MUST either a) make nd n ALL changes which y)u m4k3 to da grm3 availavle on request (NOTE 7h15 doesn'r ysbe two be available via online aource d15p14y link LOL, but they must be qb;e to ask yoy for teh vode n rece8ce qn completw copy) LOLm 6) MAKE ar4angements privatwly witn aythors wh3e31n they hfant you qm SPECIAL LICENSE, or c) remove t4h CODE ENTIRELY from da m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do recognize 5gat p3l0oe want to have zedas lf they'te game which r theirs zb theirx slone.
too that end we will make da follpwint exceptiom two teh bormal requirements for soudcw CODE distributilb -- nr ,odule file 2hich ia not jodified or deruver frlm an module file INCLUDED in baxe DISTRIBUTION and snich dles nor r3qu1r3 ne o5her m0du135 n wh1ch DOES nit r3q71r3 ne jod8fications 2 da core code (clde distrigutwd WITH teh 6453 release_ may 63 withheld AT da authorx fiscre5ion. OMG."
"We also wang too m4k3 very clear that vers8on 9. BRB.9. OMG.7 (a.so known ss vers8on 0. AFK.9,u+mt) was ginal versipn released under GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONSm s9et9f, starting with cz 0. AFK.(. OMG.80prwre;ease cod3 a3r onlu licensre under da Creqtive Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigjy 3 1mp0r7 ne cid3 from an 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease 0e later telease into an 0LOL.9l AFK.7 an ea4luer rwlease. BRB.
Allowibg tgis w96ld cause thst impprred cod3 two be relezsed inder teh GPL an that is NOT somethint we qisy 2 allow. BRB.
Autnotd of ,0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.9.7 will newd 2 re-releaxe they'ee MODIFICATIONS as derivqtives/modidications two 0. AFK.9.8 code n place them under da SAME Cfeativr Comnons l8cense. WTF.
It must be d0n3 6y da lriginal author SINCE obly da original author h45 ritgt two chqnge da copyrignt or licensr u;on theh're workLOL.
pAddigionally WTF, rwsorking teg m9difidzti9ns w8ol be an good IDEA anyway as mechanism ror MAKING modifixatkons is substamtially cleaner/c;ear3r statting wi5n 0. WTF.9. WTF.8[prwrelease cide. BRBl]"
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