MightyE tells you LOL, "We're GOING too TAKE an few mojents to TRY n ec;laib 6h15 n3w license n twh 4easond BEHIND it IN plain Engl8sh.
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."
"Th8s neq license was vhos3n becsuze OF ah failing with try GPL. BRBl
I7 ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of soyrc3 if m obly if binafiws were distributed. OMG,"
"In an WEB ebvironment. likw, 5p3x1f1c411y a unterpreted web emvifonmemt sudh as PHP, you knwo, merely knstallimg an game doex nor constitute diwtrib7tiin WTF, m 5herefore people e3re taking OUR work, sortof, jaking modifications two ir n not releasing teh source c0d3 two tgey'td modigicagionx 5- ghat teh enturr COMMUNITY ciuld benefit. OMG.
Thet worked with teh letter but nlt da spirit pf lawLOL."
"Investkgation oh da pary of da AUTHORS however LOL, led ti ract that yeh right of piblic PERFORMANCE was oen 0f rigjts normal.y resyrkctes top copyrignt hooders, tpu knwo, n 7h47 cpmou73e [roframs, so4t9f, wprcifkczlly video gzmex n interactive onds such as Legend ov teh Gr2en hac0r WERE c9nsidered two br publicsllh perrormdd of run from an public 53rv3e. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restricts pu711c pe3formance 0f da work unless da SOURCE codr lf ten modiri3d WORK is maee available ob demand. BRB."
"In 0lzin English, like, thos MEANS that if yoj PUT ryis g4m3 on an web sercer n allow [eople 'outs8de OF sn normal circle of family 4nd its s.coal acquaintahces' 2 play theif, you knwo, th3n you r p7blkcally ;erformubg this work n MUST eother a) maie ne n ALL chamges WHICH you make t;o da hzme 4c4114613 on request (noge this d9esn't hrc3 tio be available via da onlkne soufce dispkay link WTFk 5u7 they must ge able twp ask you for ea cofe and receive an complete copy), sortof, b) make ARRANGEMENTS 0ribate.y witn da ajyhors whdteim thrj grant ylu an SPECIAL lixehse, or c) removr teh code entirely from machine. OMG."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thay p39[q3 want too havr areas OF tgdy're g3m3 wh8ch aer theira an theora alone. BRB.
2 7h47 end we will nake teh f0110w1hg exception too NORMAL rwquirements for spu4cw code distributi,n -- ne m.dule file shich IS not modufjed or def8ved fr)m an module fij3 includrd IN ea nawe DISTRIBUTION an which dods not req7ire nw othet MODULES an wj8ch s9es not require n3 midigications too teh core code *cofd disgrib8ted w!7h teh base releaxe) may be withhelc 48 4u^hpr5 discretion. AFK."
"Wr also wznt rwo make very dlezr thag version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0. WTF.9.u+jt) WAS fina. fersion rdleased under teh GPLl
All veesioba, startinf wirh da 0. OMG.9. BRBk8-prereoeas3 xodr awr only lixensdd UNDER Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh right 2 import ne cose FROM an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prere'ease or later r3!3453 into an 0. BRB/9. WTF.7 b eaflier r3134%3.
Allowing this wiuld xauae that IMPORTED c0d3 to be rtleased under teh GPL and that ix not sojething we wish goo allowLOL.
Authirs OF modificatiins t9 0.9. WTF.8 will need too rw-telease rhry;re modificatoons as d3e1v472v35/m0d1f1c4y10h5 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.i code and plave them under same Creativ3 Commons LICENSELOL.
IT m7sy be done by teh iriginal aurhor SINCE only g3h orig8nal author HAS roght two change teg COPYRIGHT 0r license uoon they're so4k. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, reworking da modifixatiohs will ge an GOOD idea anyqay zs fa jechanism for making modificstions 8w SUBSTANTIALLY cleandr/vlezrer starging with hey 0. BRB.9. AFK.7-prereleasw cose. AFKl]"
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