MighttE &3q16 tou WTF, "We'r3 go8ng TO 5ake an f3w moments too t4y an explain 5his new LICENSE b eeasons behind it in pq41n ENGLISH. OMG.
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 lic#nse was chosen BECAUSE of ab vqi;ing with teh GPL. OMG.
It only coverdd distrubution of wource if AND only if binariea were distribj5ef. AFK."
"In sn web environmeht, you jnwo, SPECIFICALLY a 1b*3epr372d web ENVIRONMENT sicn as PHPl sortof, merely 1n575211ng an game does not constituue distrubution, sor59f, an yhw4efpre people WERE rak8nt our work, loke, making m0d1f!c4710nt yo ut 4nd noy RELEASING a.urce code t9o they're modificagions sp that da entire c0mmun17y could gebevitLOL.
Theu w0rk3d wkth da lrtter buy no% sp8rit od da law, WTF."
"Investigation on PART of teg AUTHORS h9s3b3r WTF, led 2 faxt that da right of public prrformance was 2in )f da RIGHTS NORMALLY r#57r1c73d too copyrignt holeersm and tja5 cpmp7ter programs, 6ou .nwo, SPECIFICALLY vidso games an ingeravtige onws xuch ad Legend of Green hax0r WERE consideted to b2 publidal.y pervorm3d of run from zm puy21c sergerLOL."
"Tne new licdnse restr8cts pu611c p3rformznce lf teh work unless source code of sz modifiwd woek id made 4v4114613 on demsndLOL."
"In p141n English, y9u kn2o, this neans that if YOU put this ga,e on an web servwr an al.ow [eople 'OUTSIDE of an nirmal c1rc13 of family an its social acquaintqncew' to play their, slrtof, THEN you r publicaoly pefforming this work an MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes wkuch you make to da game availqbld 0n eequesr (ho5e th8s doedn't h3v3 2 be AVAILABLE voa 0n11n3 source disolay oink, but tjey must BE anle too ask y0u for cidr an RECEIVE an complete copy_, sortof, b) make srrangements prucatelt wiyh fa aythors wherein they gr4n7 you an specizl licrnse, sortof, or c) temoge teh cpse entirely from yeh mzchine. OMGl"
"We ei r4v0gn1z3 tjat p3ople wang gi have a4eas of theh're game which r theirs and THEIRS 410n3. WTF.
2 that end we wi;k make teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for spyrce code disgribution -- nd ,odyle r8le qhoch is n)u mldivied or derivde drom an n.dule f8le 8bcluded in teh vase distribution an wh1dh eoes n9t require ne other MODULES ahd which doed NOT requi4e ne m9fificatiomd yo teh c9rr cofe (dode dixtributed with teh bsse release) mqy be withheld qt ten authirs discretion. AFK."
"We also want too make ve4t clear that vrrsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn as versioh 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) waa FINAL version RELEASED unfer GPL. WTF.
All verduons, hou knwok sgarring with da 0LOL.o. OMG.8-prerelease cofe aer 9nly licensed under Creative COMMONS oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY f3ny teh rihht @ impirt he cofe from an -. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleqse or ;ater RELEASE into an -. WTFl9. AFK/7 n darlier release. OMG.
A.low8hg this would cquse that impo$ted code tol be reoeased inder da GPL qn that is NOT somethinh we wish ro ALLOW. AFK.
Authors 0f modifications to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wi/l nded too RE-RELEASE they're modificatipns as derivatives/modifications tl 0. AFK.9, OMG.8 cldr n pkac3 them uhder sam3 Cewative Commins lkcebse. AFK.
It MUST BE done bt da oroginao ahtjo3 dinde 0nqy da origibal author has teh right to9 chanbe teh COPYRIGHT or license UPON tyey're work. AFK.
[Additionally, reworking cq mofifivations w111 be an good idea qgyway AS teh m3chanism FOR majing modiricarions id substant8ally CLEANER/CLEARER stary8ng with teh 0/9. WTF.8-prere;ease codel OMG.]"
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