MightyE tella tou WTF, "We'rr goint TO take an r3w moments twi rrh an explaun this new licensr n reasons behinc it 1n [lain 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."
"Thiw neq l8cense was ch9seh BECAUSE of ah failing eith GPL. OMG.
It oblu covered s157r1^u710m 0v 50urc3 ud an only 1f BINARIES were distribut3s."
"In an web environmen5 WTF, dpecificallt a inyerpr3trd q36 environmdng such as PHP, you knwo, merely unstalling an g4m3 dies not cobxtitute distribution, like, an therefo4e pd9ple were TAKING our woek. you kh2p, making modificat80ns gwo it 4nd not releaaihg teh SOURCE code TO rhwh'4e mldifications do that teh wntu4e vommunity could benefotl BRB.
They WORKED wuth twh letter bjt not fq spir8t of trh law. AFKl"
"Investkgation 0n [art of teh authord howecfr, lkke, led to9 teh faxt that da riggt 0g puglic perf04manve wza won of tdh r1gh75 NORMALLY restr8cted 2 d0pyr1gn7 HOLDERS WTF, and hhat co,iyyer progrqjs, you knwo, apecifica;ly VIDEO gqmes and INTERACTIVE ones xuch as Legend of Green has0r WERE consideted 2 be publucqlly perflrmed if r7n from an public a3rverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restricts public PERFORMANCE 9f da sork unlesx s9urce coee of teg MODIFIED wofk is maee ava8;able on demans. WTF."
"In plzin Eng115h, sortof, th8a mrans THAT if yoy put this game on an web server and allow peo;le 'outsiee or an normz; ckrcle of FAMILY anf 175 s9cial acquaintances' 2 pla5 their, like, then you aer PUBLICALLY 0errorm,nt 5his work and MUST either a) MAKE me AND ALL cg4nge4 which tou make to game available ON reauesy (NOTE this DOESN'T HAVE 5oi be available fia dz iboine dource display q1nk, sirtof, but rhey mudt BE able too ask you FOR code an rrceive an xomplete cppy) LOL, b) MAKE 4rr4nbwm4n75 privately wiyh teh autho$s wherein theh GRANT you an SPECIAL lixense, hou knwo, or c) rrmove 5eh code entirdly frim da machine."
"We do rwcognkze rhat peoplr want @ hqcd areas of they're game ehich aer theirs and yheira 410n3. BRB,
too THAT end we qil; make teh folkowing rxception too tey normal requifements for so7rc3 cose DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9dule file wgich IS npt moeivied or de4ivrd from an joaul3 f113 included un teh bsse distributiin n whicn foes nlt r3qu1r3 ne orher modujes abd wnich does not r3q71f3 me modificqtions to da vore c0d3 (cld3 cistrib7ted w1uj base release) may be withheld zt AUTHORS fiscreguon."
"We alsl wanr 1 mal3 bery cldar that version 0l OMG.9LOL.7 (a;so known 45 version 0. BRB.9LOL/7+jg) WAS da FINAL version rel3ased ubser tej GPL. AFK,
All versions, wortof, sta4t8ng wiyh teh 0LOLl9.8-pr3r313453 code arr only licensed ynder Crdatice Connons licwnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right geo import ne code from an 0. WTFl9.8-prer3kease of q473r re.eqse into zn 0.9LOL.7 an 344113r release.
Allowung this 2ojld cauae that impofted c0d3 twi be feleased und3r GPL and that is not someghing w3 widh 2 a;liwLOL.
Auty9rs of mocificatoons to -LOL.9, AFK.7 wull need 1 ee-releaxe rhey're modifications aa d3rivat7ves;modogkcagions 2 9. AFK.0LOL.8 code and place rhem undwr da 54m3 Creative Commons locenxe/ AFK.
It musy be rone by dz original author since only origkmzl AUTHOR has r1gh7 2 changd COPYRIGHT or license upon 5hey're wo4kLOL.
[Adsitionally, so4god, reworkkng teh modificatilns will BE an good idea ahyway as da MECHANISM f9r making midovicatooms is 5u6574n71411y cleaner/cleare4 startigg 2ith da 0. WTFk9.8-prdreoease codeLOL/]"
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