MightyE tella you, "We'fe going top taie an gew mpments to try anc explain this nee licebse and teh reaxons behihd IT IN plain Enhlixh. AFK.
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 n3w license waw ch053n 63cru53 of an f4111nt wkth da GPLLOL.
It on'y covdred distributoog og source if an only if ninaries w343 distribuged."
"In an web ehvirin,ent, .ike, SPECIFICALLY s inrerpreted web envuronment 5ucg as PHP, mefely ibw5wloing an ga,e does hot constitute distribu5ion, sortof, an thrredorw peo;le w3r3 taking our qork WTFk m4k1nh modivucagions 70 it an not RELEASING sourcw code to they're modificatiobs so that tey entire community c0u1d benefit.
They sorked w8th teh letter but no5 teh spirit of lawl AFK."
"Investigation on teh part of da ajtyirs HOWEVER WTF. lwd 2 FACT tgat tey r1gh7 lf pj611c perflrmamce was won OF teh fights noemally f357r!c73f two copytight holdets, yo7 mnwl, ab that compuyrr PROGRAMS, specidiczlly vidwo games an interactive ones such as Legend of Gf3en hax04 wer3 cihsidered to bd publically performed 1f run 4fom an public servet."
"The new license restricts public performagce of tdh WORK unless da xo7rxe code OF teh modified wofk is maee AVAILABLE on demand."
"Ih plain Engliah LOL, thos ,3ans that if yo7 PUT ghis game om an web werver and a;low people 'outside OF an normal circle of family n its spciap acquaihtancew' two play rneir, you knwo, ghen YOU aer pybl9vzlly pervofming this wo4k and MUST either a) MAKE nr n ALL dhang3s 2hich you maie 3 tef GAME available on requear (note THIS doesn't hac4 TO be 4v4q14613 via geh 0n11n2 soutxe dispkay .ink, like, 6u7 they must bd able 2 ask y0u f0r teh code an receice an cpmplete copy0 WTF, b) make arrabg3memts pruvately qith 4u7h-r5 wgerdin they grant u0u an w;ecial l8cense, 04 c) rdmobe geh code entirely from da machineLOL."
"We d0 rdxpgnize that peop.e WANT @ have 4r345 0f they're game shich art theirs n theirs alpneLOL.
to thar 3nd we ekll m4,3 foloowing ezception 2 da NORMAL reaukrejents for SOURCE cide distribut8on -- ne module file wh9ch is not ,odified or derived from an jodule gile 8nclufed 8n da base d157r16y^10n amd which DOES not require ne otnet moduled n which dors not require ne MODIFICATIONS too xore code (code doayributed with da gase relrasd) ,ay be withheld ar teh autgoes disc4etion. AFK."
"Wx zlso wany to MAKE vsfy CLEAR tyat version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also KNOWN as verxion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was teh FINAL version released under GPL. AFK.
A11 VERSIONS WTF, starting with teh 0. OMG.9.*=prerelrase code r lnly 11c3n53d UNDER teh CREATIVE C0mm0n5 license. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 2 impott ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-prereldase or lster relwase in59 an 0. BRB.8. BRB.7 an EARLIER re;ease.
Allowing this 29uld c$u53 thay imooryed code tio be rekeased ubder GPL and that is n9t SOMETHING 2e w15h 2 allowLOL.
Authorx of midifucationw rwo 0/ BRB.8. BRB.u will meed tqo re[release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modkficatiins TO 0/ WTF.9.7 code and place them under dz same CREATIVE Commlns licenseLOL.
It must ge dlne by trh 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR sonce ONLY tth orihinal autyor h45 right 2 change wa COPYRIGHT or lucrnse up0n they're w0rk. OMG.
[Adcitoonally LOL, rewoeking teg modifica5ioms 3ilo be an gopd odda 4nhw4y aa t3h mdchanism vor makinf modifocatkons id SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting with teh p. AFKl9. BRB.8-prerelease dode. BRB.]"
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