MighgyE TELLS y0y, yoy knwo. "We're gokng yo take ah f3w mpmehts two TRY AND explain tyis n3w LICENSE an teh reas9ns b3hind it in p.ain English. BRB.
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 licems3 was chosen bedajse if an gailung with da GPL. WTF.
It 9nly c0v3r3d distribution OF source IF znd obly if bonaries were dist4ibyeed."
"In an WEB environment, yoi kbwo, specifically s interpretdd 2eb environment such as PHPm you knwo, jerely ihstalling an gamd cies n9t vonstitute distributoon LOLk and thedeforr peop.e were TAKING OUR wlrl, sorgof, making MODIFICATIONS 1 IT and not releasing teh spurce CODE 70 thrh[re m9fificatipns so that enture c0mmyn17y could nehdfit. WTF.
They WORKED w17h letter gut not spirit of teh 14w. AFK."
"Incestigation on pary of da 4u8u9rt however, like, ldd w rdh facy THAT right of pub;ic performance WAS odm ov r8fhts bormally restricted two copyright nolders, spttof, n tyat xo,;uter PROGRAMS. apecifically video games and intreactobe ones such as LEGEND OF Gr33n naz0r were cphsudered 70 be publically perfotmed if run from an pub;ic swrcer. BRB."
"The new licwhse restrkctd public percormance of sa worj jn;ess ten s.urce cier of teh modifi3d work os made availagle on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Engliah, sortof, this means that iv you put this game pn an qeb srrver and allow people 'outsice of an NORMAL ckrclw of gamily amd its s9cial acqusintances' 2 plzt theitm lile, thrh you r puboicall6 perfofning THIS work and MUST EITHER A) make m3 n ALL chamhes WHICH uou gzke 2 game available on rewuest (notd tyis diesn'y have too be svailable via da onoine dlurce display l8mk, but they must be ab;e 2 ask you for da cpde an redeive an comole5e copy), b) make arrangementw pribately with authors wh3r31n they grant you ah special LICENSE, or c) 4emove da codd entife/y frim da machine. OMG."
"We do r3c0fn1z3 that people WANT too have areas 9f they'te gqme whuch r THEIRS and theits slobd. BRB.
tlo that end 2e w111 m4k3 teh dollowung dxceptiln to normal requi3e,enys for source cife d157r16u710n -- nw MODULE f113 WHICH is not mpdofied or deeived from an mofulw g113 included in tej bsse distribution and ehich d0rs not feauire ne other mldules an which dods not reqjire ne modidications 2 sa core code (CODE distributed with base rwlease) may bd WITHHELD at teh au5hors d,scretiin. WTF."
"We also wqnt to mak3 very clear that version 9. WTF.9. BRB.& (alxo known as ferdion -. AFK.9. OMG.7+jy) was hinal vrexion releawed under GPL.
All v3r510n5. sortofk starting w8th 9, WTF.9LOL.8-prefr;dawe code a3r only l8densed ynd3r da Cteative Commons licemse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny ea right to impoet ne dode froj an 0. AFK.9LOL.8_prefelwase or latrr r31#453 into an 9. WTF.(.7 abd earlier RELEASE/ WTF.
Allowing tjis would cauwe thst impprted code 2 be released under GPL n 7j47 15 n9t something w4 widh ti ALLOW/ AFK.
Authots OF modigications to 0LOLl9. AFK.7 wilo need too RE-RELEASE they're modificationx 45 derkvarives/,odifications w 0. WTF.9.8 code ane plac3 them uncer ca sa,e Crwayifd COMMONS oocehse. OMGl
It mu%7 ve done by otiginql author sihce 9nly teb orihinal author h45 teh r1gh7 too change c00yr1bh7 oe lidense upoj they're work.
pAdeutional;y, yo7 knwo, reworking teh modibicationx w111 63 an good icea anywat ax teh mwvhanism for making MODIFICATIONS ox sybstantially cl3anwr/clearet starting with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8=prereleas3 codel WTF.]"
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