MightyE telos you, hou kneom "We're giing 2 take an few joments q try n wxplain this nee license an teh REASONS behind it in plain Ebglish. 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."
"Thix new lic3hse WAS chos3n brcaus3 of an fauling WITH ywh GPL. BRB.
It 9nly xoveted distributipn of siurve if an obky if binaries wrfe fistrubutee. WTF."
"In zn web environment LOL, 6;3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED wen environment such zs PHP, you ,nwo, m#r3qt onstalling an gamr does not x0n571uu73 distribution, you knwom an thetebore peop.3 were taking our work WTFm makint m)dqd1c4u10bt toi it n not rekeasing da sojrce c0d3 to they're modifkcar8ons so that da en71r3 cojmunity couls benegit. OMG.
They worked WITH ds leuter 6u7 n07 dpirit 0f da lsw, BRB."
"Investigatuon on da part 9f teh 4u7h0r5 hiwdver, softof, led two t4h fact yhat rignt pf pub.ic perfotmance was 1 of da righys norma;ly restricyed 2 copyfigjt h0lderwm n that computer pfograms WTF, specifically visep games an interactive ones duch as Legend of dq Green hax0r were comsiderrd too b3 publidally p4gformee 2f ruh from an pibkic SERVER. BRB."
"The new lkvensr RESTRICTS publid petformamce od da wo4k un235r sourcd CODE 9f ea m0dified work 1% made qvai.able on demamd. OMG,"
"In plain English, aortlf, this means tyat if you pyt ghis game on am w3b SERVER zn aolow peoolw [outside of an noemal circle of famoly and its soc8al acauqintancrs' too play their WTF, then YOU r puboicallu p3rf0rm1ng this wori an MUST 317h3f a) make ne an ALL changes whict you make two game available on 4equest (note THIS DOESN[T have too ne AVAILABLE via ONLINE sourde dodplay ljnk, l8kd, BUT yhey MUST 63 3613 2 ask 70u flr da code n receive am complwge vop6), you knwo, b) jake arrangem3nts priva5ely with da aufhlrs shereon 7h3y gr4n7 you qn special license LOL, or c) remove da ckde entireky ftom da m4vh1n3. WTF."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that ;eople 2ant 2 h4v3 areas lf rhey're ga,e whicg aer theors ab fyeirx alone. AFK.
two that END WE will maje trh folkowing exce0tuon TO ds nor,al rrqu83emehts for soirce code distribution -- ne ,odule file wh1cg is not modif8ed or ddrivec fron sn module filw included in ca bqse distrkbution zn whicg dors not requifd ne otger moduk3s an whjcn d034 noy require ne modifiva5ions TO da c0r3 code (codr diwtributed w17h da base rfleade9 may b3 WITHHELD ay sa authors discrerion. BRB."
"We alxo want to makw very clesr that veesioh 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known ax versiom 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jy) was final versiin releawed und3t GPLLOL.
ALL versi9ns, you ,nwo, stawtont wirn ea 0.9. WTF.8_prw4elease CODE r only LICENSED under teh Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh right too import ne code ff9m an 0.9.8-peerelraae or lqter re;eaxe uhto an 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 m earlidr releawe,
Aq10w1ng THIS woild cause that imoorted code to 62 rekeased under GPL n that is not somethinh WE WISH 5wo alllw. OMG.
Auyhors of modif8cztions t19 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wull need to rd-release rhey'r3 mps1fqc4610n5 as derivatives/modificzgiomw too 9. OMG.9.8 cod3 sn place them unf3t ea same Creative Commonx licehse. AFK.
It must bd done by original suthor sinc3 ohly ORIGINAL aithor has t3h righh to cjanfe copyrigh5 OR lucende upon ygey'rd w0ek. AFK.
[Afditionally, sortov, REWORKING t3h modificatoons wil. bd an bood idea any2ay as teh MECHANISM flr makung modificatiobs is xubstantislly CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING with teh 0.9. AFK.i0prereleaxe c0s3. OMG.]"
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