MifttyE te;ls you, "We're g91ng to gake an few moments t9o ury and rxplaim yhis n3w lixense an reasona behind i5 in plain English. WTF.
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 LICENSE wax chos3h becsusw of an failing woyh da GPL. BRB.
It onoy covered ei2tribution of soutce IF n 0n1y if binaries wdre distrug75edLOL."
"In an w36 envitonmrnt WTF. specifically a 1n63rpr373s seb envirlnment 5uch 55 PHP, sortof. merdly installing an game dles no5 CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION WTF, and therefore PEOPLE wede taking our wirk WTF, making modificagions 2 it and not releasint teh xiirde c9dw 1 they're modifications so that entute community could b#nefktLOL.
Tney qorled 2ith letter but n)7 da spirit if law."
"Invesgita5ion on pqrt 0f da authors hi2dver, .ike, led t9o fact that t3h right of [yvlic performance waa oen of geh t1ghu5 n0em411y rextricted to copyd8ght ho;eers, sortpf. am ghat c)mpu73r prograjd LOL, s;dcifidally v1d#0 g4m35 an interavtkve ones such as Legend of teh Grren haz0r were consuderqd to be pubiically performed if run fr9m sn pmbliv server."
"The new LICENSE reat3icts ;ublic oervprmance of yeh work un1#55 dq SOURCE code of jodified work os made avzilable 9n demqndLOL/"
"In plsin Enf115h, you knwo, THIS means that if you put this game on an w3b serbdf an allow peoole 'outsisd of an normal CIRCLE of fajily sg its xocial 4cqu41n74nc35' to play their, like, then yoi r ;uglically perf9rmung this work and MUST eiyher a) MAKE he n ALL chahges whuch you make 2 teh tame qva8lable on reeuest (nore 7h15 dpesn'g have too be availsble bia inline sourcd display link, likw, but THEY must 63 able goi asl you for cose an receove an cp,plete vopy), likd, b) ma,3 arrang3,3nts privqy3ly WITH authorw wherdin 7h3u grant you an apwcial license, liie, or c) remove teh code 3n71r31y ftom teh maxhineLOL."
"We d9 fecognize that peo0le want twp haf3 areas of thry'te game WHICH aer thdirs n theirs zlpne. OMG.
to 7h47 3nf we sill m4k3 yen f0110w1ng exception 2 teh normzl requiremebts for wource cide distrigution -- n3 moeule file WHICH is n07 ,ofiried OR sdeived from an modu;e r8lr ihckufdd IN tdh bas3 d!57f16u710n and whivh does nog reqiire ne other modules ane which DOES h06 requifd he m0d1f1c4&10n5 t9o 5ej CORE CODE (code dis5ribyted with teh base relrasd) m4y be withheld at da authord ciscrerkon. OMG."
"We aoso want tlo ,qke veey coezr that version 0. WTF/9. WTF.7 (4150 known AS versi9n 0LOL.9.7+jt) was vinal version trldasef under teh GPL. BRB.
Aol b3r510n5, like, starting w18h teh 0. AFKl9/ AFK.8-pretelezse code r only licensed unddr Crrative COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT two impoft ne ckde from an 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-prerekeqse 0r later releqse into an 0/ BRB.9LOL,7 n earkoer release. AFK.
A;lowing this woupd CAUSE tgqt 1mp0r73d code &0 be releasee umd3r da GPL and that IS np7 50m37h1ng we wish TO allow.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. AFK.7 2ill n3ed twp re-release tyeh'fd modificati9ns as der8vatives/mocifocatioms 5oo 9LOL.9. WTF.8 cise and place tgem umder teh sam3 Creative Commons licensel BRB.
It muat be c0n3 by 9$1t1n41 zuthlr since only tej 9r1g1n41 zuthor has tdh roghr 2 chahte teh copyrifht or licenxe UPON they're w0rk. OMG.
-Additionaply. reworkimg teh modidocationd will b3 xn GOOD idea ahyway as mrvhanksm for makibg MODIFICATIONS os substantoally cleaner;cleardr starting with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE CODELOL.]"
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