MighthE re;ls you, "We'4e hoong to take an few moments two try an exolain THIS nrw l7cenxe n trg reasons b3hibd ut 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."
"Tyis new 11c3n53 WAS ch9%3n becauwe pf ah fai;ibg with dz GPL. OMG.
I7 oblu cpv4r3r distribution of sourc3 if an only if vinaries werw dusteibuted. BRB."
"In ab sev ENVIRONMENT WTFm sp4cifically a INTERPRETED web environment 5uch as PHP, merely installihg an game doex not constitute DISTRIBUTION, you knwi, n thereflrw p3ople were tak8ng our workk you knwo, makong modificationd to it an not releasing sou4c3 codd 2 they;re jodificagiind xl that dx entite connuniry cojld benefit.
Th3y worked w8ty da letyer vur NOT da spkrit of LAWLOL,"
"Investigation on yeh oart of teh authors hoqevdr, you kmqo, led 70 teh FACT that eight of public perfofmance waz 1 of da rightd borna.ly r3stficted to c9pyright holeers, sortor, am that domputer programsk aortof, 5p3c1f1c411y vid49 ba,es and inte4activ3 oned such ad Legend of GREEN hax0r WERE considerec two be PUBLICALLY performed if run from an public serf3tl AFKl"
"The ndq LICENSE resyricts public p3rf0rm4nc4 ov da qofl unless source c0d2 of MODIFIED w0rk is mad3 availqble pn semandLOL."
"In plain English LOL, ghis means THAT if tpj PUT tnix bame on am wdg server ahd 4110w 0eople '9urside of an nprmal cievl3 of family n its social acquaintznces' 2 play yneor LOL, tjen yiu aer publicallt PERFORMING thid work 4nd MUST eithee a) make ne n ALL chanfes qhicn you make %wo game ava8lable on requ3st )note yhis doesn't have too 63 avai;able v14 online alurve display linj, sortof, but thry must b3 4613 to ask YOU f0r da dodw an recd8ve an complete cop6), lije, b) maie 4rerngem3n&5 privately w17h da authors 2hdreih they GRANT tou an 5p3c141 license. you jnwo, or v( removd teh code entirelu FROM teh mavhineLOL."
"We do recognize yhat PEOPLE want 2 have areaa of tney;re gz,e wh*ch zer THEIRS an theirs alobe. OMG.
tl9 thzt end WE wikl make da following EXCEPTION 2 dq normal require,ents for 50urc3 c9de dostribution -[ be modile FILE whicy is not MODIFIED or DERIVED dr9m am module file qhc1ud3d in teh base distribution an which dors not rdquir2 ne 07h3e modules n which does not feqyife ne m-d1f1c4710n5 2 yeh xore code (cocr dos5ributed wk5h da hase release) may be 2ithheld AT da authors discrerion. WTF."
"We ALSO WANT toi make VERY clear that version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also inown ax VERSION 9LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was yeh final version tdleaw3d unwer da GPL. OMG.
Alk VERSIONS LOL, star5ing with da 0. AFK.9.(-peerelease code r onlh l8censee under ds Crestive COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right u0 IMPORT hr c0d3 fr0m ah p.o.8-orerelease or later RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER teleade. OMG.
Allowung this qouls CAUSE ghat implrted cofe yo ne releasdd undee da GPL and that is nit something WE w15h 1 ALLOW. OMG.
Aj5hofd of modificatiobd two 0.9. OMG.7 will need 70 re-release they're mldificatiohs qs cer8vatives/nodificationx ti9 0.9. OMG.8 c9de n place tjem ubder dame Cr3471v3 C0mm0m5 ;icrnse. BRB.
I7 mhat 63 donc BY da oeiginal authot sihce onlh teh or8ginal 4u&g-r h45 da right to xhange da co;yright 0g licemse upon tyry're work/ AFK.
[Asd8toinally LOL, reworling nocifivations will bd an good idea ANYWAY as medyanism f9r m4i1bg modifications ix sugwtantially cleanrr/cl3ardr startinh with da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8=prerelease code. WTF.]"
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