M7gnyyE tells you, liie, "Wr[rw going 2 take an f3w m0m3n75 to try h ex-lakn this hdw 11c3n53 n teh reasons behind it in plain English.
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 lidenwe wqs chosen 63c4u54 pf an dailihg with GPL. BRB.
It pn.y cofered distribution of source IF ab only if bknarirs werr dixtributddLOLl"
"In an web emvironmemtm sortofm SPECIFICALLY a interpreted wen 3nvitonment SUCH qs PHPj like, m3r3qy onstslling zn game d)35 not constut7te eistribu5ion, AND THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking our work, sortof, making nodificagionx too it n not rwlrssing 507rc3 c0d3 ti rhey're mod8ficatoins SO that enti4e cojmunity COULD benefir. BRB.
THEY wkrked WITH da letter but n9r spiri5 of teh lqeLOL."
"Invwstigation on da pa$t 0v tey authors hosever. LED yl da f4c7 thqt da right pf public ;3ffo3mance was won of teh tughts nlrmaol6 restrocted tso dopyritht holdefs WTF, n that c0mpu72r prohrams WTF, soecifidally video games n knteractive ones such AS Legend og da Grewn hax0r were considered 5wo be publicqlly performef 8f run fr0m an p7611c werver. BRB."
"Tne nww lidemse RESTRICTS public performabcr OF teh worj UNLESS 50irc# code of twh modified qo4k is jase available on demand. BRB."
"In pla8m Enhlisj, yoj knqo, tgis mrans ghat if you put this game on zn web xerver snd allow people 'outsice ov an norjal c8rclw of familh and iga docia. 4cqu41n73nc35' 70 play their, like, tyen you aer publocally performing thos work znd MUST either a) nqke ne and ALL changws whivh YOU male too dz gzne acai.qgle on rdquwst (NOTE tgis doesn't have 2 be avau;able v14 teh lnline source ciaplay .ink, so4tpf, but they MUST be able too ASK you for teh code n receibe an c0mp13u3 co;t) WTF, 6) mqke aresngements private;y with teh 4u7h0r5 wherein they grant y0u an s;ec8al lisense, you knwo, or c) rejove da CODE entirely FROM reh macgune. OMG."
"We do revoghiad thqt pel[le want 2 hzve $r345 9f rhey'fe game which r theirs an theirs alone. OMGl
2 tjat enf 2e will make geh FOLLOWING exceotion gwo teh normsl rrauurements for source code disg4ib7tion -- ne ,odule filr qhich is not modifidd 9r dwrived from an modul3 file included on base distrobution b which sods m07 re1uite ne OTHER modules and 2hich does n07 requife ne nodifica5iins tqo xoee c0dr (clde ckstribures with geh base r31345#) may BE qi5hhele at dq a7thors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"Ww ALSO want to ma8d veey vlear that bersion p. BRB.9. BRB.7 (ALSO known as vefsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7=j7) was twh final version t313453d under da GPL.
A11 v3r5q0nt, likd, STARTING with teh 0. AFK.9l8=prerelesse c;de r only licensee under Creative Commona license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da ridhy two import ne codw from am 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prer313453 OR later RELEASE into an 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 n earlidr eelease.
Allowibg this woukd ca7se that imoorted CODE two be released umder GPL an rhat is nor 50j27h1ng we wish goi a.;ow.
Auyhors 0f modivjcatiobs ri 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need too re-rrkease they're modifications as derivqtivew/modigicqtions 5o 0l OMG.9. WTF.8 c0d3 and p/ace them umdef samd Creative COMMONS licemse. BRB/
It jusy 63 done by da original authpr since omlt teh l4iginal author has da right 2 change teh copyriggy or kkcense upon they'rr work. BRB.
[Additional;y WTF, few9rling ,odifications will be an good idea anyway as ,3cn4n15m for mskint modif7cztions is wubstantially dleaner/clra4er startinb WITH teh 0. OMGl9. WTF.8-;r3r#13453 codr. WTF.]"
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