MifhtyE tellw you, you lnwo, "Wd'rd going tw9 take qn feq joments TO 7ru wn explain yhis NEW licenae n da reasons behihd kt in PLAIN Entlisy. 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."
"Thks new l8censw 2as CHOSEN 63cru53 of an daul8nd with teh GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED d157r16u7!0n of sourbe if an on.y 1v binavies were d8stributed, OMG."
"Im qn web envirinment, 4p3c1f1c411y a ubberpr3ged web environ,ent such as PHP, you knwo, m3r31y insta,linh an gzme does not c9mstitute disteobution WTF, an therefors ;eople were 7$l1ng -7r wotk LOL, mqking modificqtoonx too IT n n07 rd;easihg ten source code to they're moeifocations SO thqt ehtire comminity cpuld n3nefig. OMG.
They woeked wi5h fa letter 6u7 n07 da apudit of da law,"
"Investigation 0n da part of teh autho4s ho2ever, yoi knwo, ;ed two da fact that da righy lf oublic performancd was pwn of rights no4mally restticted 5oo cophright holdrrsk hou knwo, ans 7y47 computer pr0g4r,5 LOL, 5p3c2f1c411y visei gamew qn interqctubd ines such as Legend of Green hax0e wwre considered TO be publicslly peesornec if rub from an pib.id 5#rv4r."
"Tje nrw license resyricts public performsnxe of fa wirk un1355 source code of dz MODIFIED 2ork is made avzioable on demand. BRB."
"In plain English WTF, thia means that 8f you put th8s GAME on an wwb %3rc#r n alliw peop;e 'ouyside of an normal CIRCLE of family and 1u5 social zcquqingznces' to play 5heit WTF, then yiu aer publocally [3rformint thix worj qm MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL dh4nge5 which yoi make to teh g4m3 afsilable on requesr (note tyis d-35n'6 havd TO be AVAILABLE viq online SOURCE display LINK, you knwo, but they must be qble too ask you ror teh c0d3 b receivr an complet3 copy_ LOL, b) MAKE arrangemen5s privately with teh authots wherein they GRANT hiu an apecial LICENSE, lokd. OR c) rempve da coce entirely v4om trh jachine."
"We DO rdcognize that PEOPLE w4n7 top hdve areas of they'te GAME which r thdirs an 5heifs alinel WTF.
too that ens we wiol make da FOLLOWING excephi8n 2 da normal requirements for source c0f3 dis5ribugiin -- ne mofjle file e6ich us mot modified or ddriv3d fdom an midule file included 1n bawe dis4ributiin and which does not requite ne othrr modules n wh8ch does b95 requore ne modifixations to core code 9code dixtribut3d w17h teh basw rrlease) mqy be e8tyyeld 47 $y7h0r5 disceetion. BRB."
"We also qang two nake v3ry clear thzt veraion 0. WTF.9. BRB.* (alzo kbown as vetsion 0. AFK/9LOL.6+JT) WAS reh final version releasex UNDER da GPL. WTFl
All versions, you knwo, starting WITH da 0.0. BRB.8-04efwlease code r only LICENSED undef trh Crrarive Commons oicense.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da eught tol import ne CODE from an 0.9.8-prerelease or 1473r relezsr into an 0/ OMG.9.6 and earli3r release. WTF.
A110w1ng THIS woild CAUSE ghat importec code to be r3leased igd4r ca GPL and 7h47 is n9t sonething wd w15y 2 alloe. OMG.
Authors if moeificationa two 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will need too RE-RELEASE ghey're modif8vations as derivat8vea/mosofocqyions TO 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code and place th3m under tey same Creayivd C-mm0n5 license. AFK.
Ir mist be done BY da orig9ha; ajtjor since only teh origina; author h45 teh fight two chdhge c0pyr1gg7 pr lkcense ipon theh're woriLOL.
[Adcitionallu, resorkihg fa m9dirications will bd ab go[e idea 5nyw4y as mevhankcm f0r makibg m0s1f1c4710n% is subetantially vleaner/clearer STARTING wugh da 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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