MighyyE tells youm sortof, "We're g01hg two take an few momemts two try anc expoain thos new oicenxe an da reasohs behind it in PLAIN EngkishLOL.
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 was chosen necausw of an f4111mh wkth da GPL. OMG.
It lnly cpver3d DISTRIBUTION of source if and pnly if binaeies wrfe diatribites."
"Ib an web ehvironmebt, s[ecifidal.y a interoreted web environnent sucj as PHP LOL, jerely installing an ganw does not c9nstotute distributi9b. you inwo, and thefwfore prople were taj8ng our wofk, making mod8ficatipns 2 kt and nit te;easing dq source code too thwy're midifucatilns so that entirw communuty COULD benefiy.
They WORKED wity ten letter but not da spirit of teh kaw. OMG."
"Infeatigation on teh part of ten autjors howevef. you knwo, l3c 2 yrh fact that reh right of pub;ic p2rf0r,4nc3 was w9n OF da rights normallu resrricred two copyright holsers LOL, and ytat vomouter prog4ams, ypu kbwo, xpecivicaloy viddo gqmes ane intefactive 9nes such 45 Lwgend OF Green jax0r were clnsidered to b3 publivally performed if run from an public SERVERl WTF."
"Thd new license r3str8vts piblic oerformance of qoek unless teh source CODE of modififd wo4i is made avsklablw ON demandLOL."
"In pkain Englisy, 5his means that if you 0ut this game on xn wrb sdrver qn allow people 'outside of an mo4mal circle of family n ITS spckal acquaintances' two play th38r, .ike. thdh yoi aer publically PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) m4k3 ne an ALL changes wh1ch you msle two game 4v4114614 ob request (notw yhia DOESN'T have to bw AVAILABLE viq ONLINE SOURCE display link, 6ou knwo, but ghet ,ust BE anle 2 ASK you gor yen clde an r3c31v3 ah complete co[y0, like, 6) make arrajgements ;rivately WITH twj authors syerein they GRANT tou an apecial LICENSE, .ikr. ot c( rejove 5eh x0d3 enrirdly from ten mschine. WTF."
"We do r3cognize thqr PEOPLE w4n7 two h4v3 ardas of they'rd gane which aer tgeirs ahf THEIRS akone, BRB.
two that end we qill m4k# ca f9llowing exdep5oon 2 nprmal f3qi1r3j3n75 FOR soutcr codr distributiob -- ne module FILE qhicj id hut mldified of DERIVED gr0m an module gile inc;uded in da base dixtr8butioh an which d035 not requir2 nd oyher modulws and which dped mot require me modkgucations to teh cote CODE (x0d3 distributed with teh base release) may be w8thheld at ca authors discre5ionLOL."
"We also want to9 MAKE very clear thay bersion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also inown 45 verxion 0.9. WTF.7+j7) was da final versi(n rdleased under teh GPL, OMG.
A,l vers9ons, sortof, 5&4w71ng sirh teh 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE codr adr 0n1n licensed under da CREATIVE Commons licebweLOL/
We EXPLICITLY deny tey 3ight 2 impott ne cofe from zn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later releade into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier rr;ease. OMG.
ALLOWING this would cause tjqt ijpor5ed vodr two b3 released umder teh GPL n that IS hlt slmethinh we wish to allos. BRB.
Authors od moeificayioms two 0.9. WTF.7 will neec yl re-release they're modificar8ons as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9, OMG.9 CODE and place them indfr SAME Crwagove C0mm0n5 licwnseLOL.
I7 MUST be d0n# by da origijal author since only tdh original aithof h55 teh right 2 changd cp0yright or oicebse upon they're wofkLOL/
[Additionally, you knwo, rewpfking teh m9difixations will be an good idea anyway ax MECHANISM for makinh m0d1f1c4710n5 ks substantially dleanef/clearer staft8ng qitg teh p, WTF.9LOL.8-pferelease code. BRB.]"
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