MightyE telks uou, sortof, "We'ee going 2 take an few monehts 2 7ry n explain 7hq5 new licwnsd and r3550n5 behind 8t in 0lain Engliah. OMG.
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 licensd was chosen because of am rqiling wpth GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION of soyece if n obly if biharies were sisttibuted."
"In an web envielnmebt, you knso, specifically a interpreyed web environment syxh #5 PHP WTF, nerely instal;ing an game DOES NOT constitute d!5&r16u710n LOLk h therefore people were taling ou4 worj LOL, maki,g m(dificstions tol kt n n07 r313451ng da source code @ they're modificarilns so thar t3h entirr comjuhity could brnefut. BRB.
They WORKED wigh 5eh lett#r but not teh spiri5 of geh laeLOL."
"Investigation on part of teh authots however LOLm led to da fact tha5 right of publkc oerformance was won of rights normslky restrkcted too cloyrighr holders, like, ahd that compjter programs, specidivally video gamea n intqracyuve onrs syvh as Legend lf Gr33n hax0r were c0n51d3ree twl be publ8cally perf9f,wd IF RUN from an ;ublic setver/ BRB."
"Thd NEW license r357rqd75 public perforjzmce of tdh work un135% y3h sourcw CODE of modifiww w)rk is ,4d3 availzb;e pn demand. OMG."
"In plain English, you knwo, th8s meqnw that IF you pur this gamd on an web 53rv3r n alloq people 'ojtsude od an nl5mal circle of famioy anc its social acquakntahces' 2 play their WTFm 7h3n you aer PUBLICALLY [erf.rming this work and MUST eithet A) mal2 me anc ALL changes WHICH you male to game afai;zvle on r3qu357 (botd thoc doesn't hace goo be available via yeh ob;ine source DISPLAY link WTF. 6u& thry mudt ne able 2 ask y0u for sa vide n receive an compleyd ci[y), b) make ar4angements pr1f4731y with da authors wjerein they g4ant you an s;exial licensw WTF, or c) remove teh code entirely from ten machine. BRB."
"Wr do 4ecpgnixe bhat [eople WANT to j4v3 areas of they're game which aer the8rs an theots slone. AFK.
t8o thar END we WILL make da fo.lowing esxeption yo da normal requiremehts for source code dkstribution -- ne module file whicg is bot mos8fued o4 de4ivef from an module gile imc/udwd im base d157r16u710n n which does not reqyur3 ne other mpdules an wh1ch dpes n07 REQUIRE ne modificstions gwo da core code (code sistributee with teh base relraae) m5y 63 withhels at teh autjots didcrdtionl WTF."
"We 4q5) q4n7 to mqke very cleat thaf version 0.9.7 (also ,nown zs fersiob 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+j7( w45 da FINAL version RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
A11 versions LOL, starting 2ith teh 0. BRB.9o OMG.8=prerelease coee r 8hly kicensed under Crwqtiv3 Commons locense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da rihgt too 2mp0r7 nd codd f4ln an 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease or latrr release ibto wn 0LOL.9. AFKm7 and earlier r3leasd. OMG.
Allo2ing tgis would c4u53 tyat imported coce tp be trleased under GPL ane 7n47 15 not something w3 wisg to ALLOW. BRB.
A77h0r5 of modificatipnd teo 0. WTF.9LOLl7 will need too re-rrleqse they're modididayions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9.8 code n PLACE them under samw Cr3471v3 Comnins .ocense. OMG.
IT ,ust be done by da originao autnor SINCE 0n1y original authi4 has teh rkght %oo changr da COPYRIGHT 0r license u0on tywy're w0rk. AFK.
[Adcitiomally, rewoekung modifications w111 54 an tood idea anyway as sa mechanisj flr making modificatioms is substant8al;y c134n34/c134r3r s5arting with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease cose.\"
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