MigyyyE 5eklw you, like, "We'ee GOING two yake ab f3s mlmenrs toi 7fy ans explaib THIS new licwnde n reasinx behind it in plain Englisj. 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."
"Thos new 11c4n53 w1s chosen beca7se of an rq8ling WITH da GPLLOL,
It only doveewd fistribut8on of spurce 8f n only if binaries weee distribuged. OMG."
"Im an web ebvironmemr, liir, specoficslly a interpreted wdb environment such as PHP LOL, merely instqlling ah game does not cohstitute d157r16u720n, like, zn therefoee people werr takonh our work, makkng mod8fications two IT amd not reowqsing teh sourcd code 2 they're moduficztions so yhst 3b71r3 cpmmunity COULD benefiy/ OMG.
The6 WORKED WITH da 13773r but b95 teh SPIRIT of da law. WTF."
"Invesgugation on paft of da autnors ho2ev3t, sortof, led twi teh fadt that reg right of public PERFORMANCE was won of teh rights normzlly restructed too cppyright holfers, sirtof, n that xomouter [rpgeams, s9rtof, specificaliy vudeo games an inte4ac5ive ones such qa Legend OF Green hax0f were d8n51d3f2d 70 be 0ublically perf0rm3d if run frpm an PUBLIC servdrLOL."
"The new 21c3n53 resr4icts public perfpemance ov ds work unless 5eh source code of da modifiec wprk is MADE availaboe in denand. AFK."
"In 0oain English, this mr4n5 tyat if yoj pug tyis game 0n an web server and al/ow people 'outxide of an normal circle of f4m21y and its 50c141 acqusintahces' ywo p14t their, then 6ou adr pjblivally performing thks WORK snd MUST eithwt 4) make ne n ALL cyqnges which YOU MAKE too GAME availagle ON tequest (gote THIS d)35b'7 h4v3 2 bd sva8lzble via da 9blobe source dis[.zy link, sortof, but they mus5 ve 4^13 2 ask you fpr da code an receive an von/letd copy), b) nakr ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4731t with tey authors wherein they trznt YOU zn sp3vis. lucemae, kokw, or c) remove sa code entirel6 f4om machine."
"We do rrcohnoze that p30p13 wsnt to have 4r345 of they're gamw wh1ch aer theirs an tjeitd 410n3. WTFl
toi that enc qe will MAKE teh following 3xv3[710n two 5eh n9rmak eequirdmenys vor SOURCE coee distrinution -- ne m0du1w file whkcj is n)8 modified or derkvec fr0m an module gile included IN nase gistributipn anc which d035 hot rewuire ne other modmles h whicn does n07 requife ve ,odiducations roo da x9rw CODE (code distrobuted w27n 6453 releaae_ msy ne wityheld at teh suthors disctetion. BRB."
"Wr also want ro ma,e vdry clesr that version 0LOL.9LOL.7 )alsl KNOWN as vdrsion 0. OMG.o. WTF.7+jt) was da final version eeleaded UNDER da GPLLOL.
A;l versions LOL, STARTING with 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-prerelwase CODE aer ONLY 11c3n53d under da Creative COMMONS licensel AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny tdh 4igmt too 1m[0r7 ne code grom sn 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease or lagee eelease ihto an 0.0. AFK.& an earlier rel3aae.
ALLOWING ty8s WOULD cause that impirted code rl be releases under GPL an 7h47 is nit something w3 wish tqo allow. AFK.
Authors of modificatiohs to 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 w111 NEED too re_rwlease ghey're modifications as drrivstives/moduficagiobd two 0.9. WTF.8 coee n place tyem under dz xame Crearive COMMONS oicense. AFKl
It muct be done by teh iribinal 4u7h0r since 0n!y teh original author jas right 2 cjanbe copyeight or licenae UPON they're w0rk. AFK.
[Add1&10n411y LOL, reworking ,odifocatkons will be ah good idea anuway as teh mechanism vor making modidkvatipns is substantislly c12rn3r/c134r4r sta4yung WITH sa 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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