MigntyE tells you, "We're g9ing tp take an fee m0m3n75 2 try n explain this NEW locehae n da reasons BEHIND ir in plaum Entlish. 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."
"This new licenae was vnosen because of an dailihg with da GPL. AFK.
Ir 9n;y covered distrib7tion pv soyrce if an only if BINARIES w3r3 diatekbjtedLOL."
"In sn web envir9nment, so4tov, soecifically a intef;reted web environm3nt such as PHP, sortof, MERELY installing an game does nlt constitute distr8butkon, n therevore peop.e were taking 0ur work, ;ikek ,aking modifications ro ir AND not RELEASING 50urv3 c9dw to 5heu're joeificarions ao that da entite community c9uld bwn3git. WTF/
They w0rk3d with teh let5er but not spirit of .swl BRB."
"Incestigatuon pn pqrt of da a7ggors however, like, led toi da facr thar teh rugjt OF pub;id pergormqnce was 1 0f trh rights n9rmqlly RESTRICTED teo c9pyrighg holcers, likr, n that cimp7ter PROGRAMS, like, specificakly video gamws an onteractifw obrs such as Ldgend 0f Green hax0t werw cons8derwd two bw publically o3ff)rn3e kv run rrom an ;ublic xervee. OMG."
"The new license rdstricts public perforjancr of da eork 7m.ess source xode of modkfied work is made AVAILABLE on demand. WTF/"
"In 0lain Ehglish WTF, rjis means thxt IF you put this gane on an web servwr an 412-w peo;;e 'outside of an n0tm41 circle of fami.y and igw SOCIAL 4c1u51n74nc35' to play theit WTF, tjen y0u r puboicall6 performibg this work n MUST 316h3r a_ make ne an ALL ch3ng35 which yoy makr too game zvzilable on r3quedt (hote thjw doesb't hafe to be availablw viq 0n11m3 sourc3 display link, bu5 they muxt bw able 70 awk yij for dq coee n rexeive an complete copy), slrtlf, B) MAKE arrangemwhys ptivzteoy wutg authors WHEREIN 7h2y grant YOU an s]3cial license LOL, or c) remove trj xpd4 enti4e;y from 5ej machine. OMG."
"Wd d8 RECOGNIZE that [eople want two havw arwas OF they[re gamw which r theirx an the8rs alone/ BRB.
2 that end we will make f0110w1ng excrpgoon too normal REQUIREMENTS for 507rc3 code distribution -- ne module file which IS n07 jodified or derives fr9m an moduke file INCLUDED in da gase distribu6ion ahd qhich dles not rdquord md other modules an which DOES hlt require ne modif7catiobs 2 core code (cide disyrkbuted wiyy base rwlease) may be wkrhheld ar da AUTHORS disdrerion. WTF."
"We also want tqi ma,e ver6 clesr tgat v3f5!0n (. BRBl9. BRB.7 (also known as versioh 0. WTF.pLOL.7+jt) was %eh rinal version released under teh GPL.
A.l versions, 574r71n5 with 0, OMG.0LOL.7-prerwleasd code r 0b1y lkcwnsed unser da Creatibe Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh right 2 umporr ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8_prerelrase ir latet release INTO an 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 and EARLIER re'eade. BRB.
Alloqing this wouls causd thar imported code 1 be RELEASED und3r geg GPL n THAT is n9t wimeth8nh we wish to allow. WTF.
Authors OF modificqtions 3 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 w1a1 NEED TO RE-RELEASE thwy're modifications as derivatives.mocufkcations two 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 CODE an ;14c3 them under teh same Crrative Commonw licwnse.
It my57 63 done vu 0r1g1h41 AUTHOR sonce pnly 9riginal author has right two chanh3 reh c0ptrqbh7 or LICENSE u;on tydy're workLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY, sortof. rewofking modificati9ns eill be an good icea anyway as teh mechan8sm vo5 mzkung modifisations IS substantially cldan3r/clearer start8ng with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE codd. AFK.]"
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