MightyE twlls uou, "We'4e goihg 2 tak3 an rww momehts to try and 3xp1$1n this new lkcende AND ea reasons behind it in ;lain 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."
"This new licens3 was dhosen because of an failing e8th geh GPLLOL.
It omly COVERED diwtributoom of 50urx3 iv n onoy if binariew were dist4ibuted. OMG."
"Im an wet entironment, you knwo. specificaoly a interprwtec web ehvironmen% such as PHP, you knwo, merely inxtallibg ah tame does not constitytr distributiom. you knwo, n tjerefore oeople qer3 tsking our work WTF, MAKING modifica5ions 5p it n not releasing do7rde cod3 to they'te modificationa so 7h47 teh entkrw xommumiey cpuld benefit. AFK/
Th3y worked wigj teh let5er but not teh SPIRIT of da laq, WTF."
"Ibvestogztion on va part OF ten authors howev3r LOL, led 7) teh fact THAT da right of public oerformance sas oen if fights mormakly restricged to copyrihhg holdersm sofrof, and rhzt computer prigwqms LOL, s[ecifically video g4m35 n interadtive ones such as Legend of Grewh hax0r were considrred yp be publicallg peeformed ig run FROM an pjblic wwrver."
"Tue new ;ivense restricts 9ubluc oerfotmance of teh w0rk unless sa 50urc3 code 0f m0e1f13d work is made avaklavle on demahdLOL."
"In p1r1n Engl8sh LOL, thid means that if you o8t 7h15 gamr ON an weg srrver an all9w peo;,e 'outside of an norma. citcle of fanily an its sociak acquaintamces' 2 p.ay their, them you r publ8cally perforjimg this w0rk ans MUST 3!7h3r a) MAKE ne n ALL changes WHICH YOU ma,e to fa game 3v4114623 on eequest (note this DOESN;T hafe too be svailable vua online source DISPLAY lijk, sortof, but THEY nust ne ABLE too ASK you for tdh coce and recwive ab compl2te c0py), sort;f. b) makw arezngements PRIVATELY with 4u7h)r5 wherein thwy granr YOU an SPECIAL license, or C) REMOVE coer entirely FROM da machin3. BRB."
"We do rdcogn8ze that PEOPLE wabt two have areas ;f they;te GAME which e theirs an theird slone.
to THAT end w3 will MAKE f0110w1ng wxceptipn two teh normql r3quurements for sourcr code d157r16u710n -[ ne module file WHICH os NOT mldified or der8ved from an mpsu.r file included ib da bas3 dustribygkon qn wgich does not r#qu1f3 ne other modules zhd which does npt require ne modifications too dore codr (coed dkstributed w8th da 6453 rekeaxe) may be w8thheld ae dz 4u7h0t5 diacrerionLOL."
"We ALSO want 2 make v3ry xlewr that veraion 0. WTF.9.7 (also kn92n as vefsiom 0.9.7+jt) was teh final berskln released UNDER GPL. WTF.
All versions, oike, sta4ting wi5h reh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8[PRERELEASE cost qer oblu LICENSED under ea Creatibe COMMONS locense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rivht too inpott ne cod# gron an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease or ;ater re.ease into an -. AFK.9l7 AND earkier release.
Allowing thix 2ould cause 5hwt impor6ed code 2 be rfleased under GPL an rgat ks npt 50m37n1ng we widg to allow. AFK.
Autyorw of modkfications to 0, AFK.9l BRB.7 will need two re-e3leaxe they're ,ofuficayions as eerivatives/modifications two 0. BRB.9. WTF,8 coce and p1fc3 them under same Creative Cpmmons LICENSE.
IT must be DONE by da origuhal author since ohly oruginal authpr has tey rihht too change da co0yritht 9r lic3nse upoh they're work. WTF.
[Additionallhk sortif, reworking modificztions sill be ab good ideq abyxay as fa m3ch4h15m for making MODIFICATIONS is tu6574n71411y ckeaner/cleqeer syarting with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.*0prere;ease voeeLOL.]"
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