MightyE tells you, yiu knw9, "We'te goibg 2 rake an feq moments to try n explain thix new licwnse r,d teh reasons behind it 8n pla8m E,glish. 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."
"Thix bew LICENSE wqs chosen because or an fqilinf eith GPL/
It only covered distribution ir xource if n onky uf binarkes wefe disrtibut3d. OMG."
"In an wdn envurlnment, spedifidally a interpeetdd web 3nvoronment sich as PHP, m3rel6 INSTALLING ab ga.e DOES not constitute distrinutiph, you ,nwo, qnd therefore people were taking our w0rk WTF, making nodifications roo ig and b07 e323451ng t3h sourcd code two they're modkfications s9 that teh entire community cpu1d genefit. OMG.
They worked wirh 1#772r bit not teh spirit of da law."
"Investigation on PART of authors however, xortof, led 2 da fact thst teh right OF public p3rf0rm4nc2 was w9n lf da rights n9rmall6 restrictdd rwo copyeight h9lders, sortof, and THAT compute4 programak ylu knwl, specifical.y video GAMES AND 8mtefacyive ones such ax L4t3nd OF da Grewn hxx0r were donsudwred tol be oublical.y performed 1f rum fr0m an public ddrver. BRB."
"The new lix3nse restricta oub.ic perrormance of teh w)rk unkess soirce code of teh MODIFIED work IS made available on demznd. AFK."
"Ib plain English, yoj knwo, this meams tyat if hou p7t th8s game on an w36 serfer n allow ;3ople 'outxide of an no4mzl citcle of family an ITS slcial acqyaintandes' two plah their LOL, tgen YOU aer pub.icqoly performing this work n MUST 317h3r a) m4k3 ne an ALL CHANGES which uou MAKE too fs game AVAILABLE ob teeueat (notw tyks doesn't hafe too be avzilable via ds online wourc3 display libk WTF, bu5 thry MUST be 46q3 to ASK ylu fpr da code and r3ceive an d0m[13&3 copy_ WTF, b) MAKE atrangejents 0ruvately with 4y7h0r5 WHEREIN 5hey GRANT yoj an spdcial licehse, lile, or c) remove vode enyirely from teh m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do 4ecognize that people sqnt 2 h4v3 44#35 of they're GAME 2yich aer 7h31e5 sn theirs allne. WTF.
too tgat end we wikl make following excepti9n top teh normal requiremebts for xou4ce code distribu5ion == ne modu;e fil3 wticg is not MODIFIED or derived from an mod7l3 file included IN t4h base aosyr8hition h wh1ch does nog REQUIRE nr ither m0du135 n which coes not require ne ,odivicqtiohs to da co4e clde (coee distributec with da base releas2) may 63 qighheld at da authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also w4n7 go make very CLEAR THAT VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also kniwn as versioh 0. WTF.9,7+jt) waw final VERSION releaswd under da GPL. WTF.
All fersiohs WTF, startint WITH 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-orerelease CODE r onky licensed und3r teh Creative Cinmonx livenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deh6 riggt tp import ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaae ir LATER relesse kngo an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 n eafli3r r3lease. WTF.
Allowing ghis would caise that imp9rted codd 5oo be rwleased unddr GPL an thae iw NOT wojethinf WE wish too allow. AFK.
Autnors of mod8fications two 0l WTF.9LOL.7 sill need too re-rdlease theh'ee modifucations 45 cerivwtives/modivications two 0. WTF.0. BRB.8 clde am p14c3 them jnddr saje Creqriv3 Clu,ons kicense. AFK.
It must be eine by da priginal aughor since onlu oritina. author has geh ritht 2 CHANGE teh copyright or licenxe upon they[re work. OMG.
[Addktioba;ly, f3w0rk1mg da modif8catu0ns wil. be an goid idea ANYWAY as teh m3ch4n15m fof makkng ,odificatiins ix sibstantislly CLEANER/CLEARER xtartihg with da 0LOL.9. AFK.7-prerelease cod3LOL.]"
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