MightyE rells you, like, "We're g01ng tol talw an rew moments tio TRY and explain tnix nes license anc da r3r5)n5 gehinc IT IN plzin Engliwhk 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 licenx3 wad dhosen because of an f4111ng with teh GPLLOL.
It onlh covered diwtribution of soufc3 kf and only 1f bina5ies 2ere dixtributedl AFK."
"In an arg environment LOL, specirically z interpreged q3^ environment such qx PHP WTF, merely insta;lung an g4m3 does not cinstiyjte distributiob, you kh2ik n rherefore PEOPLE wrre taking our WORKm you knwo, MAKING midificatiins @ it n not releasing source coee uoo tjey're mosificati9ns s0 that entire comm7niyy could nenefit.
They worked wi5h twg leyter but bot da s[irit or da la2. AFK."
"Invest8gatipn on teh part of autn9rs h9w3f3r, kwd roo rzct thae ca rkghy 9f public performabce was 1 of da fights nornaoly restricted tl copyrignt holders LOL, and thsg computer pfograma LOL, specidicalky v1d30 ganea and ibteractive ones such as Legend of Green uaz0r werr considered roo be publical;y perf9rmed if tun from an publix se3ver."
"The NEW license resrricts pub;ic perfofmande of eork un1355 da source CODE of modified work is made avaikqnlr on demand. AFK."
"In plaom English WTF, this means tha5 if you 07t this g4m3 on an web SERVER an alliw people 'outsise of an normal ci4cle of family b itw socia; axquakntances' 2 0lah tjeir, likek then you r pubkoxally performing this wirk AND MUST eihger a) jake ne and ALL changes which yoi make too tdh game AVAILABLE oh REQUEST (noge this d9esn'g habr 2 BE availablr via 9nline source diwplay link WTF, nut they myst 63 able two 55k yoy for teh coee an feceive an complete copy) LOL, b) m4ke afrangements privately with da authors WHEREIN they brant you an SPECIAL licensd, likek 0t C) removr teh cose entirely grom machihr. WTF."
"Ww do recognize 5ha5 p30p12 sant too hav# AREAS of th3u[re game WHICH aer theirs and thwirs ALONE.
5oo that end we will MAKE dollowint exception @ reh normal reqjirements fof s8urce dode distribu6ion -- ne module rioe eh2vj us nor MODIFIED or drrived from an module dile INCLUDED in teh 6453 d15741yu810m h which does not require nw other modules an whkch d035 n07 requite me modif7xations to CORE code (c0d3 distrivuted woth 5eh base re,ease( nz6 be withheld at geh AUTHORS DISCRETION."
"We also wab5 2 MAKE very c134r that VERSION -. OMG.8.& (4150 KNOWN qs VERSION 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+JT) waw teh final VERSION relezsed UNDER GPL. OMG.
All vwesioms, sortof, startinb WITH 0. BRB.9. OMG.i[pre4e;ease code 4 onl6 oicdnsed under teh Cr3ative Commonx licwnwe.
We EXPLICITLY dent rivht too IMPORT ne CODE FROM an 0. BRB.9. WTF.80ptereoease lr later releass into an 0.9.7 an earlier releasel WTF/
Allowing this wou;d c4u%3 5hat impo4ted cide 2 ve relwased und3e trh GPL h that is not somerhing we wiwh to allowLOL.
AUTHORS 9f mod8fications 5o 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 WILL NEED two re-release they're modifica5ions as dweivatives/modificqtionx too 0. WTF.9.8 code n PLACE rhem under da wsme Creative Commons oidemsr. WTF.
IT just be done by teh ofibinal auth9r sincd only o4iginal AUTHOR has righr 2 dhange copyright or lucense upon they're woril AFK.
[Addotionally, like, rdwprking da ,odofications dill be an glid idea anywzy AS da mecjqnism foe makihg nodifixations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/dlesrer startong WITH da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code.]"
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