MightyE tells you, "We[re going 2 take am few moments two try AND explsin this n3w license am da eeasonw behind it in [lain Engkish. 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 oicense WAS chisen bdcquse lf an f4111ng WITH GPLLOL.
Iy only civdred distributi9n pf source if amf ONLY if BINARIES were c8drrinu5ed."
"In an 2eb environment LOL, specufically a interpreted web envir8nmenr such AS PHP, you kbwo, merely installing sn game d035 not c0n5717u72 distribu5ion WTFm sn THEREFORE peo0le WERE 74k1ng pur work, ;ike, jaking modigicatoons 70 it n not r3leasibg teh source code top they'43 mofificztions so THAT ent8re comnyni5y c9u.d benefit. WTF.
They workee with letter bur n07 teh sp8rkt OF da law. WTF."
"Invextigatiln on part of teh authogs however, oed 2 teh fac5 thwt da rught of ;uglic performance was o3n 9g r1gg75 mormally r357r1c73e 2 copyrigyg ho.d3rs WTFl and that computer prograns WTF, specofically vide. gamds an interacrive ONES wuch as Legemd of Green hax-r were cons8dered w ve p7blocallh perflrmed if run from ab public servef. WTF."
"The new license rdstrkcts public pefformancd of teh work unlesd teh SOURCE code 0f rrh mo3if7ed work is masr availsble ON denand. AFK."
"In plain Englidy WTF, THIS means tjar IF uou put this game om ah web server abd 4110w people 'o7tside of an normal c1rc13 of f4m21y n ITS soc8al ACQUAINTANCES[ two [lay tjeir WTF, then you r publlcally ;erfkrmkmg this work m MUST 317h3r a) m4k3 ne an ALL changes WHICH you ,ake two da GAME avsilable ON r3qu357 9note 5hia DOESN'T HAVE two be avaioable via onlinr source d15p14y LINK, but they MUST ge ABLE too ask you f0r teh xod3 and 4eceive an c0mp1373 copy), b0 make arrangements privatwly with teh authors wher4in tyey grznt you an special license. lile, or c) rejove trh coce ENTIRELY from 5eh MACHINELOL."
"We do recognize that pelple want to have areas 0f thet[r3 gake which arr THEIRS n 7h31r5 alonwLOL.
to that end se wi.l make teh follo1ing dxcepgion tqo teh motmsl requirements for sojrde code distrobution -[ he midule file WHICH kx not modified or derkvrd fr0m an n9dule file included in teh base d157r16u710n ab ehoch foes bot requiee n3 i5h3r modukes n whicg do3s b07 t4qu1e3 ne modifications 70 c9ee code (cose distributed with teh 6453 release) may bw wighgdld at teh 4u7h045 discretion. BRB."
"We akso wan5 two make fert c;ear yhat vwrsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (qlso known as v3r510n p, OMG.9.7+jt) was f1n41 verwoon released under teh GPLLOL.
All v3rsionx LOL, STARTING with da 0. WTF.9.8=prerrlease code r only licensrd jndwr da Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3my rifjt to import ne codd froj an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleawe or later feleawd into an 0.9LOL.7 n EARLIER r313453o WTF.
A110w1ng thkd would csuse that im0orted c9de too be feldaxed under GPL an that is not sometning we wish to al.iwLOL.
Authord of MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 wik; need gil RE-RELEASE thdy're modifications 45 derivatives/modiduxarions two 0.9LOL.8 coce an PLACE tgdm UNDER da sane Creative Commons l,cenwe. OMG.
It must 63 eone vy da 0e1g1b4! author since 0b1y teh 9ribinal autgor hax tej right 2 chante da copyright ir license upon th3y're workLOL.
]Additionally WTF, 4dworking modificatiina qoll be an food ud3a anyway as yeh m3ch4n15m for m4k1ng modificztions is substantizll6 cleaner/c;rarer startigg wuth 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF,]"
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