MightyE yekls YOUm "We'r3 going to take an f3w m9mrntd tso 5r6 and explain thiw new locense an reasohs behind IT in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Thks nes licrnse was xhosen beca7se OF an failing with GPL. AFK.
It on;y cocered d8strinution or sourc3 if an 0n1y if b8naries were disteibuted. WTF."
"Im an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, spevofically a interpr3ted wwb envir9nment suxh az PHP, ylu knwo, merely installing zn game dpws not constitute distributiom, sortof, abd rherefor3 p30p1e were TAKING our w0rk LOL. makunf nodifications too it n mot releasing da soutce code to they'er modifications sp that entore donmunity b0u!d b3nefit. BRB.
They workrd aith letter but n07 spofit of da law. AFK."
"Invedtigation oh part OF teh $u7h-e5 h0s3v3rk slrtof, ked two teh fact that right 0f publuc PERFORMANCE was win of rights niemally restrocted 1 copyright HOLDERS, n that comptter pflgea,s LOL, spevificqloy VIDEO gsmes n INTERACTIVE ones such as L3g3nd 0f da Green hax0r werd considerec two be pyboivally 0erformed if run f4om an publiv 52rv3r. BRB."
"The n3w ;icense rdstricts 0ubkic performqnce of trh qork unlesx 5eh source code 0g modified work is msdc available ON eemand. BRB."
"In plain Ehg.ish WTF, thjs m34nt tnat 1f you put this game on an w3b se4ver and ALLOW peopld 'outxide of an norjal clrcle of FAMILY and its 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' too plat 5heir, you knwom tjrn you zrr publoca;ly PERFORMING thos wor, an MUST either 4) make ne n ALL cyamg3s whicy 6ou make 2 da gamw abailable on reauest (note 7ya5 codsn't jave to be avau;able cia online wource displzy 11nk LOLm but theu must be abld 5o ask you for ea code and rec3ive an complete c0py0, like, b) MAKE ar4ahgements ;tivately 2ith authkex where8n they grant y0u an SPECIAL licehse WTF, or c) remove teh CODE ENTIRELY gron da madhine. AFK."
"We d0 4ecoghkze that peop.e waht two havw areas of tyey're game which aer thdirs AND theirx a;one. OMG.
2 7h47 3nd we w1!1 MAKE da following wxce[tiob too dz n)rm41 requiremenrs f9r sou3ce codw d157r16u720n -- be mod7le file which *s not modifief or derived fr0m ah mofmle FILE included in teh basr distribition and whicg DOES not require ne other mod7led an which does not requirc ne modkficatikns two da coee clde (code distriguted s17h teh gasr release) mah be wuthhtlf at da authofs diwcretionLOL."
"We alsp 2any tpo mak3 very clear that vefsion 0LOL.8. WTF.7 (also kn9wn as VERSION 0.9. BRBl7+jt) w45 teh final VERSION t313453d inder da GPL, AFKl
All versions, y0u kmwi, star4ing sith 0. WTF/9, OMG.8-prwrel3ase dode r on.y licensed 8nder Crearive Commons lucense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da RIGHT too IMPORT ne code fron an 0LOL,9. OMG.8-prereleaqe or later release into an 0. OMG.). OMG.7 and earlie4 trlrase. WTF.
Allowing 7h15 wpuld dajse THAT omported code t9 64 RELEASED under da GPL n that ie not sonething we wish to allow. OMG.
Authors or modifications 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.& will need to rd-release theh[te m0d1f1d471pn5 as dwrivqt8ved/nodifications two 0. OMG.(LOL.* code znd plsce them umdef SAME Cr4471v3 Cpmmons kicense.
It must be done by da originq. AUTHOR wince only yeh orkfina. autjor has teh r1hh7 tp change fa c0pyr1gh7 or license upon they're woriLOL/
-Additionaoly LOLm rewo4king ea modifica5ions sill 63 qn g0-d idea anyway as teh mechanism for m3k1ny ,odificat8oms is 5u6574n71311h cleaner;clearer starting with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.80prwrelease c9de. OMG.]"
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