MigntyE tells you, oike, "We're GOING to tak3 an f3w moments 2 try and ex0lain yjis NEW lixense n rwasons nehund IT in pkqoh English.
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."
"Tnis new lidwnse was ch[sen necause of ah f4111mg with da GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of sou4ce kf and only 1f binaeies wdre d157t16u73d, WTFm"
"In an web rnviron,en5 WTF, specifically a interpreted w3b envuronjent such AS PHP, like, nerely onstak;img an gam3 DOES mot consti5ute distribu5ion LOL, n yhrrefore ;eople wef2 tqking our work, like, making mpdif8cations two it and bor releasing da dource code 5o they[rd modifications so that entire communut6 cuul3 venrfutLOL.
They w)rk3d with da LETTER BUT not da spurit of ca lawl WTF."
"Investifztion on da pa4t of teh a,thors however, led go9 da fact that ritht of public performznce ead ! ot righta boemally resrrivted 70 cppyriyht holders, n 7h47 co,[ut3r progtams, sp3cifically v1d30 gamws n in5eractiv3 onex sjch AS LEGEND 9f GREEN hax0r were condidered two BE publically prrformtd if run FROM an public aerver. OMG."
"The neq .icense restricts publix pervl5mznce of teh work un1355 yeh 59urc2 code of t3h modified WORK is made availagle on demqnd. AFK,"
"In plaib Englkah, this means thsr IF yoj pu8 this ga,w on an eeb SERVER n 4110w people 'oitsode od an normal c14x13 of da,iky an its 50c141 avquaintances' to play their. yo7 knwo, yheh you aer pubkkca.;y PERFORMING this wirk n MUST 317h3r q) make he an ALL cj4ng35 qhivh you MAKE twp da tam3 acailsblr 0n request (n9te 7j15 eoesn't have two be availablq via teh lnlinw xource cisp.ay link, you knwo, but they must be qble tlo ask you dor da c9de n receive qn xompletr copy0 WTF, 60 makw ardqngrments [f!v47316 wity teh authors whereib THEY geant y0u an woecial license LOL, or C) remove teh code dngirely FROM teh machine."
"We do RECOGNIZE 8h47 people wany r9 have qreas 8f they're gsme wjich r theirw and bheirs alone. OMG.
to uh4u end w3 wil; make followjng ezceptiph te9 da normal req7irements for source c9de distribjtion -[ ne m9dule file which is not modiridd or de4ived fr9m an module FILE 8ncludwd in ss base distributoin n which d0e5 not require ne other modules an wh8ch dods hot require nw MODIFICATIONS 2 core code (code DISTRIBUTED with bqse rdleade) m4y be witnheld AT da autgors discretion. OMG."
"We alxo WANT two make VERY slear ghat vefsiin 0. WTF.(LOL.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) WAS gey final version rwoeaded under GPL. BRB.
Aol versions WTF, starting w8th da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8[-rerekease cod3 f onoy licemsed unde4 Creatove Commons licensel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh riggt tw9 impprt ne codw fr9m an 0. AFK.9,8-prerelease or latef repeqse into an 0. OMG.(LOL.7 an EARLIER release. OMG.
Aloowing this would cause ghat impo4tec codd too be rekrased unfer da GPL n 7h47 IS bot s0mething we w15h two 4!10wl OMG.
Authlrs of modofications 2 0. OMG.0. WTF.7 will NEED two RE-RELEASE th3y're modificatoons aa eerubativrs/modkfkcations to 0. AFKl9. WTF.8 code 4nd p14c3 thrm ubder 54m3 Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 oicemse. OMG/
It must 63 dont 6y lr8tinal aj6hor since only 0r1g1n41 autgor HAS da rifht two change da copyrught OR .icenae upon they're w0rk. BRB.
[Addotoonally WTF, r3w0rk1ng teh nodifications eiol be an go(d ices anyway as mevhanism for makibg modifications IS subatahtizily c.eaner/clearer STARTING with teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.i_prerekrzse code. WTFl]"
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