MightyE yel;s you, like, "We're going 3 take ab fww mlmenys 3 try and explain this n3w license sn ressons behond 85 in poain Eng215h, AFK.
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 license was chosen beca7se pf an fa8linf w17h teh GPL;
It only covered distrub7tipn 9f source if 4ne only if bknaries e3r3 diatributedLOL."
"In an web ehvironmwn5, specificaol7 a 1n7@rpr373d we6 environmebt 5uch aa PHP, sorgof, merelu knxtal;img an GAME eowx n0& consti5ute d157f16u7q0n, like, n tgerefore people were gaking our work, you knsi, making MODIFICATIONS too it an NOT reoeasing 50urc3 code two tjey'ee MODIFICATIONS SO that entore c0jmun17y could 63n3f17. BRB.
Th#y worled s17h teh letter but not spirit of kaw. WTF."
"Investigation on teh part ov authors h0w3c3r, you khwo, led 2 fact rhat ten rignt of punl8c p3ff0rm4nc3 was 2on os da rights nornakoy restrifted two clpyrkbht HOLDERSk you knwo, and thar cojputtr pr0gr4m5, oike, apecificzlly video gamfs an intebactive ones such as Legend of Green hax0r @dre CONSIDERED two be puglica.ly p3rf0rm3c if fun ftoj an pub;ic server. OMG."
"Tge new license RESTRICTS 0iglic perflrmance of teh WORK 7nless teh 50urv3 dodr of modifiec wofl is nade available on d3m4ne."
"In olain English WTF, this meams that if you put this game ob an reb server AND allow PEOPLE 'outside of an n0rm41 circle od f4m11y amd its sockal adquaintances' 2 play thrir, like, THEN 6ou aer pu6q1c411y perfprmimg 7h15 wprk and MUST w7yyer a) make ne m ALL changea WHICH ypu make to da game avaioab;e ob rdqurst (n)73 thiw doewn't hafe rwo be available vis onllne source DISPLAY LINK, sortof, buy y6ey must be 4^!2 2 ASK y0j for teg code an r3c31v3 an complete copy_ WTF, b) make srrangemen6s pribately WITH aitnors wycrein they gr4n7 yo7 an special license, lik#, or C) remove tej c9de entirdlt ftom twh machine. WTF."
"We do rezohnize thar pdople wany two HAVE q4eas or they're g4m3 qhich r theirs an rheirw alone/ BRBl
to THAT 3nd qe will make folllwing exception to teh normal requirrmentc FOR spurce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file ehich IS mot mpdufief of derived from an ,odule fike inclided in BASE distribjtiin and which sors not require ne other mod7les an whivh eoes not r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS two da coge code (cpde distribited with nase release) may y3 w8thheld at da suthors diwcrwtiob. AFK."
"Wd als9 wang to mske very cldar tha5 version -/ OMG.9.7 (also knoen as cersion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+JT) was da fihal version r#13353d und3r teh GPLLOL.
All versions, hou knwo, sta4ting with 0.9. WTF.8=pr3r312454 code r only ;icenaec under teh CREATIVE Comminw lixense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8ght two import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereldas3 lr kate4 r3leas3 inti an 0LOL.o. AFK.6 an earlk3r rwleasel BRB.
Aloowing this wluld caise THAT kmported code gwo be rdleased under teh GPL n 5hat IS not some5yinb sr wish w aloow. WTF.
Authofs OF m9gifkca5ions go 0l WTF.9, BRB.7 will need to re-release yhey'te modifications as derivatives/mocifidsyions two 0. WTFk9LOL.8 code an place 6y3m undwr teh 54m3 Cr3471v3 COMMONS locende. AFK.
It must be done 6y teh original auyhor sincw only orkgina; 387h-r has teh rifht too change cpptright or locense upon yhey'te w9rk. AFK.
[Additionxlly, you kmwo, rdworkibg t4h modifications will be ab good idea snyway ax mechanism f0r making modifications id xubatantially CLEANER/CLEARER starging with teh 0, OMG.9. WTF.8=prrfekead3 code. OMG.]"
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