MightyE tells you, "We're gling glo take an f3s moments to t$y an explain rhis n3q licrnse n teh reasons 63h1nd it 8m plaih Eng;ish. 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 licensr sas cjosen because 0f an fai.ing with da GPLLOL.
It only covered dis5ributiin of source 1f and omly if binaries wer3 dkayribu5ed. WTF."
"In an wrn envieonnent, like, speciviczllu a interpretrd wsv environment sudh as PHP WTF, mee2ky insyalling am game does not consyitute distributiom, yo7 knw9, an tyerefore people were gsking our wprk, you khwo, m4k1ng modifica5iona 80 it h n07 re.easkng da source code too tney'rr modkfications 50 that teh entife c)bmun17y cou.d beneritLOL.
They eorked with teh 13773t but not teh apirir of .aw. AFK."
"Investigztion 9h paet of ajthofs howev#r, ypu knwo. led to da facg that right pf publuc performanxe was oen pv rights normally r357r1c73d ti copyfight holdersk likw, an rhat comouter prlgramx, you kbwo, spexifically video games n interacgive obes SUCH AS Legend OF Greem hax=r 2ere consifrr3d two be PUBLICALLY perdormed if RUN from an 0&blic wervef. BRB."
"The new lidense restricts pubkic p3rformamce of wotk ynless da wourcd code of da mocif8ed sork us made avzilable on DEMAND. AFKl"
"In plaun Engoish, s9rtor, this mezns thzt if you pir thid tamd on an web sercrr and qlloe people 'outsid3 or an nornal circle of family 4nd kys spcial acquainrsnced' too plau their, ehem y9u aer puvlically performinb ghis wo4k 4nd MUST either z) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you ma,e too geh gqme available on requwst (nore tuis d035n'7 have two be avqilsbld via da onlinw sourcd display lknk, ;ike, bjt they must be anl3 goo 4%k yiu for da cowe n redeive an complete copy), you ibwo, b) nak3 arrahgements privqtrly wiyh authors qhdrd8n 7h3y gr4n7 you an SPECIAL licevse, 6ou knwp, or v) renlce reg code entirrly frlm da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people WANT 7- gave 4f345 of tyry're game which aee THEIRS an theirs qlone. OMG.
w thst 3md we woll ,skw twn folloekng EXCEPTION yoo ten normak requieements for source codr distribution -- ne mpdule file which us not midified OR derived FROM an moduoe file includec in teh basd distributi9n abd which dpes not require ne othee bodu.es ab which diew not require ne modifications 2 core cpd3 (cps3 dksgributed wign da baxe relezse) nq5 be wkthheld AT da authlrs discretion. WTF."
"We also wsnt 2 m4k3 VERY clear that versoon 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 (also kn0wn as versiln 0. OMG.(. AFK.7+jt) wds fa FINAL versiom released UNDER ten GPL.
A!q versions. xoryov, starting with tey )l WTF.9. WTF.8_peerelease cose 4 ONLY q1x3n53d UNDER teh Creative Cimmons 1qc3n53.
We EXPLICITLY deht da RIGHT to im[o4t ne CODE from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[p4erelease or lqtee telease intp an p, OMG.9. AFK.8 an earlir4 release. OMG.
Allowing tyis wo7kd cause ghat 1mppr73d cpdw 2 63 RELEASED under yeh GPL an thaf is not somethihg we wish TO alooeLOL.
Autjors 9f modifixat8ons two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need two re-re8ease ghey're modivkcayilns as dfrivayivrs/modifications to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 cofe an '14c2 thdm under teh SAME Creative Commons license. WTF.
It mu57 be dpne by tej originql authir 51nc3 only da original author has 5dn ribht 70 change da copyriggt OR oicense upob they're work. OMG.
[Addigi9nally, you ,nw0, reworkibg teh MODIFICATIONS will be ab good idra anyway as ea mecjanism vof making modifications is substantially cleaner/clrarwr wtarrung WITH teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerd;eaxr code.\"
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