MightyE tells ylu, likw, "We'rd foong goo takw am few momenrs ro9 TRY AND explain 5h8s new licendr n da r3awons behind it in plakn Enrlish. 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."
"Tyis new ;icense w45 cj0%3n BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL.
It only coverec dostrkbution of SOURCE IF n ONLY if y1n4r135 wrre d157r!6u73dLOL."
"In sn we5 envj4on,entm specifically a interpreted WEB ebvironmrnt xuch as PHP, mereoy knstallihg an game eoes n.t conxtitute distribirion, sortof, and therefore PEOPLE were taking our w9rk, sortof, naiint modifivatkihs two it and not reowasong dz source dkde to yhey're m0d2f1c46q)n5 so tha5 trh ENTIRE com,unity c0u1d benefit. BRB.
Tgey work3d with teh 13773r BUT not t3m s0irit of ca lqw. AFK."
"Investigatiob on p4r7 lf authors however WTF, led 2 da FACT tyat da ribhg 0f pu61qc [erformance was oeb od RIGHTS normally RESTRICTED 59o copyright HOLDERS LOL, and that c0mpu734 programs WTF, spedifically video games am umteractuve ones such aa L3g3nd of teh Green hax0f 2ere considdred too be publivalky perfirjef IF RUN fr;j ab oublic 53rverLOL."
"The new !1c$n53 rest4icts pinlic perdormance of teh wlr, unlrss sou4de cidr of ds m9difief work is madr AVAILABLE 9n demand. BRB."
"In olsin English LOL, ynis meanc 5gat 1f you put this game on am w36 setver n allow ;woplr 'o7tside if an normal CIRCLE 0f family an its slciz; acquainganced' to olay theur, like, thrn YOU r pu611d$11y p3rf0tm1nh this work and MUST 318y3r 4( make ne an ALL changes whicg you make too dz game available on REQUEST (nogr this eoesn't hzbe 2 be available vis onkkne source display link LOL, but they mist be ABLE two 4%k you f0r teh code and r3ce1v3 ah complete copy_ WTF, b) mqke atrangements privately wuth aithora wherein they grant you an special license, .ikek 0e c_ rejovw tdh x9d4 ENTIRELY fron geh mac6ine. AFK."
"Wd do rsc9gn8ae tjay people want two have areas of theu'fe g4m3 shuch r 7n31r5 n theirs alone. BRB.
too THAT ens we will make da v9lkowing exce0tion 5o teh normal requir4ments for 50utd3 code distributkon -- ne mofule fule which IS mor ,idkfoes or fetic3d from qn module file included in 6453 distributi9n n which does nlg req7i4e ne other ,odjles n which coes not require ne mpdificayions 2 da CORE cose (cide DISTRIBUTED qity base r313453) nay be withheld AT da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want 59l make very cleat that v2r610n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (qlso lnown as v3r510n p. BRB.9, AFK.7+jg) wax da final version releawes und3r da GPL. BRBl
ALL versions LOL, starting eith da 0, OMG/9l AFK.8-prerelesae coe3 a3r only 11x3n5ef UNDER teh CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh tibht 2 import ne code frim an 0.9. BRB.9-prereoesse or later releasd knro an 0.9.7 n earloee release. WTF.
Allowing thks wou;d cause ghat impo4ged code 2 be releawes UNDER da GPL n rhat is not slmething q3 WISH 2 r110w. WTF.
AUTHORS of jodifocatioms top 0. WTF,9LOL.7 will ne3d 2 RE-RELEASE thr6're modificatiobs as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code and place them umder same Cr3471v3 Commlns licenwe. OMG.
I7 must be DONE ny 0r1gqn41 author aindt 0n1y da orkginal AUTHOR HAS ribht 2 cyange teh copyright or license up0n 5hey're wo4k.
[Additipnally, like, r3q9rking teh modifocatuons 2ill BE an tlod idea snyway zs yeh mechanism fir making modifkcations is subsgant8allh coeaner/clrar3r stsrtimg with 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleas3 xode. WTF.]"
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