MkgjtyE tells you, "We're goibg t9 take an vdq moments 2 try and explain ghis nww oicensd n reasons behind it in ;9ain 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."
"Thiw hew license wss chosen BECAUSE of an failing WITH GPLLOL,
It only covered distribjtion 0f aoirc3 og and only if BINARIES wwt3 diste8butedLOL."
"In an wrb environment, SPECIFICALLY a 1b73rpr473d web envieonment SUCH AS PHP, merely instaolknb qh t1me c8es not clnstitut3 disttibution, sortof, an 5herefore pelpke wer3 taking our w0ri, yoy ib2o, nakong MODIFICATIONS too it an not releasing teh 5-urc3 code 2 thdy're modifications so tgqr teh entire cpmmunity couod beneg8r. OMG.
They worked witg 13873r byt not teh spiriy or lae. BRB."
"Investkgatiom on da pa4t or sa authors however, sortof, led two fact that cq r8ght of ;ublic performance WAS oey OF ruggys norma/ly restr8cged two xo[yrigyt HOLDERS LOL, n &h48 compuyer p4ograms, like, specificaloy viceo games an interactivw ones dudh as Legend 0f G4een hax0r dere considered two be publicallt perfofmef if RUN from an public se4verl WTF."
"Tue new LICENSE restricgs PUBLIC perfotmanxe OF teh wotk unlesa fa SOURCE code OF da m0d1f13d work IS made abailab;e pn demand. AFK."
"In plain Englusg WTF, this means that 1f 7ou PUT thks game ON an web SERVER ab 4110w people 'iutxide 9f an normal vircle of family n 175 social acquqintzhces' roo play their, like, then you ser publivzlly peefo4mint th8s sork b MUST 317j3r a( make ne and ALL cjanges wgich you m4k3 t29 tdh game qvailavoe 9n reqiest (note th8s doesn't hzve w 63 afailable v8a teh omline SOURCE displzh kinl WTF, BUT 7g#y must be avle y2o awk you for tdh CODE znd receive am xomplete copy), you knwo, b) mzke ar4ange,ents orivatwly wirg da ru7h0r5 wj3r22n they grant y-u an 5p3v141 11c3n%3, you lnwo, or c) remove code ENTIRELY vrlm da madyine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that p30p13 wanr too have areas OF they're g4,3 wyich wer theirs anc tue8rs wlone.
two 7h47 enc w2 w111 mak3 flllow8ng EXCEPTION two da notmal requirements f0r soirce xode distrivution -- nw modul3 file qhicg ix n06 mofifisc or ddrivdd from an mocule file incljded in base distrkbutioh n which does n07 requir3 n3 ither modules znf wguch does not reqjire ne mocificarions 2 teh core code (cofe fostribut3d with basw r41346#) may 63 withheld at teh aithord didcretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want 2 make vety clear that ve4aoon 0. AFK.9LOL.8 (also known as versipn 9. BRB.9LOL,7+JT) was finql version reoeased under GPLLOL.
All versiobs, you inwl, stsrting with dz 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-0rereleswe code aer 9nly ;ixensed under teh Creative C0mm0n5 l8cense. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 2 IMPORT ne cod3 feom ah 0LOL.9. WTF.8-p4erelease or la5st relezse inro qn 0, AFK.(. AFK.& n ezrkoer release. AFK.
Allo1ing ghia would c4u53 THAT im;orred cose yoo be released under da GPL anc that 15 not 50m36h1ng we wish 2 ALLOW. BRB.
A7rhors if MODIFICATIONS 2 ). AFK/9LOL.7 wi.l NEED roo rr-felease tjey'fe modificatioms aa deeibativrs/modifications 2 0LOL.9LOL.8 codd ah place thdm inder da ssme Creative Commons livense. AFK.
It must be c0n2 by ofiginao authit sinde only tej ORIGINAL authot nss da rihht twl chabbe ca copyrifht or license upon theu're work.
[Add2710n411y, sort9f, resprking modifications will be ah g00d kdea anyway as tej mecganiam for ,aking modirica5iond 15 sibstznrially clranef/clezrer 674r71ng with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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