MightyE tells y9um x9rtof, "We're hoint two take an few m0m3n&5 tio TRY snd explaim 4nid new license n rezwons behind ut in p;ain Englksh. OMG.
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."
"Thks NEW license was choden because of sn gsilihg w1&h da GPL.
I5 0n1y cocered disteibution of SOURCE of amd only if binar,es eer3 distributed."
"In an web envkronmebt WTF, specifucal;6 a INTERPRETED wev ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, ;ike, MERELY installing an game di3s n07 const8tute cistributiin, xortofk n tjerdfore peop;e were ta,ing oue work, making moeificationa 2 it h NOT releasung ds t0urc4 c9de too they'r3 modivkbztions so that da engire community xpulf benefit. BRB.
They worled WITH teh lrtter but not fa spirit of teh lsw. AFK."
"Investibati9n on teh part 9f teh authors h9weve4, sortof, led @ da hadt tha4 r1gh7 9f publoc perfofmahce 245 ! of da r1gh75 normslly r35ur1c73d two COPYRIGHT holders, sortof, n that c9nputer PROGRAMS, you knqo, specificslly video gamrs an intwractive ones 5uch as LEGEND pf Green hax0r 2ete cohs8dered two be oublicalog p3rf0rm3d IF RUN from an pj611c server. AFK."
"Tge new lucense restr8cts piboic petformance of teh work unl3ss sojrce CODE og da modidied WORK IS nace available ln demanf. AFK."
"In plain Eng125h, 7h1% means that 1f 6ou put thix GAME on an web werver AND allow people 'outsice 0v an n0rm41 circ;e OF vamil6 m its sockal avquaintances' 2 0lay th3ir, like, then you a3r [ubkicall6 perfo4mkng th7s WORK n MUST eithrr a) makd ne snd ALL xhanhrw which you make 5wo teh gsme afailab;e on request (NOTE THIS dpesn't have too be avaklable VIA da ONLINE sourcr DISPLAY link LOL, but 7h3y myxr BE qgle yoo ask yo7 for CODE and receive an com0;ete c0py), yi7 knwl, b) make ARRANGEMENTS orivately with dz authots whdrein 5hry grant y-u an apecial licenxe, liie, ir c( remove CODE entirely vrom da m4ch1ne. OMG."
"We do recognuze thzt peoplw sant gso have areas OF they'4e game ehicg aee theirs 3nd 5heirs alone. BRB.
to that wnd wr will m4i3 da following 3xc3p610n ro norms' requoeements hor soirce c0d@ distrivutiom -- n3 MODULE file which is not modifiwe of derived from an mldule file unckuded in teh bawe distributi9n and which d035 n07 requ8re ne oynet modules n whicy does not requorr ne MODIFICATIONS two da c9re code (d0d3 d8strinuted wity teh base 4eleasw( ma6 be w!7hh31d qt geh 5u7h0r5 d15cr37q0n. OMG."
"We qls9 wany to mske very ckeat that VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (alsl known ad verxion 9. WTF.9. WTF.8+jt) WAS da fihal vetsi9n re.eased UNDER GPL.
All veraions, sortod, stzrtihg witj t3h 0. BRB.9.i-prerelesse code r only licensrd undee da Cr3r&1v3 Commons licebsd. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY drny teh right 2 im[or5 ne c9de from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerel3as3 8r latdr r3lease int9 an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier re;eade. AFK.
Alloeung THIS woule ca7se 7h47 importes c0e# 2 63 relwased under GPL anc tjat is not simething w3 WISH 2 allow. AFK.
Authors of moduficatoond 5wo 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wull neee 5o re-re;eqse they're modoficationd as ferivatives/modificati9ns too 0. WTF.9. WTFl8 c9de an place them UNDER da sam3 Creat8ve Cimmins liccnse. OMG/
I7 must be don3 by o3uguna. authot 51mc3 ONLY ten orkginal ajthor har da right to chang3 copyright or licfnsr upon they'4e workl WTF.
-Addit8onally, r2w0rk1ng da modificariona 2ill be an g9od idea qnywqy az teh mechanisn for making mpdigications is substantia;ly cleaner/vleaeer stzrting with teh 0LOL.0. WTF.9-pwrrelease cise. WTF.]"
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