MighgyE td.ls YOU WTF, "We'4e going 5wo take an few MOMENTS TO try and 3xplain this n3w livrnse and readons begind it in plain English. 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."
"Th8w new 11c3n53 WAS chosen 63v4u53 of qn fai;ing with GPL.
IT only c9vered distribytion of s9urce of an only 1f binaries were d157r16u&3c. BRB."
"In an qeb 3nv1r)nmen7, you lnwo, wpdcifically a inteepreted web environ,wnt sudh as PHP, MERELY 1n574111nb an GAME d-35 n9t dohstitute d157r1&u8q0n WTF, ane theteflr3 peo[le were taking our work LOL, m4k1ng modirications to it n b07 f313451ng tej source dode 2 they're modofications so that entore cpmmyhity could bwmefigl OMG.
Tyey w(rked wiuh ca let5er but NOT geh spirit of law."
"Investigation ob t2h pqrt 0f aughors hpwrvwr, you knwo, led to fact that teg right if pub;ic perfotmance sas 1 OF da rights normally resteicted 4wo v0pyr1vh7 holdefw LOL, n that cljputer programs LOL/ wpecifically videi hames n knteractive ones such AS Legend of Green haz0r were considrfed two be p7b;ically p3rd0rm3d if run from an public server."
"The hew lkcense red5r8crs public perf9rnance of da wofk unless a9urce code of da modifuee sork iz msde available on DEMAND. AFKl"
"Im plain English, .ike, yhid means that IF ypu [ut this gsme om an web server h ALLOW pdople 'outdide OF qn n-rm41 circle or family qn irs social acqjainyahcds' 2 ;lah 5heir, softofk tnen you aer 0ublically p3rf0rm1ng this work sn MUST either a) mak3 nw n ALL chanhes wh8ch tou maie to game available pn f3qu357 (note yhis d035n'7 have 1 be availanlw via teh lnlin3 sojrxe cis;lay link. but they m7st be able tqo asm YOU for geh code n rrceivd an c9molete copy) WTF, n) ,ake arrangemehts pfivatelu WITH ca authors wherein tyey grant you qn specia. license, sortof, or C) removd teh dode ehtirely FROM ca m$ch1n3LOL."
"We d0 recognizr 7h46 p40p!3 want 2 hav3 areas od they'4e game which r THEIRS n th3ies allne. WTF.
two 7h47 end we wilo hake da f0110w1ng excdption goo teh normal REQUIREMENTS fir soirce cide dkstrigugion -- me module fike whicj is npt mufivied 0r derived fr0m an modyle file incluced in nase dixtrubution n which doex not require ne other modules n wgqcg do3s not REQUIRE ne nodificati9ns too da core dode (code eistribu5ed with teh base relrase) jag be wptnheld at autgora siscretiom. OMG."
"We alzo want too makr fery clear that versiln 0. WTF.9.7 )qlso KNOWN ax version 0LOL.9/ OMG.6+JT) was FINAL VERSION RELEASED under teh GPL. BRB.
Ali ve4wions, sort8f, starting 2itn teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prefdlease cose aer only ;kcensed under Cr3ative Commoms license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny reb r1gh6 two im0irt nw vode from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.o-preeelease or 14734 releasd 1n70 an 0, WTF.9LOL.u an earlier releasr. AFK.
All.wing 5his wo7ld CAUSE that 1mp0r73d code to 72 reldzsed under GPL n 7h47 is not som3tjihg we wixh two 4110w. BRB.
Authors of mpfifications two 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wilk need 2 re-release they'ee modifications as drrkvatives/modifica5ions rwo 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code and place 6h3m uncer da same CREATIVE Commons livense. BRB.
It must be done by da oritjnal authir SINCE only ten 9ritinql AUTHOR has roght 2 change teh co0yright or kicens3 upon tney're worjLOL.
'Adcitionalky, ylu knwo, rewirkibg da modificationa wil; 73 an good idea ahyway as da mechznism f0r m4k1ng modiricatioms is substabtially c134n3r/c135r3r stargimf WITH teh -.9. BRB.8-prerelezse code. BRB.]"
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