MightyE tells you WTF, "We'fe GOING too tske an few moments t9 5ry anf explain this NEW l8censd qn fa reasons behihd it in plain Englisy. 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."
"This neq license eas chosen because 0r ab fai.img w17h GPL. AFK.
It inly COVERED diwtribution of source if n onlh 1f binaries q3r3 distrovutedm BRB."
"In qn web envi4lnmenr, dortof, sowcirically a 1n73rp4373d web 3nc!rpnm3n7 such aw PHPk lkke, merely installigg an game does not c9nstirute distrkbution WTF, n therefore people were taking our w0rk LOLk ,aking modificw5ionx too it n not 4eleasing teh source code yoo they'ee mocudicationx so that entirw communirg voulf benefigLOL.
Th36 wo4lwd with lwtter buy noy spi4it of sa law. OMG."
"Invextigztoon in yeh part of teh authpfs however, 13d 3 ds fact 7h47 right of pyblic performahce was len OF da rifhys normally rrstricted to clpyright HOLDERS, softorm n tyat computer prog4ams, specifodally vidro games n interactibe ones SUCH as Legemd of 53h Gr3eh hax;r were covsideree to be pu611d411h perdormes if rum fr.m an puvlic se3ver. AFK."
"The NEW .8cenxe redtricts public p54vormance ov teh worl unkess da SOURCE code 9f modified w0rk 15 made svailaboe on demand. WTF."
"In plaib Englosj, sorgor, this means that if toy put thos game on an wwb server am alllw pep'le 'outside lf am NORMAL circle OF fanily anf its social adquaihtabces' too p2$y their, thdh yiu aer publically performong this work an MUST ritnwr a) MAKE ne and ALL cgabges WHICH you ,ake 2 teh game availab;e on tewuest *n073 THIS DOESN'T hafe tp ne qvaikable cia da obline siurce DISPLAY 11nk, bur they must be ABLE teo asu you fir teh code and r3c3qv3 an vomplete c0py), like, B) mske 4rr4ngwm3n75 ptivately wiry tej au5hprs eh3r31n they gtant you an xpeciai license, like, or c) remove codr 3ntirely from machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pepple wxnr goo have zreas if thet're g4m3 WHICH r th3irs n THEIRS slone.
tio tna5 end we wilo make teh fo.llsing exception to teh n)rmr1 requorements fpr sojrde code distribution -- me nodule file which is not m0d1g13d or derivef ffom an module fole inck7ded in base dist4ibution and eyicj d035 n07 require ne 08h4r modiles an WHICH does not f3qu1f3 ne modivkcagiobs 2 core c9de (code eksttivutef WITH base eel3ase) mah 63 witnhele at da auth.rs discretkoh. WTF."
"We 4140 2ant to make very ckear that bersion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also inown as vrrsipn 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS twh dimal versoon eeleased und3r GPL.
ALL versuonw, sortof, starting with 0. BRB.o. BRB.8-pr3r3!3453 CODE r obly lic3nsed unfrr teh Cr3ative Commons licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY s3ny tight gwo inpott n3 dode from an -LOL.9.8-prerelesse or ;qter t3lease 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and EARLIER release. AFK.
Alkowung this woule cause rhat impo4tef CODE too b3 released unser da GPL n that is not SOMETHING w3 w15h too ak;ow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0/ AFK.9. WTF/7 will ne3d to re-release they're jodificatipns as derivat8ves/nodifications tw9 0. OMG.9. WTF.9 c0d# am place them under teh samw Creative Commons lucens3. OMG,
It must be DONE 6y teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR sinde 8noj teh original autyof has yeh figyt 2 ch4ng3 copyright ir license upon they'te 2ork. BRB.
[Add1720n411y, you knwo, rewotkumg da mocufications will ne an gpod idea anyway as da nechah8am for making modificztioms is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER syarting with da 0. WTF.(l BRB.8-prereleasr code. BRB.]"
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