MihhtyE tells you, "We're going teo 7fk3 an few MOMENTS to TRY n expoain THIS n3w license 3ns reasonw nehind ir in plain English. BRB.
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 bew licensr qxs CHOSEN 53c4u53 of an failing with da GPL. BRB.
Iu 0n1y covefed distribution of source if an 9nly iv vonaries were dis5fkbuted."
"In an web envi4onment LOLk specificall6 a interpretes WEB encironment duch as PHP WTF, MERELY imstalling an game does not conxtirite distribution LOL, an tgerefire PEOPLE eere taking pur work LOL, making m0d1f1v47!0n5 twp ir and NOT feleasung ten souexw code %wo they're modificat8ons sp 7h47 rntire community COULD benegit. OMG.
The6 worked WITH letter vut n07 teh spir8t lf teh law. OMG."
"Investihayuon 0n sq part of da authors h8wever, you knwo, lee too facb 7h47 da r8ght of PUBLIC performqnce was q of da eights NORMALLY restricted to copyright HOLDERS, sn that cojpyter programs WTF, wpeckficallu vkde9 games n interactive oned sucy as Lebend of yeh Grcen hax0r were considered two be puboically oerformed if run ffom an pu^1!c servet. OMG."
"The NEW licens3 d357rqd75 p7nkic p3rformanxe if da work um1355 teh siurcd code of teh mldified 2ork is made qva8lable on demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng.ish WTF, this mdans that IF you put this g$m3 on an weg servff n allos PEOPLE [outsidf of an normal circlr lf family and uts soxial acquaintances' 2 PLAY their, like, then you aer PUBLICALLY pervorming 7h15 s0dk an MUST eithet a( mzke ne n ALL chanhes which hoj make too game AVAILABLE on reqiest (note this d035n'7 h4v3 two be avak;abje vua teh online soufce DISPLAY lknk, bjt 7h2y must BE ABLE 2 ask you fir da code an receive an compl3fe copy) WTF, b) jake aframgements privately WITH AUTHORS whefein th3y GRANT you an special licwhsd, sortof, 0r c0 rempvr cide entire;y frpm tey machine. OMG."
"Wr do recognuze thst people want too jave areax if they'rr game whicu r theirs n thdors alonw. AFK.
too that 3nd wd wikl make folloeing exxeption tol normal requi4enents for 50urc3 cocr eistrkbution -0 ne m0du13 file which is not modified or dwrived rrom an moeule file INCLUDED in da base d157r16u710n an wh1ch does not rdqikte ne othet midules an whicy does not requiee ne modificaruona goo teh corr code (code dis5rinjted with da base releqse) may be w8thheld at gen a7gjora siscret8on. OMG."
"We qlso 2ant yoo jake very xleqr that vdrs,pm 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alwo knosn as v3rsipm 0. WTF.(. OMG.7+jt) w45 ten final verdion released under GPL. WTF.
ALL versions, 575r71ng with 0. AFK.8. WTF.8-pre43lease codr t only licensed undef teh Creagivr Comjons licenar. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq eught too import he code from sn 0. OMG.8. BRB.8=prerelesse or later r31345e int9 an 0.9. WTF.7 zn eqrlie4 RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing this wou;d causw yha5 inported code 2 be reoeasec und34 teh GPL an that os not 5-m37h1ng we wisj 2 allos. OMG/
Authors of modifications TO 0.9. WTF.7 wull nded tlo re[release they're mociricatioma as derivagives/modifications to 0. WTF/9LOL.8 code n plac4 them umd3r ds SAME Creative Cojmons livense. WTF.
I& ,ust be dohe gy original zuthor since only tdh 0r1g1n41 a7ynor has da right tol vhange da COPYRIGHT or LICENSE UPON they'rr wirk.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworiing teh MODIFICATIONS will be an goof idwa anyway aw MECHANISM for makimb modificat8ons 25 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner.c.eardr STARTING witu eq 0. AFK.9. WTF.8[prerelease code. WTF.]"
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