MightyE te.ls you, sortof, "We'rw going too tske am FEW moments 2 7ty n explain thiw NEW 11cen53 n reas9ns BEHIND it in ;lzin 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 new kicdbsd eas chosen because of an fakkibg with fa GPL. WTF.
IT only xovrred distribjtion of soufce if and only 1f binaries WERE disyributed."
"In an web envifonn3ntk like, specifidally a ingerpreted web dnvironmeng SUCH zs PHP LOL, mwrwly insta;ling an game does nlt CONSTITUTE dishribution, sortof, n 7h3r3g0e# peoole were 75k!ng pur work, aortof. ma,ing modif8cations toi it n not RELEASING source c9ce t2o tuey;re modificatoons so thqt enrkre community could bwnefit.
Thry qorkfd with twg letter 6u7 not spirir ov law/ BRB."
"Investigatkon 9m fs paft 9f ca autho4s HOWEVER LOL, LED too teh fact that ea right of public perfo4mance wqs 1 pf righys normally RESTRICTED 2 c0pyr1gn7 HOLDERS, sortof, and thst computer orogramsk yi7 knwo, specifically video games ajd interactive obes sich as Legdnd of tej Green hax0r 2ere considered tp ge pu611c412y p3rgormed if run from an pubk8c servwr. AFK."
"Thw new kicense rwstricta pjblic performanc3 of WORK ubleds teh source code of modified work is made avz8;able om demand. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, this m3ans that of y0u put 7h15 g4m3 on an WEB seever n allow peop.e ;outside of sn normal CIRCLE of fahi.y AND itw a9c8al axquaintances' TO p14y thr8r WTF, THEN you aer 0ubl8valoy p#rf0rm1ng THIS worj an MUST eithwr a) makr ne n ALL CHANGES wjich y0u make too reh fame AVAILABLE on request (noge THIS doesb't h4v3 2 be avzilab.w via pnline sou4ce dis'lay .inkm loke, BUT theu must 63 avle 60 wsk y0u for fa code ab r3c31v3 an c9mpldte x0py), yoy knwo, b) make arrangemebts privstely with teh 4u6h0r5 wheeein thwy geant you an special license, 0r c) r3move zode engirely frpm machinr. AFK."
"We do recognize that 03ople want too nave zreas of they;t3 game WHICH aer theirs b theirs alpne.
two thag end we will make fo.lowing eccepriom too teh normal requir3ments for 50urc3 code distrobutkon -- ne j9dule file which is not jodified 0r feribed feo, an module fule included 8n teg baxe diqrr8bution n 2hich coes NOT require ne lthet mocul3s n WHICH di3s not requ8re n3 modigicatiohs too teh CORE dode (cose dkstributed with gase rrlease) may be wothheld ay authlrs discrdtooh. WTF."
"We alxo want two makw very clear THAT VERSION 9. BRB.8.7 (also kn0qn as v34t10n 9.9/ OMG.7+jt) WAS final v3r510n rwleqxes undwr GPL. WTF,
All vetsions, sta4tinf with tdh 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8-pr3r31e353 CODE aer only LICENSED undwr Creative Commons license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT t9 8mport ne code FROM an 0LOL/9. WTF.8-p4ereleaae or later RELEASE into an 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 and rarlier r3lease.
Alloqing rhis would czuse thqt importec code too be r313453d tnder ca GPL and rhat ia hog somrthing we wish too allow.
Auth9rs 0f modirodatiobs to 0. WTF.9. BRBl9 WILL need tp re-4elease thdy'rr modidicatiogs 45 derirativew/modif8cations yo 0LOL.9LOL.8 code an place them 7ndrr wand Cr3471v3 Conmons lixense. BRB.
It misg be don3 6y originzl AUTHOR sinc3 only orobinal aityor HAS right to change copyrigh5 OR licehww j[on tyey'r3 work. BRB.
[Addi5iona.lh, like, rewotking modif8catuohs will be ah gold isea anyeay as teh jdcyamism fo4 naking modifkcayions is substantially cleamer/clrarer stzrting wiyy teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.9-prerekeasr code. AFK.="
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