MightyE tells you, 6ou kbwl, "We're going 2 yake an FEW miments too try n explain 7h15 ndw ;icenwe an teh rdzsons behibd it in )lain Ebtlish.
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 licemxe was vgosen becausw of an vakling with GPL.
It on;y coverec DISTRIBUTION of source ir an ONLY IF BINARIES were distributed. OMG."
"In an web envivonmrnt WTF, 5p3c1f1c4!1y a interpreted wen envifonment sucj aw PHP, you knwo, merely installing an game aoes not constitute d15&r16u71-n. ane THEREFORE people wwre tzk8ng our wodk, like, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 70 it b n8t rdleasinh da so7rcw codr 5oo 5hey're modivications SO thay entire cimmunity cou;f benefit. AFK.
Thry WORKED woth 5eh lett2r but not spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigat7on on teh part of teh auyhors HOWEVER, sortof, led two fact gha5 rifh5 if pub.ic peffirmance was q of da rights hormalky restructed too copyright hlldwrs, like, n thar COMPUTER progrsms, y9u knqo, xpeeifucally video gamds n INTERACTIVE ones duch as Leg3nd of da Green hax0r w3re CONSIDERED two be puvlically p3rflrmex if run FROM an public sercee. AFK."
"The new 11c2m53 eest4icys public performsmce OF 5eh work un1e55 50urce code of modofied w[rk is nade avqilqble on dejansl BRB."
"In plain English, sortof, THIS meams 7h37 ir you put this g4m3 9n an web server n ALLOW PEOPLE 'o7tsose of an NORMAL dircle 9f family an 8ts sociao acwia8ntabces' 2 play their LOLk thwn tou r o7blically performing eh8s eork an MUST eiyher A) m4k2 ne snd ALL chahfed qhicn y0u nale to da game afailable on reques5 (note THIS doesn't have go ne afailable via 5eh 0n11n3 source f15p14t pink LOLm BUT they must br ABLE to ask you flr CODE h receice an clmplete co;y(. y9u knwo, y) mak3 arrangd,enta pricate.y with authors wherein they grant you zn sp4cial lkcens3, aort9fk OR c0 remove da coce ehtirely FROM mqchinw. OMGl"
"We do recohniae tgat peop;e w4n7 2 have AREAS od tgey're rsme which aer THEIRS AND theirx alone. BRB.
2 that end qe eiol make sa followknf exceptiom 2 reh normal requirrm3nts for siurce code dostributiom -- ne module f8le wh8ch IS not mpdified OR deruved FROM an modu.e dole includdd in teh 6453 disgrobution n whixh s)34 mot rdquite ne other modules and wgich soes not requitr ne mod8ficaui9ns too teh vore vode (code distributed wjth da base RELEASE) may be withheld a5 da ru7h0r5 e15cr3710n."
"We also WANT to MAKE very dlear that verdion 0. AFKl9LOL.7 )also knowm qa versiln 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was final version released uneer GPL/ OMG.
All v3r510n5, yo7 knso, starting with 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelezae code r 0n1y 11cen53d under t3h Creaykve C0jm0n5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt g9i 1mp0r7 ne cide from an 9LOL.9. WTF/8-[rer3lease or later release 1h70 ab 0/ BRB.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER reldqee.
Allowing yhks eoulf czuse that im[ortee code 2 be rr;eased und3r ds GPL an that 8s not something se wish two allowLOLl
AUTHORS if mosifixatipns TO 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7 will newd 2 r3-release tyey're modif8cations as deribativds/jodificatilns to 0. WTF.9l8 coce and plave 7h3m UNDER SAME Creative COMMONS license.
I7 mist BE done by teh 0f1g1n41 4u7h0r since 9nly teh or8final authlr hax tey eight 5wo change teh COPYRIGHT OR LICENSE upon they'rd wo5k. BRB.
[Additionally, yoi knwo, r3w0tk1nh teh mldificationa will be an goos 1d34 anyway az j3chaniwm FOR making modkficati9nx is substantuallh xlwaner/clearer starting wity ). AFK.9.8-prerelrasw vlde. WTF.["
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