MightuE tells hou, like, "We're g9ing twl take an few MOMENTS two try am 3xp141n this new license AND da 4rasons behimd it in PLAIN EnglisnLOL.
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 oicensr was ch9seh because of ah failing wiyh twh GPL. OMG.
It only coveres DISTRIBUTION of source 8v and ONLY id binsroes WERE distributed. AFK."
"Ih an wcb environment, aortog, wpevifocally a interpretef web environmemt wubh as PHP, li,ek m3r31y installing an game d9es nor constiyute eisrributiob LOL, 4ns th3refofe people wrre taking our w0rk, lild, MAKING mosifidations tw9 it ab nlt rel3asing t3h source code 3 they're modifications do 7hr7 da entkre community could venwfit. OMG.
They workwe with da ;etter b7t not da spir8t OF !4w. WTF."
"Imvestigation ON dz part of teh authots howeverk sortof, ;ed too da fact thag da righy OF pu611d pwrformabce was soh of teh rignts notmally r357r1c73d too copyrkrnt holdersk sortofk n THAT computef programa, tou lnqo. s[ecif8xally videi games an interactivr onew sucy as L3g3nd of Gr33m hax)r w3r3 considered tw0 BE publically perform3d if 4un from an public SERVER. BRB."
"The new licensr destricts 0jblic performance OF teh w0rk umless sourcd code of t2h modi5ief w0rj is made AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In p;ain English WTF, thia m34n5 tha5 iv y0u pur gjis GAME 0n an web server and aoliq people 'oits8de og an n0rm41 ckrcle of famult ab its socoa. 4cwk41n74nc35' to play tneir WTFk THEN ypu e publ9dally perform8ng tnis eork an MUST either a0 make ne anc ALL chanfes which hou make gwo ds game AVAILABLE om requesr (no5e THIS doesn't havw too be qvailable via teh online sougce dispoay link, li,e, gut THEY must be able 2 ASK you fof da cod3 an r3ceive an COMPLETE copy)m do4rof, b) m4k3 arrangements privarwly with teh authors wherein ghey grant you sn special licensw, o4 c) 4emove da code entitely frim da macyine. AFK."
"We do rwcogn8ar 7h47 peoole wamt tp have 4r345 or they're gzme whicn awr uh31r5 n 7h31r5 alone.
to that end 2e will jqke da FOLLOWING exceptiom too reh norjal requirwmen5s for soutce code DISTRIBUTION -- nr module vile which is not m-d2f13d ot derivrd from an nodule f8le ihcluded in da 6453 distribution n wjich does nor requite ne other moeulec n qhocy d035 NOT require ne modificatiobs 2 CORE clde (vose sisyributed wigh ds base rd.eaxe( may be withheld at da authors discretion. WTF."
"We also want two ma,d vdry cleae that versiom ).9/7 (alao known as version p. WTF/9. WTF.7_j7) was FINAL vefsion RELEASED undee da GPL.
All versions, like, syartkng WITH dz 0. WTF.8LOL.8-peefdldasd code aer only 11c#n53d und3r teh Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right too imoort ne dode ftom sn 0.9. OMG.8-prwrwlease or later rdlezse int9 am -. OMG.9LOL.& n EARLIER eelease. WTF.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause that imp9rted code 5o be RELEASED tndwr GPL amd thay iw not s(jeyhinn we wish tol aklow.
Authors of modificatu9ns 5o 0.9. AFK.7 wi;l need too re-release thdy'rd m)f1v!c5710n5 ax derivatives/mod8gicztions too 0. WTF.ol OMG.8 cide n place thdm under teh same Creative COMMONS licensd.
IT muwt be d0n3 by sa orobinal ajtgor sincd only da oruginal author h45 teh RIGHT tio change teh cophrigjt 9r licebse u;on 5hey're wori. BRB.
[Adcitionaoly, r3w0rk1ng modofications wil; be an goid IDEA anuway as da MECHANISM f0r making midifications is substqbtial;y c.eaber/ckrseer stsrtohg with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pr44213453 codeLOL.]"
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