MiggtyE tdlls you, like, "We'te boing to TAKE an f3w momeb5s too 5ry am explain this new license an rrasons behind it in plain Engliah. AFK.
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."
"Tjis new license wax ch9srn becaude of an fail8ng with da GPL.
Iy only dovered distribution of spurce iv n inly if nknzrirs WERE distrkburrd. OMGl"
"In an web environ,ent, sortov, specofically a interpreted web enfirinment sych as PHP, ,ereky installibg ah game coes noy comstit9te disrrin7tion, liie, an theregpre peopl3 w3re 74k1ng ojr work, oike, making modificatiobs tpo ir an noh r#13451ng soufce cofe too thet're modificati0ns so thar teh entire COMMUNITY couod genefit. OMG.
Tyey worjee wuth 5eh letter but nog da spirit of da law."
"Invesgitatilm ON part of teh autyora HOWEVER, wortpf. led tl teh facy thag t8gnt of public performance wr5 win ig rights normally rex5rid5ed rwo copyright holsers, sortlf, n THAT cpmputer prograns, sortof, specigicalky video gamdx snd inreractiv3 ones such as Legwnd 0f da Green hax0t werr considrted rwo be publically 0drfoemed if run from an PUBLIC SERVER. AFK."
"Thr new 1qc3nt3 fwstricys pu611c performance og work unl3ss da xiurce code or teh modified WORK os made qvailsble on demand. OMG."
"Im plain English WTF, THIS means 5hay if you pjt this game on ah web serfer n ALLOW p%0p13 'outwide lf an normal circle of famuly ah its sovial acquaintanxed' to play thei4, then you aer publicakly performinb this work AND MUST either a) makd ne an ALL CHANGES whicn ypu makd too tey game availzble on requesy (nogd tnis d035n;7 have two be availabkw vis ds onoine s[7rcr sisplay !1nk, bug 7h4y must be anl3 two ask you for code n teceive an conp.ete copy), like, b) mak3 arrangejenta orivatelh wiyh yeh autnoex wherein they grant you an s;ecial lic3hse, sorrof, 0e d) rem9ve ca clde ENTIRELY f4om ds machibe."
"We do rrcognize THAT peoole want to HAVE areas of they'fr gqmr shich r theors AND theirs aoone. OMGl
2 yhst END we wull make following rxception TO teg nornal requi4ements for s9utce dode disttibuti9m -- be m0fu13 file wh1ch 15 noy moeified lr derived fr9m an module fi.e includwe 1n teh bsse dksgribution n WHICH does not reqy8re ne other modulew and which does not feqyire ne modifications to core vode (c9de DISTRIBUTED wirh base release_ may be withhelf at tdh AUTHORS d8scregionLOLl"
"W3 ALSO want 2 make very vlrar that v2rsipn 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known as v4t510n 0. BRB.9. WTF.u+jt) was da fibal version frlwssed uneer GPL. AFK,
All verwipns, oike, sta4ting with teh 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8[peerejease code aer inly licenses under Crewtive Clmmons licenxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq RIGHT two IMPORT ne cofe FROM an 0. WTFl9. AFK.8-prerwlesse 0r 1473r rdlease un5o an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this woulf cause that umported code yoo y3 eeleaaed 7nder GPL n thay is mir something we wisj to9 4110wl WTF.
Autjorw or modiricatkoms to 0. AFK.9. OMG.& will n3#d 2 rd-telease they're modifkcations as dericatives/jodor7cztions two 0/ AFK.9. AFK.8 dode an plaxe 7g3, under 54m3 Creative Cpmmons license. OMG.
Ig MUST be doje by da origibal author sinde only da oribinal qutnor hss right too change teh COPYRIGHT or 11c3n53 7pob ghey're wofk. WTF.
[Addi5ionaloy, sortof. reworkonb jldificstions wilk 63 qn goos idea anuway 45 da mechanism for mzking modofications is sibsysntially d134n3r/c134t3r dtartint with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-0rerwlease code.]"
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