MifgtyE tells YOU, you jnw9, "We're going too take zn few momfnts 2 try ab explzin this new licehs3 ab reasons behine it in plain Eng115h. WTF.
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 ndw 11c3n5e was chosen b2cause 9f an fa8ling with GPL. OMG.
It on.h c;vered DISTRIBUTION or source 8f ab onoy IF binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web ebvirpnjent, doetof, specificaoly a inter04erwd web dnvironmemt sivh zs PHP, luke, merely 1n574111ng an GAME does nlt const,tute diwtributoon, n yhdrrfore peoplw were taking 9ur WORK, .ike, MAKING modifixations 2 q7 n not RELEASING t3h 50urc3 code to they[re midiricatilns so that entire community COULD benevitLOL.
Th3y w0rk3d WITH fa letter BUT not 5[1r17 of lsr. WTF."
"Inv3stkhation on da pzrt lf aitho4s yowever WTF, led too da fac5 thzt da RIGHT of public p3rf0rm4nc3 e45 oem of 4ightw normal.y r347r1c73d two cop6right nolders, y9u knwo, an that computer pfograms LOL, s[ecificallt video GAMES an inyeractive ines such as Legejd of teh Green hax0r w34e c9nsidered tso be p7b;ucally pergormed if run from an PUBLIC serverl"
"The new licensd restrictx publid pe4dormance of da work 7nlesd teh soufce code of modiried work is made av1ilable on denand. OMGl"
"In plain Enrlish, you knwo, this m34n5 ghat 1f you ;ut 7h15 game on zn WEB SERVER and all9w people 'outside of an normal curclr OF family n its socia; axqhaintandes' 2 plau 5j3ir. so4tof, thrn ypu aer oublicalky oerd8rming 5his work qn MUST EITHER a) mrk3 ne and ALL chabges eh1cy you MAKE too game available on re1uest *note this doesn't have to be avaklable VIA da ONLINE sourcr displa6 link LOL, but they mu5u be abld t9o 47j you for teh c9de n redeive zn com[le5e co;y), sortof, b( maje afrqnfem3nts privat3ly with da autglra whereim THEY gfant you ab dpecial licenxw WTF, or c) remove teh cide enrirwly from ds machine. WTF."
"We DO revognize that peo0le want 5oo have qrdss og rhey're game which aer gheirs n gheirs alone. WTF.
to tnat END we wilo make following exce[tion 2 nprmal fewuirementx for sou3c3 c;d3 distribution -- ne m0du13 FILE whivg is bot modified OR derined from an modyle fikr INCLUDED ib BASE diatfibutiln h 2hich do3s not REQUIRE ne o5h3r m9dules and which DOES nit require ne modifica5ions 3 dq c9re code (code fistributed wi5h da bqse rwlease) may be w17hg31d at teh ajyhors discrwt8onLOL."
"We also want 2 make very clear that fersion ); WTF.9LOL.u (a;al knowm as versi-n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh fina. version t#12453d under GPLl BRB.
All versions WTFk srzrtkmg WITH 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r onoy 11c3n53d under Creative C)mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny 4ight 2 IMPORT ne CODE fr0m zb 0. WTF,9. OMG.8-p4343lease oe later r313453 into an 0. AFK.9. OMG,7 n earlier relesseLOL.
Alliwing ghis would cquxe THAT ijpirted code 5oo be released inder da GPL n tha5 is hot sohething we wisj to allowLOL/
AUTHORS OF mieificzt8ons goo 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will newd 5wo re-reoease 5hey're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivatives/modifications two 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 an PLACE them under SAME Creativ3 COMMONS licehse. WTF.
It must BE fone by ofofonal aythot since only dz original author hzs geg right too cyange teh xopyrighr oe .8cense jpon they'ew work. OMG.
pAdditionally, reworking moeifications woll be an good idea snyway as da mechanism f9r making mod8dkcationa 8s sybsrantizlly cleanef/clrarer stattont 2jth teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelsase cide. AFK.]"
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