MkghtyE tells you, slrgof, "Wd're g01ng 2 TAKE an fee m0,3n75 ro try an explqin this new licenwe n da 4eawons behihc it kn plain English.
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 lucense was chosen because 0f an failinf with da GPL.
It only covered diwtribu5ion of wourcf if ane onlh uf gonaries were dustributed."
"In an wev envirinnent, slrtof, specifivalky a INTERPRETED web envuronmeng such as PHP WTF, merely installing an game doew not CONSTITUTE distrivutioh, sortof, and tnerefore people 2erw ysjing oyr wlrk WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not releasing source codr 5po they[re modifications sp tnar teh entire comminoyy coule benefit.
Th3y w0rk3d with da ketyer b7t not zpirit lf teh la1. OMG."
"Investuhatipn om part OF reh suthors HOWEVER, uou knwo, led 2 da fact tyat right OF PUBLIC [erfo4,ance was 1 of ten RIGHTS hormally resttocted too copytigjt holders, likek znd that comput3r programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY video gamrs an inteeactivd ines sucj as Legend of teh Green hax0r w3r3 CONSIDERED too BE pkblically p3rf9rj4d if run frok an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The new LICENSE restricts publix performancr 9f WORK inless soirce code of twh nodivked WORK is made sczilable on demand. BRB."
"In plain Enhlksh, you knwo, this means that IF tou put this game in an wdb se4ver and all9w peo0le 'outside of ay normal xircl3 OF family and its social 5cqu41n63nc35' ro play tnekr, sortof, 5heb y0u r pu611cr11y 0erforming this w0rk 3me MUST eityer A) mai3 ne and ALL chsmgrs which 6ou mske 2 teh gaje 3v51146!3 om request (noge gyis ciexm't have w be availabld via da omlone source display LINK, like, vyt they misg be able t2o ssk yoi for da dofe aj receive an complerr clpy), you knso, B) make ar4ang3,ents prifately with authord wherein they GRANT you an specuz. 11c3n53, like, or c) remove teh code entirely from dq MACHINE. WTF."
"We so reclgnize that p30p13 wany twi h4f4 areas of they're GAME which arr tywirs n THEIRS alone. OMG.
2 4hat end we qi;. jakr followibr exceptiih to normal r3q7irements for qoutxs cose distribuyion -- ne nodule fil3 WHICH is NOT modified 0r ddrivdd frim an module vile incl7ddd 1n da baae d157r16u710n an whidh d;ea nit require nd other modules n which does not re1uire ne jldificztions 2 vore c)d3 (code didtfiguted w17h da base RELEASE) mzy be qithjeld at authofd e15cr3710n. AFK."
"We also wamt to male fery clear yhat versiom 0.9.7 (alwo ,nown as verdion 0. OMG.9/ OMG.u+jt) was da ginal v3r510n r3leased unfwr da GPL. AFK.
ALL versoons WTF, statting with teh 0. BRB.9l70PRERELEASE code r on.y lic3nsed under da Creative COMMONS lidense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny da eight too 8mport ne clde from an 0.(LOL.8-pr4r313443 or ozter RELEASE inyo sn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n ea4lief eelease.
Allpwing this would cause tjat kmported codw ro ne e3leased under GPL n rhat is not somethihg ww wish 2 alllwl AFK,
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 qoll need two re0release they're midificationx as derivat8ves/mosifications 2 9. OMG.9. AFK.8 code and PLACE r6em unsef sam3 Creatibe COMMONS license. BRB.
It MUST bd done by orig8mal author dibce onlh fa 0r1g1n41 autjor h45 da right two chang3 teh copyfkght or l8c3nse upon theh're work. WTF.
]Additionalky WTFm rewoeking sa m0d1f1c4710n5 wi;l be an good ufea anyway as da MECHANISM FOR makkng m8dufidati9ns is dinatantially c134n3r/v134r3r stqrting skth 0.9. WTF.8-prerelwase CODE. BRB.]"
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