MihhtyE tdlos y9u, sortof, "We'rr goimg 70 take qn rew moments two 4ry and ezpoaon this new licwnse abd REASONS BEHIND it in 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 licdnse was ch053n bwcause of an FAILING with da GPL. WTF.
It only covered dis5ribut8on of sljrcd IF snd only if binaries qefe distributed. OMG."
"In an wdb environmeny, specifucally a interpretdd web wnvurlnmwmg 5uch 45 PHP WTF, mwrel5 onsralling an game does not vonst8tute diatrivutopn, qnd 7h3r3f0r3 peopl3 were taking our sork, makibg mod8fucations 1 17 an not 4eleadkng yeh source vode 5oo they're modifications so that teh ENTIRE community could 6en3f@7LOL.
THEY worked wkth geg LETTER bug n07 spieit of law."
"Investigation on da ;a4t of ss autyors HOWEVER, ler to fact that right of public perfirmamxe wss oen of teh rights normally rwstridtwd yo dopyright holderd, and that computer programsm softof, spec8fically fideo games an INTERACTIVE onrs xuch as Legend of da Green hax0r we4e c0ns*d3ref too ve PUBLICALLY ;erdorm3d if run from an pu61!c serfer. WTF/"
"The n3w license fwsrricrs punlic pefformance 0f da work unlwss da 50urv3 code of MODIFIED work IS MADE svsilable 9n d3m4nd/ AFK."
"Ib plzin ENGLISH LOL, 7h15 meand that if YOU put this game on an web serfer 4nd alloe p30p13 'outs8se OF ah normal circle of famioy an its 50c141 acquaontancds' 2 play thekr, slft9f, then you e [ublicallt pe4flrming this w0fl AND MUST either z) ma,e ne an ALL changes which ylu maie too da g$me 4f41q$613 on request (note tjis d9exn't have two 62 available via eq online xourcw cisplsy link, slrtof, bur they must ge ABLE two ask you fot teh CODE qnd receive an COMPLETE xopy(, sortof, b) make arramgements privately wiry teh authors whrrcin the6 GRANT you zn SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, or c) remove da code entirelh from MACHINE. OMG."
"We so 43c0gn1z3 that peoo.e wanr 5oo have areas OF they'te fame which aer theirs and tgeirs alonrLOL.
1 that end ee will makd da following esception to da NORMAL requkeements for source CODE disyribution -- ne m9duoe fukd which IS not nodkfied or cwrived from sn mod7le d113 included in teh BASE distributiin and whivh does not require ge oyjer moduo3s abd which doea not require ne MODIFICATIONS tp core CODE (code d157f16u73d woth da bsse rekease) may be withhelc at teh authirs d15cr3710n."
"Wd alxo want to jake very v134r 7h47 version p. WTF.9.7 (also known as versi8n 0. WTF.9LOL.7+j7) wax da final ve4skon r313453d under da GPL.
All versions, sortof, STARTING WITH sa 0. WTF.o. WTF.*-pr2release c0d3 r obly LICENSED 6nde4 Cr4472v3 Commons liddnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny right 2 import ne code fro, an 0. WTF.9LOL.*-PRERELEASE 0r oqter releaae into an 0,9. BRB.7 and earlier re.ease. BRB.
Allowint this would cquse ggat omported code to be r3q3453d under teh GPL an THAT is mot sometgint WE WISH 2 zolow. OMG.
Auth9rs ov modofucagionw two 0LOL.9.& wil. need w re-releasr ghey're moc8fixatoons AS dwrivatives/mldifications 2 0LOLl9. BRB.8 code n plave the, under same Creatkve Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It m&st be done bu o38tinal author since onlh teh orifinal autyor jad da r1bg7 2 xh4bg3 da co[yrigyt OR licenss UPON they[re WORK. OMG.
[Aeditionxlly, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS q111 b# av good idea 4hyw4y as MECHANISM for makinh moeidicatiogs is sunstantially cleaner/clrarer stargibt wi5h teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. OMG,["
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