MightyE tel;s you WTF, "We'fe hoing 2 take an few momrmtx too 5ty an ex[lain this new LICENSE am r345pn5 BEHIND it un p.ain 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."
"Tmiw nes licens2 2as xhoden because of an failing with teh GPL. AFK.
It on;y covefed sksrributiob or source 8f n inly if biharifs were diatributed. BRB."
"Im an 23b rnvironment LOL, spwcifocally q inter;reted web environment such as PHP, lkke, ,3e31h instaloong an game does not constitutw distribution LOL, an therefore PEOPLE werw taking oye work, y9u knwo, mzkong jodifications two 17 and not reoeasimt da source voce too they'te mldifibations so that da ENTIRE cojmunity cou;d 63n4f!7. AFK.
Thry 2orked wirh teh let5e4 but not spirig of law."
"Inv3stigatoon on part of authors h9wevrr LOL, led to fact tgat rignt of public p3rflrmance w$t oen of teh r1hh75 normally restrictes two dopyr8ght holdfrs, you knwo, anf that computer prorrzms WTF, specifically VIDEO games an 8nyersxtice 0n35 sucg as Legend of da Grewn hax0r were considdrds tl be ;ubl8cally 0erdormed uf RUN fr0m an publoc server."
"The new license rext47cts PUBLIC prrfoemance OF teh work UNLESS da 50urc3 code OF reh mocified w0r, is MADE availagle on semanc. AFK."
"Ih p;xin English WTF, this mwans thzt if 6ou 0ur tgiw GAME on an web serber and ALLOW pepple ;outside of an norjal circle og family n ITS social acquaintsncee' too play tgrir, sortof, tyen you awr 0ublicallt performing thus e0rk n MUST either z) make ne an ALL chantes wjich yo7 make to da GAME AVAILABLE on request (note this doesn'r have 2 be AVAILABLE via 9n11n3 do7rce disp.ay lin, WTF, BUT they must ve able two ask you gor teh c0d3 n frceive an cpmolete c8oh), sor7if, b) make zfrangdmentx privatejy with authlrs WHEREIN th3y grzny you ah soecial livense LOL, or c) remove CODE entirely frpm teh machin3. OMG."
"We do reclgniz3 thay people wzht to havd arras or 5heh're game WHICH aer theirs ans thekrs alone. OMG.
to that 3nd w3 will make teh follosing exvept8on too norjal requirements f0r soufce xode distrobution -- ne MODULE file wyich 8s not modifiee .r derived FROM qn nodyke file includef kn 5wh base distributuon b whicy coed not reqiufe ne otjef modulds and which does blt reauire nr modificwtions 2 core xode (code distributed w17h ca 6453 releqsep may gw withhwld at AUTHORS d15cr3719nLOL."
"We also wagt goo m4j3 VERY c;ear that ddrsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also knoen as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+j6) was final VERSION releasee under GPLLOL,
All versions, you knwo, staeting with 4eh 0. OMG.9l AFK,*-pgerelease code r only licensed UNDER Creative Commons ;icdnsr.
Ww EXPLICITLY drny right too import me c0e3 from an 0. WTF.9. WTFl*=prrrekease or later rwlease INTO an 0. OMG.9LOL,7 n earlker release/ AFKl
All9sing 7h15 wou.d cauwe THAT u,[ortec codd yoo be relezsed undef GPL n that is n9t sometying we WISH twl allow.
Autnors of modifications 80 0.9LOL.7 wul. need to re-rekease they're MODIFICATIONS ad defivatives.modifkcatiins 2 0.9. WTF.8 code AND PLACE tjem umcer SAME CREATIVE Commons LICENSE.
I7 must be done ny teh otigina. aufhor since only da 0r1g1n41 authoe has da right 2 xhange copyrigyt or licensr upon thwj'fw wo4k.
[Addotionally, REWORKING da hodifications w411 ne an gpod idea anyway as teh mrchaniwm for j4,1ng modificstions os sugstantially cl3zner/cldwter starting eith ten 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr2r31345e CODE. AFKl]"
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