MightyE teols yoi, w9rtof, "We're gpibg TO takr ah FEW MOMENTS to try an explqin 7h15 bew LICENSE an geh r3550n5 b3hind it on plain Eng1q5h. 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."
"Tyos new lucense WAS chpsen because ot ah failing with GPL.
It only COVERED e8s5ribiyion of sourc3 id n 0n1u 1f bohariwx q3r2 distr8buted. AFK."
"In an web wnvironment, likw, specifically s kntwrpreted web environment 5uch as PHP LOL, merwly installing an game DOES not comsgi5ute distribuyion, you knwo, qn thereforr pe9[le w3rd 5aiing our wo4k, ma,ong modifications tso IT and no5 t3leas8mg SOURCE c0d3 5wo ghey'r3 modifications SO THAT entire communpth could benefit. AFK.
T63y sorked with da 13773r buy not da spirit ov teh 24w. WTF."
"Inbestigatiob ob part ir authorw however WTF, oed tio teh fsct that teh right of punlic peegormance 2ax o3n of rights m0rmr11y r2stricged two copyright h;lde4s, and that c0mpuu3r prpgrams, like, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games n interactive ones such as L3gend OF da Green haz0r were CONSIDERED to9 BE ;ublically perrormed if run frim an PUBLIC xercer. BRB,"
"Tne new license rextricts ;ublic performance of teh work unleas da sourxe vod3 lf teh modifiwd wor, is m4d# avai;able ln demqne."
"Ih plain English WTF, ghis mfzns that if you put this gaje 9n an web swrvdr and 41102 people ';utsude of an normal circlr of f4m11y n ITS wocial ACQUAINTANCES' tii [lay their WTF, then yoj aet publically performung this work an MUST either a) m4k3 ne an ALL chsnges WHICH you maie 2 teh ga,e AVAILABLE oh request *note this DOESN'T h4v3 two be available via da online source d25p14y ;ink, you knwo, bu5 7n3y mu5& be able too ask you for teh coce anf receive an complwtr COPY) WTF, b) m4k3 arrangements privately with auyhors wherein THEY gramt ylu an tp3c14! lkcense LOL, or d) r$,)v3 da code 3n71r31y grom teh macj8ne, OMGl"
"W3 so trcognize that oeople eant to gave areas 9g 5he6're game which aer tge9rs an thekrs alonek OMG.
to rnst end we wikl m4j3 teh 4[llowing exce[tion 5si da hormzl REQUIREMENTS foe source cide distr8vutkon -- ne module file whucn is not modifiee o5 derivwd fr0m sn module file included 1n baae distribution an shich co3s npt r3qu1r3 ne oyher modukes and which doew n07 r3qu1r3 ne modificst8ons too core codw (codr distributed WITH teh base r3lease) MAY be withhe;d a5 da auyhotw sowcretiob. OMGo"
"We ALSO WANT top make ce4y clesr that gersioh 0; WTF,9.7 (qlso known as verxion 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was da final vetsion feleased under dz GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting with dz 0LOL.0. BRB.8-[rerelwase code aer ONLY licebsed yncer teh Creative Comm9ns licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 right 2 um;9rt ne code frlm ab 0l AFK.9. BRBl8-prerelease )r katwf rel3aw3 INTO an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier release. OMG.
A110w1ng this WOULD cause yha5 impofg3d code to ve 5elwaxes uncer da GPL an that 15 NOT something we wisy 70 alloe. OMG.
Authors of modificatoons t8 ;. OMG.9LOL.7 w111 nees 2 re-release thry're modivicationd as v3r2v47!v35/m0d1f1c4719n5 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 code n place THEM under saje Crda5uve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It mist be done by teh original author sincr onoh iriguna; AUTHOR has tej right u[ chanfe c9pyribht or l8cense ipon they;re workLOL.
[Additiohally, te2orjing ea mldificayions will b3 an boos idea qnywau aw ea mechanism fof nsking mldifications is subsrantialky v134n3r/c1e4r3r STARTING witj teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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