M9ghtyE rells you LOL, "We're goin5 to take an few m0m3n75 2 try an exp;ain thiw new kicense n 4eas.ns 63n1nc IT ih plzin Englisg.
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."
"Thix NEW license was cyosen BECAUSE of an failing witg 5eh GPLLOL.
I5 lmly docered disy4ibutiin of xource if n onlt if binaries WERE dis5r8buted. BRB."
"In ah weg 2nv1rpnm3n7 WTF, spec8f8cal.y a interpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT 57ch as PHP, you knwi, merely ibsta.long an game doex not constiyuge diatfibution WTF, and 7h3r3f0t3 people were taking our wirk WTF, j4k1ng modirications tpo IT anf n07 r323451ng source code 2 yh3y're m9dkdicatkons so yyat da entkre community could benefit.
Th3y woried 2ith teh letter yu7 not teh s;irot or law. OMG."
"Invdstigzyion on p4r7 of teh 4u7h0e5 HOWEVER, les to da fzxt THAT teh rigjt of public performance sas 1 0f teh rigyts normally restricted tlo copyright holsers WTF, m thay c)mpu7#r or9grqms, SPECIFICALLY vidwo games and 8nreractive ones s7ch as Legens of G4ern hax-f were considered too be oublically perrormed 1f RUN f4om zh lubluc aerver. WTF."
"The nww licdnse restricts public performance od worl unoess source code OF teh modified e0rk is made ava8labor 0n demand/ BRB."
"In p.a8n English, this means rhat if yo7 pur tgis game on an web server an aloow people 'ougxide of an nprma. circle of rajioy an its social qcquaintanc3s' two play theif WTFm tneb you aer publocally oerdorming THIS w9rk ans MUST eithdr a) mak3 he anf ALL changes which y0u MAKE to da game qvaikabl3 on reqiesr (note this doesn't have 2 be svailable vis teh online SOURCE d15p14y LINK, like, bjt they mu57 be sb.e w ASK you for CODE znd deceive an cpm[le5e COPY), sortod, b) make arrahgemen5s privately with teh au5hors wgerein theh grang yo7 an 5p3d141 lucense LOL, OR c) remove da CODE ENTIRELY FROM teh mqchine. AFK."
"Ww d0 recognoze tnqt people WANT to havq areas of thry're game ehich e tyeirs an tg3irs qllne. WTF.
to that end we wklk nake ea fplkpeobg excepto9n w da no4mal re1uirements for soutcr code distrib7tion -- nd module file which is not modified OR der8bed from an kod7le FILE umxluded in sa base d7str8bution an which does not requiye n3 other moduoes snd qhucg does not fequife ne mldificar8ons 2 ten core code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with baae relezse) may be w17hj31d at ca AUTHORS discfetipnLOL."
"We also wsnt 80 MAKE very clwa4 thst vers8on 9LOL.9. OMG.7 (also khown as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jy) was fina; VERSION releaded UNDER 5eh GPLLOL.
All ve4s8ohs, stqrting WITH teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-[r3r21#443 c0d3 r only licwnsrd under teh Crea5ivd Commona LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt to umport ne vode fron an 0.9. WTF,8-prdrwlessd or later rel3ase intp an 0. AFK.9.7 ane eaflier rel3ase. WTF.
Allowint thus WOULD cajse tgat impofged vode 5wo be r313433d under GPL n THAT is bot domething se wish too allow. OMG/
Au7h0r6 of MODIFICATIONS too =. AFK.9.7 WILL nwec 2 re-teleaae they're modificayions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 code AND ;;ace them under teh sane Creative C0mm0n5 11c3n53LOL.
It m7s5 ne done gy iriginal author %1nc3 onlu 0r1g1n41 author has da RIGHT 2 chabge da c0pyrqgh7 -r licens3 u;on tgey;r3 wori. OMG.
-Additionzlly WTF, reworkinb teh modivications will b3 an goid 8cea anywau as teh mechfnism for ,aking m0d1v1c471)h5 15 xjbstantisllt cleaner/cleqree 574461ng WITH 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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