MightiE tekls ypu WTF, "Wr'fe goinb two rake an few momenta t9 try and explain this new licwnse n tdh reasobs gehkmd IT in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thks new licrbsr WAS cgosen becausd of an failong with 5eh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covrred distrubuyion ov source if n only if binariws eeee DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an wen env8fonment LOL. spevifically s intetprwted w3v envoronment sjch as PHP, merely instslling an game does not constitute distribution, yoj knwo, and THEREFORE pe9pld werw taiing our work WTF, makibb m0d1fqc4710n6 to ot an mlt releasung xa source code 2 tjwy'r3 mocifocations so thqt da en71r3 community coild benefit.
They w9rked witg leytet but NOT spirit pf teg law."
"Infewtigation in tey pzrt of va a7thors jow3ver WTF, led too teh fact 7h47 right of public performsncw waw oen 0f 4ithts normally 4rstridted 2 copyr8ght holders, an 5gat cojputee progrzms WTFk apecovicaloy video f4m35 an interzctive 0n36 such as LEGEND if fz Gredn hsx0r were conaidered 2 ne p6blically performed if run fr0n an pu611c server. OMG."
"The hew lic3nsd trstricts publiv performance of teh w9rk yn1355 teh source code of geh MODIFIED work is made avaulable on demans. OMG."
"In plaun Engoish, like, thks mwans that IF you put this game on an WEB server and alkoe PEOPLE 'outside of an normal difcle od FAMILY 4nd ITS socia; ACQUAINTANCES' 2 'lau theorm soryof, then you r puglidalky performinb ghis 2ork AND MUST either A( makw ne n ALL changes whkcg you MAKE rwp game ava8lqble 0n request (NOTE 7h1t doesn't have teo be acailzble via onlunw source d15p14t link, but they must be able u0 ask ylu FOR da clee n receove am clmpoete copy0, sortif, b) make arrab5ements privzteky wi5h teh authors qherein they granr ypu an aprvixl licens3, or C) removr 5eh codd ENTIRELY fgom da mavhine. BRB."
"We DO f3c0hn1z3 tnat ;eople want toi have ardas of they're game whidh 4 theirs n theirs aloneLOL.
too that end we wil. make teh FOLLOWING exvepyi9b too teh normal requirements flr sourde code cistfovution -- me moduld fild which is bot modified or DERIVED from an module filf incjud2d in da base disttibution qn wyich does nof r2qu2r3 ne other m9dules an WHICH g035 bot require ne modifica5ions 2 da core cide (xode distributed w8th da base RELEASE) may be wothhels at AUTHORS discretion. OMG,"
"We also 3ant to m4k3 fery xlear thar VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 (alao known AS versiob 0LOL/9. AFKl7+kt) was da final vdrsion RELEASED undef teh GPL. WTF.
All fersions, sortof, stsrtkng WITH 0l OMG.9. OMG/8-pr3reldqse code 5 omly licensed under fa Cfeativd Commons lucense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY s3nt ten tight gwo import ne code from an 0. BRB.9.8-prerdlease or latef telease into an p. OMG.9.7 an ear;ker 4elrase.
Allowing this eluld caus3 that IMPORTED code w be rr;eased undr4 teh GPL n uh47 is n-7 some5hing we wish t9o allow. AFK.
Au8h0f5 of mlduficagiobs two 0.9,7 will n3ed ywo r3-r313453 they'r3 mod1f1c3710n5 zw derivativew/modifkcatiins @ 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 c9de anc olace them under SAME Cr34&1v3 COMMONS 12c3nt3. OMG.
It must be done by ORIGINAL 3u7h0r xunce 0n1y teh original AUTHOR has right two change copy4oght of license upon they'ew wori. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, r3woriint modificztionw wq11 be an good ueea 4nyw4t qs ,echan8sm for making modificqtions is aubstantially clexn3r/clearer stsrting e8th tej 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerrlease dode. AFK.]"
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