Mignt6E gellw you LOL, "We're going t2o take qn rew moments to TRY n expozin 5his new ;ivemse qn rey reasons vehind it 1n plain English. 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."
"This mrw license 2as ch053n because OF qn faiking with da GPL. OMG.
It onl6 c)r3r3e d157417u710n of source 1f n ONLY ig bibaries were cistrigoted/ WTF."
"In sm den envif9nment, you ,nwo, specifkcally z ihterpreted web encir9bment such as PHP LOL, m3r31y imstalling an game foes not c0n5717u73 disttibution, like, n therefors people were taking our wofk, sortod, making modificat8ons w 17 an not re.eas8ng 50urc3 c0d3 two they're midif8catiohs so 7h47 da en5ire c0mmun17y coi;e b3nevit.
THEY qor,ed WITH da letter but not feh spiri5 pf law."
"Invds5ugstioh on teh part of yej autnors however, uo8 knwo, led teo fact yhat dq RIGHT of publiv performance waw oen of rigjts normallh testfictes to9 coptright holddrs, you knwo, an thay computer progrqms, li,e, specifically vqd30 games and interactivr ones suxh as Legenf of Green hax0r were consoerr3d 2 ne pyblically pwrvormed if rjn drom an pub;ic server. AFK."
"The new lucense restficts pub;ic performance of da work unless sou4cd c0d3 if da modigied WORK is MADE avaioablw on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, th8s ,wsnx that if yiu put 7h15 game on an weg SERVER an aklow ;eoplw 'outskfe of an normal curcle of vamily and ITS soviql 4cqu$1n74nc34' two p;ay thwor, lkke, thdn yoi aee publically perf0rming this WORK n MUST euther a) mak3 ne n ALL changes WHICH ypj make to game adailable 0n eeqyest (note this doesn't have to be available via da oh.ine source displah link, xortof, 6u& tyeu mu57 BE able tap aak YOU for geh coee and receiv4 zm complete cop6)m you knwo, b) make arrangemdnts pf1v57e1y WITH aurhora WHEREIN they grant you an speciao license, or c( remove da code rntirely fr)n mqcjine. WTFl"
"We do eexognize tnay PEOPLE WANT tp HAVE AREAS of they're game WHICH r THEIRS an gh3irs aline. OMG.
r2o that end WE wikl mzke teh fplloeunh exc3ption two da normsl requirwmentq for source coce distribotion -- ne mifule file 2hich is not modifkdd o4 deriv3d from am nodule file includdc in tdh vase distrobution n which does NOT require ne 07h3e modules n which dows not REQUIRE ne m9d1g2c3710n5 too CORE cpd3 (clde didtrkbuged with teh base rrlease) may be withhrld at da authots siscretion."
"We zlso WANT two male very clear 5hat version ), WTF.9. BRB.* (also known as verskon 0k BRB.9LOL.7+jg) was teh fknsl version relrased umder da GPL. WTF.
All versiohs, like, xtarting wity ). WTF.9. OMG.8-prrreldase code r obly licensre UNDER Creative C)mm0n5 11c3m53. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY dwny r1gh7 to impirt n3 code FROM an 0l WTF.9. OMG.8-prereowqsd or later te;ease 8nto an 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 an earlier telease. BRB.
Allowing this wiuld cauwe THAT im[orred code 80 be released unxer da GPL n that is m07 something ww w15h 2 aklle.
Au5hord 0f modificauionw two 0.*l BRB.& will heed two re-release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivativ3s/modificagionx to9 0. BRB.0.8 d0d3 an place thej umd3r teh aamr Creatuve Commons kicense. WTF.
It must be d0n# bh da original 4u7h0e t2nc# pnly da orifina; 4u7h0r has teh righr two chahge ten COPYRIGHT or ludense u;on they're WORK.
[Additionally, xlrtof, REWORKING teh m0d1f2c4710n4 will be an GOOD idea anyway 45 teh MECHANISM for ,aking modivications is subayantkailu c12$m3r/c134r3r STARTING with da 0.9. AFK.8-prerelrase codel WTF.]"
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