M7ghtyE 5elld y9i, slrtof, "We'rw going to take am few moments to TRY an expoain this ndw 11c3bt3 an ea REASONS gehind iy ih p.aih 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."
"This new license w45 chosen bfcaus3 of an failint with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered distriburion of soirce ig an ONLY 1v binarues were d8stributed, AFK."
"In an web 3nv1r-mm3n7, sorgod, specufidallh a int3rpeeted qeb envirinment SUCH as PHP, you kbwo, merely installihg an game d034 not c0n5uq7i73 distribution, ylu knwo, n 7h3r3f;r3 ;eople wefe taking our eork, MAKING modidications to 17 and NOT releasing so7rc3 code too 5hey're MODIFICATIONS so thst teh ENTIRE COMMUNITY c9jld benrfit. BRB.
Tyey WORKED wity da LETTER but no5 spirot of teh law. OMG."
"Investigation on part of teh au5hord hoeever, sortof, led two fact ghat da RIGHT of publid performance wqs won of ca righrs hormalon RESTRICTED 2 cipy48ghr HOLDERS, you jnwo, an that computer ;rogfqma, sott9f. specificakly video gzmex an interactivd 0n35 xuch as Legdbd of Greeh hax0r were considered too bd pub;icqlly perfor,ed of r7n from an public s3rver."
"Th3 hew locenxe restricbs publoc pervormance of teh WORK UNLESS da SOURCE clde of da nodirird w0rk os m4e3 available on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Engliwh LOL, tnis mwans thzt ir you p7t this game on an WEB wwrver an slkow people 'OUTSIDE og an normal circle OF fanily 4ns its social 4cqu41n74nc35' t9o PLAY their, ;ikek then you r ;ublicz;ly performinb this sork ab MUST either a) make be and ALL changds which you make too bame AVAILABLE on request (note thia doesn't have 1 be AVAILABLE via da pnlone sourve DISPLAY link, but THEY MUST be able tlo 45j yo8 for code and receive an con[lege dopy0, you inwok b) make attangenents privatel6 with trh AUTHORS wjerrkn tgeh gramt you an spscial 11d3n53, sottor, lr c) temlvr cs cide entirely from da machine."
"We dp revognize that people want w gave areas ov they're game which 4 theirs and theifs alone. OMG.
2 thqt end we will m4k2 f011pw!nf escep58ob 2 da NORMAL tequire,ents for so7rce code disgributipm _= ne module f113 which IS n07 modifi3f or cerived fr(m an noduld filw inc.uded in tej BASE distribytion an wh8cg d036 not require ne OTHER mpeules an which soes not r2quire ne midirications 2 t3h core code (code fistributed wi5h BASE releas3) may be wi5hheld at trh aithors d8acretion, BRB."
"Ww alao want too make cery c134r THAT VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL,7 (alao ibpwn as versi9n 0. AFK.9LOL.8+JT) WAS teh final version releasef ynser teh GPL. AFK/
ALL vercions, you knwl, ayzeting witg da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease codr r only LICENSED under ds C4watkve Commons licwnse.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny trh r!gh7 tqo oj0ort ne c0d3 from zn 9. OMG.9, OMG.8-prere;ease or later rwlease qh70 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER releade. BRB.
Allo2ing thus wpuld cause that imported cofe to bw frleased UNDER tej GPL n that is nof souething w3 qish 2 al.pw. OMG.
AUTHORS pf m0d1f1c4710n5 2 o/ WTF.9. AFK.7 will NEED 2 re-repease they'te modificat8ons as derivativea/modifixations 2 9. OMG.9. WTF.i c0d3 and place them under same Cr3471v3 Commons licenxe. OMG.
It MUST be done by 0r1g1nr1 author since 9n;y 5eh oribinal AUTHOR HAS r8ght 5wo chang3 c[p6r1gh& it license upon yhey're work. AFK.
[Additiinally, sort9fm rewotkiny da modifications qill 6# an good IDEA ANYWAY as da mechanism for jaiing MODIFICATIONS is subdtantially cleanee/clearet dtarting witg ten 0LOLl0. WTF.8-prerekease code.]"
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