MiggtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're GOING to take an few momemts to9 gry an explain this n3w licemae anc teh reaaond 63h1nd it in plain Englisy. 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 NEW l8c2nse w45 CHOSEN bedause of an failing w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It 9n;y coverwd d157r17u810m 0f source if n only if bknaries were distributed. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOLk specifically a interpreted web envi4obment wuch as PHP, you lmwp, merely INSTALLING qn gamw d0#5 noy c9nstutute dq57t16u710n, and 7h3r3f0f3 PEOPLE werr TAKING oue work, like, ma,ing m9dificatuons 2 it an nit releas8ng reh source coce tp they're mofifications so 7j48 entire c0mmun17y could benefit. WTF.
Theu WORKED WITH LETTER but n0t spirit lg da lqs. OMG."
"Investigation om part of da authirs however, sprtof, LED two da favt THAT da r1gh7 lf pugliv pefformanc3 WAS won of teh rithts normally RESTRICTED to copurignt h9lders, and that clmputer programs, ;ike, soecifucally b1d30 games qn imtrractive ones such 45 Legend -f Gredn hax9r were dinsiderdd TO be publically pe4ro4mwf if run fe9m an piblic server."
"Tyd n3w 11cen53 rdxtricts pub.kc perfornance of worj UNLESS da soyrce code of m0d1f1#d w0rk is mace available 9b DEMAND."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortpf, this mrans that ig yoj put this gam3 9n an web 63rv3r and allow PEOPLE 'outwide of an m04m41 circle of fa,ily and ita social acquaintqncew' ywo play their, then upu qer publically ;efflrmibf yh8s work an MUST eitjer a) na,e ne n ALL xhanfes whicg yoj male two game availabke on request (not3 7h15 foesh't have two be avakkable via onoine SOURCE display l8nk WTF, but rhey musy be qble two ASK you FOR da code n receive an complete copy), B) mri3 artantements pr1v$741y woth da authifs whersin rhe6 grant you ah special licenxd, like, or C) r3m0v3 twh code 3n&1r31y frln teh machind. WTF."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that peoppe want 2 h4v3 areas of theu're game which aer theirs anc THEIRS 4!0n3. OMG.
tpo gyat 3nd w3 will make fpllowing 3xc3pt8on two normal rewuiremengs f0r 507rc# codr d8stribition -- ne mofule file which is not ,odifi3d or ceroc3d fr0m an MODULE file INCLUDED in base DISTRIBUTION an ehich eoes yot fequire nr 07h3r jodules n wg3ch soes not fequiee nd modifications 2 da cord codw (cpdw dq57r16u73f with baae RELEASE) hay 63 withh3ld at da autnlrs disdretion. AFK."
"We qlso qant two nak2 very clear that vdrsoon 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (a.so known as versi;n 0. BRB.9/ WTF.7=jr) was teh fibal version r313453d UNDER da GPL. WTF.
All vrrsionw, uou knwi, starting with da 0, BRB.9. OMGl8=prereldase c0dw aee only licensed under Creatife Commons licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right too import be CODE from an 0. OMG.9l WTF.8-p4etelrase or later r3lease INTO sn 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 n EARLIER release. OMG.
A.lowibg 7h1t eould cause 7h47 imporred c9dr two be RELEASED undef teh GPL n tyag is not sometging we 2ish to allow. OMG.
Auuh0r5 pr modificstoons to 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will nded two RE-RELEASE th3y're ,odif8cations AS de4ivativ3a/mod8vixations 2 -. OMG.9, WTF.8 c0d3 an p14c3 THEM uncer szme Cr3471v3 COMMONS licemseLOL.
I5 must be dond by originqk author since ONLY da ORIGINAL aithor has da eight too chanfw da clpyrigyt or livense ip9n tney're wlrk. BRB.
[Ads1u10n411y, sortofk reworking teh modofkcatkons will bw qm good idea 4nyw4y as reg mevhanidn fpr maiing jodifications is substantizlly xlean3r.clearer starting with teg 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleawe CODELOL.]"
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