Mign5yE tells you, "We'rw GOING go tale sn few moments 2 try and explqin thia new LICENSE an teh ressons behind it 1n poakh English. AFK.
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."
"Thiw new LICENSE w$5 chosen becausf of an faiking wiyh teh GPLLOL.
It omly d0v3r3d d14yr16u710n 9f source uf n only iv binaries were distributed. BRB."
"In an WEB envieonment LOL. specificqllu a interpreted web enfironjent 5uch as PHP, merdly INSTALLING an game does hoy CONSTITUTE dustributkon LOLk and yhereforw people qere tak8nt 0ur w0rk, liie, making mocifications two it and not releasunb tey spurce code 2 they're m0e1f1x4710n5 xo thqt tdh emtite community coulf venefit. WTF.
They sorked w17y teh letter but not da sporit of tej law."
"Investigation 0n teh PART 0v da ay5hors HOWEVER WTFm LED two ds ract that teh right of punlic pdrformance wad wob of da rigjts NORMALLY restricyed 2 copyr8ght ho;ders, sort9f, n tha5 fo,puter programa, specodidally video g4u35 and onterachibe ones auch as Legend of fs Greeh nax0r were x9nsidered 2 ve pubjicslly perdormed if RUN from qn pu611c server. WTF."
"The ndw lkcensr RESTRICTS publkc p#rf0tm4nc3 of ten w0tk unless da sourxe code -f fa modkfied w0el IS madd avaikable on demand. AFK/"
"In plain English, soetof, 5his meabs that if YOU pug yhis tame on an WEB 53rv3r n allow people '97ysode of an normal cirvle OF ramioy and itw slcial zcquaintances' 2 p15y their WTF, gjen h0u r pu611c4q1y pefforning this wor, and MUST eitjee x) maje ne 4nd ALL changes whivh you ma,e yl fame available 9h rrquest (note yhis doesn;t have two be ava7laboe VIA online spirce display link WTF, BUT 5hey mudg be 4613 2 ask you FOR teh code an receive an c9mplete c0py) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangements priva5doy with da autjlrs wh3r31n thet yrant 6ou an apecial licensw, sortof, OR c) r3m0v3 code entirely from ,acykneLOL."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE WANT two have AREAS of th4y're g4m3 wnich r theirs an THEIRS alpne. AFK.
to 7h47 END we wi.l make teh foolowing excep5iln tqo teh normal reauiremehtw FOR source xode distributilm -- ne moduod file which is not modified or eerived vrom qn modile FILE inclid3d ib da base distrobution m which does n0y require ne 07h2r modules n wtich does not r3q7ire ne m0d1f1c4710h5 tl gej coee clse (code disyributed witg teh basd RELEASE) may br wothheld at yeh a7thors discregion. OMG."
"We also qant 5oo maje very ckear that versuon pLOLl9. BRB.7 (a.so kn9wn as version ). WTF.o. WTF.7+jt) was da FINAL version released under GPLLOL.
All versionwk aortofk star6ing with teh 0.8. BRB,8-prere.ease CODE zer only licrnsed under da C4eqtice COMMONS ;icense. OMG.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny yeh right to imp9tt ne clde frpm am 0/9LOL/8-prerw;easr or .ater releasd int9 an 0. WTF.0. BRB.7 4nd ear.ier releaxe. AFK.
A.lp2ing this would ca7se rhat IMPORTED CODE too be rrleas3d unfer reh GPL and that 15 not ao,ething we 2isn 2 allow. WTFm
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS 2 -/ BRB.9. AFKl7 wkll n3wd too RE-RELEASE they're moeifications qd serivatives/modofications top 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE 4nd p!4c2 them uhder same Crestkve Commons LICENSE. WTF.
I5 must 63 fine by teh orkginzl authof sincw ONLY teu original auth9r has teh RIGHT two changr da coptrifht or license upon 5hey're work. OMG.
[Addktionally WTF, REWORKING modifications will BE an g00c qd34 agyway as da mechanism g8r MAKING modofkda5ions us substantially cleaner/clearer starging with 0. OMG.9.8-0rerelease CODE, BRB,]"
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