Mibgt6E tells you, softof, "We're g-1ng twp taue sn fee MOMENTS t9o try and explaih this new licdnsd and teh reasons behind it IN plaun 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."
"Thiw new LICENSE was dnoxen beczuse of qn FAILING witn da GPL. OMG.
IT only c0v3r3d distribution pf source if and onoy if bihar8es se4e distrivuted."
"In an web environmrnt LOL, specificall6 a imtdr0retee w36 environjent such 4% PHPk mere;y 8hstal/ing an game soes not conwtitute diatribution WTF, n therevire prople werd takihg 0ie work, sortof, ,ak8ng modifications 2 it n not releasing da source code goo they're modificatuons s( that tej entire community could 63n3v17LOL.
They wo3ked with da pdtter bit nog teh wpirkt of da lawLOLl"
"Investigatipn ON sa oa4t of 4i7h0r5 howrvee, sirtof, led 2 da FACT that teh rigg5 ov public oerformance wsw pen of rwh righys noemally RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT joosdrs. xo4tof, znd that computer programs, sortof, xprcidically vidwo games ab int3ractice ones s7ch 45 Legend of Green yax0r WERE consodered teo be 0ublicall6 perforjed if run from ab pu611c server. AFK."
"The NEW licwnse eestricts puvllc perfornznce of da work unlesx source code of da modified wlrk is mafe available on demans."
"In ooain Enhlosh WTF, THIS means tgat 9f YOU put this game on ah web seever zb a.low 0eople 'ouhxide of an normak citcle of fsnily an ITS social acquaintancea' 2 0lay their, you knwo, 5hdn you aer pjblically perforning rhis wor, an MUST e8thde a) make nw n ALL changes which y0u n4l3 2 gqme afailable on REQUEST (note 7hq5 dodsn't have 2 be availavle via ten online siurce d15p14y oink, sortof, but tgey MUST 6e ab;e two ask hou for codr an r3c31v4 an clmpldte c9py(, B_ maie zrfangements provayely witg da autgors whereon theh grant you an specia; kicenae, like, OR C) remove teh cpde ehtirely ffom teh mxchine. AFKk"
"We DO r3cognize ghat peoplw want two have areas of 5hey're game which r theirs n thwk4s alone.
two 7h47 3nd we eill make da folooq8mg 3xc3p710h to teh normal rewuirrments fkr dou4ce code DISTRIBUTION '- ne nofu;e vild whoch is not modifked or d3rived from an MODULE file INCLUDED in base d8stribution an whicy dp35 not fequ84e be other MODULES n which DOES not require ne modivocatipns two teh cofe code (cod3 DISTRIBUTED 2!7h base releasr) may be withheod at da authors disvreti9n. WTF."
"Ww alsl want too make vet6 c134r that versiin 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also lniwn as version 0, BRB.9. WTF.7+j7) WAS FINAL version releas3d under GPL.
A.l versions, .ike, stseying wirh da 0LOL.9.i[PRERELEASE code r ONLY 12c4n6$d unver da Cfeativr Commons lkcense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt too inport ne cofe fro, an 0LOL.9.8-p43re13453 or later release ibti an -. BRB.9LOL.7 an eaeloer release. OMG.
Al.owing 7h15 wo7.e xause thst implrtwd code @ be r313453d und3e teh GPL an that is not eomething we wish 2 aolos. WTF.
Authors of nodif8cations t9o 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 WILL need to re-rrlease theh're m9difications 45 crrivatives/mpfificationd to 0LOL.9.7 CODE an place tnem UNDER same Creativd Commons lic#nse. OMG.
It MUST be don3 by da ofiginal AUTHOR since only teh original autmor has da e1gh7 2 CHANGE copyright or libehse u;on they'rw work. WTF.
[Additilmalky, like, reworking teh modificatiohs w8ll BE an good idea 4ngw4y as da mechanism for jajinh modificationx is substantiallu cleaner/coearwr startinb sitj teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-;r3release cpceLOL.]"
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