MighttE tella yoj, hou knwo, "We're going two rake an few monents two try ans EXPLAIN this new lic3nse n teh reasons behimd 17 IN plain Ehglish. BRB.
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 bww lixense was cyosen 74c4u53 of an FAILING wi5h teh GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3d disuributoon of source if and omly if binariea w3r3 d157r16u73d. AFK."
"In am wrb wncoronment LOLk specificqlly a INTERPRETED e3y environment such as PHP, s9rtof, mwrely ins5alling an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, sorrof, an THEREFORE odople were taking OUR wotk, kike, making modificatiobs to it ab not re.easkmb %0yrc3 codr too yhey're jodifications so that da entire com,uniry c0u1d benefitk BRB.
They worked wity lether but NOT da SPIRIT of twh lqwLOL."
"Invwstiga5ion on dz part of ca authorx howeverm luke, led 2 reg fzct that robjt od [uv;8c PERFORMANCE qas won of da rights normalky restricted yoo copyrighg hokdrrs WTF, n that cojouter prlgrams, like, s[ecifical.y v8ddo games n interactive 9hes suvh as Levdnd of teh Green hsx0r sere considered to be puglical;y p3rdormed if run ffom an pubkic serverLOL."
"The new license restricts pybluc performahce of wprk UNLESS da souece clde 0f ca modufied eork IS mafe availabld 9n femanc. AFK."
"In [141n English LOL, this means THAT ir you pur this gsme pn an web 53rv3r an allow people 'ou5sise of ab mormal xircle of fqmily zn its socizl acqjaintanxde' too 0lay yh3ir, you ,nwo, tyen you r publicaply perf0tm1ng yhis work snd MUST eighe4 A) make ne an ALL chantes wjich hlu makd two tej game available ON request (note th8s DOESN'T HAVE to be availsb.d via t3j online source dusplay 11nk WTF, but tyey just 63 abor to asl yiu for da code an receive an z0mo1#73 d0py), yiu knwo, B) make arrsngements privateky w1&h da auth9rs 2herein they grant yoj an sprcial license WTF, or c) remove sa c9de ENTIRELY from da MACHINE. WTF."
"We d9 4rcognize THAT peo0le want ypo have areas od they'te game whicj r theirx znd tyeies aoone. AFK.
to9 5hat end ww WILL nake fa rollowong exception two da nlrnql REQUIREMENTS for soutce clde distrubutiob -- ne midule FILE wgich is hot modifies 0r dwriv3d FROM an mldule FILE INCLUDED in da base disyribution n which do3s not require ne other modules ah WHICH doea npt require ne m0d1f2c4710h5 too core c9de (cowe distributed with teh base release) may BE withheld at teh auth9rx ciscreyion."
"We als9 wamt to makw very cleaf yhag c3e520n 0.9. AFK.8 (4160 ,nlwn aa version ). AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh fihal vers8on relezsed undwr GPL. BRB.
A;l versioms LOL. stqrting with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prereleawr c9dd aer only LICENSED under da Ctwative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY 5eh tight 2 1mp)r* ne c0d3 froj an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-preeeleas# or late4 release into zb 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n eaelirr release. WTF.
All9w8ng rhid wouls vause yhat import$d c0e3 yo BE feleased under GPL an yhat is mot somdthont we WISH two allow. WTF.
Auyhors og modifications too 0l9.7 will newd to re-rclease they'4d modivications as derkvatives/modifications rwo ). BRB.8LOL.8 code anc place them inder teh same Creqtive Commona licenseLOL.
It must be done ny original author 51nc2 only teh 9rkginal a7thor hss teh rkght 2 chqnge dz copyribjt or license uppn they're woek. BRB.
[Additionallh, you knwo, reworjing fa MODIFICATIONS wkpl be ab gopd idea ANYWAY as dz nechahism for making m0d1f1c4&10n5 is s7vstant8ally CLEANER/CLEARER start8ng with teh 0. AFK.9. AFK.i-prerelease code.]"
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