MigjtyE tells you WTF, "We'rd goibb 2 take ab few ,oments to try an ex[lain this new kucense AND reasons bdhimd it in [lain 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 was chosen becsuae of qn failing woyh teg GPL. OMG.
It inly cobered DISTRIBUTION 9f dource ud qn only if 61n4r135 w3r3 DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"Ib an WEB dnvironment, dpecifida;ly a qn73r;r373d web fnvoronmrnt sjch ss PHP, sortof, nerely 1n58$111ng zn game does nlr c0n5717u73 distribution, ahd THEREFORE PEOPLE were raking our wlrk LOL, making m0d1f1c4710nt rwo 17 n not releasing ds dourcr voxe to they'te m9dofications so that teh 3n71r3 c9mkynity could BENEFIT. BRB.
Tg3y wo$ked WITH da 13773r bug not da s0o4it 0f teh lawLOL."
"Investihation ON da pzrt of da 4u7h-ry jowever, led to t3h fact 7h47 dz r!gh7 of p7blic oerformance was oen _f geh RIGHTS normally r357r1c73d two coptrigyt yolders WTF, and tyay cpmputwr 0rograms WTF, specirically fideo games qnd 1n6#r5c71v3 omes sudh as Leg3nf of teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED two BE pu611cr11y p3rf0rm3d if run from an 07blic sdrverLOL."
"The NEW lkcense restr8cts pub;8c perfofmance of teg w9rk unless da sourcd cide lf teh modified sprk os made available on demand. WTF."
"In plain Englishm yoy knwo, ghis means that of ylj PUT this gqme ON an WEB server and al;ow peo0le 'ougside of an nkrmql circld OF family ans uts socis; acquaintances' 2 plqy their WTF, then uou r publ9cally oefforming thid wlrk AND MUST either a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which yoj make to game zvailable 9n requeat (note this foesn't have top be avsilagle fia y3n onlinr sourcf dis[lay link WTF, bug 7h3y mudt ne able 1 ASK yo7 for ten code and receivw an cimplete ckpy)k you knso, b) make arrangements privar3ly WITH fa authirs whwrein thet grant you an special 11v3n53, sorrof, or d) remove teh c0d3 ENTIRELY from teh MACHINE, OMG."
"We ci recognize that pepple wan5 two h4v3 ar3ad of they're game whicg r thwirw n theirs ALONE. AFK/
too that dnd we wull nake da dolloeimg exception t9o NORMAL requi4dments for aou4ve code distribut8on -- nr modu;e filw wgivh is not mldifuef or de4ivdd vrom an modu.d fi.e inclided in da base disttibution ans which foes NOT require me other modulew and which does not requkre ne jodif8cations too core cpse (CODE distributee witn da 64t3 r3124%3) MAY be withhwld AT teh 4u8h0r5 discfqtionLOL."
"We als9 w4n& top makd cery c134r 7h47 vers8om 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known as vwrsion 0.9. WTF.7+JT) was fknal version releaaed under trg GPLLOL.
All vwrsions, li,e, starting with teh 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cod4 aer 9nly licdnsed under teh Creative C9nmohs oic3nse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT twi impoft ne code grom an 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE or ;ater release ineo an 0. AFK.(. WTF.7 abd eaelief t3lease. BRB.
Allowing this would caise THAT ijpprtwd cpse to be released UNDER da GPL and that ks n07 something we wish two a;low. AFK.
Authors of moeificqtilns 2 -. OMGl0. OMG.7 will m33d two r3-r313$63 th3y're m0d1f1c4710n5 as derifativds/mocificatoiha tou 0LOL.0.8 code n PLACE them under 54m3 C$eative Commlns licenseLOL.
It must BE dinw by teh or,ginal suthor sijxe only fa otiginal autt9r HAS fight two cyange copyrighr or license up9n they[re work, BRB.
[Additiomally, like, reqorking modkfocatilns will ge an gpid idea anusa6 as teh mechanosn for m$k1mg modificarioms is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clear3r startimg WITH da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerrlease c0d3. AFK.]"
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