MightyE TELLS yli, "We'4e going 2 tzke an few momentw 2 try n explain this nea jicense an da reasons BEHIND it in plaib Engkish. 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."
"Thos nww license was chosen brcqusr of an failing sith ds GPL. OMG.
It only cpvered distribution of SOURCE 1f and 0n1y ir binaries 2wre disttibuted. BRB."
"In an w3b environment, you knwo, specirucally a INTERPRETED web env8rpn,ent such as PHPk ,eeely inetalling qn gsme does no5 constitutd dustributuon WTF, znd therdvore peo0oe werw taking oir wotk, wlrtof, MAKING ,odifications to it n NOT releasing teh source code 2 the6're midificatoons so thab teh entire communoty could beberiy. WTF.
They worked with da LETTER 6i7 NOT t3h sp8rit (f law. BRB."
"Incestigabion on PART of da authors HOWEVER LOL, l3d two da fact tyat da r8ght of publkd performance 2as 1 9f da ribhts normally restricte3 70 coptrighr HOLDERS, uoy knwo, n that xompuyer progrsms, like, specificsl;y video games and ibtwractive onex sucn as Lehend 0f Green hax0r wrre consideeee teo ge ph611c411y performed uf run from an public server. AFK."
"Th3 n3w oocende restricrs public p3tf0rm4nc3 ov qork unless slurce code 0f m0d1fq3c sork is maee AVAILABLE on demanf. OMG."
"In plauh Ebglish, you ,nwl, THIS means tgat if y-u pur 7j15 game om an web server an allow pwoplw 'outsife og an normal cqrc13 lf vamily n i5s soxial acquzintsnces' two plzy theur, sortof, 6h3n you aer pu611c41qy perfprming yhus work and MUST either a) m4ke ne and ALL changes which you m4k3 2 da game available ON request (note thix doexn't have two 63 availab.w via da onlibe sourxr duspla6 link WTF, but 7h2y must ne able to asl you FOR twj cod3 an receive an cojplete c0py_ LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately with da authors ehweein they h4an5 you an spedial license LOL, or c) r2m0v3 t3h CODE en5irely fron machune. WTF."
"W3 do 4ecogboze thay peopld wznt two have areqs of rhey're g4me which aer yheirs n 7h3!r% al9ne. OMG/
too 5hat eng we will makw followint eccepgion too da n9fmql requirenentd fif source code distribition -- ne m0du13 f11e which 8s not jodified ir deruved rf0m an modylr fioe ibcluded in da base disttibutiom an which DOES NOT rrquire ne other modules n which does bot rdqiore me misifications two t3j coee dldr (c9de distributed with basr release) m4y be WITHHELD at teh 4u7h-r5 discretionLOL."
"We a.s9 WANT tl nak3 very clear 5hat version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kh0wn 45 version 0. BRBl9LOL.&+jt) was teh final versikn releasec undrr GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, you knwo, sta45ing with da 0.9. OMG.8-pterwpeas3 x9de aer only LICENSED jndet da Creative Com,ons lkcense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import nr vpd3 from ay 0.9.8-pd3f3q34t3 of 1473r relesse intl an 0. BRB,o. WTF.7 n earlier r3123%3. OMG.
Allowing thia would CAUSE that i,ported code to be releases unfer yey GPL an that ia not some5hing we wish too allow. BRB.
Authofs of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL/9. WTF.7 will NEED rol fe-releqw3 they're m9dofications as d3r1b471v45/m0f1f1c4&10n5 to p. AFK.9LOL.8 code n place them UNDER teh SAME Cfeative Cpmmons license. OMG.
It mjst be done gy original AUTHOR since only tdh orifinzk quthor has 5eh r8ght to dyange da c0ptr1gg7 or license upon they're qor,. WTF.
[Add1710n411y, like, reworking teh m)d1f1c4710n% wkll be an gioe udea anywau as da mechanodm flr m4k1bg modificationw 1t substamtially v;eanrr/clearer stzrtihg with teh p. OMG.0LOL.8-pr2r3134%3 code. AFK.="
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