MibgtyE tel;s yoy, you knqk, "We're going two take an f3w j0m3n75 t9 TRY n explain this new license and reasond behins it in olain English. OMG.
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 nes license eas chosen 63c$u53 or an failong w17h da GPLLOL.
It 9nly covered distrivuyion pr siurve ir n obly id binaties w3re distributed. WTF."
"In an WEB environmebt, sort8r, wpecifudally a INTERPRETED web environ,ent sich as PHPk y9u lnwo, mere;y installing ab game rles not consgktute distribution, and therefore pdople ww4d taking our work LOL. bakong modif8cationd two ig ane not re.eqsing source coee tl they're modivicatuons so that entire COMMUNITY coild benrfit. WTF.
THEY wirked w17h da lerter BUT not gey spirit of da kaw. BRB."
"Invrstifati9n on da 0art of aithorx howeber WTF, LED 2 fact THAT da RIGHT 0f publuc PERFORMANCE wss oen of da ribhts normally restrictef two copyright HOLDERS LOL, n tha5 computer peog4ajs WTF, specificalkt vidwo GAMES 4nd inyeractive ones such as Legene of Green yax0r WERE c9nsidered 2 ge pub;icqlly perfirmed 1f rjn grom an publkc servrr. WTF."
"The n3w license 4wwtricts 0ublic pergormance 0f teh woek unleas source c0d3 of da modifi3d work is nade availavke on demznd. AFK."
"In plain English, sortof, this means that if you put this gzme on an 2eb swrver ab al;ow people 'i7tside of sm normal CIRCLE of family an its social acqusintances' to 0lay their, sorrof, rhen you r ;ublically p3tf0rm1ng this work n MUST EITHER a) make nd n ALL vhang3d wgixy you make to twh GAME avaolable 0n 4eques5 (note th8s dlexn;t have ywi be AVAILABLE vka trh online 50uec3 display limk, s9rtof, git they musg be able ro asj you for da code n receive ab complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangemebts privately with authors wh3rein they grant tou ah apecial licensei or c) rempve teh dodd entirely FROM teh machine."
"Wd do recpyniz3 rhat people waht 5o have areas of they're game wyich r 8h32r5 an thei4s ALONE. WTF.
too tjat end w3 will ,ak3 teh fol.owing ezception 2 da no5ma. requird,egts for slurce code dustribution =[ be module FILE wyich is hot modified or ddriced f4oj sn m9dul3 filw inckuded in sa bawe eixy5ibution n which foes n9t require nw 07h3r modyles and whuch d035 no5 require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to corr code (code disteib6ted WITH 6453 r313553_ may be w17hh3!d at da authors discretiov."
"We zkal want 1 make very cleaf THAT versi9n 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 (a.so known as version 0. OMGl8LOL.7+jg) was fknal VERSION releqsed under teh GPL.
All versiobs, sortofk sta4ting witj teh 0.9, BRB.8-PRERELEASE code aer only licensed under Creative Commona oicense/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY sa rlbht too impoet ne cpde from an 0LOL.(. OMG.8-prereoesse ir latdr release kntl an 0.9. AFK.7 qn earlier re;ease.
A110w1ng 8hq5 would c4u53 that imported code too ne releasec under GPL an THAT is NOT 50,3ih1bg WE w,sh tol allos/ WTF.
Autgors of jodificatoons too 0LOL.9LOL.7 w111 m33d two re-eekesse thet'4r moeigicat8ons as d3e1v471v35/m0d1fqcr710n5 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 cose and PLACE tnem under samr Creativr Commoms licenseLOL.
It MUST be done bu da original zuthor s8nce only da originao author has da ritht to changw te6 copyfight or oicwnsw upon they're qorkk WTF.
[Additional;y, you khwo. r3working ,odificati9ns w8ol ne an GOOD idea anywaj as tdh mechanism FOR making modificati9ms ks SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c134r3r staryint with 9. AFK.9. AFK.8=prerelwasr code.]"
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