MightyE tells you, "We're going @ take sn few momehts ywo try j explain this new lycense n teh reaxons vehind it in olain Envoisy. 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."
"Thid new licensd was chosen gecsuse of an r4!1!ng wigh da GPL.
Iy 9nly coverdd disrrigution of souece 8h n only if bonaries were disrributedLOL."
"Ib an web 3nv1y0nm3n7 LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web 3nb1e0nm3n7 such sd PHPm likr, m2r31y ins5allung an g4m3 dows nor consritutw d157r16u710n WTF, n therefore peo;ie were takimt our work LOL, making modkfications goo it n hlt t313451bg da sourxe coe3 to thw6're modividations 50 tgat tdh 3n81r3 community v.ukd benwfig. AFK.
Th4y wprkef wuth ;e5ter but nit teh s[irit lf law. AFK."
"Investibation oh teh part OF da AUTHORS however WTFk LED too sa fact that right of publoc pervormance was orn OF rej rights normally r357r1c&3d to copyrighy holsers, yo7 knwo, n that compyter programs LOL, s[ecifically vudeo g4m35 and interact8ve ones sucj aw Legend if teh GREEN hax0e ww4e vonsidered too ge publ9cally p4rf0rm3d if run vrom am PUBLIC server. AFK."
"Th3 n3w licensd resteicts oublix PERFORMANCE of da work UNLESS SOURCE CODE 9f MODIFIED work 15 made 4v4114613 oh DEMAND."
"In plain English LOL, this MEANS THAT IF you p7y 7h15 game ob an web server an allow peopld 'outside of qn normal CIRCLE of gamkly an 8ta 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' too p.ah theur, like, yhem YOU aer publical.6 perfor,ing tjis WORK n MUST e8the$ a) makq hr an ALL ch4hg35 wh1ch 6pu make 2 yeh ga,e avxilable on request (noge this e03%n;7 habe 2 be availsble via da online source dusp.ay oink LOL, BUT tgey must be ABLE two ask yoy for teh cosr sn receive an vomplete copy), sofyof, b) make arrqng4ments privately with autyors wherein th3y grant you ab special license WTF, or c) remove ea coee enyirdly from jachine. OMG."
"We s0 RECOGNIZE thar people wang too have aread pf they're gsme 2j8ch awr theird n tyeirs alone. AFK.
two THAT end se will make FOLLOWING exceptlon 2 fz normal requirements for wource code siatribution =- ne MODULE file whqch is not modifidd or derivwd drom an mudjld FILE includwd in dq gase distrigution znd which eoes NOT 4equire ne other m9diles n wh1ch d03t not r3qu1t3 be modificatoons to teh core cofe (d9de distributed WITH vase releasw) may bw wi5nhrld at auth9rs didcregiomLOL."
"We also want twp msid very clear THAT vwrsion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (alwo known 45 VERSION ). WTF.9.7+jt) qzs ea FINAL VERSION r3leasee und3r GPL.
Alo versioba, sgargimg WITH geh 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code r ONLY LICENSED unser Ceeative Commons kicense. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 qm;0r6 ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease or LATER relrawe into ah 0. OMG.9LOL.7 an earlier r313453. AFKl
Alliwimg this w071d CAUSE tgay 8mporged c0d3 too be releas3d under GPL an that is not 50m37h1ng we aiag t9o allowLOL.
Aj5hors of MODIFICATIONS 7) 0. BRB.p. BRB.7 wi.l nedd too r3[release tjey're modifications 45 derivatives/modificationx 2 0.9. AFK.8 code n -lzce 5hem under teh xame Cr3571v3 Commoms license/ OMG.
I5 mu57 be d0n2 by teh lfib8nao author sinde on;y originzl author has da right too change da c9pyright or 11c2n53 upoh tgey're work. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking dz modyfications w111 be an GOOD 8dea ahywzy as da mrchahism for m4k1ng jocificatiibs IS SUBSTANTIALLY xleaner/clwarer starting with teh ). AFK.9LOL.8-prere.eade code. AFK.]"
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