MightyE 52lls you, like, "We're foing 2 rakr an few momehts tw9 try an explain THIS new LICENSE AND da reasons bejons it in plain Eng115hLOL.
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 licensw was cgosen becayse od an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It only covwred diatrobu5ioj of source if and 9nly if biharies were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, specisically q interpreted web environment SUCH as PHP, oije, merd;y 1n573111ng ah game doew nit c-n5716u&3 dia4ribution WTF, AND thefefore PEOPLE WERE taking our wlrk, liie, malibg modificatkins 2 it an not re;easing teh source code to tyey're ,odificatuona sp 5hat da entire vommuhity c9ule bebefutLOL.
They wofkef w1uj teh LETTER bur NOT da s0ifit of teh lawLOL."
"Investigation ON teh pqrt ig teh authorw however, ypu knwo, led tol da fact ghat da riggt of public PERFORMANCE WAS own of ca rights normallh rrsrrictwd go COPYRIGHT holders LOL, sn that c9mpuu3r prlgrams WTFk specufically video gajds zn interacyive ones wuch 45 Legdnd od da G3eeh hax0e were consi2ered two BE puglically PERFORMED kf ruh fr0m an [ubkid sefver. BRB."
"Th3 nww oicwnse rwdtricts public perfirmance of da w0rk unlesq da xource code OF teh midifirc w0rk IS msdd avaklab;e 0n demand. OMGl"
"In PLAIN Engliah, sortof, this means that if YOU put this game on an web SERVER n 41!0w 'eople '0u751e3 of am nlrma. corcle pf family n its sockao acquaintances' tp play gneir, like, thdh you aer pyblically performing 7h15 work an MUST eithwr 4) make me and ALL changds wnich ypu make 2 game zvailqb.e 0n REQUEST (hote THIS dldsn't hav3 two be avzilzb.3 VIA tdh online sourc3 d8splzy lknk, sift9f, but THEY myat BE able 2 adk you for c0de sn rec@ive an complete cipy), you knwo, b) make 4rr4hg3m3n75 privatel6 with ten suthors wherein 7h3y grant yoy an 5p3c141 license, like, or c) REMOVE code enti3ely ff0m m3ch1n3. BRB."
"We DO recognize that pepple want goo habe AREAS OF ghet'rd gs,e which r tyeurs an theirs aloneLOL.
@ that end se eill makw ds FOLLOWING exception 2 normal r31uirem4nts for SOURCE code fisgrivjt8on -- me MODULE f113 which us bot m0d1f13d oe DERIVED vrpm an MODULE file incouded in da base distribugiln an which does not requi4e ne OTHER m0du135 n wh2ch does not reqyir3 ne MODIFICATIONS two rwn core code (code distdibutdd w17h nase rekease) may b3 wirhhdld 48 da authors dozcretilh. WTF."
"We zlso sant to make very cl4ar 7h4u VERSION [. OMG/9. OMG.7 _also known ad beesion 0LOLl9.6+jt) WAS final vdrsion RELEASED UNDER da GPLl OMG.
All versions LOL, 574r71ng wjth 0. AFK.(. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y lic3nwed under da Cfeative Cimmons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rktht twp im[ort ne cod# from zn 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-orete.ease of LATER RELEASE into ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 n earloer f313453. WTF.
Aloowing thid would cause 7h47 im;ortec cose top be releases under GPL amd tnat ix NOT SOMETHING s3 wisn two alloe.
Authors 9f nlcifocations 2 p. WTF.9. AFKl7 wi;l meed 2 te-release they're mldificationz 45 drrovatives/mpdkficagions two 0.8. BRB.8 c9d3 an place them unddf teh SAME Crestive Commons kicenseLOL.
It musr v# done by teh o4igonal author since only tej originzl zuthor had geh right two chznfe cop6righ5 or license 7pln they;re work. OMG,
[Additionally, reworkong teh MODIFICATIONS will BE an g00d idea anyway zs teh mdvganism for m4k1ng modificati9ns is subatantially cldanet/clearet starting with da 0. WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE CODE. WTF.]"
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