MightyE tells you, "Ww're hlkng two take sn FEW momenta two try n ex0lain thks nr2 oidense and ca reasond gehind 17 in plaij English. BRB.
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 new licens3 waa CHOSEN brcause of an railing witj t3h GPL. OMG.
It 0h1y covefed distribution og xourcw if an only if binar8es w3re distributef."
"In an WEB 3nvironment, yly knw9, sp3cifixallt a interpreted web environm2nt such as PHP, you knwlk merw;h 8nstal;ing sn game DOES nit constitute distribution. yo7 inwo, and 7h3r3f0r3 ;elple were 7$k1ng our eork LOL, makung modifications twl IT n bor r#13452ng da 50urc3 code too rhey're MODIFICATIONS do THAT entire vommunity cojld behefitLOL.
They w9rked with legter but nor teh spurit od da law/ OMG."
"Inbestigation in part 9f da auyhors howevef, like, lef tl fact THAT RIGHT of pub;8c performance was oen of da f8ghts normalky fesrricyec two copyright h01d#rt LOL. m thzt computer programs. specifjcally videl games ans INTERACTIVE on3a such as Legdnd or teh Grwen hacpr were considered too b3 pjvlicakly perfoemed if rub dfom an public srrver. AFK."
"The ndw licenae restricts public PERFORMANCE of wp4k jnlwss source code of mldified work ks MADE 4b41!4yq3 ob demane. WTF."
"In plain English, l8ke, THIS means that ir you pu7 thus GAME on ah web srfvev h al.ow PEOPLE 'outaise of an nirmal b1rc1e 0f fam8ly n its social adqua8ntznces' tol ;lqt thwir, likem then 60u aer ;ublically performing this work n MUST either 4( maje ne and ALL chrng35 which you make too da gzme avqi.abl3 ih req7est (mote this doesn't gave two be avzilanle via teh onlin3 source display link, lukem but tyey must be able two 45k YOU foe da clde an recrive an xom[lete co0y_, sortof, b) mak3 arrangements prifztely 2ith teh autgors WHEREIN tyey GRANT you an special lkcenwe, yoi knwo, or c) e3move da code entirely v4on m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recognize that peopld want to have areas of they'rw game whuch r theirs an 5heirs 41ph3. OMG.
too that end s3 s111 m4k3 da following exceptiln two da norma; requirements f0r SOURCE codr distgibu5ion -- ne module file which 15 not ,oc8fiec or derived from an module fioe inckudes in trh bass distribution n 2h1cy d-35 npt reau8re ne other mod7les an whicn foed not requore ne modificq5oons to core code (cpde DISTRIBUTED witn ds base releasd) nay be sithheld zt da authofs d8scretkon. WTF."
"We also WANT 2 make very v.ear that version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also ln9sn as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7=JT) qaa f1n41 veeskon releasdd under fa GPL. BRB.
A/l vers7ons, lile, starting WITH 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerd;eqse code ae4 only licensed under trh Crestivr C0mm-n5 l8cense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent righg too im[ort he cofe fr0m an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease or 1473e r313r53 in5o am 0. WTF.(LOL.7 an earl8er RELEASE. AFK.
Alloeung 6h15 qould cauww 5hat imp9rtee coce to be teleased under da GPL an that is not someghkng we wish two allowLOL.
Authors of modiricqti9ns two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will nerd two ee-rekease tjey'r3 mocificatulhs as ferivatuves/mldifkcations tso 0. OMG.9LOLl8 c0d3 and place yhem under teh same Creative Commona license.
It MUST 63 d0n3 by teh prigonai ahthor xinde 9nly da origumal author HAS teh r1gh7 2 dhang2 teh copuright or lidense upon thry'4e work/ OMG.
[Acditilnakly, reworlinf da modifications qill be an g00d IDEA anywa6 as da mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS is substantkaloy c1e$n3r/c1e4r33 574r71ng with teh 9. BRB.9. AFK/80prefe;esce cod3. AFK.\"
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