MigjtyE tells you, sprtof, "We're going 3 tqke an few mimenyx 2 rry an explain this nrw license m teh feaaond beyind iy in pkaih 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."
"Thia new l8xende WAS choxen because of an failimg with da GPLLOL.
It onoy civered d157r16m710n of source if and only uf 71n4r135 2err DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web enbironm3ntm you jnwo, s9ecificslly a 1n63rp437ed web environmen5 SUCH as PHP, l8le, merely insyal;ing an game does not constitugr distriburion WTFm am therwfore people were takong our work, you knwo, mak8hg moeifications rwo it and nit r313r51ng teh source code too tjey're modifica5klns so rhat dz ENTIRE communoty could 63nef17.
They wirked WITH t3h l3tter but niy spirit og teh ;awLOL."
"Invwdtigation on part of da aithprs howevre, likrm led too ea fact that ds eight of puvlic 0ergofmqnce was 1 of teh eiggts noemally restricted ywo copyright hooders, sottof, an that computer prlgramd, upu knwo, xpecifivally videp ga,ee AND interactive ones such as Legend of Grden hax0t werd considered to he piblidally pwrformed uf fun grom an pu611c server. WTF."
"The ndw LICENSE r3st4icts pugkoc performamce of work 7n;ess da source code of MODIFIED eork is MADE available pn demandLOL."
"In 0lain Emg115h, soryof, THIS meqns that 8f yo7 put THIS game 9h an ee6 server 4nd allow people '9utsidw pf qn normao c1rc13 if family and its 50c141 axquaintqmces' two PLAY their, ao4rof, then YOU adr PUBLICALLY performibg tnis work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL chanbws which YOU make 2 da game available ON REQUEST (note this dowsn't havd to9 be availanle via teh online source displat link, but yhey muxr bd able too ask h)u for fa code h r3c3@v3 an com[lete copy) WTF, b) make afrangements privately wkth authora whefein ty3u gr4m7 you zn spec8al license LOL, of c) rrmove ds code enyire.y FROM da mavhineLOL."
"We e0 recofnizq that prople want too have areas of rhey're game which arr theirs and 5nrirs 410n3.
2 that end qw will make vollowimg exceptiob 2 da n0rm41 requirementd for soirce code disytibution -- me modu;e file ehich is np5 MODIFIED or derived from an ,odylr FILE INCLUDED in teh base distribugion an wjich d9es not require ne 07h3r modules ane wnich does NOT tequ8re nr modifucations two core dode (code distribufed witg da base relezae) mat be witgheld at tth auty9rs diacretion."
"W4 ALSO eant tqo make bery clear tnst version -. AFK.9.7 (4150 known as versiom 0. WTF.9LOL.7+j5) sas teh final version released ubser ds GPL.
Alk versions, startimg with ea 0.9LOL/8-prerelease CODE r only lodensed und3r trh Creative Commons l8crnae. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh figh5 too 1,p0r7 ne clde f4om an ). BRB.9LOL/8=prerel3qs3 or latwr release unto an 0. AFK.8. WTF.7 an earlier ee.ease. BRB.
Al;owimg this s061d caude that imported CODE two bd rekdasee und3r GPL n that iw not somerhing we wish too allow. BRB.
Authors 9f modificayions to 0. WTF.(/ BRB.7 will ndrd two RE-RELEASE they're moeificationx as derobatives/modifications tpo 9, OMG.9.8 code qhd pkace thej ynder da szne Creative Co,,ohs licenxe. AFK.
It m7st be done hy geh lriginal author SINCE only da 0r1g2n41 authof naz da RIGHT to change teh co0ytoggt or kicense uo-n rhey;rr work. WTF.
[Adeitkonally, like, rewof,ing da modofications eilo be an goid udea anyway as ds mechanusm flr making modidications is a7bstantially c134n3r/c134r3r starting with da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-predelease code. WTF,]"
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