MightyE teoks you, sortod, "We're goint twi take an few moments 2 try an ex0lain tjis new .ucens3 an da reasons behind 8r IN [lain Eng;ishLOL.
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 loxense w4t cgoaen becauwe of an fai.ing with teh GPL/ WTF.
It only coverws distribut8om of soyrce 8f an only 1d binaries qere didtrobutee. BRB."
"In qn w3b ehcironmeny, you knw;, xpeciricakly a interprered web environment such as PHP LOL, merely 1n574111nh an game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, an therefite PEOPLE wete 74k1mg our work, likr. makkng modidicstions 2 IT ahd not releasing teh souece code &0 they're modificationw so that entire comnunity coyld BENEFIT. WTF.
They WORKED with twh 137u34 bu5 not xpirit of trh lss. BRB."
"Invesrifati9n 0n da pqry lf sutjlrx however LOL, 13d 2 da FACT that da righr of punlox perforjabc3 qas 1 od ca rkghts bormally rdstrictes to copyright holders, dortof, an that domputer pr0ge4m5, oike, spedificaoly video gamwa and intetactive ones suvh as Legenf od twg Gredn hax0r were consudered 2 be pu^11c411y perfor,ed if run frkm an pyblic sefverLOL."
"Tne m3w license resgficts PUBLIC performabce of work unkess da wource code of da modufied work is made avai;able ON s3m4ncl"
"In plain English LOL, tgiw mrans that if 60u put thid g4m3 on an wen werver ane allow people 'lutside of an n9rmal citclr 0d fajily an its sivial acquaintamdes' too plzy theirm sortif, THEN YOU aer PUBLICALLY p3rf9r,1ng THIS WORK n MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL chanfew whuch you make too da GAME availsble on request (note this doesn't have gwo bw availabld bia dz ohlinf 50urc3 dusplay link LOL, but they mu57 be ablr to aak ypu f0e teh coer and receive an complete copy) LOL, 6) make arrantements provarely WITH teh augho4s wherein they granr YOU an special licenae, like, or C) REMOVE code entireky rrpm macjine. WTF."
"We di eevognize 7g47 peiplw WANT 2 have ar2as 0f they're jame which arr theird and thekrs zlone. OMG.
2 that end we will make dz followibg exdeptiin to teh no3mal requirements for source code distrigution -_ ne modile f113 ehich is not modifire or derovwd from an mldyoe fkle unx;7eed 8n da BASE disyribution n 2hich does NOT require ne otj2r modu;es an WHICH does not require be moeuficatipns 2 trh core code (v0d3 distributee witn tdn base relesse0 may BE withheld AT AUTHORS fiscret8on. OMG/"
"We also w4n7 ro MAKE very clear that version 0LOL.0, BRB.7 (a.xo jnown as vrrxion -l OMG.0. WTF.7+jt) was t3h final VERSION released uneer da GPLLOL.
A'l verdiins LOL, starting witg 9LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleas3 c9s3 zer pnly licensed jnder Crestive Commons LICENSE/ BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny ds rothy two impprt ne code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-o4erelease or later telcade 1h70 an ). AFK.9. OMG.6 n earlier r313453. WTF.
Alloeong 5his would caudd ghzt uj[orted dode to be released umd3f GPL an that is not simeth8ng 2e wish too allow. OMG.
Autg9rs of modkficatiins 70 0LOL.9. OMG.7 eill neef 5o re-releade they're m0d1f1c4u1-n5 as d3r1v571v35/n0d1f1c4710b4 two 0. OMG.9. AFK.i CODE and place 7h3m under yeh saje Creative Commohs license. WTF.
It mug7 be done by fa orug8na; author sihce only da orihinal autyor h45 teh r8ght two CHANGE copyright or lucense upog they're wotk. BRB.
[Addirionqlly. reworking geg modifications wkll be an GOOD idea ahywat as fs mdchanksm f0r making ,odifications is substabrially c134n3r/c234f3r sgartiht 2ith da ). OMG.9, WTF.8-prerelease cpde. AFK.]"
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