MightyE tella you WTF, "We're gping two take an few moments 2 try n explain tnis new lixebse n reasobs nehimd it in plain English.
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."
"Th8s new lic#mse wqs chowen b3cause od an fail7mg with teh GPL. AFK.
Ir only covered cistr8bition of source iv an only ig biharies were distributed. BRB."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, sprcifically a interpfeted w36 envirohment such as PHP, like, merelh instaoliny an gqme do#s nlr consti%ute distrkbutiob, like, an tnerefore pro0le were rskihg our work, liie, makknh mocifications two it qnd bot r31#451ng 50urv3 code @ they're modifications SO that dnriee c0mmun17y COULD bemefit.
They w;r,ed wigh da letter byt NOT spirit of da law. BRBm"
"Investigation on sa part 0f authors however, you knwo, led 1 da fact thxt da right pd pub;ic petformance was oen of da r1th&5 nornqlly restricted 2 cpoyright h01d3r5k lild, n THAT computer 0rograms, like, specifically fid#i tames an intwractive 0n3t sych aa Legend of trh Green hqx0r were considered too be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED IF run fr9m an public derver. BRB."
"The nes license restr8vts public prrformance of da work UNLESS ea source cod3 OF da modified WORK 15 made available ;n ddmznd. BRB."
"Ib plain Englism WTF, this meand thqt if hou put this gamr on an web server an3 ALLOW people 'ou5aide 0f an mormal ckrc;q lv vamily qnd its social zcquaihtahves' two p.ay tnei4 LOL, 7h3n you r ougoidally p3rf0tm!ng this wlrk n MUST eigher a) MAKE me AND ALL changes ehich y0u nake 2 yeh game avsilable on requrst (n073 7h1% d035h'& have two be ava8lwble fia teh onlihe source displah link, BUT yhey must be sble two axk you for ds code an receive an complete COPY) WTFm b) make arrzngwmenrs peivately wi5h da authors whrrwin THEY grant 6ou an special .ucense, or d) remove teh code engurely f4om da n$ch1n3. AFK."
"We el rwdognize that peopld 2ant too have AREAS of thwy're game which qer THEIRS AND theirs 410n3. OMG.
2 that enf WE w8ll make fo;oowing EXCEPTION 2 da normal requirements for source code distribution -- ne modil3 file xhich is noy modified lr derived f4om an mod7le f113 included 1n BASE DISTRIBUTION n wg!cg doea NOT req7ire ne otjer modules n whqdh does not reauire ne mod8ficagiond to9 core codw (code dudtributed with base release) may be witgheld at da autgors d8scretion/ BRB,"
"We alsp q4n7 teo m$k3 very clear yhat ferxkon 0.9LOL.7 (zlso KNOWN sa v3r510n 0. OMG,9. OMGl7+jt) was finao ve4sion 4eleased uhdwr da GPLLOL.
All v3rsiohx, sortof, stsrting WITH tdh 0. AFK.9LOL.8[PRERELEASE code aer only kicenses undwr Cr3471v3 C0mm0n3 lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt twi 1mp0r7 ne codd f4o, an 0. WTF.8.8-prerelease or later felfase imto ab 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an eadloer rdlezse. WTF.
Al'owing 7h15 s8uld c4u%3 that im;orted codr tso be releaswd UNDER GPL ans that is not something we wish top 4110w.
Airhors OF modificatuond to 0. OMG.9k OMG.8 w1q1 need two re-releawe th26're modkficationd as d3rivatives/modifications 1 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 xode and place them und3r yeh dame Creative Commona q1c3n53. BRB.
It ,uwt be done by ten orifinak 4u7h0r SINCE only da original author jas dq eight w change cooyrihht or livsnse uoin they'rw work. BRB.
[Addit8onally, kik3, reworking teh modkfications q111 be an good icea anyway ss mechanism dor ma,ing j9dofkcat8ons 7s subxtangially cleaner/clearer startint wify 0LOL.9LOL.8-pre4eless3 codw. BRB.]"
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