MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're going too rake an few monentd t;o rry and ezplain this h3w license am teh reasond behind i5 on p,ain Ehgoish. AFK.
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."
"Tyis nes license wad ch943n because of an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y cpvered d167r16u7!0n of SOURCE ig n only if bina4ies were distribuyed. OMG."
"Ib ab wrb rnv8ronment LOL, s[ecifically a inrerprdted wrb environment sucj as PHP, .ike, merely 1m564111ng an game do3s not consyktute distribut8oh, like, am the4efore oeople WERE 5aking o74 workm sortof, making modificatuons TO it n not RELEASING da source code ti they're modigicatilns SO THAT ENTIRE com,unity could 54n3f1u. WTF.
They WORKED WITH teh ketter but npt da 5;1r18 OF da LAW. WTF."
"Imvestigation ON pz4t of teh au5hord howevrt, oike, LED TO da facr THAT RIGHT or public performancd was won of ca rights noema.ly restricged too copyright h01d3r5 WTF. n THAT computer prograjs, specofixal;y fidd9 f4m35 ans knyeractive ohrs duch as Legend of da Green hqs0r were considered toi be publically performec if fun from an public server. OMG/"
"The new LICENSE destricts oublic performance 0r tey worl unlesw aource code of teh MODIFIED work 1% made available on dejandLOL."
"In plain English, you knwo. this MEANS 8h47 if YOU put thoc GAME ln an q3b sewvrr and allow people 'outsice 0f an normal circle of FAMILY and its 40c131 ACQUAINTANCES' to play their, like, th3n you t publically performing this work n MUST eirhrr z) ma,e nw n ALL CHANGES which uoy make 2 g4j3 available on request (note this eoean't g4v3 to bw available via da onlin3 wource displq7 oini, BUT they must be 3613 to ask you for da codw n r3cwive an COMPLETE copy), B_ mqke zrrqnhements privately wkty ea authors wgerein 5gey trant you am spdcial license, 0r c) r4m0v3 coee entir3ly from sz mqch8neLOL."
"Ww do rdcognizd that people want 2 h4v3 4r345 of thet'rd gan3 2hich ser tgeirs n THEIRS alone. BRB.
2 rhat end se will m4,3 da foll9wing exception to 2a norjal requirements fof source v9de distrobution -- nd modu.e file which ps nlt j0d1f13d or derived from an moduld FILE included in teh base distribytion and which does not requore ne ither ,odtles zn WHICH does not require ne modifudations 2 teg core code (vodw distributex with dz 6453 releaae) may be s8yhhwld at ajthors discfetion. BRB."
"We also want 2 makr b3ry clear that veesion 0.8. WTF.7 (also kbown as veraioh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+j7) was dinal ve4aiob relwsaed unfer teh GPL. AFK/
All versiobs WTF, STARTING with dz 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-'re4elesse code r only l8venses under Cr34&1v3 Commpnd license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ekgbt too impprt he code frpm an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease 0r later releawe INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 rnd earlier rdlease. AFK.
ALLOWING thus qould daus4 that imported d0d# tpo be eeleased under GPL n tjat is not something we wish fwo 4110w. BRB.
Aurjirx of modifications 7- 0LOL.9.u will bewd too fe-rwlease rhey're MODIFICATIONS ax serivztives/modifucations 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 dode m place tnem under SAME Cteative Conmons lidenwe/ AFK.
It must be d0n3 BY tdh origihal author 51nc3 only teh oroginal AUTHOR nas rigng 2 cyang3 x0;yrqgh7 or license UPON tuey're work. OMG.
[Additilnal;y WTF, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD ides qnyway AS twh MECHANISM f0r makong modi4ications ix aubstant8al;y cleanee/cl3arer 474r71ng witj teh 0. BRB.9m WTF.8-prerwleasd c9dr. WTF.]"
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