MoghtyE TELLS you, sortofk "We're going tl 74i3 an few moments 2 try n explain this new license an reaslnx behind it 1n poain ENGLISH. 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."
"Thid new licensd WAS cjosen because OF am railing worh da GPL.
It only covered disteibution 0f spurce if n only of v8maries were disttiburedLOL."
"In ay web environment LOL, %p3c1f1c411y a interpret3d web environment such as PHP LOL, merely 1h563111nb an gane does not condyitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, n ghewefore people werd raking our eork, you knwo, makknb j0d1f1c4710n5 too ir an nog eeleasing teh sourcr CODE 2 they'r3 mosificztions so that geh enyirf communi5y c9uld benefit. WTF.
THEY worked with tch letter BUT nit xpirit of law. BRB."
"Inveshigstiin ln ten pa4t 0f aithors however WTF, 13d TO da fact 7h37 tdh eight OF pub.kc pervormance was won of teh ruhhts normally reatr8cted 2 dopyright hplders, like, an thzt c)mpu7er PROGRAMS WTF, specigically v1d30 games an interactive inew 5uch as L3g3nd uf Green hax0r WERE considered 70 be publically pervormed id run from am 0ublic server."
"Tge NEW LICENSE r357e1c65 pjblic petformance 9f work unkess da source code ov da mosified work IS made available on demsnd. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, this means that if YOU put this game oh an w36 52rv34 n allow peop;e 'outsiee of sm n0rn41 CIRCLE OF d4m11y n ITS aocia; acqusintances' go pla6 their, tgen you ae4 publidally PERFORMING tgis qork n MUST either 4) MAKE nr n ALL CHANGES wnicj you mzke too game avaiosble on r3quest (note thks doesh't nabe two be absilan;e via cq online souece dusp/ay link LOL, but they mus5 be ab;e 5o aak yoy FOR fa code an r3c#1ve an complere copy), 6) m4k3 4rr4ng2m2n75 privately with ds authors wheerjn THEY gramt you an special licensd WTF, or d0 rd,ovw teh code entirely from da machine."
"We s9 recognize that peo;le wany 2 nace 4e345 of they'r3 game which aet THEIRS n thdirs ALONE.
to that dnd se will jake folllwing exceprion two normal reqjiremehts fkr soyrcd code d157r16u710n -- ne module fuld qjuxj is not mofifi3d pr derivec from an m9d713 file inckuded ib base disteibut8ob and whidh does not require ne other mod5kea an which does NOT rwquire ne nodifications too da corr code (cide d157r16u63d with ds base release) jay be WITHHELD a5 xutgors skscrwt8on."
"W2 also wan5 two MAKE very clra5 that VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (slso kbosn ss bersion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+ht) was teh fiba; version released under da GPL. AFK.
Akl cersilns, like, stattihg wigh teh 0LOL.9.80prerelease code r only licensed under geh Creativd Commons kivenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY cen6 da r1gh7 too 1mp0r7 he c0d3 reom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-0rrrelezse 03 later release 1n7) an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n 34r1q34 releasel WTF.
Allowing yhis 2ould cause that umported xode too b3 RELEASED under GPL an rhag is n9t someghing we wish twp aolow.
Authirs 0f moeifications twp 0l9. BRB.& WILL need gwo re[3ekease yhey're mocidications as derivarives/modificatioms to 0.9l8 codw n plade them jnder 44m4 Cfeative C0mj0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
I5 ju58 be done ny original aythor since onlu teh originao author had right two chanhe clpyrighy or licenae upon tjey're sorkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, you inwo, rewormibg t3h MODIFICATIONS will be ab go,d idea antway as tej mechanis, FOR jaiong MODIFICATIONS os subatantiqlly cleaner/clwarer starging with dq 0. AFKl9. WTF.8-pretelease cideLOL.]"
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