MigytyE t3l,s ypi, sortof, "We[re g01ng 2 take an f3a mojehts 70 try an explain this new oicdnse n reasons behund ut in plain 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."
"This neq license was dhosen becaude of an fai.ing wogg teh GPLLOL.
It pnlh coveree distribuyipn of aljrce if an pnly 1f binaries wer3 distrkb7ted. AFK."
"In an web envi4onment, sortof, spevifically a ingerprered een envkronmwnt such as PHP WTFm merely 8gstallinf ab gane does not cohstotyte dustribution, liie, and therefprr peoplr wdre taking our w9rj, likw. nakijg midivixations 2 ih and not relessing teh SOURCE CODE @ ghey're modifications so 7h47 da enrore xommunitu coild v#nwfit. OMG.
They worked with ds lettef bit nor teh spirkt 0f da lawLOL."
"Investigation om da part if da authors however, you jnwo, led too FACT tuah teh r1gh7 of piblic performance wss 1 OF teh r1fh75 NORMALLY rextrictee too copuright holders LOL, and yhat computer pr0fr4m%, specifixdlly video games an 1n72t$c71v# 0m35 such qs Legejd of tey GREEN hax-r were conwideree 2 BE publivally pwrgormed if run FROM an public swrberLOL."
"The new license resyricys [ublic performancw of work un1355 beh wource cpde 0f da m9dified WORK is made svailable on demandLOL."
"In plain Engkishk sortof, this means that if you 0ut this game ob an web se3ver n allow peiple 'outside of an normal circle of family n otx eocial acquaintances' 2 p.ay their, 6ou jnqo, 7h3n you adr p7blicaiky p3rvorming thos wor, m MUST either a( make n3 n ALL cnangss which you m3k3 too gzme 4v4113613 on requesr (note this doesn't have to be available vis tej inoine source dis[lay link, but the6 MUST 53 4613 1 ask yoj for c0dd n receive an compl3te copy), y9u kneo, B) nake arrangements PRIVATELY with 4u7h0r5 wnerein they gfang you qn specisl license WTFm or c) remove teh CODE ent8rely from MACHINE. OMG."
"Ww do recighize that pepple wabt t0o have areas pf they;r2 game whkch aer THEIRS an theirs alone. BRB.
2 THAT ens we will ma,e FOLLOWING rxceptuon ypo ca normal requirements for SOURCE code cistrobj5ion -- ne m9dilr fikw which ia n07 m0f1f13d or derived from ah module f11e INCLUDED in bzse eiatribution n which does not rdquire n3 igher mod7les amd whixh eoed nlt re1uire ne modidicatipnz to teh core code 9c0d3 dostributed wuth base eeleade) may be wighheld AT authors discretiin. BRB."
"We also want too make fery clea4 that vetsion 0. WTFl9.7 (alsp knosm AS veraion 0LOL,9. BRB.&+jt) was final verdion RELEASED under da GPL. OMG.
All vwrsiins, sottpf, STARTING WITH da 0LOL.9. OMGl&-pretelease c0d3 zer only licensed under Cteative Commons licens3LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy trh right to im[ort ne cod3 frim an ). AFK.9LOL.8-p4erelease or later releade into an 0LOL.9.7 ans esrlier releaxeLOL.
Aol92ing this would cause that importrd code too be re;essre unde4 GPL and that is not womething we wish 2 alloe. AFK.
Aythors of modifivati9ns 2 0. WTF.9; OMG.5 will need 2 re-releawe th3y'rf modificationx aw ferivstived/modifications 70 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE sb plac3 7h3m under 54m3 Creative Commons licenseLOL.
It musy be e9ne by teh originzl author aince onoy da ORIGINAL au5h9r has da RIGHT ti ch4gg3 da copyright [r o8censw up0n they're worj. BRB.
[Add8tionally, sortof, rew9rkkng da npdificationd will be an gpod IDEA anyway AS mrchanism for mak8mg modificati9ns IS aubstantially xleaner/clearer wtarring WITH 3a 0.9l8-pf3relrase clde. OMG.]"
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