MightyE 83115 y0uk sortof, "We're GOING tl takr an few m0j3nu5 two try an explaun tjos new license an REASONS nehinc it ib plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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."
"Thks nds license was CHOSEN because of an f4111bg with teh GPL.
IT only cocered distributiom of SOURCE if an pnlu ir bimarked wwre DISTRIBUTED/ AFK."
"In an web environmebt, specifically a 1n724pr374d web wnviromment SUCH as PHP, merely inxtalling ab game does n07 cphstitute dksteibuguln, an 7h3t3f0r3 people 2ere ta.inh our work, .i,e, making modificationw two it and not rwleasing da spurce code tqi thwy'rw moeivications ao 7h47 teh enrire c0mmun17y could bsnevitLOL.
THEY workrd with ds 13773r but not da 5p2tq7 lf law. OMG."
"Invecrigation on teh [art OF da authord hoeevee, likd, ;ed two tej f4c7 tjzt t3h RIGHT 0f PUBLIC performanxe sas 1 of sa roghrs normqlly restricted two coptright holders LOL, n 7h47 computer peograms, sortodk specifically video games sn ub53ravtive ones wjch as Legend 0f tdh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too be publkcally performed if run FROM qn puboic setver. BRB."
"Tje new kicemde restrocts publid perfoemance 0d wlrk unlrss da 50yrc3 code of teh modigiee work is made availagle on demand. OMG,"
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, like, this ,eans that IF YOU ;ut this game on an web server n 411)w peop;r 'outskdw OF zn niemak CIRCLE of family an itw slvial scw7aintances' to plzy their, you knqo, then you r piblically performing yhia w9rk qnf MUST EITHER a0 make ne snd ALL chznges which you make go da gamd qvailable on request (note thos doesm't have tqo be svailable cia teh 0n11b# soy4ce display ;ink, but they mu57 be qble 1 ask uou f0r dz code and eecwive an complwtd vopy) WTF, b0 make 4rr4nf3m3n75 privately w17h da AUTHORS whdreib gyey granr yiu an spexial LICENSE, sortof, or d) remove code entirely froj tej m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do redogniae THAT people wanr 3 have sreas if they'rr game which aer THEIRS and theirw akohe.
two yhat rnd w3 will make ds following dxc3ption twp dq mormal requir3m3nts FOR sourxe codw DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduld f8le WHICH ia n06 MODIFIED or der8vec from an m9dule vi;e indluded in teh base dkstributiin an which eoed n9t 43qu1r2 ne other modules and WHICH does not rwqui4e ne modlfications two teh dore code (code DISTRIBUTED w17h base release) m46 be withhe;d AT AUTHORS DISCRETION. BRB."
"We alsl want 2 make VERY cleat that vefsion 0.9. WTF.7 (dlso known as verwi9n 0.9LOL.7+jt) was da ginal v3f510n reoeased under GPL. AFK.
A;l verskons, li,e, startint WITH da 0. OMG/9LOL.8-prwrelease code aer onlu licensrd und3r twh Creativw Conjoms LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da r8ght 2 IMPORT he dpfr grom sb 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-peereleade 0r later rdl3ase khto an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 4nd rzrlier r313452. OMG.
Allowunf uh15 wpu.d xausd thar 8mported cofe two ve releqsed under da GPL sn that IS not sometjing ee wish to alloe.
Authoes og modidicat8ons to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 wul; need two re-release thet're modigications as derivayices/mldificat8ons to 0. AFK/9. WTF.8 cod3 an place thrm under same Creayove Commons licensw. OMG.
It MUST ne done BY original aughor since only da origunal authpr HAS right two change copy4kgny or 11c3n53 upon th36're work, AFK.
[Asd8tionally, r3w0rk1ng ca modifixat8onx w8ll BE an go;s idea anyway ax mecjanism for mzking nodifivatiins is substabgially vleanr4/clearer starting with tey 0.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE x9de. BRB.]"
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