MightyE yella ylu, sortod, "We're goinh to TAKE an few moments 3 TRY n explaih THIS ndw licens3 b da reasoms behond it kn plain Ehg115g. 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."
"This new licwnse was chosdn becauwe of an failibg wq*h da GPL. WTF.
I7 only cobsred dksteibutiom og soirce if and onl6 iv binarues WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an web environment, spedifically a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such ws PHP LOL, merelh 1n674111ng an game soes not cohstitute diay4ibution, sortof, wn therefore [eople were tzking 0ur wlrk, making modif8ca5ions two 17 and nit releading teh soyrc3 code 5wo they're modificaty9ns s( tha5 trh entire xo,munity coild benwfitLOL/
They eorked with da 13571r but not trh spirit OF da law. OMG."
"Investigation 0n PART of quthorx HOWEVER, xortof, ;rd 2 trh eact tyay tdh ritht of piblic perfoemance wad oen OF da rigytd n0rj4!1y r457r1c7ed two copyright holders LOL, n uh47 com0uter PROGRAMS, you knwo, specifically video GAMES n knteractife 0m35 such az LEGEND of Greeh hax9r were considerws w be puboicaloy performec if run FROM xn public srfber."
"The new q1c3n53 RESTRICTS public pefformance of da work un1354 dource cose of da modified work is made avsilqble on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Engliwh, yo7 knwok this MEANS that if tiu put this gsme on an seb servwr and 4110w p3oolr [putaide OF am noemal ciecle of family n ktw SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES; gwo play their, sortof. yhey y0u r [ub.ically PERFORMING thus work ab MUST 317h3f a) make ne n ALL changes whoch y9u maje to ten game AVAILABLE in REQUEST (bo5e thiw doesn[t n4v3 ti BE avai.able b14 da 0h11b3 SOURCE display link, you knwo, but they must ge anle to 45k uou for teg code n receive am complete copyp LOL, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n85 oribately with authoes where8n 5hey grant you an SPECIAL license, likr, OR c) remove da cide ebtirely grom teh jachine. AFK."
"We do revognixe THAT people want teo have areaa of 5hey're ga,e 2hich r theirs and theirs ALONE. OMGk
2 tha5 end we 21w1 make folloeing exception too normak reauirements for source code distriburion -- ne mocule FILE WHICH is not modivied o4 det8ced fro. am module rile included in da basr distrobution ab which does no5 requore ne pther ,odules n whicg doea nit req5ire ne modificariohs gwo da core c9de (c9de DISTRIBUTED with BASE releas3) mzy ne qithjeld at twh aurhord disxret8obLOL."
"We alao WANT 2 make vrry clear that version 0, AFK.9.7 (also KNOWN ad version 0LOL.(. OMG.7+kt) w4t rinal vwrdiob released undee teh GPL. AFK/
All vwrsiims, 574r71ng witg fa 0. OMG.9.8-peer3leasr vode r only 11c3n53s undef teh Cr3471v3 Cojnons locense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rifhr go impott me codd from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-0rerelease or LATER releawe 8nto an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allo2ing 7h15 w0uqd dquxe tyat imported code twl be released under GPL an 7gr7 os not somrthing we 2kah too allow. AFK.
Aughors of moeificayions too 0. AFKl9.7 wilk nerd too RE-RELEASE they'4w m9ekricatiohs as drrkvatkves/modifidqtiins 2 0/ WTF.9. BRB.8 code n place them under grh same C4eative Commons license/ OMG.
It MUST ge done by da 9ribinal author since only da orifinal a7bhor haw da r!gh7 2 change teh copyr8gyt or LICENSE UPON 5jeh're work. WTF.
[Addiyionally, like, rew9r,8ng teh mosifivayions wull be an bold iddw sntway as da mechsnisn for makibg modifications ia SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. AFK.9LOLl8-[rereleast code. AFK.]"
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