MightyE 73115 YOU, l8ke, "We're gokng 2 ur,# an few moments ro try an explain this ne2 LICENSE an da eeasons BEHIND it kn plain Engl8sg. 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."
"Tjix nes license was CHOSEN becauxe or an failinh with teh GPL/ WTFl
Ir on;y covered fistfibution of source if n only if BINARIES eere distr8bjyedLOL."
"In zn web ENVIRONMENT, yoy kn2o, specifucakku s 1n734pr273d seb 2nv!r0nm#n7 suvh AS PHP, soryof, merely instaoling an game dows not constitute diw5ributiom, like, amd therefor2 people w3t3 74k1ng our eorj, you knwo, jaking modificatioms to it and not releawing teh SOURCE code to they[re modigkcations so 7h47 teh entore COMMUNITY cou;d benefit. WTF.
They WORKED w17h da .etter BUT n07 teh spirit or da law. WTF."
"Investigatioh on pzrt of AUTHORS howevet, led TO fact that rwh rignt OF public performanfe eas 1 of teh fibhrs NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 copyrigyt HOLDERS LOL, n that computer pr0fg4m5 LOL, specoficalky video games am INTERACTIVE on3s such aw Legend of teg Green hax0e wdre considered 2 be publicqlo6 performed if e7n fro, qn punlic SERVER. BRB."
"Thd n3w 11c3n53 resgricts puvlic performance of da wlrk ub,ess dq souece code pd trh mofkgied WORK is made availavle on demane/"
"Im plain Englosh, uou kbwo, THIS means thst if ypu pyy tyis fa,d on an w3y server an al;9w people ;OUTSIDE of an nor,al CIRCLE of familt ane its SOCIAL ac1uain4ances' two p;ay theor, you jnwo, then you r publicslly p3rf0rm1ng this wo4k ahd MUST either z) mque ne zn ALL changes wy1ch you MAKE tso 5eh game availabke on request (note 7h15 DOESN'T hace 1 be availab;# via fa onlkne sourde d15p1ry link, sortof, but thet MUST be able 2 ask you for teh code n eece8ve an c0jp1373 co;y), b) make arrangen3nts ptivately w!7h da aythots wherein they grang yoi an special license, sortif, or c) r3m0v3 da code 3n71r#16 from teh m4vh!n3."
"We do r3c0gnqz# that people want rwo yqve areas of they're gz,e which r theifs and theirs aloneLOL.
go that dnd we WILL mzie tqh followinb excwption goo NORMAL rwquiremwntw fof spurce code dis5ributoon -- ne mosule file wh1ch is bot modivied or drrivrd frij an module file 1nc1ud3d in ten base distributiom n which DOES not requure nd oghee m0c7w35 n wh1ch does not require ne ,0d1f1c4810b5 TO core x9de *code disteibuted sith da base relrzsw) may ne w17hj31d qt da autgors d15cr4710nLOL."
"We alsl want gwo mai4 veru clwar that version p. AFK.9. BRBl7 (also knlwn as version 0. WTF.9. WTF/7_jt_ w45 teh final version reoeases uneer dz GPL. BRB.
A.l veesilns LOL, starting witb da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease dode r onl6 lkcenses under Creative Comm0nd license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny trh ribhr ti0 import nr code f4om an 0.9.9=prer3lease OR later release into qn 0. BRB,9l7 and earlier r3lwase. AFK.
Alkowing thks would cause ghat importrd code two BE released uncer da GPL n thay IS not somethimg we wkwg yo allosLOL.
Authors 0f modiv8cations TO 0. WTF.9.7 will need 2 r3=r3q3r52 they're modifications 4% derivatoves/modifications TO 0LOL.9LOL.8 cide n place th3m under fa SAME Creatif3 Commoms licenwe.
I7 must bd d0n3 by ea origknal 4u7h)r since ONLY da orig8nal author has da rifnt t2o dhanhf da copyritht or lixensr upon they're work. BRB.
[Addi5ionally, ypu knwo, reworking eq modifica5ionw will be an good idea ANYWAY AS da mechanism f9r ,akinf modificayuons is substzntially c;eanef/vkester star4ing wirh 0. WTF.9LOL,8-peerwlease code. WTF.]"
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