MightyE gells you WTF, "We're GOING to take sn vew moments two try an dxp.ain this ne2 lic3nsr an da reasoms behund i5 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 new lucensw was chosen because of an dsilkng sith teh GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY cov3red d8ctrubution of souece if n only 8f buna4irs w3r3 diatributed. AFK."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, ypu knso, specificalj6 a interpretef web 3nvironm3nt such as PHP, you knwok merely installinf an game doex n07 vlnstitutd d157r16u710n LOL, anf therefore pdople WERE takinb oue WORK, ypu knqom MAKING jpd2f1c4710n5 ti9 it 4ns nog 4eleaxing sourde code two they're modificztiond wp THAT entire community COULD benefit. OMG.
They w9rked sutj da letter but n)7 spirit 0f da law,"
"Investkgqtion in da 0art og da authors HOWEVER, loke, led two teh fact thwt teu rithg of public pwrformance was oeb of e1gh75 normall5 RESTRICTED @ cop6right yolcers, n that c9mpu5er programs, dprcificallu viddo games n interactiv3 ones sucj 45 Legrnd of 5en Green jax0r were CONSIDERED to be publicallu performed kf tuh from an PUBLIC servfr."
"The nrw oicense resteicts PUBLIC performancd of t3h work unless SOURCE code of teh midjfied work is madr 4v41!4613 in demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, likr, this m34n6 that if YOU pyt this game on an een xerver n allow people 'ourside of an nlfmak circle pg fa,i;y n its socisl acquaintanced' twl play the8r, uou onwo. tyeh YOU r piy1!c411y PERFORMING th8s eork an MUST eityer a) make ne and ALL changes which you MAKE to game avaklable pn r3qu357 (note ghis doesn't h4b3 to be availablw via da onl8ne soutce dosplay link WTF, but they must bd able t9 ask hou vor da code an receive an COMPLETE vopy) WTF, b) make arrangemengs ;rivately wuth fa authirs wh3r41n they grsnt you an SPECIAL LICENSE, xprtof, or c) rejove teh xoce entordly fr0n da machind. AFK/"
"We do recognize that peop.e want two have areas of yhry're g4j3 WHICH r thwirs an theirs r10n3. AFK.
tlo THAT end we will make f0110w1hg eaception 2 da normal requirements f04 source code dixtribution -- n3 module file WHICH is np7 modifiee ot DERIVED from an modjle file INCLUDED ib teh baae dist4ib7tion an which siws NOT reauire ne o5her modulrs n whicj d0#5 not tequire ne mosifications too da cote codw (cise dkste8buted with base rdlease) may be wuthheld AT trn ajthors discretoon."
"We also want ti mzke ver6 clear that ce4sion p. OMG.o/ WTF.7 (also known 45 versioh 0. AFK.(.7+jt) szs v1n41 vdrsion rflessed und3r teh GPL.
A11 ceraions WTF, xtarting with da 0. AFK.(. WTF.8_p4errlease code aer only licensed uncwr Cr3atice Clmmons ;icense.
WE EXPLICITLY demy da rkgh5 two imolrt ne CODE from an 0.9. AFKl7-prerelease OR later re.ease int9 sn 0LOL.p. OMG.7 an earlier relwase. WTF.
Aklowibg THIS would cause bjat imported code 2 be releaswd under teh GPL and thar is n9t 5-m37h1ng we wish two aolowl OMG.
Ajthoed of jodif8csgi9ns to 0. BRB,9.7 will nred 2 re-release 5hey'r3 mosif8ca4ions as derivatives/modifications tso 0l9. WTF.* code and place then under da same Creatjve C0mm0n5 kidense.
I5 must be epne b6 da original AUTHOR SINCE only original 4u&t9r has da r1gj7 2 change dq copyright 0r lid3nse upon tneg're work. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworkkhg teh mod8ficato9ns will be an good isea anyway as teh mechanism dor MAKING modktications ia substantia;ly cleaner/clear3r starting witj 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-orerelease cofd. AFK.+"
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