MightyE tells yoj LOL, "We're goibg too take qh few momrnts go try an expla8n thiw new license n rdawons behind oy in plzin English. OMG.
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 hew licenwe was chosen because or qb railing with twh GPL.
It only covetec c15&r16u710m of sou4ce if an only 2r binaries wrre distributec. BRB."
"In an w36 wnvironmemt, s[eviricall6 a imterpreted web env8ronment such AS PHP WTF, merdly instzllinb zn game does no5 constit7te d157r16u710n, you knwo, an tner3fore oeople WERE takong our work LOL, mak8ng jodofications two it an not releasing da dourcd ckde te9 they're mofivications sl that emtkre COMMUNITY COULD bebefot. AFK.
Thet w0rk3d eith .egter but not teh sp8rit of law. OMG."
"Inveatigation on part OF da AUTHORS joweber, you knwok led too da FACT that teg right of public performance wax 1 of teg rights normally RESTRICTED 2 cop6right yolderx, yo7 knwl/ an that cpmpute4 prog4ams WTF, specifixa.ly v1d30 games and ontwrqctive ones such AS LEGEND of reh Geeen gax0r WERE considered too 6e publicalot 0erdorjed iv run from an ;8blic srrv3r. BRB."
"The mew LICENSE r357t1c85 publkc perf9rmance ov wprk UNLESS tdh sou5ce code of tey m0d!f13d work is maee avai;abld on d3m4nd. WTF."
"In p.ain Engl9sh, s9rtpf, THIS means that if you pur 5hid g4m3 on an WEB servwr b allow peop;e [o6tside of ah normal xircoe of family and its socisl ACQUAINTANCES' gwo pla6 thrir, like, 5hen you ae4 pub.ically p3rglrming this sork n MUST eitjer s) make he an ALL chang3s wh1ch YOU make to dz game abailable on fequ3st )note thid dpesn't have TO be available VIA da onlihe w9jrce diwplay livk, sortov, but thwy must be 4613 two asi y0u f0r code an receive an com;letw copy), lik3, b) m4j# arrqngements priba5e.y wuth teh authots wherein they graht YOU an speciz. kicehse LOL, or c) rem0v3 code en5irdly vrom machine. BRB."
"Wd do rec9gnize that pdl;kd szbt to have 4r345 of they're game whoxj e 5hrirs n 5heirs alone.
too that 3nd we w111 make FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 teh norjal REQUIREMENTS f0r source code distribution _- ne midule f113 WHICH is npt modif8ed le serived fr9m an module f113 included in badw DISTRIBUTION n which soes NOT 43qyirr ne 07h34 m0du135 am which does NOT require nw m0d1f1c47!pn5 too da CORE code (c0d3 dostributed wiyh teh base releawr) may ve wityheld at ahthors siscretion. AFK."
"We also qahy 2 make ver6 c134r that versuon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also ,nown as verskon 0LOL.9, WTF.u+mt_ was final v3rg10n released under da GPL. BRB.
A11 versoons, you knwl. 574t71ng wiyh teh -. BRB.9LOL.8-pt3r3134t3 CODE aer onlu licensed under teh Creativ3 Commons licehwe. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY dwny da rigjt 2 import nw code from an 0. WTFl9.8-pr3r313453 0r !473r re.ease INTO an 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 am earli3r rdlease. OMG.
ALLOWING ghis would cause thar imp9rtee c(de too be rdleased uhder yeh GPL n that is n07 domething we wish tl a.lpw.
Auth9rs of modkfications two 0. WTF.9. BRB.6 eikl nedd 2 RE-RELEASE 5hey're modificztions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code an p;ace them unddr SAME Creative Commins kicense.
I5 MUST be done gy tdh original author sunce ONLY teh original author has rkbhg 3 change da copytitht or 11x3b53 upon they're 2ork. BRB.
-Additi9nally, reworking d1 modigicayiona WILL ve ab gooc idea anyway as mwchanism for making modifocations is substanriakky coeaner/cl3arer startimg with da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-;rerelease dodeLOL.]"
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