MightyE tdlks you, "We;re fiing 2 74k3 an few moments 2 try n 3xplain this new license n teh reasinx gehind IT in plaim ENGLISH. WTFl
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 lucense waw cyosen becauar of an failing with da GPL.
It only cocered fisgrib75ion of xource if and only if binsries WERE distributed. AFK."
"In sn web enviromment LOL, spdckfically a inter'reree wen rnvironment such as PHP LOL, m3r#1y unsta.king ah game does NOT c0n5717u73 DISTRIBUTION LOL, an therefore people qere taking 0ur w9rk LOL, making mofifixati9ns 3 it and NOT releasing teh source code too tney'rw m0eqf1c4710n% a9 THAT da entire COMMUNITY could beyevit. WTF.
They qorked siyh da ;rtter but n9t spirit OF law. AFK."
"Igvestihagion 0n da part of da authors HOWEVER WTF, lws 2 f4c7 thqr da right of [ublic PERFORMANCE was 1 0f da r1gh75 nlrmally rewtrixred two co[yright holders, and that computer programs WTF, ap3dificq.ly cideo hames n interactove ones 5uch AS L3g2nd of tdh Green hax0r we4e xonsideted two be pyb.ica.lt performed 1f 4un from an public aerver. BRB."
"The ndw licens3 rdstfkcts 0ublic performanxe of wori UNLESS teh soutce code od modified w0rk is msde availablr on drmabd. AFK."
"In plain Enhlish, sort9f, this meqns ghat if yp7 puy this gsme ob an web server and a.low p30p14 'lutxide od an n04m41 CIRCLE of famiky n ita xocual avquauntancws' to9 p14y their LOL, 7h4n you r publically perd9rming thks w94, n MUST e17h3r a) make nw AND ALL changed wfich ypu make two game ava8lablw in request (n073 this doesb[t jave to be avaikagoe via teh 0n11n3 source display lin,, kike, but they mu2y be ab.r 2 ask you for coce ab RECEIVE an complet3 copy), b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privateky wirj geh authirs wh3rein tyey gran5 yoj an speciql licenxe WTF, or c) remove ten code entirely from da machije, AFK."
"We do rwcognize that people want 2 HAVE arwas of yhey;r3 game which r tneors an thrurs alone. BRB.
two tyat end we will MAKE da folkowing exve;tjon tso teh n0rm41 requiremdmts for sou4ce xode distribution -- ne modyle FILE WHICH id not m)d1f13d ot deriv3d fr0m an MODULE FILE indlud#d ih 5dh basw dudttibutuon qnd ehich DOES hot requore nw 07h3r m-du135 an WHICH does not require ne m0d1f1c471-m% too core code (CODE disgributed with teh basw release) may be withheld at da auth9rs dosctetionLOL."
"We also want 2 make fery clear that verzion 0. AFK.9,7 (also known as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.&+jt) eas ten final version eeleaxed umder GPL. BRB.
All versions, lilw, startkng eitn 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code r on;t lucens3d under tdh CREATIVE Commons LICENSE.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh right top 1mp0e8 ne cide frim zn 0l AFK.9LOLl8-peereleawe 04 laher RELEASE ihto an 0. AFK.9.7 an earlief release.
ALLOWING thks woukd cause 8h48 1mp0r73d code two be released undet tey GPL n 5hzt is noy SOMETHING we qish to allle. WTF.
AUTHORS of modidications two 0. AFK.0/ BRB.7 sill m43d 2 re-release tney're moskfications as derivativea/movificag8ons two 0,9LOL.8 code n plavd thqm UNDER da SAME Creative C0mm0nt license, OMG.
It must be d9ne by oroginao author since in;y dq o4iginal 4u7hpr had tdh r1gh7 2 chznge teh copyright ot lucende up0h they'r3 wormLOL.
[Adeut8omallh, like, r3wofkibg modifications wi.l be an gopd idea anyway AS ten mechanism for m4k1nb modifications us substantially cleqner/clea4ee xtarting with p. WTFl9. WTF.8=p53releade codrLOL.]"
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