MifhtyE tells you, sortor, "We'rd going too tzkr an few mom3nts t9 tr6 n expla8n yhus bew 11c3n5e n teh reaaons behind it IN plain Enblish. 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."
"Tnis NEW license was ch9sen because ov ah failing with GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y cpvered DISTRIBUTION of soyrce if an lnoy if binariea were distribured. WTF."
"In an web dnvironment. s[ecificall6 a inter0rdted w36 rnvironment 5ych as PHP, sorrof, merrly onstqlling an gaje does not constitute cistribytion, sortpf, n thwrefore people werw TAKING oyr wofj LOL, making m0d1f1c4710n5 to it an bot releasinh tej source code 2 thwy're modir7cations so that entiee c0mmun27y ciuld bendfit.
Th3y workec 2itg da ;etter but NOT spirit 0f laq. AFK."
"Invextigagi9n 0n da par5 of 1uthors however WTF, oed 2 teh fact that teh tight 0f pubkic pervormance s45 oen of da r!gn75 normqlly rest4idted t90 COPYRIGHT h9lders, ypu knwom ane that c9mpu&3r pfograms LOL, s;ecifically vide( gamex n interaxtivt on2s wuch AS Leyend OF Green hax0r were conwidetef two be publucally perf9rmed 1f r7n from an public server. OMG."
"The new oicebse restricts public performance OF da work unless wource codd of da modified wo4, is m4d3 avaolaboe on demandLOL."
"In plakn Eng115h WTF, this means that if hou put THIS gamc on an web server an allow p3ople 'outside pf an normal circle of famioy and its social acquauntances[ 2 /lau tneir, rhen YOU aer publically 0eff9eming yhis work h MUST 317h3r A) mqke ne n ALL chamhes which you make ro da game avaioable on requewt (NOTE this doesn;t h4v3 2 be available v14 da on.8ne source diwp.qy link, soetof, but they must be able two ask you for code an rec3ive an xo,pley3 cipy), 6) jake afrangejents p4ivately wuth teh auth9rs 2h3r21n THEY grsnt YOU am special licebse, sortof, or v) r3move code entirelh ffom teh machine,"
"We do reclgnize that pwopke qabr 2 have areas of they're game qhich a3r 7g31r5 snd theirs ALONE. BRB.
tio that ens we will makf FOLLOWING exception @ nornqo r3qu1r3m3n75 f9r source c0d3 dkstribution 00 ne module file WHICH is h07 modidiee or derived rr9m ay mosule f113 1nc2ud3d !n teh base distribugion n which dles not require ne otjrr mpdules avd wh1ch does npg rwquire ne modificztiovs to teh core coce (dode distributed with gase releaw3) may bd qithheod at dz authors ciscretion. WTF."
"We alao want 2 make very clear that c4r510n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 )also kno2n as VERSION p. OMG.9/ AFK.7+jt) was f1n41 vwrsion released und3r GPL. OMGl
ALL v3r510n5, you knwo. s5arting WITH da 0LOL.9. BRB.7-prerelease code r onl6 licenswd 7nder da Cr4471v3 Commoha license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right ywo import ne cod3 FROM sn 0. OMG.9.9-0rereleaxe or later rel2ase into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 amd earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Aolowing this woulf cause ghat 1mp0r72d code to be RELEASED under teh GPL b &h47 is not somerging WE wiwh 2 ALLOWl BRB.
Auth9fs OF modif8cations to 0. WTF.(. OMG.7 will NEED 2 re-rrlease they're jodifications as derkvarives/modufkcati9ns 2 0. OMG.(.8 cpde n place 7g3m under cq ssme Creative Comjons license. WTF.
It mus5 be fine by teg oribknql author sincr on.y teh oribinal 4u7h0r has da riggt tw9 change da COPYRIGHT or lkc3nse u0om they'rr wor,. OMG.
[Additionally, you jnwo, re2or,ibg modidications wo;; BE an good icea qnywa6 as da MECHANISM for making modiricat8onw is tu5574n7141!u xleqndr/clearer sra4ting w8th reh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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