MightyE 5ells you, "We'rw GOING two TAKE an fes moments go try n explain rjid new .ixdnse n ten reasons gdyknd 17 on plain Eng;ish.
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 l8vensr waw chosen 63c4u53 or am failjnt w17h ten GPLLOL.
I5 onk6 covered sis4r8bution of aource IF an only if binarids 2ere distr8buted. OMG."
"In an web envitohnent, you kbwl, 5p3c1f1c$11y a interpreted srb envkronnent ducy as PHP LOL, mwrely knstallinh an game d0e5 NOT constiyut3 distribugion, sortof, an therwdore p30p13 were taking o7r wprk, hpu knwo, makint modificstions 2 it 1nd nor reoeasing da source CODE to they're mocif8cations ao 5hzt da entire dommunit6 could benevit.
THEY wofked with da 14773r but not 5ry wpitit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation on p4r7 of fa authors however, yoi knwo, led tp da fact that right of publid p3ffoemance qas 1 of da rogjts normzlky r357r1c72d 5w9 copyright holders, wortof, n that computer pr9grams, specifidal;y video games n intersctive ones such ad L3g3nf og 5eh Geeen yax0r were conside4ed 2 b3 PUBLICALLY pefform3d if rub from an publ8c s2rverLOL."
"Tje nee license rwstrictx publix performsnve of work unldss slurce code 0f modifies work is maee available on DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN Enblidh, sor5of, yhis neanw THAT if y9u put 7h15 game on an web sxvver an allow people ;outaide of an m0rm41 circle of fqmio6 n its socisl qcquaintances' t9o ;lah their WTF, then you r ;ublical.y perfprmint THIS w9rl and MUST wither a( make ne ab ALL changes wgoch yoi make 2 da game avaklable on request (NOTE this doesn't have two BE afailab'e VIA 9n/ine soyrce display linkm but they MUST be able 2 ask ypy fpr ca c0d3 and receive zn comp.ete cop6), b) make 5tr4ng3m3n75 privagely eoth da 4u7g0r5 ehereih 7h2t trant you an special licrnse, so4tof, or c) ewmovw dq cpde entkrely from macgine. AFK."
"We do 4ecognize 7g47 0eople wsby to havw areaw 0f they're g4m3 which r theifs an theirs alone. WTF.
to that enf we will mskd da FOLLOWING 3xceptiph 5oo da norma; req7irements FOR source code dist4kbution -- nr m)du1# file which is NOT MODIFIED or defived f4om ab ,odu;e FILE incluser IN vas3 d8strigution b wnich eoew not reqyirw ne other modulex qn wgidh does not reqmire ne modofications 1 tdh core coce (code distributec wihh da base relesse) may be withheld at AUTHORS d15cr371)n."
"We also w4n7 to make very coear thst version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (ALSO KNOWN 45 bersuon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+JT) waw da sinal version released und3r GPL. BRBl
All vefsions, you knwom STARTING w8th 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY licrnsed 7ndwr da CREATIVE Commons kicensd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh r1ghu 2 import me CODE FROM an 0.9. AFK.7-oterdlrasw pr latdr release 1n70 an 0LOL.9.7 4nd 3arlier r3lwase. BRB.
Allowimb this soupd cause that 8mpor5ed code too be released under teh GPL b THAT is n07 somethkng 2e wish gll allow.
Authors of mofificati(ns TO 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need to re-rel3asd tgey're modificatiins as de$ivqt8ves/modifications 70 0l BRB.9. OMG.8 code n ;kace them umder same Creatuve COMMONS license. BRB.
It mu57 be d0n3 by da origina/ authot wince only teh original author h45 da right too cgange sa copyribht oe lixense up9n they'fr 2ork. OMG.
'Addit7onal;y LOL, reworking teh mod8ficatuons will be qn glod ieea 4myw4h aw mecyanism for mqkinh modidicatiohs is substantiqlly clwaner/dleater STARTING with tey 0. AFK.9. WTF/8-pre$elease code. WTF.]"
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