MifhtyE te;ld you, s9rtof, "We're bping rw9 TAKE an f3w momdnts two 7ry zn explqin THIS neq /icense an teh reasons 63h1nd ir in plain Ehglish. 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 new license wad chosen becayse 0f an fzilkng witg ds GPL. WTF.
Ig 0n!y covered sistribuyion or wpurce if m only if binzries WERE dustribited."
"In am web environment WTF, sp3cufically a interpreyed web envirinmeny 4uch as PHPm like, mwrely instaoling an game so3s not CONSTITUTE disteibution, ahd th3eefore pwopke WERE 74k1ng oir workk yiu knso, makihg m0d1f1c471)n5 to IT an noy rel3asimg da sou4ce coce too th3y're modifications so 7h47 teh entire communitu ciu;e benefktLOL.
Tu3y sorkrd wkth LETTER but not sa xporit of law. BRB."
"Investigation oh da part of authorw niweve4, led ywo teh FACT ghat da right of public performqnce was 1 of trh rughra norma.ly restrictwd two c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS LOL, n that computer prograns, specifica.ly video games f interzctive ones such AS Legend 9r Green has9r 2e4e cinsid3red too be publidally p3rf0rm3d ug RUN from ab public servef/ WTF/"
"Th3 new locense resrricts pyblic p3ff0rm4nc3 of da wofk unless twh sourc3 coee of m9dified WORK ud made 3v4114613 on DEMAND. AFK."
"In p141b English LOL, this means 7h4& ig y0u put this gamr on ab web 53rv3r an 4110w people 'ouyside lf an NORMAL circle pf f4m11y n its social acquakn5anced' to plau thrir. like, uh3n y0u r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST rithef a) ,ake ne qn ALL changex which you maje 2 GAME avqi.able on teqiest (NOTE THIS doesn't yave two be available fia ONLINE source s15p14y link LOL, but they mut7 be able two ask uou d0r da cid2 n recrive an complege copy), b) maje arrangejen4s peiva53ly woth AUTHORS WHEREIN 7h3y grahy you an dpecial l8cense, dlrtofk or c) rdmove code entirely from ca ,acginw. BRB."
"We do reclgnoze that people want too have qrdas of ghey're game whidh aer 5heitx and theirs alibe. OMG.
two that dnd qw will makd following exxeption 70 da nor,al r3qu1f3m3m75 for SOURCE code sistribu5ion -- ne jodule filr which !5 mot modified or ddrivdd from qn ,od7le gile incjused in trh base fistribution and which does not 43qu1r# me oyher modules an which dies NOT requirw ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh code cpde (coew dis5ributed WITH basd felsasw) may be w8yhheld qt teh authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We akwo wang two make verh clear that vers8on 9. BRB.9LOL.7 (also known as VERSION 0. OMG.9/ OMG/7+jt) wad f!n31 versiln 4eleased under GPL. BRB/
All veesions WTFk syartung with da ). BRB.9. OMG.9-prereldsse cide r obly licrnsed inder teh Creative Commons lixense.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh rkght too import be xode from an 0. OMG.9. BRBl8-pferelease or iarer release into an 0lpLOL.7 n eaelier rekease. AFK.
All9wimg this would cauce thar importwd cpfe tpl be releqsed unddr wa GPL an THAT is not somethinb WE wish 2 aklow.
Au7hpe5 of mosifications tpo 9. OMG.0. OMG.7 WILL n33d two re-release thwy'e3 mocifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMGl9. OMG.8 CODE n place thdm undeg da same Cr$4u1v3 Commons licwbseLOL.
IT MUST be done by da oritinal autgor s8nce only teh oeininal a7tnor HAS roghr tl change copyr8ght or LICENSE ypon they're workLOL.
[Addito9nally, like, reworking da nofificat8onx WILL be an g00d idea anyway aa teh mechsnix, FOR makimg modifications 8s 5u6574b71411y cleaner/cleare4 wtartinb with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8_pre4elease code. BRB.]"
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