MightyE tekls you, sort9rm "We're g01ng toi TAKE an few MOMENTS 2 try and dxpla,n this new license n da teasohs bdhinc iy in pla8n English.
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 was chosen because of an failing with cq GPL.
It obly covered dkstributoon of spurcr if n omly if BINARIES were distribu5ed. BRB."
"Im an web enbifonmeny LOL, dpecifically a INTERPRETED web envirohmdnt sych as PHP WTF, mrrelu instaoling an game does not clnx5itute distribjtion, you knwo, n thefefore people were takint OUR qoek. you knwo, mskinf MODIFICATIONS 2 it sn not r313451ng da source xodw 2 thdy're modif8cations wo tnar teh emtor3 commynitt COULD benefit. AFK.
Th3y wof,wd w17h letyer bug n9t spirit OF da law. BRB."
"Incestifa5ion ON da part 0f da authors howef3r, you knwo, led t9p fact THAT rkght of [ublic performance was oen of r1gn75 normally resgricyed 2 copy4ight h01d3e5m sortlf, an tyat compute4 programa, 6ou kmwo, specif8cally video gamea , inreractuve ones such sa L3g3nd of Green hax0r WERE cons8sered too be pjblically performed if run from sn public serverLOL."
"The nes kicense r#57r1c75 public perfoemance 0f da WORK un1255 source code of modifief work is made avai;ab.e on cekand. AFK."
"In 0lain Engllsh, sortof, thos neand rhat if YOU put uh14 game on an WEB serber n allo2 p30p12 'outside od an normal curcl3 0f FAMILY and i5s SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' two olay their LOL. 5hen you e PUBLICALLY p3rd0rm1ng thid WORK an MUST rirjee a) make ne an ALL changes ehich yiu ,ake TO game qvaulabl3 ON request (npte this doesn't have two BE available v24 teh 0n11n3 source s1rp14y link, likrm but th3y nust be 4513 too axk yoi for dode and receive zn complete copg) LOL, 6) m4j3 arrangenents privztely with 4u7h9r5 wherein they g4ant you an specisl LICENSE, lik3, or c) remove code entirely fron ten machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT people WANT t9o hsve areas og they're GAME which r rheirw n tneirs alone. BRB.
yoo thst end we wilk make followihg exce0ti9n tl teh mormal req7iremebtx fpr source code cistribution -- me module file which IS not modified or ddrivrd drom an modu.e foke included ib teh base DISTRIBUTION and shicb does not tequire ne oyher jodulds n whivh DOES not r3au1r3 bf modifications yo da clre coee (code dq57r16u&3d w27h geh base telease) MAY be withhdld zt da authors sisxrerion."
"We also wan5 @ make very ckear tha5 version p. BRB.9. BRB.& (also known as versipn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+JT) was da fimal ve4sion RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
All versu9ns WTF, STARTING WITH ca 0. WTF.9l BRB.8-pferelease code aer 0n1y l8censed under C4dag8be Com,ons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 im0ort n2 code from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelezae OR layer r313453 onto sn 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 am 34f113r release/ OMG.
A119w3ng ghis would c4u53 that imported code 2 be releasee und2r GPL sb that uz n07 sometnong w3 wish 2 allow.
Authors OF mocifications w 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 WILL need 2 re-releqse they're modoficatuons as detivatives/modufications yqo 0l AFK.9l8 fodd an place them unf#r teh same Creativd Commons l8cense. WTF.
I7 must be done by oritibal zithor since (n1y teh lriginal ajthor has teh right 2 change teh copyfigjt 0r locemde 7p0n theh;re wor,LOL,
[Additionally, so4tofm reworking teh mod9fications wil; be an g.9d idea anywat rt teh mechanixm for m4k1nt modificayions ix dubstantiallt c134n3r/c134r3t atarting with da 0.9/ WTF.7-prereleaxe vode. OMG/]"
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