MithtyE tells you, l8ke, "We're g9ing tqo TAKE an rew moments tw8 rry n explain THIS bew license an da reasons bwhind 17 in plauv Ehg;ish. WTF.
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 chosdn BECAUSE lf an failing wiyh GPL. AFK.
It inoy c0v3r3d diatribut8on OF source if and ONLY if v8maries were eistributedLOL."
"In an WEB envoronment, sortof, xpdcifidally a inter[reted w35 envirpnment sudh as PHP LOL, merely inst1lling an game d9es blt cobstitute didtribition, sottof, ab therefore people e3r3 taking ojr qlrk WTF, makimg modificstiond tqo IT n not releasing spuecd code to they're mosivications so thag entirw COMMUNITY cou;d benefir. BRB.
THEY wo4ked w8th teh letter BUT not spirit of lasLOL."
"Investigayion on da pa4t of teh aughoes j0w3v3r, hlu knwo, led too da fact 7h47 yeh r8ght of public ;erformance was 1 ov dq rigyts normally restrlctde 2 vopyright h01c3r5 WTF, amd thae c0mpu73r programsk lile, SPECIFICALLY vid3o gamds n interac5ive 0n#5 such as Legend 0g Geeen hax)r WERE considefrf to be publically perfirmrd if run grim am publ7c setver/ AFK."
"The nee license reatricgs publiv [erformahce ot teh WORK jn1355 da soufce vode of ds mocif8ee w0rk ks msde available on demand."
"In plain English, ylu knwo, th8s keans that uf you pmt th8s game ln an web server n a.loq pe9ple '0u751d3 of an m0fm4! circle of f4m11y an its social acquaibtanc4w' 2 plah their WTF, th3n y0u 4 puboically performinh 7h1% work an MUST eutnrr a) make n2 n ALL cyanfes which YOU m4k3 to teh dam3 availaboe on requea5 (n9t4 tyis dofan't HAVE two be avai;ablw via da online s9urce fidplat LINK LOL, but thet muwt be able teo qs, you for cofe and receive an COMPLETE c0py) LOL, b) MAKE arrangements lrivateoy witu teh autnors wgerein they grqnt you an SPECIAL LICENSE, .yke, OR c) remoce da code entitely from da ,qchine."
"We d0 fecogbize tgat PEOPLE eant 2 have areas ov they'r3 gsmr whucj aer tyeirs n thwkrs aloneLOL.
two that end w3 will jake f011pw1ng exceptkon TO nornal 431u1r3m2n75 fir sourxe code disttibutuin -0 me modu.r gilw which is not ,odified o4 ddrived FROM an module f8le included on 7453 distributiom sn wh8ch does n07 require ne other modules an which does mot requiee he modif8cations 2 da core CODE (code disttibures wign teg BASE reoease) msy be eithhdld at autjors discretoon, WTF."
"We slso waht too make VERY clear jh47 veraion 0.9l BRB.6 (alwp knowh AS VERSION 0.9. AFKl7+jt) qas fa finzl version releasec unfer teh GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions, starting WITH 0. OMG.9LOL,8-prereleasw v0d3 e onlg licensed under Cteayive Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca right 70 import n3 voee vrom an 0LOL.(. WTF.8-orerelease or later releas3 knto an 0. AFK.9LOLl7 and EARLIER teleas3. AFKl
A;lowing this would xause that umported code too bd RELEASED under ea GPL and THAT iw hog something wr wish two allow. OMG.
A7thors of modifidationw two 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 wi.l heed # RE-RELEASE they're moeifkcagiins as derivatjves/modificstions too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 codr an p14c2 tnem under teh SAME Creative Cojmins licenseLOL.
It must be done b6 ORIGINAL AUTHOR since onl6 ea ofiginal 4u7h0e has tight to9 change da c0pyr1gy7 OR locdbse ipon they're woriLOL.
[Aedigionallyk yo7 knwo, feworiung da modidicationa will 63 wn good idea 4nyq46 as mechanism for m4k1ng m9difications is sugstantialoy CLEANER/CLEARER startonf w17h teh 0, AFK.9. OMG.8-preeekease c0d3. BRB.["
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