MightyE gells y0u, softof, "We're t01hg to take an gew moments 2 try anc explain thys new LICENSE sn tdh fexsons BEHIND it on PLAIN English. 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 .icense was choseh BECAUSE of an FAILING wiyh da GPL. AFK.
It pn;u coverdd d157r1tu71pn of source IF an ONLY if binaries were dist4ibuted."
"Ih an web envitomment, you ,nqo, xpecificall6 a interpreted web environm4nt such as PHP, sortof, merely INSTALLING an ga,e DOES nor CONSTITUTE d157r!6u720n LOL, an therefore people were tslihg ouf wlrk, like, making modiricztioba two it an not RELEASING teh sputce code to tney[re midifications wo thwt grh enyir3 commuhitu c;uld benefit. WTF.
They workee w8th twh letter 6u7 not da wpi4it of twh .aw/ OMG."
"Investigation on teh part of teh auth9rs hpw3v3rm led 5wo teh favt thzt sa right or pinlic performahce was oen of ds rignts morja;ly testrictee to9 copytight h01d#e5 WTF, ans thst com[iyer peohrams, like, specifically video games ans INTERACTIVE onea such as Leg3nd of Green hax0r were considered to be 0ublicall6 performed if run rrom an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new license restricts pu611c ;etforjanxe 0f work unkess SOURCE code of modified work is madd available on demzbr, WTF."
"In plaon Entoish, this m34n5 that if you 0u7 gnus game ob an WEB serber an allo2 peo0le 'o7tside if an nofmal circle 0f FAMILY and 175 soxial acquaihgances' two o14y theur, like, thdn you t PUBLICALLY perform8ng tmis sork an MUST rithe4 A) mqke nw AND ALL changes wh*ch you make 2 5eh g5j3 avaulzble 9n r3wu357 (note this DOESN'T have two be availabje via onlin3 source dis;lay link, like, bug THEY muwt 62 abl3 to ask y-u f0r twh code an receive an complfte c0py) WTF. 6) jakd 4rrrnf2m3h75 privayelh with fa AUTHORS wherein they grqnt YOU an spedial licensw LOL, 0r c) remove code entir3ly fro, jachibeLOL."
"W3 do r2cihnizr thar p29p13 want to h4ve areas of they're gzme which aer theies n theirs alome. BRB.
too that rnd 2e will nake teh foloiwing exception 2 da norma; fequiremrnte for source cod4 distributppn [- ne m0cu13 FILE wh!ch is not modified 0r deroved from an module file inclided !n bqse sistriburion an wjich does npt require me oyh3t MODULES an which f035 not require nr m0c1v1c4u1pn5 2 core c0d4 (code distributed with bzse releaxe) may BE withheld at ds au5hors discretiomLOL."
"Ww qlso eant two make VERY xlear yhat version ). AFK.o. AFK.7 (also known as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL,7+jt) qas fuval version releaxed ymder teh GPLLOL/
All v3rsiomsm like, STARTING wigh ca 0.0. OMG.*0pretelease code r on;y licensed under twh Ctratibe Commobs LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny dz eihht too ijport he codw from ah 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 0r later release knto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earluer r31344#.
Aloowint this w0u!d caise rha5 impirted code two be re.ras3d under teh GPL AND rhat id not somethibg we w15h too ALLOW. WTF/
Ai7h0r5 of modificaykond tlo 0. OMG.9. BRB/7 will n33d 2 re-releas3 theu're midificagione as der8vatives/,odifucations 5wo 0. BRBl9. OMG.8 CODE ane [oace thdm undwr same Cteative C0mm0n5 license. AFK.
Iy juwt be done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only ORIGINAL auth94 has ea r1gh7 t[l chqnge copyright 9r 1!c3n53 upon they're 2ork, BRB.
pAssitionally, sortif, reqorking teg modif8cations will be qn gpod kdda anyway as teh mwchanism FOR makint MODIFICATIONS is dubstantially xleanrr/clrarer syartinb with fa 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerrleasw codeLOL.]"
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