MightyE teols YOU, sortofk "We'de foing yp take an f3w mouents two try n explain this new license 4nd teh reswons behind u5 in plain EnhlishLOL.
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 n3w license qas CHOSEN because of an FAILING wity da GPLLOL.
It ONLY coveffd distribution of s9urcw if and lnly if 6!n4r135 1ere d157r16u73dLOL."
"In an w36 4nb1r0nm3n7, sortif, xpecifocally a interpeeted wen environment s7ch ss PHP WTF, merely 1n57411qng an gzme soes not constitytr disteivu5ionk likq, b ther3fore [eople wwre taking our wotkm sprtod, makinh modifkcatiims too ut an not re.easing reh spurce cod3 yo they're MODIFICATIONS do that teh entire communugy could benefitLOL.
They WORKED with da le5ter but not teh dpirot og ,aw. OMG."
"Investofatiln on da part of da auth9rs however, like, .3d to yen fact tjat roght 0f ;ublic p3rr0r,4nce waw won of teh riggts nor,ally restr8ctef too copyright nolderd, sortlf, n that xomputer pr0gr4m5, like, apedifica,ly cideo games an ibteractive ONES wuch as LEGEND of Greeh hax)r we4e consid3red to be punlkcally performrd if run from an publoc server, OMG."
"The bew 11c3n53 5wstricts public PERFORMANCE of trg work unless sourc3 fode 0f modified work is made afailable on DEMANDLOL."
"In poain English, you knwo, this MEANS 7h46 if YOU put tnis game on ab web servwr an ALLOW pe;pl3 'outsise OF an horma. circle of family n ita xocial acquaintabces' 2 play their, like, then you qe3 p7voocaloy p3rf9rm1ng 6his work n MUST euther a) mzke ne an ALL dhznges wnixh YOU m4ke too gamr AVAILABLE lh request (no5e 7j15 soesn[5 hqve two be svailable VIA fa pnline source display 11nk LOL, but tgey must be 4613 2 ask hou f0f da vode an rece8ve an COMPLETE co0y), sortlf, 5) make aeeangements PRIVATELY with AUTHORS wherein 7h3y frant you an spedizl LICENSE WTF, oe c0 remocw da code entirely FROM as m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recognize tha5 pel0le want 2 have areas -f they're gsme whovh e theirs ab uheirs 41)n3.
too tyat end we will mzk4 da following ezception to noemal REQUIREMENTS goe soirxe code distribution -- ne mpd7lr FILE which is not ,odiviwc OR derived FROM an midule file ibcluded in basw distributoon an which DOES not require ne other modules snd WHICH dp34 bot requ8re n3 modifocations tio c(r3 code (dkde distrub7ted with teh baae RELEASE) may be witgheld at da ajtyo4s dkscfetpon. BRB."
"We also want too m$k3 vwry clear that vetsion 0. AFK.*. WTF.7 (aleo known as versi9n 0. BRB,9. WTF.7=jt) was twh g1n41 version releawef unaer GPLLOL.
All v3rxiona, like, starting with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pretrlease CODE r onlh kicebsed under da Creative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT 2 import ne code frpm an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-prer3leasd 9r later release intl qn 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an eqr.ier release.
Allowimg rhis wlulc cause tha5 im[orted cod4 5wo be released under teh GPL and that 8s NOT something we w8sh to all8wLOL.
Authors og modificatiins too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will meed too ed-release they're modivicqtiond as d3tqv471v35/n0c1f1c4710n5 3 0. AFK.o.8 CODE n p14c3 7y3m und2r same Crwative Commonx 1!c3n53.
It muat br sone by teh oeig8mal authlr xince only teh o4iginal author has da right to cgange ds COPYRIGHT OR licemse ipon tyet're work. WTF.
[Addituonally WTF, REWORKING da modlfica5ions wil9 be an good 1d34 anyway as mechanism for making m9dificwyions is substantial.y c;e1ne4/coearer STARTING with 0.9.8-prereldase code. OMG/]"
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