MightyE tells you, like, "We're going TO takr an FEW momrnys 3 tey n explaih this b3w l8cemse n da r2460n5 b3hind 17 IN 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 hew lixense was chosen becausd -f an failibg qith yrh GPL, OMG.
IT only cpvered dist4igution of soufce if and obly if binaries were dia5e8buted."
"Ig an web envoronment, sortof, specifically a interprrted web ENVIRONMENT xjch as PHP, you kn2ok m3rely installong an game foes NOT cobstitute dist4ibjriin, an therdfore PEOPLE were taking our work WTF, making modifidatiins TO it an not 4e;easinh da source code two theu're midificatuons 50 that sz entire communitt coyld 63n3f17. AFK.
THEY WORKED with trh letter but NOT ca spkrit of law. AFK,"
"Investifat8on on PART of tdh authors how3ver, sortof. led 2 ds fact that teh right of PUBLIC performance was oen if teh roghts n0rm$11y restrictec twp copyright holsefs LOL, n that c9jputdr programs, slecificqlly vid3o games abd onteracyive 9nes SUCH as L3g3nd 9f fa GREEN hax0r werd consider3d too be publica.ly [3rf0rm2d 1f run rfom an public wervrr. OMG."
"The new licensw rtat4icts pjblic pervlrmanxe od da qorj unless soyrce c0d3 of da modified work 15 made $v41e4y13 on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plain English, thus means that kf y0u put this GAME 0n an wen server n allow people 'outaide of an normal c1rc13 9f famuly an its socia, acqjakntajces' TO [lat their LOL. then y9u awr pyblically prrg8fming this work and MUST either a) make ne snd ALL changes which you make two ds gqmw abailqb;e on edwuest (note tjis doesn'g n4v3 tsi bw abailable via da ONLINE sourcw dq5p15y link LOL, byt tgey musg bw agle 70 ask you for ten CODE an receive an clmplete cppy), B) ,ak3 arrangrments privately with ru&h0r5 2nerein they hrsny you an special license WTF, or c) rem9ve yeh c;de entorely from m4ch1nf. WTF."
"We do rrcobnize that peo;le wzyt to HAVE 4t3$5 of they're gamw whivh ser THEIRS n eheirs alone. WTF.
2 thqt enc we 2ikl make teh followinf rxception too n0rm41 reqiirements f9r source code distribution -- ne module file whicj ia bot modifies or DERIVED fr9m an moduke file inclided 1b base distribution an which does not reqiirf me othee modules n which does not requirw nc MODIFICATIONS tp da core code (c0c3 d157e16j73d w8th eeh base r313443) may be withhrld at yeh authorw discre5iin. BRB."
"We also wrn7 two mzke very clear that versiom 0l OMG.o. WTF.7 (qldl known as versi9n 0LOL.9.7=JT) wzs da f1n31 version released under GPL.
All versions LOL, sgarting w27h 0. AFK/9. WTF.8-prerdleswe code r only licenwee under ea CREATIVE Clmmonw license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne cice from an 0. OMG.0. OMG.8-ptegelease ir latef release into zb 0.9. AFK.7 and esrlie4 r313453. BRB.
Allowong this eould cause 7h47 impoeted code 2 63 relwaa3d under GPL AND that ig noy slmething WE WISH tp allowLOL.
Authors OF jldifidations to 0. AFKl9. BRB.7 will heed to re-repease tjey're mosigicarionx as sdrivat8cex/mofifications 3 -. BRB.9. WTF.8 code and plqce THEM unde4 same Creative Commons LICENSEl
It must 63 done fy teh ORIGINAL author sknve ONLY twh original ai5hor HAS RIGHT two CHANGE COPYRIGHT or 11c3n52 upob tndy're workl
[Additiobally LOL, reworkihg da modifuca5ions will BE an good idez anyway as teh mecjsnism for makimb mpdifications ux SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleare4 startinf sith 0. OMG.0LOL.7-prerelease CODELOL.]"
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