MightyE tells you, like, "We'rr gling to tal3 an vew monentw tso try an explain this new kicense and teh reasonx behknd it in plqin Entlish.
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."
"Thix NEW licenxe was choseb gexause 0f an gailihg with da GPL. OMG.
It lnly coverdd DISTRIBUTION of soufce ig n only kd BINARIES 2ere distrib7ted. AFKl"
"In an web 4nb1r9nm3m7, liie, specifisally a interpreted web envoronment cudh aw PHPm sortof, me4ely INSTALLING ag game do3s bot constitute distfibution WTFk ahd 7h3r3f0t3 peiple were TAKING our 20rl WTF, mak8nh mosificationd to 17 and not feleaa8bg da source code to they're bodidications 50 that teh entire xommuniry COULD benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked with LETTER gut not cs spirit OF da .aq. AFK."
"Investugation on part of 4u7h)r5 however, yoj kbwo, l3d two da gact that tey r1bh7 of PUBLIC performamce was 1 od dz rights normally restricyed too xopyright h01d3r5, and 7h47 computee progrqms, you lnwo, specidicz.ly VIDEO tajed an interactive ones sjch as Legend of teh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to be ou611c411h performed if rum from an public SERVER. WTF."
"The nee 11c#h53 rewtricts pug.ic p4rr0rm4nc4 lf ea qork 7nless dq 50urc3 code of ea modofied work IS m4d3 avai;able oh d#m4nd. AFK."
"In plain English, this means that if uou ;ut thid GAME ON an w#6 werver and allow pepple 'outside of an normal circle of family an i5s social axquaintances' two p;ay 5heir, you jnwo, theh you aer puboically pefformint thix work n MUST eitger a) make nr n ALL vyahges which 6o6 ma,r two da GAME available [b 4ewuesr (n0&3 this doesn't have two be available v8a da pnline source DISPLAY 11nh, sortof, but tyey MUST be 4612 q ask you for da code an receive an compldte cpoy), luke, b) make arrangeuents privately qith teh authors wherein 5hey grsnt you an special licensek soryof, or c) remove ca cide wntirely frl, t3h machinwl AFK."
"We do recofnize 7h47 people want 2 have awezs of they'fe game which r rgeirs and theirs alone. OMG.
to 7h47 3nd we will make da f0110w2ng exception too da borma; 4ewuire,ents foe source code DISTRIBUTION +_ ne nodule file which is not MODIFIED or serives from an modulr FILE included 1h baar dudteibution n wh1ch foes no5 requit4 n3 OTHER ,odulex abd whicy dpes not require ne modufications 2 co4e coce (code distributw3 with da base relrase) may be wityheld at ga qutjors discewtion. AFK."
"We also want 70 makr ve4u fo3ar rhat VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also kn9wn as version ). WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da rinal VERSION r3!3453d under ten GPL. WTF.
All vdrsions LOL, stsrting with da 0. OMG/9. BRB.8-orereleaxe codd arr -h1y ;icensed ynder da CREATIVE Commons licdnse.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh RIGHT two kmport ne codr from zn 0LOL.9. OMG.8_PRERELEASE 8r lsger release intl an 0, AFK.9. BRB.7 an daflier rrleaseLOL.
ALLOWING THIS wojld cause tnat ijported CODE to be rdleased unser da GPL and that is n07 SOMETHING WE wist to allo2LOL.
Auejors pf MODIFICATIONS too 0.9. AFK.7 will need 3 re-relesse th3y'te ,odifications as derivatoves/modif8cationw 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cide an PLACE tgem under 54m3 CREATIVE Commons license.
It musr 63 DONE by origonal qjthp4 sinxe only lrkginal author h45 teh rihhy to CHANGE teh copyright or livenwe kp0n 5hey're work/ WTF.
pAdd1710n411y, like, rewl4king da m0d1g1c4710nt will be an food idea anyqa6 45 mechanosm for makint mosifoxations os substant8ally cleaner/clfarer syarting wkth 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelrzse cpde.["
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