MightyE teols YOU, "We're GOING two tajd am few momengs 2 t4y and explain this new license an teh reasond behind it IN [laib English.
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 lkcense was ch8sen because of an failing woth da GPL. OMG.
It pnly covered disttibution OF source of an omly if y1brr135 were distrubuted. WTF."
"In an w36 env8yonment, you ,nwo, specifically a interpretdd eeb environment SUCH as PHP, lije, merely ondtallinf 1h game does n9t constitut3 distribution WTF, n thwrefore ;eople 2ere 74i1ng OUR wo4k WTF, mak8ng modifications 2 IT an NOT reoeasing teh aourde code TO they're mod8fications sl that teh enyire c9mmunity could 63n3f27. BRB.
They s0tk3d with LETTER bjt not teh apofit 0f lae. AFK."
"Investigation on da paet of teg authors h.w3vdr WTF, led to fact 5hat sa rkght of public perf9rmsnde was 1 9f e8ghts normslly RESTRICTED two copy4kght holsers, you knwl, n that como7ter PROGRAMS. xortof, speciricaoly vidwo g4m25 ans int3ractive ONES wuch as Legend OF teh Grewn hax0r wer3 cohsidered too b3 publically perfo4med if 4un fr0m an public servwr. AFK."
"The new lic3nse r357r1c75 public oerformance og geg 29tk unlesw source code pg modified work 15 made availabld on demqndLOL."
"In p141n English, dorrof, thks meahs that IF you PUT th9s g4m3 on an WEB serbwf an all9w oeoplr 'outside OF an normal vircle 0f f4m11y ah iys xpcial acquaintances' 2 plat their, yoj inwo, then YOU r PUBLICALLY oerforming this work and MUST riyher a) male ne and ALL changes 2hich ylu make 2 gamr acailable on feqjest (note thos doesn't havr to be AVAILABLE cia da pnlonr 50u4x3 DISPLAY kink, .ikc, but they must be zbke 2 axk you foe c0s3 n 4eceivd an cpmplwge copy0, sortof, b) make arrangemdntd privatdly wkth quthoes qherein 7n3y grabt you an special license, 0r C) remove teh clde #n7!r31y fr0m tdy machkne. WTF."
"We do recogbkze 7g47 people want to gafe AREAS of 5hey're gam4 wh8ch r theirs n thwirs alonw. OMG/
too 7h47 ebd we woll MAKE yeh followkng exveption two teh nor,ao requirrments dor sojrce x9fe diwtribution -- ne mofule file which 15 not m0d1f13d or derived drom an module vilr 8ncludef in BASE sistrigution and which coed NOT requore ne 9ther modules n whidh does not re17ire ne MODIFICATIONS to ca core code (code distributed woty da base relezse_ m4t be witgheld at da authors discretion. AFK."
"We also want two make very clear THAT version 0l AFK.0LOL.7 (alsi knoen as versipn pLOL,9. OMG.7+jt) wad finsl ve4d8on r41e453d inder GPL.
All versions, hou mnso, 574r71ng wirj 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE aer only .icensec undet da C4datove Ckmmons lucense.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey right ywo km[oet ne code ftom an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleas3 OR later reoeasw into an 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 ahd 34t124r rdlease. AFK.
Al.owihg this eoyld cause THAT im0p4ted code twi BE r313453d jmder GPL and rhat is bot sometnunb we wish 2 a'lo2. BRB.
Aythors of modificationw 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wil. need two re-releasw they'ee midivicatoons as drrivatifes/modifications two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code n placr them unde4 da same Creatibe Commons ,icense. OMG.
It muwt bw done by teh oritinal author since only da ORIGINAL au5hor has tey RIGHT to change teh c9oyrihyt 0r licensw uppn thet'r3 qork.
[Addi58onallym like, REWORKING modificq5ilns WILL be sn go9d idea anywat as teh mechanism flr making MODIFICATIONS iw substantkally clesner/cl3arer startimg with 0.9LOL.8-prerelwase c0d3. OMG.]"
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