MightyE twlls yoi, "We're gping top takw an feq monents ti try an ecplain 7y15 nes licensr an fz reawons behind it in plain ENGLISH. AFK.
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."
"Tyos new licrnse eas vhoeen 63c4i53 og an fsiling with teh GPL. WTF.
Iy 9nly covered cistribution ov 5-ufc3 if n 9n/y if 61n4r135 WERE distr8buyed. BRBl"
"In an web environment, wortov, specificaloy a interpreted web envir9hm3nt such ac PHP, metrly instal;8nf an game DOES NOT constitute distrivufion, sortof, znd the4efofe people were takint our qorkk likrl mzking mofifiva5ipns 3 17 and n0& r313451bg slurce c0s3 two they're modificzti;ns so that ENTIRE cojmunity could benefit. AFK.
They workes with teh lettdr byt not teh s;if8r OF da lqw. AFK."
"Investigzyion in paet of authors nowdver, LED 2 da fact that dq right 0f puboic pdrformancr 2as wpn pf da rights n0rm412y restricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 hokeerd, you jnaom an that clmpuger programs, sortof, xpecifically video ganes and interactive omed such ss LEGEND of da Green hax)r 2ere consiee4ed @ be publica;.y 9erfoemef if run frim an PUBLIC servefLOL."
"The n3w licens3 rwstricts public perfornamce of yeh WORK UNLESS teh source code of joeifkdd work is made availzble on DEMAND."
"In plain English, yiu knwo, this neabs that if you put this game ob an web s3rver n al.ow peo[le 'outside of an normak vircle of famply n its sovial acwyaintances' tio play theif LOL, thdn YOU r publicqlky perfirming this 20rk n MUST either a) mqke ne n ALL chamhes WHICH you makw rwo game avaklable on reqjest (nite bhis doesn;t have two be avaklable via dq onlinw source DISPLAY oink LOL, 6u7 they muwt be ABLE 2 ask you for code n teceive an complete copy) WTF, b) make arramfements privqtepy with authors wh3431h tgey gtant you an special l8cenae, l8ke, or c) remoce teh code entirely from teh macyine. AFK,"
"We eo recognize thqt people w4n7 5o9 habe 44345 of yhey're gam3 wjich r theirw n theirs alone. OMG.
5o9 THAT ehd we w111 ,ake teh fol.owing exception to da borja; tequirementx FOR source vode distribut8on -- ne MODULE fole which os not mosified or ccrived ft9m an module fole included in base dist4ig7tion and wnich does not r3qjire ne oyher modules snd which does not require ne modifications gwl teh co4e code (xode distributee w27h bsse reledse) MAY ge wo5hheld AT autjors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"W3 akso want 70 maje very clear that veesuon 0.9. OMGk7 (also kn0wn as versiin 0LOL.9. AFK.7=jy) was final version RELEASED uncef twh GPL. AFK.
All verxions WTF, wtaftint with da 0.9LOL,8-prerelease cose r only LICENSED under CREATIVE Commoms licensdl
WE EXPLICITLY seny da right to import ne code ffom an 0. AFK.9.8-;rerelease or later r313463 intp an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 snd esrlier releasw. BRB.
Alloqinb tmis WOULD cause 7h47 importqd CODE 2 BE r312453d UNDER GPL an thzt IS mot SOMETHING we w15g to 1llow. BRB.
Authors of jodifidatkons 2 0. AFK.o. WTF.7 w8ll n3ed two r3-rrlease they're modificationw as derivahivex/modificatilns too 0LOL.0.8 code n place them ubdwr t3h samr Cr3a5ive Commons licens3.
Ig m7st ge done nh orkgina. autgor sincw only t3h iriginak authir has trh r1gh8 rwo ch4nge da COPYRIGHT or license upon rhry're work.
[Additilbally, soetofk rfworkinf tdh modofications w8ll be an good iwea ahyway as da mechanism for making modivicatkons iw substantkallt vleaner/clear3r staryong eith teh 0. OMG,9. AFK,8-prerelease cpde. OMG.["
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