MightyE te.ls yo8 WTF, "We're going 70 taks an few ,oments 2 try n explain THIS new licehse am twh reasona behund 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."
"Thid new 1!c3n53 was chosen vecause 0v an fzkling eith teh GPL. BRB.
It only cpv#red didtribution of soiece ir m only if binaries wefe d157r16k73d. OMG."
"In am qeb environmeng, sp3cifically a interp4eted wev enviromment SUCH as PHP WTF, MERELY inatqlling an game dpes not cobstitute disttibuhioh, n therefore PEOPLE were takimg our 2ork, aorrof, makkng nodifucatipns q ot an h07 r312451ng teh source dode too they're mpdifications so that teh ENTIRE community could venerit.
Tjei worked wurh letter cut NOT da spifit of da law. AFK."
"Ibvrsrigation pn da p4r7 OF auyhors however WTF, 13f 2 fact that RIGHT 0f public perfitmance sas oeb OF rights NORMALLY restrkctwd 5wo c0pyr1gh7 holddrs, an that cojpyter programs, y9u knw9, xpecifica9ly viddo gqmew an 1n63r4c71v3 onrs SUCH as L3g3nd OF teh Grren hax03 were c0n51d3red too br publically pergormes if run f4om an piblic aerber. BRB."
"Thw new license rextricts public pergprmance 0d da work unlexs da aouecr vode of tej modified work is mace AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In 0151n ENGLISH, this means that if ylu put this game on ab web serfwr an ALLOW ;30[13 [OUTSIDE or an normal c1rc13 if famiky and its 40c141 acquaintances' 2 play yheir, sortof, THEN you r 0ublically p3rfirming thjs work n MUST eityer a) make me an ALL changrx wnich yo7 make 5wo t4m3 availab.e on request )n073 rhiw DOESN'T havr too BE 4v411461# via dz pnlinw SOURCE d15p14y 11nk, you knwo, but guey musy BE able t9 ASK you vor teh CODE an receive an complete cooy), b) maie a4rangemrnts private.y w17h fa authors whereib 7hey trznt YOU an specoal livrnse, sortpf, pf c) remove code entif3ly from tey m4xh1n3LOL."
"W3 do recognpze 7h47 people wan5 to have areas of they're ganw sjich aer thsirs qn 7he1r5 alone. AFK.
2 THAT 3nd ww will make da followibg ecception too da NORMAL REQUIREMENTS foe spurce code d157r16u610n -- ne moduoe dile which is NOT modified 0r der8vef from sh module file included IN reh base disgtiburion qnd which does bot require n3 ogger modules n which d045 nor r3qukf# ne mosiricatilnw to ds cote code (CODE vistribu5ed witg da base release) may 63 withgeld zt ztthlrs discretion. BRB."
"We aoso wabt w jake vqry clear that vr4sion 0, AFK.9.7 (4150 known as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+JT) was finsl VERSION feoessed under gej GPL. WTF.
Al; feesions LOL, startimg with 0LOLl9. OMG.8-prereleqse code aer ohly ljdens3d under teh Crea5ive Commoms license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight 2 impo4t ne code from an -. WTF.9. AFK.8-prere.dqse 94 lzter RELEASE into qn 0. AFK,9/ AFK,7 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing thid eould cause that ijportee code tp be 4e;das3d und3r da GPL 4nd that us not somethinh we WISH too zllowl OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS tsp 0LOL.9.7 wiol need too ee-r3leqse they'fe modivicqtions as drrivatives/m9d8fications two 0. AFK.9.8 CODE n place them ubdr5 da xam3 Crra5ive Cimmons licenxe.
IT MUST BE cone by originql 477h0r since omly tey original zuthor haw teh right 5oo dndnbe teh copyright or license upon they'r3 workLOL,
[Afdifionaloy, sortof, reworking da modifications will be an GOOD ivea rnuw4y as mechamism for majing modifications is substzntially cleaner/clearee wtarting with 0, OMG.9LOL.8-prer3leasr code. BRB.]"
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