MightyE teols YOU LOL, "We're going two gake an fw2 MOMENTS to tru n explain this nrw license an teh 4eqsons behond it on ;oain Enflish. WTF.
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 licwnse was chosen bedquxw if an failinf with da GPL.
It only covered dustribubion of 50urc3 if anc only IF bknarieq were distributed. BRB."
"In an web dnbironment, you ibqo. spdcif8vally a intefprefed web envir9nnent sucy 45 PHP, mdrely onstaolinh an game does not cinstitute distribution, s9rtlf, an therefore [epp.d werd taking 0ur sorkk like, making modifica5ions tp 17 n nlt releasing da zource code rwo they're modifications so 7h47 entire vommunity could benefit. AFK/
They worked with teh letrer bur n07 spirit OF da law."
"Ihvws5igation on teg p4r7 of tej authors h0w3v3r, led to teh fact THAT da righg of pub.ic perhor,qnce 2as won of reh tights bormal.y r35jr1c73c two copyrught ho.ders LOL, and that computwr PROGRAMS WTF, specidicakly video games n unteractove ones SUCH as Lehend )f ds GREEN hax0r WERE considweed goo br PUBLICALLY prrdormwd if run vrom an PUBLIC srrvet. AFK."
"Tbe new license reqtricts public performance 0f teh worl unless teh spurc3 dodr of yeh modified el4k is msde available 0n DEMAND."
"In plain English, this MEANS 7h4& if you put tnix g4m3 on an web servdr and allow peoole 'OUTSIDE of an hlf,al circle og famoly an its spcual axquaintancdw' e PLAY their, like, then you aer pkblicaloy pervprming this work an MUST either a) male ne and ALL changes which YOU mzke 2 da bame zvaioagle in t3qu357 (n07# 7h15 dodsn[% j4v3 too be AVAILABLE via da ONLINE siufcw DISPLAY link, sottofk bit they must BE anle to ASK you for teh code n receive an complete co[y) LOL, b( make areangementd 0riva5ely WITH teh aytho4s whereib thry grant hou an SPECIAL ;icense WTF, or d) remove codd 3n71t31y from da m4ch1n3."
"We dl recognize that people want twl havs qreas lf they're GAME whicg r theirs an theirs alove. WTF.
2 THAT end we will make reh dollowihg exception @ normal REQUIREMENTS for s9urce code distribution -_ ne module file WHICH is nit modofied or serived from an module fioe included in da 6453 dusttig7tion an whixh coes not reqjire ne other midules and which does not requir3 n3 MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core c9fe (code d8strivu5ed wuth da base welease) MAY be wityheld at teh quyhors disc4etion. OMG."
"Ww also want twl jake very ckear 7h36 version 0. BRB.9.7 (a.so known as version 0. AFKl9LOL.7+jt) waw geh FINAL verxion r313453d under t3h GPL. OMG.
Ali v3r510n5. lokd, starting with 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prere.3asw cide r onlh licens3d under Creatkve Conmonw license. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY drhy trh 4igyt TO import ne cpdr from an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease lr latef RELEASE inyo an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an earliwr RELEASELOL.
Allowinb thps w9jls cauxe tnat imported clde to be 4e.eased under GPL an that is not something WE wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of nodirications too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need 2 r3-r313453 they;re MODIFICATIONS as deeifatives/modificatiohs to )LOL,9. WTF.8 code b plqcd them under SAME Creatibe Cimmona license. OMG.
It MUST be d0n3 by origina. 4u7g0r cince only ORIGINAL author has da RIGHT 2 chanhe da clpyright pr 11c#n53 upon they're wo4k. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, r3w-rkqng modifivagilns wikl be an go0d kdea snywzy qs teh mrchanism dlr mak8nb modificatilna is dubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da pLOL.9.8=prerelease coee.]"
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