MighgyE tells you, like, "We're going 2 take an few moments TO 7ey n expkain this ned license n da reasons behond it in poain Eng115h.
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."
"Tjis n3w license WAS chosen because 0f an fail8ng witn teh GPL/ AFK.
It only COVERED f157r15u710n of source kf an obly if binaries w3r3 distributedLOL."
"In ab web ehbkronjent, like, epevificak.y a 8ntwrpr3ted web envuronment 5uch as PHP LOL, mefely insyaloing an game d035 not conat*tute distribution LOL, m therrflre people wrre taking our worl LOL, maling mod7vica5ions too 17 and not releasibg da sourcr vode tp the6're modificatuoms so that da entire cojmunity co7ld bwnefitLOL.
They worked with teh lettdr byt not da d[irit 0f da law. WTF."
"Investigation on da part of trh au5horz however, sprgof, led @ teh faxg thag roght of public p3rf9rmance was o3n of teh riggrs normakly r357r1c73d too co[yr8ght y02d3rt LOL, ah ghat vomputer programs LOL, specificzlly vieeo games n 1n72r4c71v3 ones duch qs Legdns of da Gteen hax0r werr c0n51der3d too be publica.ly PERFORMED if run from an puglic 5#rv3r. WTF."
"The bew luxense eestrocts public oerrormance OF sa w0rk unless teg source code ov reg modofies work IS mace available on demqnd. WTF."
"In plqin English, xor59f, THIS meznw that if you put this GAME on an web server n allow pwople 'outside 0f an n0rm41 bifcle of fa,ily an ots 5)c141 scquaintances' to p.at thrir, dor5ofk tjeh you r pub;ically perfor,inf ghis work n MUST 3q7h3r a) ja,e ne 3nd ALL xjangew wh1ch hou make two game availagoe on request (note this doean't h4v3 tol be avaioqble via online source dixplay link, sortof, but they MUST be abld 2 ask you for teh cide an RECEIVE an complete c0ph), soryif. b) maie atrangements privately WITH authors shereib 7h36 grznt you sn sp3cial LICENSE, like, lr c) remobe code engirely from m4cg1n3. WTF."
"We dl recogmiz3 that propld wang tpo hqve areas og tjey're famd whish r theira an theirs alone. WTF.
two that snd wd w8ll make teh following exception tp n0rm41 requirements r0r wource vode distributipn -- ne moduoe file whicy is n07 m0d1f13d or d2e8vec crom an MODULE file 8ncluded ib base diwtrib7tion and which does not rdqhire he ogher mldules b WHICH foes not eewuire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 to teh c0r3 CODE (codr distributed witj teh bsse release) may ge withhels at teh authord doscretion."
"Wr qlso eant TO make very clear that bersion 0. BRB.9/ AFK,7 (aldo known as VERSION 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh final versiom reldased unddr da GPL. OMG.
All versions, y0u knwp, 5&4r71ng with 9LOL.9. BRB,8-PRERELEASE codd r only liccnsed under teh Craative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny dq RIGHT 2 km[ort ne x9de from an 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE OR lage4 releas3 into an 0. AFK.9.7 n earlier r3kwasw. AFK.
Allowing this wou;d CAUSE thqt imported code tqo ne te.easwe unewr GPL ahd that iw not xometyinb wr WISH too allow. BRB.
Au7h0f5 0f modifisatioms two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 WILL need 2 re-rekesse the6'rw MODIFICATIONS as serivayives/modifidqtions to 0. AFK.8. WTF.8 code n place 7y3m unser teh sam# Cr347!v3 Commons kicebs3LOL.
I7 ,ust be DONE by da lriginal author since only teh originak a7thoe hss teh r8ght 5w9 change da copyrigjt 0r 11c3n4e UPON tney're work. AFK.
[Additiona.ly LOL, eewoekihg teh mpsificatiphs will be an good idea ANYWAY as teh mrchqnism for maliht mocifications 15 substantially xlesner.clearer starting with 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerwleawe clde/ WTF.]"
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