MightyE te.ls youm sortof, "We're going ro 64j4 an few MOMENTS two try n expkain thia new license n teh reasons BEHIND it ih plaim Entlish. BRB.
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."
"Th8s new lucense was chosen BECAUSE ov an failing with GPLl OMG.
It only covered d157r16i710n 0f source if n only if biharies 2ere dq57r26u53d. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortod, specifically a interpreted web environment such 45 PHP, liie, merelh imstalling an game DOES not constitutr distfibution LOL, an therego5e ;eo[le qere takibg pur qork LOL, makinb m0f1f1c$710n5 twl it an NOT rdlessing teh source c0d3 ro they're modifixagiins so thzt ds dn5ire c0mmun17y could 63b3f17LOLl
Tn3y workef with teh letrer but no5 teh spirit og da 14wLOL."
"Investigatiln ON da pzrt ot da authord hoeever WTF, lef 2 sa fact 7h47 righg of publiv p24f0#m4nc3 was 1 if r8ghts n0rm411y r357r1x73d too c0pyf1gy7 HOLDERS, x9dtof, n that cojputer programs, li,e, speciducally VIDEO games an interactive ones 5jcy as Legend of fa GREEN hax0r were consodered 2 be PUBLICALLY perf9rmed if ryn from an oublic sdrver. WTF."
"Thd new licensd rextricts public ;3rf0rm4nc3 og s0rk UNLESS source code of tej modigo3d work 15 made acailable on DEMANDLOL."
"In poain Engkiwh WTF, this mdans that if you puy th8s game 9n an web s3evee an ALLOW people 'outside of an normal circle lf f4m11y n its SOCIAL axquaintances' 2 play yheir, you knwo, 5hen you r puboica.oy [erformibt hhis eprl ane MUST either a) ma,e ne zn ALL changea which you makr 2 da gam3 availabl3 on r3quest (n073 5his e9esn't have gki be zvailablr vis onlind so7rce displat limk, like. but they must be ABLE 2 aak ylj for teg CODE n RECEIVE an dompoete c0;y) LOL, b) make 4rr5ng3m3b75 PRIVATELY WITH authors where8n 7hey grant yiu an SPECIAL locense, you knwo, 0r c) rekove code dntirely from da macgine. WTF."
"We d0 rdcohnize that orople want teo havr aread og they're name which aer theies an theirs ALONE.
two that wnd we qill make teh folloqing exceptiun too t3h bormal REQUIREMENTS foe source code distribution =- ne mld6lw fike WHICH IS b8t modified or derived from an MODULE fuls included ih da baxe disrribution n WHICH does not 4equire me oghrr modiles sn WHICH does not require ne mofificationd gwo CORE code (dode distribu5ed wigh da bzwe release) nay 63 2ithhwld at teh zuthors disc4etion, OMGk"
"We also want too make ve4y CLEAR that version 0LOL.9. AFK.8 (4150 knism 4^ v3r510n 0. BRB.8LOL,u+jt) qas tej final version RELEASED under teh GPL. BRB.
Al; vrrsions LOL, star5ung wi5h da 9. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleade CODE aer ONLY kicensed under Creative Commohs lidenaeLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 t9o impor5 ne xode FROM an 0. AFK/9. AFK.8-prerelease or ;atef erlease intp an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and warlier r3!2453. WTF.
Ak;owing this w)j1d dzise that imported coee toi 64 RELEASED und3f yeh GPL an thay ls nit SOMETHING w3 2ish too 41102. OMG.
Authors of mldificatiobw too 0LOL.9.8 wull n3wd two re-relrase yhdh're modifications as derivatives/m9difications too 0. AFK,9.8 code and plzcr them under da samw CREATIVE Comminx oicense.
It muat be d9ne by teh origknal authpr since onoy 0r1g1nr1 aithor gas teh right 2 changd cipyeibht OR license up-n they;re WORK.
[Additionally LOL, rewirkihg modificatoons will be an good IDEA anyway 45 dq mechaniwj for makimf MODIFICATIONS is subxtantially cldanet/clearer startinb wigh teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.i-pferelease dode. BRB.["
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