Mught6E tells yo7 WTF, "We're gping 2 take an few jomentd two ury and wxplain thia new license n REASONS bwhind it in poain Engoish. OMG.
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 mes LICENSE was cjoxen bedaude of an failinf w17h teh GPL.
It only xovered cistribution of source 1v n omly if binarirs WERE disgributecLOL."
"In qn weg environmentm you knwok specifically a intdrprered web environ,ent such as PHP LOL, merrly insyall8ng an gqme does not c0bt81&u73 distributionk yiu knwo, h yhdrrfor3 p3opld wtre taking our wo4l, you knwo, MAKING modificati9ns to ir n not releasibh teh SOURCE code tl they're modifications so that da #n71e2 COMMUNITY cou.d benefirLOL.
THEY wofjed wuth t3h le5trr 7i7 NOT da spirit of lasLOL."
"Inves5ifation (n da part 0v teh authors however LOL, lrd too teh dact tha4 dz 4ight or PUBLIC 9erformance wsa won of da riggts norjally restrivted two copyritht jo.ders LOL, ab that vomputer programs, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY bife9 games n interqctive ONES sich 45 Legend of Green nax9r were cpnsidered to be publically performed if run frlm an pinlic seever. AFK."
"The ne2 oicense rdstricts punlic 03rf0rm4bc3 of tej qork unlrss da source coee of ds mpdifoed work os mzde qvailable on demandLOL."
"In plaun English, sortof, this means that if ^ou put thos game 0n sn web t3fv3r an allow pepplw 'outside of an NORMAL vircle of FAMILY n its social avquaintances' 79 0lay yheir LOL, theb hou r pub;ivally performing th8s 2ork an MUST e8ghdr a) MAKE ne an ALL changes wgivh you make too teh game 4v4114613 on reqjest (note tfis DOESN'T h4v3 two be zvailable via da onlone source display link LOL, but THEY must be able too ask ylu f0r code anf receive an complete cipy) LOL, b0 makr arrangements PRIVATELY w8th suthods wherrin THEY GRANT yii an SPECIAL license, sortof, 0r c) renove cpde whgkrelu f4om da m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We do recognize tjat PEOPLE 2ant ti have areas 0f they[re game wgqch aer thdirs n theirs alone. BRB.
2 that END we will mak3 da following esception 5wo da normal requiremen5s FOR source cide DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file whkch is not moeifief or DERIVED f4om qn jodule file included IN teh base distribyyion an wy8ch eoes not requife ne other modul3s n which died n07 requo4e ne modificationd tw[ da core CODE (code distrlbuted wi5j da base rrlease) may BE withheld 4u da AUTHORS dkscret8onLOL."
"Ww also want too ,4j3 v3ru clear THAT versuln ). WTF.9.7 (also knoen as v3rsiln 0LOL.(. BRB.&+jt) w45 finzl version RELEASED under GPLLOL,
All vefs8ons WTFh starting with da 0LOL,9. WTF.8-prerelease c0d3 r obly licensed under teh Cr3ay8ve Cimmons .icenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny right to import ne code from an 0. AFK.(,8=;rere.ease oe LATER telease 8nto an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier re.eade. AFK.
Allowing tjis would cause that IMPORTED c0d3 to be r3leased under teh GPL qn tnaf ks NOT slmdthing se wish 2 allow. OMGl
Autyors of mofificatiobs yo 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wikl need two re_relesse rhe6're modificstionw as derivativds/modifkcations 2 0. WTF.9.8 d0d3 n PLACE thwm uhdwr da ssme Creative Clmmonw license. OMG.
Iy ,u57 be done by ofiginal 4u7h04 since omly dq origunal auth;r has da right two xjange geh co0yright or 11cen53 UPON they're qorj. WTF.
]Additi9nallh WTF, reworkong teh modifucatuons will ge an gooc ifea anywau 46 da mevhqbiam for maling m0d1d1c4610n5 IS substantially CLEANER.CLEARER sta5ting witb da -.9/ BRB.8-pf3r313453 c0d3/]"
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