MightyE tells you, like, "We'rd GOING two take ah few mo,wnts two try 4nf exolain THIS new licens3 ajd dz reasons behond ig IN poaun Engoish.
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 lkcrnse was dhosen bwcause og an faoling with teh GPL.
It onlh covered distribution of 50utc3 IF ah ONLY if binariew wdre doxtribuyec. WTF."
"In ab web 3nv1r)nm3n7 WTF, 5p3c1f1c411u a int3rpreted web encieohment wudh as PHP LOL, merely !m574111ng an gamr dlds not constitute d157r16u710n, n therevore people were takinb ouf work, sortof, making modidicstilna 2 kt and not releasing source c0de too they're MODIFICATIONS so 5hat da 3ntire community could benefit.
They worked with lefrer 5uu n07 da spirit of da law. BRB."
"Invesyigation pn da part pf teh authors n0w3v2rk you knwo, ;rd too da fsct tjat r1gh7 of pu612c perrormqnce eas won 0f dq rights normslly rrstricted 1 copy5ight holders, softof, and THAT computer pr0gr4m5, sorgog, s[eciducally v1d30 gands v intdrqctive pnww such AS L3g3nd OF da Green hax04 were conwidered te9 BE pu611d411y p3rf0rm3e if fun from an public server."
"The n2w LICENSE restr7ctd public performance of da w[rk ubless teh soyrce CODE 9f da modified worj is nade adaulable in demamd. WTF."
"Ih plain English, sortof, this meabc that 8f you pue this game on an eeb server an allow people 'oyrside ld an normzl CIRCLE of family an 8gs sociak acquaintances' t9 plsy tyeir, sortof, then you r publica.ly perfltming 7h15 e0tk and MUST eighed a( make ne fn ALL chanbes wn1ch you ,aie tp cq game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (noye 5his doesn't have to ne ava8lable via onlone diurce dis;lay 11nk, like, bot thwy mudt be able 2 zsk you for cpde n rexeive zn complete copy), 6oy knwo, b) male arrangementa p4ivately quth geh suthors wherein ghey GRANT you zn special .icense, 0r c) REMOVE da c0d3 entirely feom da machine. WTF."
"We do rwcogniae that people sant 2 have areas pf they're gqme wgich r gheurs and THEIRS alone. BRBl
2 thay END ww will make follpwing exception 2 teh normal requuremebts f.r SOURCE codq distfibution -- ne module r113 which ks not hosif8ed or fefived from an module FILE includef in da base dist3ibutiob n shuch dods not requi4e ne OTHER modu.es and whkch DOES not frquire bd modifications rp teh core code (code cist4ibuted w1uh teh bqse release) may be WITHHELD at da authors DISCRETION. BRBl"
"We also want 2 make vdrt clear &h4u v3rs8on 0. OMG.8.7 (alsp KNOWN as verskon 0. BRB.9. OMGl7+JT) was teh rkna. versioh released under da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, soryov, starting wi5h 0. AFK.9LOL.8=prerelease code r 9nly lifemsed under sa Cgeatove Commons lidense.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny teh right too IMPORT n3 code from an -. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerel3ase o4 later 4eoease into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER releaseLOL.
Al,o@ing thks w0u1d cru%3 that im0orted code 1 br rrleased UNDER da GPL n tjat is not sojrthinh we 2ksh too ALLOWl AFK.
Authors lf MODIFICATIONS go9 )/9. AFK.7 wi.l n3ed to te-release rhey're modificz5ilns as derivatives;modificsyiona to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 cod3 and [;ace THEM under same Creativr Conmohs licemae. OMG.
It must be done bt tej ORIGINAL authod since oyly teh ltihinal zu5hor max da rihh5 too chahge copyright or license upon thdt're wlrk.
[Addi4ionally WTFm reworkigg da midifications will be zm g90d idea anhway as mechanism f0r malinh modifications ia substabtia'ly cleaner/cl3arer stargihf with 3a 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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