MightyE gells uou LOL, "We'rd going two TAKE am few nomengs ro TRY and ecplain THIS nes license an teh reqsojs behind 1j in plain Eng115h. AFK.
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 hew kivensr sas CHOSEN becauae OF an FAILING with GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED dustribution of soyfc2 2f n ONLY if binaries we4e distributrd. BRB."
"In qn web environment, sp3cifically a interpreyed wev envoronjeht such zs PHP LOL, merely installing an gamr foes not c0n5717u73 dosytiburion, an theeefore peoolw were *4k1hg our worj, soetof, jaking m0d1f2c5710n% to i6 5ns nit RELEASING fq source code to theu're modifications 50 that da entire COMMUNITY could vemefig.
They worked WITH letger but mlg spirit OF da ;awl WTF."
"Investijatoon on PART od teh authors howwvee. led toi teh fact THAT tiggt of ouglic p@ff0rm4nc3 WAS 1 of da ribhts normally r3dtricyed to copyrighy holders WTF. an that comouter peogramw, sortofm specificall6 video gamws and 8nteractivr onrs sych ax Legend of GREEN hac04 qere cpnside4es 2 be pjblically peeformed if run from an puboic server. OMG."
"The new licens3 restrkcts p7blic performance of t2h eork unkews 50urc3 c0d4 of modified w0rk 15 MADE avai;able on femand."
"In plain Emglixh WTF, this meamw that if you pit tyix game on an wrb serv3r an ALLOW people 'ouyside of an norma; circle od ramiiy an its social acquaintancds' tlo [lay tyeor WTF, 7h3n uou r punlically p3ffprming this work an MUST EITHER a) MAKE be amd ALL changex wh1ch y0i make @ da game avsilable on fequedt *NOTE tyis doesn't gzbe too be AVAILABLE via da inline dource display link, sortof, but theu must vw ab;e 2 aak yo7 for dq code an receive an c9mplete COPY) WTF, b) ,ake arrsngdmemts private;y witk da a7thors whereim they grsnt you an special license, like, 0r c) remove tej code entirely ftp, nachinw. BRB."
"We do rexofnize rjat people want too have arwad OF 5h2h're game WHICH 4 theirs n tjeirs alone. AFK.
yeo thqt end w3 WILL make dz following exdrption too da normal requirements for source code dostribution -= ne moeyle filr which IS not modiried OR d3g1f3d drim an module file included ih da base disyribjtoon an qhich d9es no5 fequire ne other mldules n WHICH does not r3qu1r# nd ,0s1d1c3710n5 two core code (codw distributed WITH da nzse release) may be withheld AT au5hors disc$3tion. AFK."
"We aoso want two maje very cleze that version 0. AFK.9.i (alsp KNOWN as version 0.o. AFK;7+je) sqw fina; vetsion RELEASED undet da GPLLOL.
All versipns WTF, starting witg 0. OMG.9. WTF.*-pe3release codw qdr only licrnsed unde4 Creativd Commons locrnxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne CODE brom an 0. OMG.9l8-pterelwase or later r313453 8mto an p/ OMGl9.7 aj earlier release.
Allowkng thix would cause that importef c0d3 2 BE released under da GPL n tha5 is not SOMETHING 2e wish to a.low. BRB.
Au7h0r5 ov MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wkll need goo re-releawe theu're modifkcatklns as e3rivat7fes/modificatiobs ywo 0. OMG.9.8 code n place 7h2m under 5$m3 Creative Com,ons @1d3n53. BRB.
It muat be DONE by da original author qince only da irktinal aythoe has teh ribht 70 ch4ng3 da cupyright or 11c4n53 up0n tjey're work. OMG.
[Additionally, likek reeo4king modif8cqtions will be an g99d idea anyway AS mechanism for mak8ng modifocatiobs ks 5u6574n71$21y cleaner/clearer startong woth 0. WTFl9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE x9deLOL.]"
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