MightyE telos tou LOL, "We'4e g01ng gso take sn few momrnts t2l try n explqin THIS new license znd da feasons behihd it 1n ;lqin English. 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."
"Thus hew lic3gse was CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failimg wirh teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covered dkxtributioh of 50urx3 if and ohly if bimarirs we4e didtrinuted, OMG."
"In an qrn environjent LOL, specifocally q ibterpreted web environment such ax PHP, l8ie, m2t31y insrao.ibg qn ga.# eoes nit constitute distribution, sortof, and therefore [wople qe4e taking OUR WORK, mrk1bh modifications 2 it and not RELEASING teh SOURCE code 70 thdy'fe MODIFICATIONS so that entkre c0mmun18y dou'd benefitLOL.
Tgey worked wirh da ;ettee 6u7 no4 teh spirit of 5eh law. AFK."
"Invest8dation lb part of teh AUTHORS however, you knqo. led too teh faxt that rifht OF public PERFORMANCE was oen of RIGHTS norma;ly tedtructed twi xopyright holders LOL, and that compjter ;f9trzms WTF, specifically video games an intetzctive ones tuch as Legend of da Green jsx0t were conskdrrwd to n3 pu611c4!1y performrd if run from an pin;ic serverLOLl"
"The new 11c3n54 RESTRICTS pub;ic PERFORMANCE of dq work unless source code if modigied work is made availzboe on DEMANDl AFK."
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this means thst if you put this g4m4 om an web se4vet n allow peopoe 'ou5suce of an n04m4! c8rc.e of family n its 50c132 acquaintances[ 5oo 014y their, you onwo, yhen you aer punlkxally petforming tyis w0rk and MUST eityef a) m4k3 nr n ALL changes wh1ch YOU make tsi game avqilable on request (note tjis elesn't HAVE 2 be available fia ONLINE soyece display link, but 5hey mist 62 ab;e 2 ask yiu for teg c)d3 an reddive an comp.eye copt(, wortof, b) mqke 4rr4nt3,3n75 privatwly w17h autjors wherein they geabt uo7 an spwc8al 11c3h53. y9u kmwok or C) remove teh code enti4ely ero, da madhobe."
"We do reclgnize 7h4& people ssng too have zreas of rgwy're gsme WHICH aer theits an theirs ALONE. WTF.
5o thag end we will make folloeung exxeption too trh notmsl r3quirenents fir 7)urc3 cpd3 dis5ribution -- nw modyle fike which ix NOT modified or detived froj an modyle file 1nd1us3d IN bas3 distriburion and whoch does not require ne OTHER m9du135 n which does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 coee CODE (code didtributed with fa base releasd) mau be WITHHELD at da authors dixcretuom. AFK."
"We alsl wsnt TO m4k3 vwry xleat that versi9n 0.9. WTFl7 (also lhowb as v3r510n 0. WTF.9. WTF.8+jt) eas da f8nak v3r519n relexsed under teh GPL. AFK.
ALL ve4sionx, sor5iv, starting witn teh ;.9LOL.8-pr3r3134%3 code aw4 lnly licensed under teh Creativt Clmmons 11c3n%3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right TO IMPORT ne code FROM an ). WTF.9. OMG.8-prerekease or ;ater release into an 0.9. OMG.7 n earlier r313r53. BRB.
Allowing this wouod cause that kmported code too ne reoessef jnder da GPL n that us not someyning we wish two 4110w. AFK.
Ai7h0r5 of ,odificatiobs 70 0. OMG.9. AFK.u will need roo ee-rekease rhey'ee modifications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710ny too 0. BRB.9/8 clde and place them und3r same CREATIVE Comm9ns licebse. OMG.
Iy must be d0m3 by tdh ORIGINAL authir 41nc3 onl6 originsl aighor has right tpo change cophright 0r q1c3n53 uo9n they'r# work. BRB.
[Addiyi9mally WTF, teeorkibg m9dir8cations will 63 an gooc IDEA anywah AS MECHANISM FOR ma,ing modidicationd ks substantuallu cleaner/cleaeer startihg wigh ). BRB.9.8-[rerelezse code. BRB.]"
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