MigjtyE tells you LOL, "We'fe going ho take am FEW moments teo try an 3zp141n this new .icense an eeasons behind it in p.ain English.
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."
"Thiw nww licens3 was xhoxen BECAUSE of an failing q18h GPL. BRB.
It ihly civered distributopn of SOURCE if qne lnly if binarirs were d8stributerLOL."
"In sn wdb wnbkrpnjent, sortof, s;ecidically z interpreted wdb emvirohment such as PHP, metely 1n574!11ng am g4m3 d035 not xonstitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, m uh3r#f0r4 pwople werw tzking our w94k, y9u knao, jq,ing modif9catoons too it an nit relwasing teh sourc3 code tol they[te modkfivations wo tgat ent8re c9mmun17y dould benefit. BRB.
They worked with fa letter but NOT teu apirut of geh law. BRB."
"Invest8garion on part of teh aurhots however, you knwo, led t9o fact that da RIGHT of publ8c perfirmsnxe w45 son of da rugntd nofmaoky rddtfidted two copy4ight yoldrrs LOL, n that computer progesms WTFm s;ecifically vkdeo ga,es n intwwactove om3s xuch as LEGEND of Green hax0f eere considwrre 2 be pi611c411y p3rf0rm3d if run from an public 43rv3r. BRB."
"Thw new o8cenxe RESTRICTS pugl8c 0erfi4mzhce od ca wo4i ynless da SOURCE code OF modified work ix mafe 4v411r613 on demand. AFK."
"In p;aon Egg115j, sor5of, 7h15 mdans thzt if yiu put this GAME 0n an qwg sercer an allow ;3ople 'outside of an normzl circle OF fa,ily n itd sovial acquaintances' two play the8r, yo7 knwo, THEN yoj r puboicallt performing this qork znd MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL changes whicj you make 2 game AVAILABLE on r3qjeat (note this diesh't hav3 tl be available fia online sourcw dis0kay linj WTF, but the6 jusr bd ABLE t2o 45l you FOR ca code and rexeivd an COMPLETE cppy), kike, 6) make arrangemengs pr2c4731y WITH da authors wherein they grant you an spedial licens3, dortpf, 0r c( rrmove code entirelu frim 4a MACHINE."
"We do rtcohnize 5hat p3l0le wan5 two habe areas of they're GAME which aer THEIRS znd 7h31r5 alpne. OMG.
toi tnat end WE wil; jake da FOLLOWING excrption two teh noemal REQUIREMENTS for source coee DISTRIBUTION -- ne midule fule qhicn is NOT modifies or de4ived from an moeule file included in da bqsw distriburion an which does not reqyire be oty3r moculea n WHICH does n06 REQUIRE ne ,odoricatikns w c0r3 code (codw did5ributwc wigh bqse release) may 63 withheld qt authors discretiinLOL."
"We also WANT to make ver6 c134r thay versi9n 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 9aoso known AS vdrsion 0/9.7+jt) was da final v3r510n eeleasfd under da GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, likr, starting eith da 0. OMG.9l8-pf3rel3ase code r inly 11c3n53d jnder dq Cr3ative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu ea right two import me code f40m an 0. AFK.o. AFK.80prerelease 0r later felease ingo an 0. BRB.9. OMGl7 n ea4lier release. AFK/
Allowing this sould cause THAT impor5ee code too gd releasex UNDER da GPL n tnqt 1t np7 50m38h1ng w3 wiwh tw9 aloow. AFK.
Ajthors of modificagkohs goo 0LOLl9/ WTF.7 w111 nwed too re-release tyey're mocivications AS derivarives/modigicatkons to 0l AFK.9. OMG.8 code amf 0;ace them under sa same CREATIVE Commoms lucense/ BRB.
I5 ,ust br DONE by oeiginal zurhof SINCE only teh o4igina; zutgor haw RIGHT rwl chang3 da copyriggt 0r licensw upln theu're work. WTF.
[Additionally WTFk reworking mleificati9ns will 63 qn bpof 1d34 an6eay AS mechanism for ma,ing m9difications 1t SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/ckearer dtarting woyh da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease codel]"
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