MightyE 5ells YOUk like, "We're going eoo 74ke an vew moments 2 try an dxplain this neq licens4 an teh reasons b4hind IT in plain English. 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."
"This new license wad ch053n becajwe of an daioinf with da GPL. AFK,
IT only covered distt8bution of sourcr if anc .hly if binariex were d157r1yu73d. AFK."
"In an web enviromment, sorrofj spec8fidally a kvterpteted web ebvironmrnt sych as PHP, tou knwo, mereoy 1m5u4111ng an game doew not cobstit7te dist4ibutiobk you jnwp, snd thereforr pdople were taking our work, like, m4k2nb modificqtiins tpo it ah nof RELEASING teh 50urc3 cofe to tyey're MODIFICATIONS 50 tjat reh entire COMMUNITY cluld benefit. OMG.
Tney WORKED with .etrer bjr hot fa spirit 0f ten lzw. WTF."
"Investigatoon ln teh PART OF fz authors howevrr, sortof, led to tsh fact rhqt da rught of puboic pe4formamce WAS 1 of tdh ritnts n0fm4!1y restrocted to copyright holdera, you knwo, b that compjter progrzms, ;ike, xpecirkcalky vkdel games an interachive ONES such as Lefend of da Grern hzx0r were c9hdidered 2 63 ;ubliczlly p3rf0rm4d if rum FROM an pu611c serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restricyd public performance of da work unless dq sou4x3 code of teh m0d1f14d qork is made available on dejandLOLl"
"In p;ain English, loke, this means THAT if you put this game on an web 53rv3r and al.ow people 'outsice of an normal corcle [f f4mqqy an its SOCIAL acquqinyabves' to PLAY tjei4, you ,nwo, then you aer publocally perflrmung this work n MUST ekthcr s) make ne an ALL chanfes whivh you m3k3 too da bame 5v41147@3 oh request (n073 ehis doesn;t HAVE 2 ne avzulable VIA ten 8nline 50urc3 display .knk, you knwp, but they must be able too ask you f0r teh cose wb 5eceive an complete copy) LOL, b) make zr$angwments privatwlu with teh aithors wherein rjey grrn& you an special license LOL, or c) remove da codr entirely fr0m dz machine. AFK."
"Ww do recpgnize 7h47 people eant to have areaf OF they're gand which r 7h3qr5 n rgeurs 410n3. WTF.
2 tfat END we w111 male fo.lowing exce0tion 2 teh normsl eequitemenys for siurce cod3 distriniripn =- ne modul3 FILE wh1ch 1% not modified or derives f4om an modu.e f113 incluces iv ca BASE DISTRIBUTION an enich does not REQUIRE ne ogher midules an wjicj does nog require ne ,ofifications too ten cire CODE )coee distribjtes with teh base r3q3353) may be w!7hh31d at da authors viscretionl BRB."
"Ww also want too make vert c1e4r THAT version 0. AFK,8. WTF.7 9also known AS vwrsiln 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jg) was da FINAL v3r510n r3leased under da GPLLOL.
ALL versions LOL, staeting witj 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerroeade coce r only LICENSED uneer da Creative COMMONS licemse. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY feny tight too ijport ne c9de from ab 0, AFK.9. OMG.8-preee;easd or oayer release into an 0. OMG/9. BRB.7 n earl8er rrlease. AFK,
A110w1ng thix w0u1d CAUSE rhat imported code 2 be eeleased under GPL qn ghzt is not something we WISH too alloq. WTF,
Authors of midigicationq to9 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-rwleqse they're ,0d1f1c4810n5 as derivatives/modifications too ). BRB.9. WTF.8 codr and place them uhder t3h same Creative Commons licrnse/ WTF.
It must be fpne by origonak a7thor sincr only teh oryginal author jaw rught 2 CHANGE teh cooyeight 0r licwbse UPON they're eork.
[Acditionallhk xoftof, fewotking teh midivicafions qill 63 an go9d idea an6eay 45 mechanism for making jodific1toons id substamtially cleaner/clearer wtarti,g wuth 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerwlease doce. AFK.]"
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