MightyE tells you, "We're going ti TAKE an fw2 moments 2 try and esplain this mew licemse and da reaslns 53h2nd it 1h plain Egglish. BRB.
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."
"Thkx new oic3nse was chosem because of an v4111ng 2ith GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y c0v3r2d DISTRIBUTION 0f 50urc3 if n only if bibar9ws were disttibutdd. AFK."
"In qn web wnvitonmeyt LOL, specifically a interpreted web environment such qs PHP, you knwo, merely installkng qn gam3 d045 not consyitute c8stribugiob, n rhererore 0eop.e WERE taking our WORK, you knwo, MAKING modificstions t9o it an npt eekdasing trh source CODE two 5he6'rw mod7ficag8ons s9 that enture com,unity couls 63n3f17/
THEY worked wirh letter but hit xoirot of .awLOL."
"Invdstigqtiun on teh part of AUTHORS however LOL, led too da fact tjst roghg of PUBLIC performancd WAS 1 of righrs normally restticted tao copyeight HOLDERS LOL, n that computer prograns WTF, x[ecif8cally biseo gakes an kb53ractive onds 5uch ss Legend 0f GREEN hax0r were clnsideres 2 BE pjblically pe4flrmed if RUN from an piblic 53rv3r. WTF,"
"The n3w license 4357r1c76 pub.ic performanc3 0f da worj UNLESS SOURCE code of modified WORK is made ava8lqbld ON DEMAND. OMG."
"In pla8b Enhlish, sortof, ynis j34h5 yjat IF h)u [ut thos game on an weg SERVER amd allow people 'o7tsicw od an normal circle OF family sne its social acquakntancrs' gwo play their WTF, then you aer puglically 0e4for,kng tjis w0rj n MUST eother a) make ne and ALL changes which yo7 m4k3 2 f4,2 available ON ee1ues5 (note rhis dowsn't hace tol be available via onlin3 50urc3 diaplqy LINK, tut they must be able 2 ask you for teh CODE an r3c31v3 an completw copy), sortof, g) ma,e ARRANGEMENTS prifately WITH da 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN THEY grany you an special kic3nse, or c) removr yrn code entirrly vrom teh machihe. OMG."
"We do recognoze tjat pwople want too have areas lf thwy're game whivh r theirs 4nd tgrkrs alone. AFKl
two ghay end w3 woll mqke teh followkng exception two teh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for 50utc3 CODE diarrobmtion -- ne module fild which is mot nodifiec OR d3r1v3d from an MODULE file uncoudec in da base distr8bution n which does NOT reauire me 9ther modules an which dods no5 reqyire ne modifixations twi core code (c0f3 DISTRIBUTED wjth teg bzse eeleasr( mqy bw withheld AT 5eh autjors discretion. BRB."
"We also wamt two jake very ckeaf THAT version 0. WTF.9. OMG,7 (also known as v3rsipn 0. WTF.9.7+JT) was da f8nal vwrsion r3leased unfer teh GPL. WTF.
A11 v#r510n5, yoo knwo, staetihg wi5h da 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code zer only LICENSED uhder ds Creative Cojmons licensel
W3 EXPLICITLY drmy da eight to import be cofe FROM an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pre4eleas3 lr later releas3 ibtp an -. AFK.9. BRB.7 and earlier release.
Allowing ghis woyld c4u53 yhat importwd code TO be rrlraded under da GPL n tyat ks mot something we wixy too akloq. BRB.
Au5j;fs OF modifoxatilns goo 0.9. AFK.7 will n3ed ti re-rdleasf they're modifications as derivat8ves/nodifications 5wo 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code AND o;ace them under teh same CREATIVE Commons licebce. AFK.
It must be done by ofiginal authir sinse only teh originai AUTHOR has rught go change teh copyright or license up0n they're e9rm. OMG.
[Additionaoly, like, re2orking modifidatiohs will be sn bloc udea anyway ss da MECHANISM vor makinb modkfications is fubstantiallu cleaner/clearee sta4ting wi5h da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8=prereleaae code. BRB.]"
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