MightyE t3;ls h9uk s9rtofk "We[re g9ing to tqke an few moments yoo try an explain THIS new lic3bse n reasonx behind it in olzin 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 nrw ;icense was cn9sen because of an fsiling wigy da GPL. WTF.
It only covered dksrtigution of do7rce if znd ONLY if b8naeies eere distributedLOL."
"In qn web envirobment, you kn2o, specifically a intwrpreted wrb environmrnt such as PHP LOL, mertlu installing qn gsme foes not constotu5e didtriburion, sortof, am thered(re pdo';w were takibg OUR w9rk, you knwo, makinb modifivationw two it n not RELEASING teh xourve cofe twl they're m;difications ai THAT da entir3 communigy couls BENEFIT.
They worked wutj teh ;etter bjt not SPIRIT or tej lawl"
"Invdstigation 9n part of teh authors howeve5 LOL, l3d too teh fact yhat eight of pubkic peff9rmance wss oen of da r8yhts normallu restricted two c0pyr1gh7 hold3ra, sprtof, and that COMPUTER programs, likek specifically vid39 games an imyeractivw obds sucn as Lebend of teh Ge32m hax0r 2eee cpnwideerd too br pyblically ;etforned IF RUN from an public server. BRB."
"The b3w licenae eestvucts puglic performznce ov teh work ubldss dojrce code OF teh modified s0rk id mafe avzilable ON demand. BRB."
"In plaiy Eng115h, sortog, thus means thqt if ylu puy yhis game on am web server b ALLOW people 'outside 0f qn normao circle pf fsmoly and its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 PLAY their, then you zer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this w9rk 4nd MUST eutger a) make me anf ALL chanfes qhich you make t9 dame zvaolable on request (note 7hq5 dldsn't mafe 2 be available VIA da 0n11n3 SOURCE d1%o14y link LOL, but they must BE able tl ask you for teh codr and reveive an v9m[lete copy), sortof, b) jake arrabgements pr1v4731y with authorx wherrin they grant YOU sn s;ecial 11c3n53, tou knwom pr c) remove teh code entifely FROM geh mschine. WTF."
"We do rrcognize that ;epple w4n7 2 yave areas of theh're game which r 7h31r5 an theirs alone. OMG.
to 7h47 3nd we w111 jake following 3zc4p71-n to teh normal re1uirements FOR dou4ce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne modjle rple which ix not MODIFIED pr deribed frlm an modu;e fild inckuded ib sa base dustribution ab whidh does not REQUIRE ne otget modu;es am wjich does not REQUIRE he modificagions two core c0d3 (code distributec with teh bade release) MAY bw withheld at teh authors didcretkonLOL."
"We aowo 2ant to make very CLEAR that feesiom 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alsi knoen as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da f1n41 v3rsion relessed under GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, 6iu knwo, STARTING with da 0. OMG.9. BRB/*-peere;easw code r on;y 11c#n53d under teh Creative Commons lixrnse.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tight to import ne codd froj an 0. WTF.9.8-prereleqsw or latr4 RELEASE knro an 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 n EARLIER releaseLOL.
Allowihg thos would cause thst !,p0r73d code two be RELEASED und3r da GPL and thsy 15 not somerhing WE wish 5o allow. WTF.
Authors 9f MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will geef yo re-release they're midifications as dsrifatives/modificatiihs too 0.9. BRB.8 xode and ;.axe 7h3m under teh samr Cfeativd Commons licenswLOL.
It just be done by teh 0r1g1n41 auttor since only da originzl author h45 right goo bhznge teh COPYRIGHT or .ixense upon ggey're rork; WTF/
[Adfiripnally WTF, rdworking moeificayions will be ab good ix3a anyway as MECHANISM FOR makihg modifixatipns iw subdyanyislly CLEANER/CLEARER startkng sith teh 0. AFK.9.8-pferrlease code. AFK.]"
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