MubhtyE tells y0u, sortof, "We're gling rlo TAKE an f3w m9men5s 2 5ry n ecplain this nww lic3nse an REASONS bdhind it in plain Eng.ish. 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."
"Thiw new license was cyosen becauae of sn failkng with dq GPL. BRB.
I7 lnly dovrred disrribution OF wouece !f n 0n1y if binaries were distrkbitedLOL."
"In an web enfironment WTF, specificqlly a interpreted web environment such ad PHPk merely insyal;inh an game dpes nor cpns5itutd diwteibution WTF, an thdreflre 0eople w34e 74k1ng our wofi LOL, jakint modifications two it an NOT r313451ng dq souece codr t2i thdy're modkfications wo THAT teh entirr conmunity c9uld benevit. AFK.
Tn3y wlrk3d with dq LETTER bug not aporit of da ;awLOL."
"Investigatuoh on tet part of teh au5nors howdcer, sort9f, led teo da fact that tej right of pjblic peeformance ras oen of dz rughts mormally restricted t9o COPYRIGHT hokders, am 7h48 compyter proframs LOL, speciricakly vkde9 g4m35 n interactivd ones 5uch AS Legene ov teh Green hax0t WERE clbsieered t2o be pu611c411y perfofmed 8f run ft0m ah pu611v server."
"The new LICENSE reatricts oublic p3ef0rm4nc3 of WORK unlesd teh 50jrx4 c0d3 OF da modified work is nade zvaklahle on drmahd."
"In poain English, you knwo, 5his means 5hat if yo7 pjg tyis haje on an web s4gver ab aloow peoplw '0u751d3 od an nprmal cirxle of fami;y an its s9ckal qcqua8ntances' to play their, then you aer publically pe4forming this WORK m MUST eirhef a) make nd an ALL chang3s wyich you n4k3 to game availaboe lm requext (note 7h15 f035n'7 have two be avsilablw via da 0n11n3 SOURCE diwplqy link, but hhcy must be abld ywl ask you for rdh cide an3 receive an COMPLETE c0py) WTF, b) make attangrments privately witn teh authors where8n they trant you ab dpecisl licensei sortlg, lt C) r3m0v4 code 3n71r31y from da machine. OMG."
"We do recogmize that people want to hace aeras OF they're game wh8xh 4 theirs ahd 7h31r4 slone. OMG.
too ghat end ee 2ill make dollowing exc3ption too b9rjal requirements for sourc3 cose d8stribugion -_ ne MODULE file which is mot MODIFIED or derifwd FROM zn m-du13 dk.e inc.uded in 6453 fistribution an WHICH does not requi4e ne o5her modules an which foed not rwqukre n2 modifivations to c0r3 codw 9code dist4ibuted woth 745# release) may be withhwld qt t4h auth9rs disc4egion/ WTF."
"We also want two make very clea3 that version p. OMG.9, BRB.7 (a.so kno2n 45 version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was da ribak rersiob teleasec undet GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, atarting w1&h -. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code ae4 only lic4nwed 7nder da Creatkve Commonx license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten right two 1mp0r7 b3 coee from an -. OMG.9. AFK.8-0eerelwade or latee rel3ase INTO zn -. WTF.0/ OMG.7 n earlier RELEASE. OMG.
A110e1ng 7h15 would csuse that imoo4ted code 70 63 releqaed umder da GPL n ghst os not sonethinh we wish twk allow. OMG.
Authors of modif8cations ywo 0. WTF.9. OMG,7 will need to re-rwlease yhey're mofificatuons AS deribstivex/mod8dicationd to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 c0d3 an plqve them UNDER da same Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
It MUST be dohe by origknal authof since 9nly t3g original author hqs 5ej rigyt 70 ch4nge da copyrighr OR license upon tyey're wofk. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, .ike, rewotjinf da mlcjfivations will BE ah g00d ieda anyway as da MECHANISM vor maiing mocificati0ns is dubstantislly coeaner/clearer starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cose. WTF.]"
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