MightyE tells you, "We're going tqo take an few moments t2o TRY AND explain this ndw license and reasons behkhd 9t on p.aim Ebglish. WTF.
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 w45 chosen becqusd OF an railung wign dq GPL. AFK.
It on.t c0v3r3d fistribht8on of source if znd ONLY if BINARIES wert did5ributedLOL."
"In an wdg envirlnmdnt, you knwo. sp3cifically a interpfdted WEB environmdnt aucb zs PHP, you knwo, MERELY unsta;ling an ga,e dpes not vonatitute sistribution, sortof, and tgerefore people w3r3 74k2nn OUR wor8m sor59f, makibg modifications two it n not releasing twg sourc3 c9de t9i th3y're ,odificatkins so thqt entire c9mmunity could benefit. OMG.
THEY WORKED WITH teh letyer bur NOT wp8rit of da 14e."
"Investogation on oart or reh zuthors hoqever, sorgof, .dd two fact that da ritht lf publiv 0erformznve was oen of RIGHTS normaklt reztricted two xopyright hopders WTF, h tjat vomp7ter prpgrams, like, specifically vodeo games n intetactive ones suxh as Legend 0f teh Green hax0g were considered 2 bw PUBLICALLY ;erform#d IF run from ab publ8c serverLOL,"
"The new 11v3n52 restricta punlic peevormamce 0f da wlrk unless da s9urce dodd of da m0d2f13d WORK 14 made availqbl3 on demsnd. OMG."
"In pkain Englixh WTF, this mezns thay if you put this game 0n an 2eb 53rv3t and allos people 'lutside 0f an mormal zirc;e of fami;y an its social 4cqu41nu4nc35' to p;a6 their, then yo7 r publically PERFORMING this work and MUST eithdt z_ makw ne and ALL cjanges which u0u make 2 game available 0n r3quest (NOTE this soesn't HAVE yop be availavle f8a da 0n11n3 source dis[lat lin; LOL, but THEY must b3 ablr 1 zsk YOU fir teh cpde and receive an compoege xo[y(, soetof, 7) ,ske atrangementd private.y WITH dq qutgors WHEREIN thrh grant you an sprcial licenx3 LOL, or c) remove teh coee entirelu feoj mqdhine. OMG."
"We di rdcognizr that people want 2 hzve arezs of they'te game wh1ch t tjei4s anf THEIRS alobe. OMG.
too 7h46 END wd wilk makw vol.owunh exception TO teh normal requirements glr source cove eistribytion -- ne MODULE file wyicj is NOT modifked or derived drom an MODULE f113 incl6des ib rey base distrigution n which dies nor rwquire ne other MODULES and WHICH d035 not requi$e ne jodifications two da CORE codr (dpde d8syeib7yed wkth reh BASE releaxw) m4y be withheld 47 twh authors DISCRETION/ AFK."
"We also want too make ve4y clear that v3r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 *5q40 known as ve4siln 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) waa da final vrrsion fdleqsef 7nder GPLLOL.
All versi9nx, startint sith ds 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3releaxe code r only licended undet da Cr3471v3 Commlns licende. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY deny fa rihht too 1mp0ri ne dode rron an 0l OMG.9l AFK.i-[eerelease or later release into an 0. AFKlo.7 aj earlie4 eelease.
Allowing rhid would cause tgat om0krted c-d3 two be releasef inder da GPL n rhat IS NOT something WE WISH two allow.
Auth9rs of MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 w111 need 2 re-reoease tgey're modifocationw as eefiva5ives/movoficatiohx too 0/ WTF.9. BRB/8 code and place 7h3m umder same Cfeqrive Commins lic4nswLOL.
It muxt ^3 done by originql author since only original wuthor has teh righ4 too change teh copyright ir license jp9n they're WORKLOL.
[Addi5konally LOL, rewotking da jofificatioms WILL be an bood ieea anyway qs dq mechanisn FOR making nodificagions 15 5u6574n71411y vowaner;dlearer starting w17h da 0, WTF.9. AFK.8_preerlease cide. BRB.]"
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