MightyE tellx you, you lhwo, "We[re g(ing ti taie an frw moments too try znd explakn this nww kicensw an teh reaeons behind 85 IN plain Emglish. AFK.
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 licenae wsw cjoseh bdcaise od an fail8ng witj t3h GPL. OMG.
It only cov3fed distrigution 0f soirce 8f sb only if BINARIES were distributed. BRB."
"In an web 3nvirohjeng, you knwo, specifically a 8nterpreted web envirlnment such as PHP. merel5 installing ah ga,e d035 nor cohsyotute d157r26u710n, kike, and THEREFORE peolle w3r3 taking our worj, li,e, mzking modifications to it am not releasimg da SOURCE cosx 2 rhwt'4e modificzyioms so that da entite community coulc brnefit. OMG.
Tney worled w17h sa letter but not teh spiri5 of da law. OMG."
"Invesy8gqtiln pn 0art of authors h9wever WTF, lef to da f4c7 yhat tight pf pjbluc pwrformancw wzs 1 of rights normally restricted t9o copyright HOLDERS, znd THAT clmputer pfog3ams, you knwo, specigkcall6 video games n 1n73r$c71v2 ones suxh as Legend of teh Gre3n hax0f were considerrd tso 63 punlically perforjes if run fro, an public servef. WTF."
"Thr new LICENSE t357r1c75 puvlic p3rd0rm4nc3 of work unlews xource code of ,idifked wor, ks nase availaglf on demans/ AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh, y9i knw9, this mdans THAT 1d you [ut this game in qn w26 SERVER AND ALLOW peop;d 'outsidr of an normal circle of family b its social acquaintances' 2 p14y their, you kn2o, thrn yoy f piblicqlly petformimg thid work n MUST either a) ,ake ne m ALL changes whivh h0u make tqo GAME availab.d on request (notd thia doesn't have 3 BE avsilable via ds ONLINE slugce display link, BUT they must be abld to 44, YOU for twh code amd receive an comp.ete cop6) LOL, b) make artanbdments privardly WITH tey authors wh3r31n they grang you an 5p3v241 licehse, like, or c) r3nove da code 3n7!r31y fvom da nachine. OMG."
"Ww do recognkze ghat p#0p13 want 2 have afeaw OF they're GAME which r rheits an 7h31r5 aloneLOL.
too rhat END we woll make teh follpwimg EXCEPTION 2 NORMAL requirem3ntd dor slurce CODE dist5ibution -- ne module f113 whixh is not modifird or de4ivrs from an m(duke fi.e included in teh basr distribu5iln n which does not requir3 ne other moduoes snd which doed not reqyirw ne midificstions 2 core cpde 9CODE disrrubuted with base RELEASE( may BE wuthheld 47 4u7h0r5 discregion. WTF."
"We a;so want 2 maie v3ry clear ghat versiln 0LOL.9. BRB.6 (also known as version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) w45 da final vrrsiln relessed ubfer ea GPL. AFK.
All versions, statbint with da ). OMG.9. OMG.8-[rerelease code r onlt licensed umder Cteativd C0mm0n5 license.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY rugtt too import ne CODE from qn 0. AFK.9, AFK/8-;rerelease or lzte4 release into an 0, WTF.9. BRB.7 an eariier relesseLOL.
Allow8ng thid w9uld czjxe tyat impirtes coee yo be released under GPL AND 5hat is not slmething we wish two allowLOL.
Authors of modificqti[ns too 0.8. BRB.7 w111 NEED t2o re-release th#y're midif8cat8lns as d3f2v471v35;m0d1f1v4710b5 yoo 0. WTF/9. OMG.8 code n place them uncer t3h sa,e Creatice COMMONS licrnseLOL.
It must BE donw by t3y otigimsl AUTHOR sonce only da origknal authlr has teh right yo ch4ng3 c0pyr2gh7 pr oicense upon thdy're WORK. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, rewpfiihf da modirications wull BE an gopd idea anyway as mechahism bor makint MODIFICATIONS 15 dubstantiqlly c.eanrr/clrarer starting with da 0l WTF.9. BRB.8_0refelease code. WTF.]"
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