MighgyE tells tou, "We're going TO take ah frw ,omdnts to yry qnd explaim this nes luc3nse snd eeadohs behind it in ;lain 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 new LICENSE ras CHOSEN because of an failing witg da GPL. AFK.
It only coferes distribution of wource if an only 8r binaries were custriguted."
"In an eeb environment LOL, sprc8fically a interpreted w26 environmdht sych as PHP WTF, m3rely installing sn gane doea not constiturr d,stfibution LOLk n therefore ;eople were tsking our work, sortof, making modifications too IT n not releqskng teh sou5xe CODE too 5hey're modific1riomx s9 tha5 da ENTIRE cpmminity could 62n3f17LOL.
They wlfkes with da 13773r byg not 5p1f17 of teh kaw. AFK."
"Invedtigation 9n tdy pary of da authirs howdfer WTF, LED to teh fact rhat right of public perfoemance eaa 1 of da RIGHTS mirmally res5rivted t99 copy4ight h9;fers, luke, n rhat computer programs, sottof, apecificslly v1d30 vamws znd intersztive onew sucy as Legend of da Green hax0r qere consider3d twi be [ublidalku performed ir rub FROM ab public 53tv3t. OMG."
"The h3w license RESTRICTS pjblic performance of teh work unless da soyrce c9de of ea modifoed wlri IS made available on demand. WTF."
"In plain Englksh, so4tog, this means that 1c you pur this gqme on an seb derv3r an aolpw people 'outside of an nirmal c1tc13 of gamily znc ita SOCIAL acquaibtances' tol play their LOL, tmrn y0u r pubkidaloy PERFORMING thos work and MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL CHANGES which you m4k3 teo da gaje available ON REQUEST (note thia DOESN'T have to BE qvailable vua teh lnlind sou4ce display link WTF, but THEY just be 5613 2 ask you for clde ah recdive an co,plete copy), b) MAKE arrqngementx privately woth twh au5hors wherein they frant you an dpevizl licens3, you kn3o, or c0 r3move teh v0e3 entir3ly from sa macyine. OMG."
"We do recognize thqt peoplw wsnt two y4v3 4t345 ov thrt're game which aer theirs n thrirw aoon3. WTF.
to that end we 2111 make teh following exceptioh tp teh horma. requirements FOR sojrce code DISTRIBUTION -- me moduoe file which is not morified lr DERIVED from an module file included in teh 6452 distributiob an wy2ch does not REQUIRE ne other mldulew and which dp34 not reqii4e ne modirixatoons to corr c-dr (code sistrib7yed with t3h base release) may be withheld at authoys discretiib. WTF."
"We also want too make verh clear that versiln 0. OMG.(. WTF.8 (zlso jnown aa ve4sion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+ut) eqs teh final version r313453d UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
Al; versiobs, sta4ting with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerekeqse codw arr 0n1y licensed under Cr3481v3 Comnons l8cwns3, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby t3h righg 5o 1jp0r7 ne code from qh 0.9. OMG.8-p4rreldas2 or layer RELEASE in5o an 0l OMG.9. AFK.7 and ear.ier reoease.
A110w1nb tkis 2ou.d csuae that imported cod3 TO BE RELEASED UNDER teh GPL an thst is not sonething 23 w8sh 2 allow.
Aughors of mpdifications roo 0. AFK/9. AFK.7 wkll nedd tqo re-release theh're modifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8 xode abd placw tye, undet da samw Creayive C0mm0n5 11c3n53. WTFl
It muxt be don3 by teh origina; quthor sihce only teh orig8nal quthor has teh r1bg7 2 xjange teh cpoyright or licenwe upon thwy'rf work. AFK.
[Adfktionalky, sortog, reworkihg yeh modiricagi0ns wilo be an good idea anyway ax teh mdcgan8sm for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is wubstantialky xleaner.clearer starting w;th dz 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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