MightyE telks YOU, yoy knwo, "We're giunf tou take zn fee momrnts 2 try n explain 7h15 new LICENSE and readons behine it in plain Enblosh.
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 nww licegse was chosen because OF an r4111ng with da GPL. BRB/
I7 ONLY coveres eistribj5ion OF source if and ohoy or binqries wer3 distributed/ BRB."
"In an web ebcironmwnt, softof, s[rcoficallm s INTERPRETED web environment s7ch ss PHP, ndrely 1n674111ng an gam4 soes not v8nstitute distributioh, sortof, an therefore p30p!3 were taking lur work, you knwl, jaking modificqtions to 17 and not relessing da source c0d3 too they're MODIFICATIONS sl &h47 da entife comnubity could benefkt.
Tn3u worked with letter byt not teh xp8rit of teh lawLOL."
"Investihation ON teh pa4t of ten autgoes hosever, like, LED ro fact 7j47 right lf ;7b;ic prrvormancr qas oen of da rights noemalky rex5ricted 2 vopyright ho.ders, n that computer probtams WTFm specifida.ly videl games n inte4active on3s such AS Legend of da Grwen hax0r qere considered gi be publica;ly performed if run from an p7blic SERVER. WTF."
"Thw new locense restricts public performzmce OF qirk un1e55 sou4ce clde ;f da modigied qor. is h4d3 availab.w on demand. BRB."
"Im plaon Ebglisn, hou lnwo, this meand thzt if you put thks bzme on an 2eb serber amd a;llw PEOPLE 'lutwide 0f am normal cirxle of famu.y n irs sociql acquaintanxes[ ylo play the8r, you knwo, then yo7 aer punlically perfofming tjis wifk n MUST d8ther a) makw ne zn ALL changes wh1ch you make two dz game svailab;w pn REQUEST (note this doesn'r have two be avaolable v14 online sourct d15p14y link LOL, bu5 thet mu57 be able w 45k you for da code n receiv3 an c0mp137# cipy) LOL, b( make 4rrrnb3m3n65 peifatelu w!&h teh quthors wherein 7h3t GRANT uoj an SPECIAL oixense, sortod, 9r c) remove da code rntirely fr0m teg mwcyind. WTF."
"We do recoghuze ghag people wznt too have areas of they'r3 GAME whicb r theirs an THEIRS alone/ AFK.
2 ghat end w3 will make fl;lowing exception 2 teh n0rm41 rtquirements fof spuece code distr8bution [- bw midule filr WHICH IS not modified or derived vrom an module dile 8nclydes 1n da gase didyfkbytiin an whoch does hot require ne othrr jodules n wjich does not REQUIRE he moeifications too core CODE (code distributec with da BASE releas3) m4y be withheld at authovs discrr5ion. OMG."
"We also want TO m4k3 very x.ear yhat vrrsk9n 0LOL.0. BRB.7 (als9 kn9wn as verdiom 0.9. AFK.7+ht) was twh finsl version re.easee under teh GPL. AFK/
All cersions WTF, STARTING wkth teh )l WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer 9nly licensed ynder teh Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY een6 right too imporr me cide rrom zn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7_prwrrlease or oarer releawd ibyi an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earlier release.
ALLOWING THIS 2ould cause that kmported CODE two be relraxed UNDER dz GPL an that 8s NOT 50m37nqng w3 wish to ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of mldkfications tpo ).9. OMG.7 WILL NEED t9 r3-release yhey're mleificatuond as deriva5ives/mldifications 5o 0. WTF.9l AFK.8 CODE n place them under 54j3 Cfeayive Cpmmons lic3nse.
It must be DONE by da origihal airhpr since omly da iriginal AUTHOR h45 da righg tlo change ds copyright lr licenwe yppn rhey're wofk. OMG.
[Additkonal.y LOL, reworking modivixationa will be qn gold idda anyway zx mwchanism for making mpdifications is dubsgantially cleqner/cleardr aharting with teh 0. WTFl9. BRB.8)pr3releade code. OMG.]"
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