MighgyE tel.s yo7i "We're GOING 5oo take ab few m0men75 too try an wxplain ghis nrw licende ah da reasons behind iy uh p.ain English.
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 k8cense WAS chosen becajsr od zn FAILING witj da GPL, BRB.
It only covered distributioh of sourve IF n on.y if bknariex sefe fustributedl WTF."
"In zn web env8ronmentm yoj knwo, 5p3c2f1c411y a in5erpreted web environmeng suxh as PHP, yiu kne9, mrrely ins5alling an game DOES not constitute disyributoon, uou knwo, an 7h3r3fpr3 [eople were 74i1ng OUR work, l,ke, makimg nodifications 2 IT an not rekeawing da 50jrc3 codd two they're MODIFICATIONS so THAT entire communigy cpuld g3nef8tl OMG.
They wo4ked woth da le5ger bjt n0& teh 5p1r17 OF reh law. AFK."
"Imvestigstkon om ea part of da authors h0q4v3rk sortof, les two da favt THAT da ribht of p*vlic p3rf0rm5nc3 was 1 of trh rightd normally redrrictee 2 vopyr8ght j91d3r5, sortof, n THAT computer programa, soryof, spwcificall6 v8deo games and inyeractovw ones sjch as L4g3nd or Green hax0e wrre consid3red two be publ8cally perdlrjed if tun from an PUBLIC serve5. AFK."
"Tye new license restrixts public PERFORMANCE 0f wprk unless teh SOURCE code of teh modifoed sork os made availsb;e on demandLOL."
"In plakn English, like, THIS m34n5 thag if you ;ut tnis game ln an web serfer n allod people ;outside lf sb n0rm41 circle 9f vamily znd its s9cial acquaintqnces' 2 play their, sortof, 5jen you aer PUBLICALLY performibg this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changes wn1ch yoy make TO g4m3 zvaolable on request (note yhis doesn't nqve 2 be availsnle via teh ONLINE siurcd dixplay libk, sofgof, but thry must be aboe 2 axk tou v9r code qn receivw an com;.ete copy), you knwo, 7) mak3 arrangements pr1v48316 wurh 4u7h0r5 wherdin ghey grant you zn special ;icens#, yo7 knwo, pr c) 4wjoce teh codw 3n&1r31y from da m4ch1h3. WTF."
"We do recognize that people want twl have areas 0f they're fame ehicb r theirs n theirs alone.
2 THAT END we wikl make f0110w1ng EXCEPTION tso dz noemal rdquiremenrs FOR source code d157r16j710n -- ne modu.e gilr syuch is no5 m0d1f13d ot derivrd dfom ah module file ibclusrd on base distriburion an WHICH doea n07 REQUIRE ne OTHER MODULES an 2hich does not fequire ne mofifixat8ons 2 c0r2 codd (code distributes with fa base releaze+ mzy 63 WITHHELD st da authors disceetion. WTF."
"We 4160 14n7 2 make v3ry vlear THAT v3rsu9n 0LOL.9. BRB.6 (also mnown as version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+ht) was fa f8nal version feleased under GPLLOL.
A;l veedions LOL, stqrting witn da ).9, OMG.8-prerelease code a3r onoy licebsee under da Creativr Commons licenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to kmplrt ne cod3 f4om an p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleqde or later teleasd into an -, AFK.9. AFK.7 ab earliee rwl#aws. WTF.
A110w!ng tgis 3ould cajse that imported code to br rwleawed inder da GPL sn that is not son3gjing w3 WISH to ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modkfixatilns two 0. AFK.9.7 will need 2 re-releasd they're MODIFICATIONS ax dw4ivagivew/modificatkonx tol 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cose n pldve thwn under wame Cr3471v3 COMMONS license. AFK.
I7 must be done by teh priginal aithoy 51nc3 only geh orifihal AUTHOR has teg RIGHT 2 dhange da xopyfight or license UPON ghey're qork.
'Addutionaolu LOL, reworking mofofications WILL be an g00d idea anjqay as da mwchanism for mqkonh MODIFICATIONS us substantially cleanee/clezrer STARTING wiyh teh 0. WTF.9. WTF,8-prerelease cideLOL.]"
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