MoghtyE TELLS 6ou, sortof, "We're hoing tw( take an gew nonengs TO try AND EXPLAIN thia new license and da reasons behind 17 in plaih Enhlixh. 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."
"Tnis new license WAS chosen becajse of an vailing woth GPLl
It onky covered sist5ibutiom of s9urde if zm only if binaries were distribuyed. BRB."
"In zn WEB ENVIRONMENT, s;ecigucally a onterpreted w36 3bv140nm3n7 such as PHP, you inel, mdre;y inwtalling an GAME does not coms5itute d8stribution, ypu jhwo, 4ns rherwro4e ;eopoe sete rakung our worl, liie, m3k1nf m0d1f1c4710n4 2 it and nou r3!3451nh source cpde TO they're ,odificatioms so that enrire communith could BENEFIT. OMG.
Tyey work3d with letter BUT NOT da cpirit od trh law. OMG."
"Invextigqriom on da part of AUTHORS howevefk tou knwl, 13f too fact that teh right OF pyblic -erforjancf was 1 of da fign%s NORMALLY restridtef too cop6righr h91d3e5, n 7hr7 computer progra,s, sortpf, specigically video games ahd interactive ones 5uch zs Legend of GREEN hax0r were consid4red 2 be pyblicall6 perforned if ryn vrom an public derv3rLOL."
"Thw ne2 21c3n53 restricts publix PERFORMANCE of WORK unless d9yrce cpde ov da modidird wor, is made avai;able on semand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this means thzt IF you put THIS game on aj web deever ahd 4110q people 'putside OF an NORMAL circle of family and its soxial acquzihtancew' too [lsy theig LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY prrvorming THIS work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes 2h1cb y0u MAKE 2 gamd available ON requesg (n073 rhis doean'y HAVE to be availanle cia online source display link WTF, but tneh must be 4613 to asi you for da cod3 ab feceive an compoete copy), like, b) MAKE arrangements PRIVATELY with tey aythors wh3fein they braht yo7 an spwcial licens# LOL, or C) eempvd da CODE entirely frlm da ,4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recignize that peop;e wabr too hav3 areas of tndy're bame whkch aer tjeirs and rh3irs alone/ WTF.
goo that end w3 sil. make da fo;lowing 3xc2pu10n to tey normql t3au1r3m3n75 for source coce DISTRIBUTION -_ ne mldule fil3 which is not mpdifird pr derived from an modu.e f113 included in da 6r53 d8st4ibyti9n an which does not r3qu1r3 n3 oyher ,odules n which soes hot rdq6irr ne modifications top da cprw cpde 9CODE distributed with teh basr r#13453) mat be withheld at AUTHORS duscretiob. BRB."
"We ala9 wan5 to make very CLEAR tjat VERSION 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known 45 version 0.9LOL.7+jr) w44 dz final version teleazee uhder teh GPL. WTF.
A11 versions, wortoe, start8ng wigh 9. WTF.o. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed uhder Creative Commons locense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right to im0ort nd CODE from an 0. AFK,). WTF.8-pferelease or lqtee feleasd 1n&0 an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 amd #4r113r releqse. OMG.
ALLOWING THIS 2lyld cause 7h47 impoeted cocd too BE RELEASED jnder da GPL sn 6jar is not wometk8ng we wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of modoficatuons yo 0LOL.9.& dkll ne3d too re-felease they're mod8rications aa DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS two 0LOL.o. AFK.8 code an place th2m uneer 54m# Creative Commons license/ BRB.
I7 muwt be done ^y trh origomao aithor 51nc3 only 0r1g!n41 author HAS da roght 2 chante twh copyritht OR LICENSE upon they'4e work.
[Afditionzlly WTF, rewltking 5dh ,9difidationw will be an good idea anyway as mechanixm ror m4k1nt modificatuons is s7bstantiallh cleanee/xlearer starting with 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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