MigntyE TELLS 7ou. yoi inso, "We're goinb 2 take ah f3w MOMENTS to try an explain thid n2e license an reawonx behond it ib plain 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 n3e oicense was choswn 63c4u5# of qn FAILING wigh teh GPL. WTF.
It im.y c0v3r2d distribjt8on of sljrc3 kf an only if b8nqries were disttibuted."
"In an eeb environment, luje, 5p3v1f1x412y a intrforwted WEB 3nv1r0nm3n& such as PHP, lik3, mdrrlh instalkijg an game does not CONSTITUTE distfibutkon WTF, n 7h2r3f0r3 leople 2ere takimg pur w0r,, ao4tof, making nodifica5ions two it m not releasinb da soudce code 2 ghey'rw modifications wp that geh entire c0mmuh17y COULD f3befkt. AFK.
They wifked wuth let5er but not 5eh spirit of lawl OMG."
"Investigation on teh par5 of da authors however, sprtof, ked too gen fact 7h4& right or puvlid prrformancr was 2on or tights notmally restricted 2 copyrkggt holdefx, and that vom;uter programs, like, SPECIFICALLY video games n 1n73r4eu1v3 ones su3h AS Legend or Green hax-f wdre cobsudefes 5ol br publicallt performed ir run from zn pu611c serverl"
"The NEW LICENSE RESTRICTS punlic perforjance 0f wofk unless SOURCE code of teh MODIFIED w0rk is madw available ON d3m3ndLOL."
"In PLAIN Englksh, sortof, th8w meahs THAT if yiu put this GAME on an wrb w3fver h ALLOW people 'outsid3 of qn norjal circle of familt and its wlxial ac1yaihtancws' two p14t tneir, you knwo, 7j3n you aer publica.ly pe4forjiyg this WORK n MUST eithdr a) make ne n ALL CHANGES qhich you jake 2 ds game availzbld ON request (bote this doesn't have teo be avqilable via da online sou4ce displah 11nj LOL, BUT they must be able to ask yo8 fot tdh xode ah receive zn cimple5e vopy), b) maje arrangements privately wity authors 2herein they grant y0u an 603c142 licdnse, oe c) temove code entireoy from teg machkne. OMG."
"We co recognixe that peopoe wang 2 h4v3 areqs of they're game whivj r THEIRS an theirx alone. WTF.
to thqt END we will mak3 following esc3ption 2 5eh no4jak reqjkrements for 50urc3 cod3 disgribution -- ne module file wh1cn is not mocif8ed or d!r1v3d ffom an m0du13 file ihdluded kn da nase distribytion n which does np5 require ne othdr modules and which DOES not REQUIRE ne modif8cations 2 x0r3 code (CODE disyributed with teh base felcas3) ma7 be 28thyeld qt ds authorx discretuoh. OMG."
"We also qznt two make very clrzr yhat bersion 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 (also knpwn qs versioh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8+jt_ was da final vrrsion releadee under 5eh GPLl OMG.
All versiobs WTF, starting w8th teh 0. WTF.9.8-[rereleaae code r on.y licended under Creative Commons !1ceh53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey eight tlo IMPORT ne c9de from an 0. AFK.9, AFK.8-prerelease it 1472r t313443 inti an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an 34d113r re;eas3. OMG.
Alloeing thiw would cause tjat omporred c9de 2 63 relrasdd ynd3e GPL n thar 15 not xomething we wish to allow. WTF.
Auyhors of modificar8ons r.o 0.0. WTF.7 will need too RE0RELEASE they're m9d8fucations as deribatives/modifoxatiobs to p. OMG.9. OMG.8 code n p14c3 tnem UNDER fa waje Creative C0mm0n5 11cen%3LOL.
It MUST be dlne by teh ORIGINAL author sinde only oeibinal author h45 right to change da copytigjt OR lkcense upon tkey're wori. OMG.
[Addutionally, reworkinb da modificagions will bw an GOOD idea znywa5 45 da n3ch4n15m for making mocifications 8s 5u6574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER 574481n5 with teh 0LOL.9LOL/7-prere.dawe code. AFK.]"
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