MightyE TELLS you, you knwo, "We'te GOING ro tzke an vws mlmemts two try n ez[lain th8s new licdnse AND reasons behinc IT kn 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 n3s license wad choseb bedause 0f am fqilibg WITH teh GPLLOL.
Iy 0n16 coverdd dkstribution if source if n only if bunarked wefe f8stributed. WTF."
"In an wwb ebvirohment, you knwo, specifically a ingeroreted web 3nvirohment sucj AS PHP. sortofk merely 1n5741qqnt an game does not constorut3 cistribution WTF, ahs theeefore peoole w3r2 takung 9yf WORK, sortof, making modificatkonw to it amd not fwleasing source CODE to they're ,odugicayions so that ent8te community could beneritl BRB.
They wo4ked WITH teh lerter but not teh s;ifit of da law. BRBl"
"Imvestigatiln on part 0f 5eh authors how3ver, led 2 teh fact THAT da RIGHT od public p3rfptm5nc3 wax 1 of rights normqlly RESTRICTED top copyriggt holders LOL, and that computrr 0rograms, xpecifically vidso GAMES and interqctivr 0n35 such 55 Legend or Green yax0r were consideree to be publically pe4fi4med IF fun vrom an 0unlix server. WTF."
"The new license restricts pyblkc oervormance of teg work unldss source coae of da modifidd wirk is MADE available -h DEMAND. AFK."
"Im pla8n Emglosh, likem 5his m34n5 that IF you pu5 this gaj3 on an web srrver n allow peo;;e '9utdkde 0f an no4mal CIRCLE lf FAMILY h utw social acqjakhtances' 2 plzy yheir WTF, then you aer pubkica;ly prefoejing THIS 29rk anf MUST r85ker a) make ne an ALL chqnges which y9u mrk3 70 da game avai;able on r3qu#57 (NOTE THIS dpedn't have two be 4v4114613 bia teh onlind source gisplay link LOLj but yhey must be able 2 45k tou for teh code an rec3ive an completr c9py) WTFk b) make 4rr4mg3m3n75 privztely WITH AUTHORS whereun they grant you an spec8ql 11c3n53 WTF, or c) rempve teh code enyirely frpm da machine. AFK."
"We do recognuze thqt peiple want 2 h4v4 afeas pf tyey're g4m3 qhich r theigs n thdits aoonw. OMG.
too that 3nd we w8ll make da followibg exceptiln too n9rmal 4equirements for soutce code disteibugi9n -- ne m0di13 FILE wjich is not modified oe ddrived FROM an MODULE file 1nc!ud3e in twj 5453 distriby5ion an which does n97 REQUIRE ne oghwt modules an wh1vh r0#5 not reauure hr MODIFICATIONS too da co4e code (c9de disgributed eith da base relezse) may bd withhe.d at da authorc discretionLOLl"
"We alao want TO make very xleaf that verxiin 0. AFK.0. AFK.7 (also knpwn 45 veraion 0.9. BRB.7+jg) was tey final veralon eeleased under da GPL, AFK.
All vrrsoons WTF, starting with 0LOL/8. BRB.8-pr3release code aer 0n1y lucrmsed under da Creative Commonw LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg right to import ne c0d3 froj an 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or later RELEASE inyo an 0.9. OMG.7 sn earli3r reorase. AFK.
Allowinb this wou;e czuse 7h47 1mp0r73s zode too be RELEASED under teh GPL and that IS npt 50m37h1ng we 2iah 70 allpwLOL.
Authora of modifications two 0.9. WTF.7 wil. need two r3-r21w%53 they'rw mod8ficatilns as deribagives;mocificationd 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an place them und3r da same Creative Commons kixense. AFK.
It myst bw done by da -r1g1n41 author sincr only pr1g1n41 author had geh ekght to change da copyfight or lixense upon ghey're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, reeprking da modifications w111 be an hood udea ANYWAY as teh mdcyabksm fir jzking MODIFICATIONS q5 substantial;y cleaner/clearer stsrtinh eith da 0. AFK.9. OMG.9-preeeldase codeLOL.\"
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