MightyE tells youm "We're going to take an FEW momebts to9 ury an explain this n3w LICENSE abc weasons 6eh1nd it in plain Engl8ah. AFK.
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 qax chosen because of an faik8ng with teh GPLLOL.
It onky conered fisttibu5ion 9f 50irc3 if n onlt if biharies we4e eistrobuted."
"In an w36 enbironn3nt, 5p4c1fqc311y a interprer3d web wnvironjent 5uch 45 PHP, dortof, mwrely installinb an game DOES not constitute distriburion, like, 4nd thr4efore peopke wrre taking our worj WTF, making m0d1f1c4710n5 to it ans not rekeasihg SOURCE c9de too 5heh're modifications 50 thst enture co,munigy c9u.d nrhefit.
Tjey worked witj letter bu5 no5 wpirit of teh law."
"Invest8gation on da part OF authors hoqevdt. sortof, odd two teh vact gyat dq righf od lunkid performance was 1 pr teh eibnts nofma.oy restricted too copyright HOLDERS LOL, and gha5 COMPUTER PROGRAMS, wlrtof, specifically video gamws and interzctive ones sucg ax Legend of teg Gr33n nax0r were consider3d two be publifally pwrfodmed IF run fr0m an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new lic3nse 42stricts oublic pefformance or teh WORK unlwds source code if teh modified w0rk is m4s3 available on ddmanc. AFK."
"In plzin English, you knwo, this .eans tyat if you put tyis game on an web sercer and allow people 'outdide of an normal CIRCLE or FAMILY an prs social acwuainranc3s' 2 p14y theit, THEN you aer pjblically o3rfo4ning yhis WORK 4ns MUST eithrf a) make n3 n ALL cganges which YOU make TO da fsme available on e3qu357 (note tj8s dorsn't have 2 be availafle VIA ONLINE slurce dksplay 11nk WTFm but THEY mist be able TO ask y0u dor teh dode n receivd am complere copy) LOL, b) makw arrangdmenrs oribately witn teh authora eherein yhey g4anr you an specia. licemse, or c) remlve clde rnri4ely fr0n msvhineLOL,"
"We DO revognize ggst p20p13 want too hafe areas of 5hey'rw g4m3 which adr theirs an theirs alpne. BRB.
roo THAT ehd we will nake teh follosing exception too normal requirementa for source code cistributkob -- ne modu;e folw wh1cg IS not MODIFIED or derived from sm modul3 fil3 includef 8n base distrob7tuon and qhich does not re1uire me other modulwa an which does nog requkre ne modificationx twi teh xore code (cpde didtrigjyed with baxe felease) may BE withh2ld 47 AUTHORS d14cr3710nLOL,"
"We also wanr gwo make cery clear tha5 v2rdion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (q.so lnowm as version 0o9. WTF.7+JTp was da vinal v3r519n released under da GPL, WTF.
ALL vwrsions, starting with 0. BRB.8LOL.8-PRERELEASE code f only licdnsed under teh Creative Cimmomw licrnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh tight two import me c0d3 frpm an 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE ot later release int9 an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n 34r11er r313454. WTF.
Alloeing this would dause gjat imported code to be r313453c uncer teh GPL an that IS not 50m37h1ng we qixh too ALLOW.
AUTHORS of modofications ywo 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 wikl need two re-rslsase they'rd modificatuonx as deribatives/modifications 2 0.9.8 code n p9acd tmem UNDER same Cfeative Commons oicenseLOL.
It MUST be done by da oribinal author SINCE ino7 original author yas ds right 2 xnange vopyroghy or license upon rhey're work. AFK.
[Adeirilna.ly, rrworking teh modificsyions will bd an good 1d34 ANYWAY as teh mechanism fir makibg mldificahiona os dubstantially cleaner/clear34 starting with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0rerelwase cide. BRB.]"
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