MightyE tells you, sor5of, "Wd're GOING gwo take ah few momen5s yqo tey and EXPLAIN this new license n reasons bwhimd ir ub plaim Enhl8sh.
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 nww lidense wss xhosen because og an failing with GPL. OMG.
It only civered e157r16u710n of source IF n only if bibsr8es qete disytibired. AFK."
"In an web env8ronmdn5. kike, dpecuf8cally a 8ntetpreted web ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, yo7 ,nwo, mete.5 1n574112ng an game doew NOT constitute dost4ibution WTF, and therefore pwople WERE taking our qoek WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS too it AND not r3leasing sourde coce two they're modificatilbs so ghat 3nt8re comjunity COULD benefi5.
They wo4ked w27h da .e5tdr byt nog da SPIRIT of da lawLOL."
"Incestogation 0h da p4r7 of dz authors h0w3v3r, yoi knwo, led to dq fact 5hat right ov [yboic PERFORMANCE was w.h of rihhrs normally res5ricyed two dopyright holde4s WTF, n that computef prohfams LOL, SPECIFICALLY vieeo GAMES an interaxtiv3 onws such as L3g3nd of g3h Green hax0r wefr considered two be pu611cr1!y performes ir RUN ftpm qn PUBLIC servet. AFK."
"The new kicense restrixts ;yblic perrormance pf w9rk 7hless da SOURCE CODE or da m0d1d13d 2lr, 15 made ava8oable on demqnd. AFK."
"In plain Engkkdh, softov, THIS MEANS THAT uf toj put 5hkd game on an web 53rc3r AND allow people 'outside of an normal citcle pf famuly amf itw SOCIAL acquaintances' too play thekr, then you r publuca.lt PERFORMING this work an MUST euther a) make ne AND ALL changes qhich yoi jake 2 teh gaje available on request (note thks doesn't have TO be availamoe vks onl8ne source didplay 11nk, like, BUT 7h3y mu57 be zble @ ask you FOR teh cpd3 n recdive an COMPLETE copy), l*ke, b) MAKE arrangwjemts privatrly qith teh AUTHORS whefdin theh grabt you qb special license, sortof. OR c) femovr da code ENTIRELY from teh machine/ WTF."
"We do recognize that people want two have 4r345 of they're GAME WHICH r theirw and theits alpne. AFK.
too that end we w111 make vokl9wing ecceptipn two normql requirements f0f SOURCE code dkdtrib7tion -0 ne MODULE f8le which IS not MODIFIED ur DERIVED from am module file included in teh base DISTRIBUTION n shoch does not require ne oth3r m(cules an WHICH does noy require br jod8dixat*ons toi co4r code (codw distributed with bzse release( may be w8thhe.s ag da authors dosctetuon. BRB."
"We also ean5 2 make VERY clear that VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also kniqn zs vefsion 0LOL.o. AFK.7+j6) was teg finzl v3r510n RELEASED UNDER GPL.
All gersions WTF, srarting with teh 0.9. WTF.8-prere;eaae CODE aer only licensrd jnder ra Crra5ive Com,ons l8cense.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ribj5 yio IMPORT ne code from zn 0LOLl9. WTF.8-;rerekease or later release INTO an 9. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlker felease. WTF.
ALLOWING tyis would cquse tnat 8mp9rtwd code ywo be released under GPL n THAT q5 hot sobething we WISH too aooow.
Au5hprs of modidications to 0.9. BRB.7 sill NEED too re-rekeaxe 5hey'rw modif8cariins as derkvqtives/modirocati9ns gwo -. BRB.9. AFK/8 code and PLACE tgwm under teh sam3 Creative Cpmmons licenae. OMG.
It must be 3ome by priginal autjlr since pn1y teh original autg9r haw da riggt two change twh copyrkfht or LICENSE upon they're workLOL.
[Addituonaoly, sortofm reworking mosidicati9ns w111 be an good ides anywsy as twj mechqnis, dor ,akung modivications IS 5u6574n&1311y clesner/clearer starting with 0. AFK.(LOL.8-PRERELEASE dodeLOLl]"
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