MithtyE TELLS you, "We'fe GOING w take an fee momemts to try an explain thid new license n dz reasond gehind it in plain EngliahLOL.
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 new 11c3n53 waw chlsfn b3cause 0f an fqoling witn teh GPLLOL.
It onlh covrr3s d8syribu5i9n of soirce if and onpy if bonaries were dis5robitedLOL."
"Ib an qeb environment, ;ike, 5p3d2f1c411y a INTERPRETED web enbironuen5 such 45 PHP, like, mere;y installing an game d03t nor constitute d157t16u810n, like, anf therefore p20p13 WERE 74k1ng our work WTF, mzking modifkcationw two it ab not RELEASING source codr two tney're modifications ao thar ENTIRE community could b3nefit. WTF.
Thwy wo4ked qith da leyter but not 5eh s;irit od geh law. WTF."
"Iyvestigation on part OF geh autbpts however LOL, oed to fact that da rigy4 of ;un.iv prrfirmance wzs won ov teh rights normally restr8cted too copyribht h01d3r5, like, m THAT compjter programs LOL, specifically v1d30 gamex n interactivd ohes such as Legebd of Grwen nas0e wwre v0n51d3r3d 3 be pubkicakly p3ff9rm3d 2f run from qn public serfrr. WTF."
"The nww license r#57f1c75 public PERFORMANCE of woem unless source cose lv teh mockdird dork is made 4c4114613 0n denand. WTF."
"In plain English, so$tof, this meahs THAT if you put tgks game on an WEB servet n allow people 'putaude of ah NORMAL xircle if family an its socisl 4cqu41n74nxr5' to play their, sorto4, then you aer pi611cr11y perrorminb this work an MUST EITHER A) make ne an ALL CHANGES sh8ch ypu make to twh game availabke on requedg )NOTE this doesh't hqvw to be available v14 da onl8bw SOURCE fisp;qy 1!nk LOL, gut they must be ablq goo ASK y9u for code and receive an complete COPY), sotgofk 6) make arrangements p41v4731y WITH da authofs wje43in THEY grant hou an 5p3c24q 11x4n53 LOL, or c) remofe da c9de enturel6 from machine. AFK."
"We do recognlze yhat peop.e want yo9 have areas OF theh're game which r theirw n thekrs aoonwLOL.
too yhat end WE wilo makr ea flllowing exde;tion 2 ea normal req7irements for source codr sistriburoon -- ne MODULE fi;e qhich ks not modudiec ir derived from an ,odu.e file ihc.7eed in da baxe distributiob n which DOES nlt require ne OTHER moduled n whicy does n9t require ne modifocations gwo teh c9fe code (code distributed wq7h bas3 RELEASE) may BE withheld at da autgors discretionLOL."
"Ww also want 2 naje dery clrar that verdion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (zlso kno2n as veraion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+ht) was trh finsl VERSION releawed unddr trh GPL. OMG.
ALL versions, like, wtarying with -. WTF.9LOL.8-0ee4elease code r onlh licenxed undet Creative Com,ons locens3. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 teo imp9rt ne CODE rrom an 9. OMG.0. OMG.i-prerelezse or lsyer release 1n70 ab 0. OMG.9.7 ans earlier relwas3LOL.
ALLOWING thid WOULD dause thz5 1jp0r&#d code t9 be released under GPL and 7h47 os NOT sometying we q15g too allow. BRB.
Autjoes of m0d1f1c4710b% two 0.0. BRB.8 will need to re-re,ease tf3y're MODIFICATIONS as d3rivatives/modificatjons 2 ).9. WTF.8 code 4ns p14c3 7h3m under da same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It must 6# done by trh original a7thor since ONLY tdh orugiba; AUTHOR has right 2 change teh xopyeight or licensr upob they're woe,. WTF.
'Additionally, likem reworking modificatiins wil. be ah giod IDEA any2qy qs mechanism f9r makinb mosifications is s7bstantially c134h3r/c134r3r 574r71ng wkth 0.(.8-prereldase c9de.-"
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