MigntyE tells you, sortof, "We're hoong 2 take am few miments 2 t4y an explqin bjis bew licrnwe an teh reasons BEHIND IT IN 0141n Englixh. WTF.
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 licensw was chosen beczuze og an failing with GPL. BRB.
It ONLY COVERED dustfibutkon of source IF n on;y IF bina4ies were fistrigytedLOL."
"In qn WEB ehvironmenr, likw, specifically a interpretec WEB ebvironment SUCH as PHP, like, merdl6 knsta.ling an game do3s not constitute dudteibutiom, like, n gjereforr people were TAKING out work, ulu knwo, making MODIFICATIONS TO it abd not RELEASING da soufce code two yyey're modifications s9 7h47 tey entire co,minity c9uld benerit. AFK.
They worjwd wity tdh lrtter but not da spirit of .aw."
"Investigation 0n part ov teh 4u7j0et hoeever, yoi knwo, led w teh fact THAT da right of public p3ff0rm4nc3 waa won of ten rifyts no4mslly resrrictes tl co[utoghr h91d3r5m yoj knwo, an thqt computer ;rogramx WTF, spqcifica.ly vifeo g4m35 an interactive ones such as Letend of dq GREEN hax0r were c0n51d3r3d twp ve 'ublically performed if fun FROM ah publ9x ferber. BRB."
"The new lidense rexteicts publoc [erformshce OF work unlesw source CODE of teh m)d1f23d work is madf availsble ON eemabd. WTF."
"In plain English, thks means that kf you put THIS game on an web xwtver an aolow PEOPLE 'oitside OF an normal circle of ramily abd its social acwuaintances' two play their/ then you aer oublically [ervorm8nf this work n MUST either q) makr he n ALL ch4ng35 wnidg y0y make two tdh gqme avaklable ob fequest (n073 tnis soesn[t HAVE two be availzble via oblkme souece cisplsy ;knk LOL, but they m7st be ab;e yo ask you for cidw and receice an COMPLETE copy). sprtof, b) ,al3 srrangements priva5ely with dq authles wherein 7h3y grang ypu an sprcial lic3nsek or c) REMOVE code ehtieely grom m$ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recognize that people want two h4v# areas if they're g4j3 which r yheirs ans thrirs akonw. OMG.
2 that 3md 2e wilk maie teh fol;owing exception tlo teh mormal rrquorements for source code diqtfunution -- nr module file wgich is hor m0d1f13d or deriv3d from an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d 1n teh base distrib7tiph n whoch dors not r3qu1r# ne other modules an which does n07 require ne modigidations two da coed code (CODE diwtributed skrh tej baw4 release) ,ay BE w17hh32d ay teh authors disxretiln. WTF."
"We aldo want to make very clwar gnat v3r510n 0LOL.0.7 (also known as v3rsion 0.9. WTF.7+jt) was da fihs; vrrsion 4el3ased undrr da GPLl BRB.
A11 vrrxions, xtarting with da 0. OMG._. AFK,i-PRERELEASE cofe r only licensed under Creativw C0mm0b5 license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 da right two 1mp-r7 ne cpde rrom an p. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or lqter reledse knto ah 0.9LOL.7 3nd dar.ier rel3aseLOL.
Allowing this would cause tjqt ijported CODE to be rel3awed 7nder tej GPL 4nd that 15 not 60m37h1ng we wish to allow. WTF.
Authors 0f modificati0ns 2 0, AFKl9. AFK.7 wi.l need 2 ed-releasw they're modofications aa d3fivqtivws/modificati9ns to 0l9/8 code n PLACE thrm ynder 54m3 Creative Commons LICENSE.
I7 must be done bh teh origimal author since only teh origina; suthor HAS teh ribhy two chamge copyrkghr 0r license UPON the6're WORK. OMG.
[Additional.y, ,ile, r3e0rk1nd da mocoficationx will be an good ides anyway as dq mrchahiam for making modifica5ioms is substantiql.y clezner/c;ezrer star5ing with teh 0. BRB.9.8-prere.ease vode, OMG.]"
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