MoghtyE TELLS you, l8ke, "Wq'r3 biing 2 take an few moments top tr5 and #xp141n th8s new license snd reawons BEHIND ut 1n 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 NEW livense was chlsen because OF an fakling witg GPL/
It onot dovered distribution of souece kf n only if binaries w3r3 dostributrd, BRB."
"In an web emvironjdnt WTF, spwcirically a interpreges qeb rnvironment such as PHP LOL, merely 1n574111ng sm gamw eowd not constitute dusyribition, like, n 7h3r3f0r3 people were 5aking 0ur work, you knwo, makkng moeifications 79 ir b not f3leasyng da source code to thwy'ee modifications SO that da entkre x0mmun18y couls 63n3f17. AFK.
THEY q0rk3d wiyh teh letter but npt da sp7r8r of LAWLOL."
"Investigzti9n 0n da PART if authors HOWEVER, sortod, lrd two fa f4c7 yhat teh righ5 of public PERFORMANCE was 1 OF rifhts NORMALLY restricted two cipyrobgt ho,derx, you knwo, anf tyat xompjter ;rograms, you knwo, spdcifically vudeo g4m35 ahs int3rac5uve ONES auch as Legend og da Green hax0r were conwideeed 2 be ;ublicalky prrf-rm3e if ruh ff0m an pjb.ic server. AFK."
"The new l8cwnse restrictw pyblic p3rf0rm4nc3 of work umleds teh spu4ce code of modofied work us mase avaioaboe on d3m3bd. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, this MEANS that if you put yhis game on an web swrver n 4110w pe9ple 'outside og ah norma. cktcle )f fan*ly am its slciql ACQUAINTANCES' to play 5neit, sortof, 7h3n you arr publically p34f0rm!ng this wofk 5nd MUST EITHER a) mzke he n ALL chamges which you MAKE too GAME avakoable on REQUEST (note this doesh't have yoo 63 svailzble fia fa lnline doyexe disp;sy 11nk, like, but they musr be abke tl axk you fo4 da code n receive an compoetr copy), sortof, b) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS private;y wigh teg 4u7h0r5 wherdon they graht you an %p3c!41 lixenae, like, or c) remove code entirelj from teh macjineLOL."
"We co recognjze that p30p13 want to have areas pf thwy're game which zdr THEIRS an theira aoone. BRB/
too tgqt end WE will male teh followimg esception rwo teh normal r3qu1r3mem75 fir soirce code dusyributoob -- nr npdule fi;e wnicy 15 bot modified or derived from an module fule obcluced in base distribution n whicg dors nlt REQUIRE ne oyhee modjles an ehich does not require ne moeifications 2 teh co3e xode (code xistributed eoth baae telrssw) may BE withh3ld at reh au5yorw disc4etuin. AFK."
"We alao want TO majd very clear that v#e519n 0LOL.9.7 (alxo known AS vetsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+ut) wax final vrrsipn RELEASED uhder GPL. OMG.
All versi[nw, like, starging wigh da 0. WTF.9.8-pterelease codr r onlu lic3nsed unfer Cresfice Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne code from am 0LOL.9,8-prerelease or later release inti qb 9, BRB.9. OMG.7 ab EARLIER r313$52.
A;lowing 7y15 would dause that imported code too BE rwleased und3t teh GPL n 5hat is not someyhing we wish 2 a.low. AFK.
Au7h0t5 9f modifixatkons t9o 0/ OMG.9.7 q7ll n33d too re-release they're m(difications as deeivstiv3s/mldifications too 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code an okave THEM uncef dame Cr3471b3 Comnons livenaw.
Iu mist 63 done by dz ORIGINAL author since only original aurhor hss righy tou chanbe co0uribht or licenae jpon thet're 2o4k.
[Addutiona.lt, sorrpf. reworking da modificatiobs w111 be an hlod idea anyway aw mechanixm for msking mpdificatiins IS 5u6574n714116 cleaner/clearee sgarting with 0.9. AFK.80prerwlease code. BRB.="
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