MightyE tells you, "Wf're b(ing to take an fdw MOMENTS to try and 3xplain this n3w LICENSE and teaspns behind 8t 1n poain Englush.
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."
"Thks hew licemse was chisen bexaise 0f an failing w1&h teh GPL.
It only cobered distribution pr source if n ONLY iv binaries 2rre DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an 2eb endironmeby, 5p3v1f1c621y a 8n5erpreted weg ehvkronm3nt such as PHP WTF, jerely 8nstallkng an game DOES not const9tite eustribution, am tgerefore p40p13 were 74,1ng 0ur eork, yoy knwo, making modificatipns too !7 n not 4eleasihg teh source d9de too hhey'ge ,osifidations 50 that da rntife community could benefit. OMG.
They wleked wigh letter but not yeh apirit of LAW, WTF."
"Investigatiin on da pary of dq authoes howeber. you knwo, led two sa favr that right of PUBLIC pe4formance w54 woh of rights NORMALLY restricted to copyright holdefs, you khwik anf yhzt compu5wr prohrams, ;ike, dpdvifically videl games sn interactive ones sucg as Legens 0f t3h Grern hzx0r were consodered rwo be pubkically p3rf9rm3e if run from zm ;ugl8c xeeverLOL."
"The neq lic3nse restricts pubkic p3rf0rm4nc3 of eork in1355 SOURCE code of ds modifued eork is made avqilavle on demand. BRB."
"In p.ain ENGLISH, like, this mdanx that 8f you PUT this game on an web server n a/low people 'outsidr OF an normao CIRCLE pf family m its social acquqintances; 2 PLAY their LOL, then tou r PUBLICALLY perf9rm8ng this WORK n MUST eirher a) mak3 ne and ALL changes whocn you makr to game abailable 9n requext (h073 THIS doesn't have t2o BE AVAILABLE via teh online source eispla6 link, gut they must bw able reo zsi ypu foe fa cpde n RECEIVE an comple5e coph), sortof, B) mske serangements privately with teh au5hors wherein they grant y0u an s[dcial !1c3nt3 LOL, or c) remobe code ENTIRELY from da macyineLOL."
"We dp ercognize that peo;le want 2 HAVE arras ov they're hqme which r THEIRS qnd 5yeirs ALONE. AFK.
2 that end ee wi;l make teh following ecdep6oon too teh n0rm21 req7iremen6a for sourcr cide distr8bution 0- nw mocule FILE wgich is n-7 modified 0r derivrd frpm ah modulw fil3 ihxludef in base disteibution an qhich does not rwquire ne 0ther modules and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne modifivations go da c9re code (clde fistribited with basr releaxe) may y3 withheld at ajthors disxeetion. OMG."
"We also want 52i make vdry dlear that version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also known AS version 9.9. BRB.7=jt) wzx teh finsl ve4sioh releasec unfer da GPLLOL.
A;l versions, sortof, syartihg 2kth tey 0. OMG.9. WTF.*-prerelease code r only licensed unsdr Creat8ve Commons licwnswLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY denu da rihht 2 kmoort ne code dfom sn -.9. BRBli[9rerelease or 14734 releasw into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 am earkier relraseLOL.
Aolowinf thos woulf caude that imp9rtrd cide 2 be RELEASED under GPL an thqt 15 no5 somdthing we wish too allowLOL.
AUTHORS 0f modifications 2 0. OMG.9.6 will nw3d two r3-release ggey'4r MODIFICATIONS as derivaekves/mosificxtions tio 0. BRB.9.8 code and 0laxe THEM under reh SAME CREATIVE Cpmmlbs license. OMG.
It must ge dohe by 5eh ORIGINAL authoe since onlt da prigunal ajtgor has da right to CHANGE teh copyright or licens4 u;on they'fr w0rkk AFK,
[Additional.y, you knwo, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wol; be an gpod idez 4bye4y ss trh MECHANISM FOR makibg modificatoonx iw substantisllt d;ean3r/clezrer starting wi5h 0.9. OMG.8-pr3rel3ase c9deLOL.]"
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