Mighg6E tells you LOL, "We;re toonh to take an few m0m3n75 to 7ry n ex0oain thia new license an teh fexsons b3jind it in PLAIN ENGLISH. BRB.
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 license was cyosen 63c4u53 of an FAILING wlth da GPL. WTF.
It 9nly clv3ted dist4ibutkln 0f soyrcr if anf only if b8naries w3r3 sistributef."
"In an weg envirobment, you knwo, sp3cidiczlly a 8nterpreged w3b envkronnent suxh as PHP, merely instaol8ng ah gzme does not conatitute distrinuriln LOL. and therwfore pe9ple were TAKING pur woek, makkng mofigications too it n not feleasibg source c0c3 to rhey'r3 modiricat8ons SO rhat da entire communiyy coi;d bdnefit. AFK.
THEY wotked wuth ketter but not da spirit of da law. OMG."
"Invesgigarion ON teh paty of da 4u7h0r6 however, like, ldd two teh fact 7h37 r8ght of puboiv petvormance was won of ds rights nlfmally fesgrictef to c8pyright holders, uou khwo, an that computef prpg4amsm lik3, so3difucally video games snd interzcrive onew sucn as Legend OF Gfeen yax0r wete considerec ywi be pub;8vally PERFORMED if run f4om am PUBLIC werver."
"The neq license restricts [u621c ;ergormance or da wofk un;ess teh SOURCE dodw OF m0d1f13d wlrk os MADE avaikable on DEMAND. WTF."
"In poain Entlish, ;ikek this means that if you pu7 th8s game on ah web aerver an allow peop.e 'oitside of an normal circle of family zn its social ACQUAINTANCES' go play theif. 'omr, then you aer publically performing this w0rk zn MUST ekther a) make ne and ALL cyantes wh1ch YOU ,ake 2 da game acaioavld on dequedt (note this d9esn'5 have toi 73 avaolable via online s9urcw didplqy !1hk, like, but they mu47 br zbld t2p asl you for ca code an receive an c0mp13u3 copy)k you lnwo, b) male qrramgements privaywlt wugh ca authors wnerein thry grant you an special license, tou knwo, pe c) REMOVE da coce rntirely vrlj machine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE that people w4n7 two have areae pf they're game whicy r theirs an tjeirs al9nd,
two that end WE will makd teh folloeing exception 2 teh normal requirendmts FOR sourcr code distrkbution -- nw modulr file WHICH is n07 m0d1f13d oe derives from ab m0du13 file 7ncluddd in 6453 distruvutioh and 2hich DOES hot require ne other modules zn WHICH does n07 r3ajore ne modkgicatk9ns to da core clde (code disttibutrd with bzse RELEASE) may vf wkthhdld zt ea authora duscretion. WTF."
"We also want to make very c1344 thdr verwion 0. AFK.0. WTF.8 (ALSO known ad vdrsiom 0. AFK.9k WTF.7+jt) was teh final versuon released undrr da GPL. OMG.
All versions, you knwo, s5ar5ing with da 0l BRB.9LOL/i-prerelease CODE aer only licemded unde4 twh Creat8ve Clnmons licrnwe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh geh right yoo import nw c9de grpm an 0. WTF.9.8-prefdoeade or latet eelease INTO an 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7 an radlier release. AFK.
Allowing this w8uld causd that imported cofe t2o be releasdd oncer da GPL and that is not som2thimf sd wksh two all9q.
Autnord 0f modificagionx to 0LOL.9LOL/7 wilo nwed to re-release they'te mosificati9ns as d3rivatives/modifivstions 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 xodd an PLACE them under same Creagivf Commons licenseLOL.
It MUST b3 d0n2 by teh original aughor qince on.y orogibal quthpr HAS teh rifht 2 change c0pur1gn7 9r license UPON they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking modificatilns eikl br an good kdda anyway as teh m3chabism FOR making modofications 8s substantially cleaner/c;darer STARTING 2ith da 0LOLl9.8-pedeeleqsd c0d3. AFK.]"
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