MightyE tella you, "We'4e GOING to yake an few m0m3n75 2 yrt and 3xp14!n THIS NEW licdnde n REASONS behind it in plain English. 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."
"Thix n3w licensr was chosen bwca7se 0f ab failint with GPL. OMG.
I7 only COVERED d167f1yu710n of soutce !f n only id binaries wrre distrkbuted. OMG."
"Im an w3b environment, like, s;ecifically a interpretef web enc8ronment such as PHP, l8ke, merely 1n574111bg an game does not constitute distribuguon LOL, qnd therefore pcople WERE tqking our work, lik3, mz,8bg mosofications to it and not rwlezsing source code ti they'ee modifications so tha5 en5ire x0nmun!7y COULD venefit. OMG.
They worked with LETTER vit not spieiy of teh lawLOL."
"Invesg8hation 9n ;art pf da authirs HOWEVER, tou ,bwo, led 1 fact that right of public perrormamcd was 1 of da rights normzo.y RESTRICTED fo copyright hplders LOL, an that comput3r pr0gr4j5, like, specifically videp games and interac5ife ohes such AS Legend of teh Green hax-r wer3 consusered two be pybo8val;y perforjwd IF fun from zh publuc servef. OMG."
"The new locenwe re68f1c75 public perforjancr of da w0rk un13%5 da douede clde of modified WORK is mzde avqilable on demand. AFK."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, this meabs that if you ojt thus GAME on an web serber an allow people 'outaodd of an NORMAL xircle of FAMILY an i5d aociq. avquaubtabces[ 2 PLAY their, thrn y0u awr 0ublifally performing thus work b MUST either a) maie ne n ALL ch4ng35 2hich you make too GAME availsble ON request (n073 thix doesn't have two be avaulable voa ds online sourcr DISPLAY linl WTF, 6u7 7h3y must be ab;e tqo ask you FOR teh cpde b recwice an co,plete c0py) LOL, b) jake arrangements privz5ely witn da AUTHORS wyerein they GRANT you qn x;ecial license, likd, or d) remove code entirelt vro, teh machohe."
"We d9 recognkze rhat peop;e WANT two h4c3 areas of tye6're gaje wh1ch r thdirs an theirs s;onr. BRB.
to thag END we will make f0110w1ng ecceptiom 2 tej NORMAL requi4ements fo4 50jtc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- be mod7le file which 15 not modified OR DERIVED from sn modu.e file imcluded 8n teh 6453 distrobution an which does not require bd othef modjles and which does n)7 rdquire ne modificatiohs 1 geh c033 CODE (c0c3 distriguyrd w17h base release) may be withjeld at AUTHORS discregion."
"We als9 want rpo mak3 VERY c1344 that version 0LOLl(. AFK.8 (alwo KNOWN as verxion 0. AFK.9LOL.&+jt) was da finao vdrsiob r313453d und3f teh GPL. BRB.
All vetsionw, like, sta4ting with teh 0LOL.9.7_prer3.ease code f pjly licens3d ihd3r Creative Conmons license. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da righy 2 import ne cpde from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[peerelwase or oater re;ease into am 9LOL.9. BRB.7 and esrliwf fe.ease.
Al;pwing th8s woykd cause 5hat import3d code too be re.eased under GPL h 7h47 is not somwthing we sish @ allow. OMG.
Authors if modificarions roo -. BRB/9. OMG.7 WILL need 2 re-release they'r3 modif8catiins as derivaticww/mosificatiobs 70 -. WTF.9.8 code anc p14c3 them under dame Ce3481v3 Commons license. BRB.
It must be eone b6 da orig8nal a7thor sincr only orugina. author HAS RIGHT too CHANGE COPYRIGHT or lucense ipon they'fe work. OMG.
[Additionally, dortof, rewo4king teh modifieayions will be an bood udea antsqy as mechanism for majkng modifocatkobs is substantis.ly ckeaher/clearer 574r71ng with da -. BRB.9LOLl8-prerelezse code. BRB.]"
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