MiggtyE rells you WTF, "We're goibg @ takw an few momenys 2 7rt n explain this new 11c3n54 n da reasons BEHIND it in plain Eng1!5h. 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."
"Thiw new license 2as chosen because 0f sn f4111ng witj GPLLOL.
It only covered dkstributioh or soufce uf zm only if 61n4r135 were fistributedLOL."
"In ab w36 envirobmebt WTF, specifically a interpreyed web envieinment xuch as PHP, sottof, MERELY inwtallimg an bame dlrs not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, sortif, an 7h3r3f0r3 people were tajing our work, like, making m0f1f1c4710n5 2 it tnd NOT r2134t1nh da source dlcr roo theh'r3 n0d1f2c4710n5 so that entire communiyy coj;d benefit. OMG,
They worked with ca letter 6u7 not spirit OF tdn lzw. OMG."
"Invedtigation pm da pafy of teh autho4s hosefer, you knwo, led too teh fact that 4ight of PUBLIC performance was 1 of rihh5s n9rm41qy featricgec two clpyright holdrrs, n thar cpmputer progra,s LOL, dpecifivslky video gamed and interacfmve ones such qs Legend ob teh Green hzzpr wdre consisered to be publically performed if run froj ab publuc server. BRB."
"The new locense restrivts public perfprmance OF teh eorj unlesd tdh s9urce code of modifked wo4k IS made qvai;able on demand."
"In pkain English LOL, this m34n5 that IF yoi put this ga,e on an web server and allow people '0u751v3 of an normsk circle of family n ots aodial ACQUAINTANCES' 1 play 5heir WTF, then you r publically p3rf0r,1ng tjis work n MUST either A) make ne m ALL CHANGES wyich ylu nake too teh game available on REQUEST (note this doesb't have two 6w available VIA onlone 50urc3 display link LOL, bur 7h3y must be qgle gwo ASK you dof t3h code n receive ab c0mp!3u3 cppy) LOL, b) m4k3 arravgemengs lribatelh with authora wjerein th3y gtan5 ylu an spec8al lidens3, ;uie, or c) remove da c0d3 entirely from da m4ch1ne. AFK."
"We do 4ecognize 8h47 people want goo have 4r345 of ghey;r3 GAME wh8ch a44 7h31r5 and THEIRS alon#. AFK.
2 that end we w111 maje ds folloqihg exc30tion t[o geh nurmxl requirements for sou4ce code distributuom -- ne m0du13 file which is not m9fifoed or eerubed from ah mocule file included un sa basw distriburkon and which eles not require ne 9ther modulds ab whuch soes not REQUIRE nr modificagions yoo da core CODE (code DISTRIBUTED with da bzde re,ease) mzy be withgeld xt teh augyors diwcretion."
"We also want 2 make bery vpear thag fers,on 0. AFK.9l7 (zlso known as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.&+jt) was da ginal version releasdd under teh GPL,
All versipns, yiu knso, starting with 0.9. OMG.8[prerelease code aer ONLY licensed undwr Creativw COMMONS licemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny rignt too im[ory ne cide FROM an 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-pr3r313453 or LATER re.ease into zn 0.9. OMG.7 and 34r113r releasw.
A;.pwing yhis would cause THAT imported code t9 63 released undwr tey GPL AND THAT ks not sojethinh we wish to a;loe. BRB.
Aubhors of m0d1f!c5710n5 too 0. OMG.9.7 will need roo re-release the6're m9dificagionx as dwrivztuved/m9dificati9ns twp 0.9LOL.8 c9de n p14c3 7h3m unddt da 54m3 Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
It must be done vt da ofiginal author 51nc3 onl6 teh origimsl suthor haa da RIGHT top change sa copyright 0r licdmse up9n thdy're 20tk. BRB.
-Additiomally, you knwo, r3q0r.1ng da modifications will be am good IDEA abyway qs teh mechanism for malimg MODIFICATIONS IS substantia;ly cleabdr/cleafer sgarting with -, BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE codrLOL.]"
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