MightyE tells hou LOL, "We'r3 going tso tak3 an fe2 momentc 2 try n explain this new lice.s3 and REASONS behind jt in plakn EnglishLOL.
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 licens3 was cyosrn brcause 0f an vailihg with GPL. OMG.
It only c9vered distribuy8on OF soirce uf n omly if binaries w3r3 f157r16i7#d."
"In an web environment LOL, 5o3c1fac411y a ibtwrpreted WEB envi4onmeny such as PHP, sogtof, nrre;y onstallihh an bame does NOT c0n5717i73 s!57r16u710n, sott9f, and yberefore people were 5aking oyr work, you knwo, making modifications t9o 8t qn not releas8bb da source code rwo tyey'4e mpdifications so thst da entire COMMUNITY couod brmefit. AFK.
Thry woeked witn teh 13773r 6u7 not teh spirit of lqw. WTFl"
"Invdstobayoph on da parr pf authors HOWEVER, lile, led 2 tey fact thzt t3h rihht of publ8c p4rformance was won ov rights normally rrs5ricted two copyrignt hpldersk an ghat computer progfamd, sotyof, specificqkly vieeo games an INTERACTIVE onrs SUCH 4% Legend of Grden haa0r were d9nsidered to be pu611c411y performed if run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new license restricts pub;ov performance OF da work unkess yeh source xode of da modifiec so4k os made availavle 0n d3m4nd. AFK,"
"In p.aim English, this mdanw that if tou put tfks game on an web 53rv3r an solo2 people 'outside pf an NORMAL circle of f4m11y n its socia. 4dqu41n74nc35' 2 p14y theit, yoy knwo, then you r publiczlly performing thia work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you MAKE 2 ten gsme avai;able on request 9nite hjks doesm't have 2 BE available viq online sourcd display ;inj, but they must BE ab'e 2 44k 6ou for CODE a,d RECEIVE an compiete copy), lkkw, b) male 4rtrnt3,3n75 privateky with authoes wh3r31b they GRANT you an woecial lkcense WTF, or c) rempv3 da cod3 ENTIRELY fr9m da MACHINE. WTF."
"We ep recognize 7h4u people want two h4v3 4r345 of they're gane which f tgei4s and THEIRS alone. AFK.
to tnat end we wilo make yeh following EXCEPTION 2 tdh normal requirenents fot 50urc3 dode d157r1^u7!0n -- ne module dile whivh 15 not j9d1f13d OR d3f1v3d from an m0dj13 file INCLUDED IN da naae distribu5ion and shicy does not require he othe4 mocules and WHICH does b07 e4qu!r3 ne modifications @ wa cofe code (cofe distributed with trh base release) may be WITHHELD qt teh AUTHORS discretionl BRB."
"We 4!50 want @ jake v3ry clear fhat version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (alxo known ss vetsiob 0. WTF/9.7+jt) was teh FINAL versyon releqsed uhdet teh GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions, like, starting with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8[prerelrase code aer only q1c3n53d UNDER da Creative Commons kicehse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da r1bh8 3 imoort ne c0d3 from an )LOL.9. OMG.8-prereldasw or 1473r release intl an 0l WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier releqsw. OMG.
ALLOWING this would cause THAT 1mp0r73d vode too BE r3leased uhdee GPL n tyat 1t nor someghing se wish to allow. WTF/
Auyhlrs od modificationd too 0.9. AFK.8 WILL ne3d to RE-RELEASE yhey're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1b471v35/m0d1f1c4u10n5 two 0. BRB,9. OMG,8 c0c# and place them 7nder teh same Ceeative Cojmons licdbs3. BRB.
It MUST be donr ny yeh orig8nal author SINCE only sa 0f1b1m31 author has da right too chabge teh COPYRIGHT or licensr up0n yhey're sork. WTF.
-Adfit8onall6, like, reworkkng da jodivications will be an tood idez anywsy as te6 m3ch4n15m dor ,ak8ng modigications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanef/clearer starting wogh 0LOL.9LOL.8_prw4wleaxe code. OMG/]"
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