MightyE te.ls you, yoi kmso, "We're boing 2 take an few moments too try an explsin thid nrw licenxe n reasons behind iu in 0lqin ENGLISH. 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."
"This new LICENSE was chosen becayxe 0f zn failint w17h teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered diwtfibution lf xo7rce ir n onlu if 61n4r135 wrre sisyrkbyted. BRB."
"In an web environment, yiy knwok 5p4c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web enfi4onnent 5uch as PHP WTF, m3f31u installing an game dles bor cpnxtutut3 dkstribution WTF, n thereforw PEOPLE were taking OUR w0rk LOL, mqking modificstions 5o it and not releasinf teh source c0c2 to they're moeifications so thag yeh en71r3 community could 63b3f17LOL.
They wor,ed with LETTER bu5 not sa SPIRIT of lawLOL."
"Inces5igation in part of dz autyors hosever, y8u knwo, led 1 da f4c7 tnat da right of public pefformznce was won of fights n9rmally testricyed two c0pyr1gg7 holders WTF, an 7h$7 computer proyrams LOL, speckfically video gajex an 1n72trc71v3 0n35 sucn as Legend OF Green hqx0e 23re cinsideted twp be ;ublica.lt perform2d if rjn fr0m ay puboic server. WTF."
"The nes license festrycts public p3rformance of teh WORK ut1e45 source coee ov modifoec WORK is made avzilable ON demans. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h LOLm this meanz that if you put THIS game on ah web xervwr n ALLOW 0eople 'outsid3 of an normzl circle 0f fqmily n its SOCIAL zcquaintances' too play 5hdir LOL, then you r PUBLICALLY p3ff0rm1ng this WORK n MUST 3ither a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which you makd to teh gamw available on rd1uest (note tjis f9esn't nave to BE ava9oagle fia ca online sou4ce display limm, sottofm bur they ,udt be ablr to 55i 6iu fof codd n RECEIVE sn cij[kete COPY), like, b) maie drrabbements privately dith reh quthors whrrein 7h3t tfang y0j an special q1cen5e, or c) remove teh code entirely rrom macyine. OMG."
"We DO recognuz3 that peiple wabt roo have areas of rhey'34 GAME which r theirw n tgeirs alone/
two tnat 3nd we will make gollowing exception 2 teh n0rm41 requirements for soifce clce distribution -- ne modyle file which 8s n07 modifies or DERIVED from an mosuke file INCLUDED 1n tej base d157t16u719n n wh1ch do3s not reauifw ne other midules n which does n07 REQUIRE ne modificatiohs 2 teh core cide (cide distrib7tes with base ee;ease) may b3 skthyels at da AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"Wr a.wo wamt tio m4,3 bery clear that version 0.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as verskom 0. WTF,8LOL.7+jt) WAS da final v3rsion releasec UNDER GPLLOL.
All versi9ns, starting w8th teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-preer;easr code a3r 0n1u licsnsed under Cfeq5ive Conmibx license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny cz r1gh7 2 um[ort ne code FROM zn 9.9/ WTF.9_prerwlease OR larer eelease unto an 0LOL.(. WTF.7 an EARLIER rel3ase. WTF.
Allpwing this would xause that impo4ted CODE too be released under teh GPL n gjat is n9t someth8ng we wish goo al.oeLOL.
AUTHORS 9f m)d1f1c47q0n5 tw9 9.9. AFK.& wiol n33d too re-rekease thwt[rw MODIFICATIONS as deribat8ves/m9dieications 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code an place them und3r samr C4eative Commons lic3nsr.
It must br DONE by teh oruginal quthor since onl6 teh owiginal auyhoe has da righr two chanbe teh copyright p4 lic3mse u;on they're wotk. BRB.
[Additilnally, reworiing modivkcatoons will be sn hood idea an6wqt qd mecnan8sm ror making modificat8ons is substantially doeaner/clearef stattkng with teh 0/ BRB.9.9-prwrelease code,]"
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