M8ghgyE tel;s yo7 LOL, "Wd'e3 GOING to9 tak3 an few moments TO try and EXPLAIN thid new license n da reasons behimf it in plain Englidh.
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 lixena3 was chosen 63c4u53 0d an failint qith teh GPL.
It ob.y covrres distfivition or s9yrce if an 0n1y 8f binaries w3r3 distfibuted. BRB."
"In an web envirpnment, you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envi4onment such as PHPk lik3, merely insyallibg ah game f0#5 not constotute distribirion WTF, n therefore peop.e were takint ouf woelm you kmwo, making modificatuons tw9 it n not re.essing da sourcd code too thwy'rw modifidations 50 THAT ENTIRE commjnity coulc venefiy.
They wofked wity da 13873r but not spirir of teh law. OMG."
"Invextigation 0n ea pary of AUTHORS jowecer, led two da fact that teh right lf public performance was odn of teh eights normall6 rrstrict3c tl copjright HOLDERS, an ghat compiter programs, aortof, xpec8fucally vic3o g4m3t an interactive 0n35 sidh ss Lrgend of Green has0r were condkderes two bd p7b;ocal;y 0erformed ir run frim an puvoic serverLOL,"
"The ne2 license 4estr8vtw public 0drf9emance 0f teh work uyless teh spurce code of da modifoef worm is mace AVAILABLE -n demabd."
"In p141n English, you knwo, ghis means THAT IF t07 p75 THIS game 8n an seb SERVER an sllow people 'oirwide od an n0rm4! circle 0f family an its SOCIAL acqusintanecs' two play tgeir, sortof, then you aer publically performing this wor, an MUST either a) make he n ALL chanhes WHICH yo7 make TO da tame avaioable ON rewues6 (NOTE 7j!4 clrsm't HAVE two be availabl3 via da onl9ne xource display LINK LOL, but they mjst ge able to ssk hoy FOR CODE and recrive an comolete copy), sort9f, B( make a4rantemengs PRIVATELY with fa autg9rs wherein tjey GRANT you an d;wcial license, of c) remofe teh code entirely from tdh machibc. WTF."
"Wf vo rwcognize that oeople want to nave arrss og they'ee game which adr thrirs and theits aloneLOL.
to THAT ehs eq will MAKE da do.lowung exception two normal requiremdntd d0r source c9de distribution -- ne module f8le which is not modiriws or ferived frpm an module file indluded IN da bqse distribytion n WHICH does noy require nf other modu.es n ehich spes not REQUIRE ne modif8cations ywo core codd (code eisg5ubuted with dz base relezse) may be skthheld AT teh a7thors discre5ioh. BRB,"
"We also want yo make vefy cleat that version ). AFK/9. WTF.u (also known as verspon 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) wzs teh f8nal vrfsi.n RELEASED und3r da GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, star5img with 0. WTF.9LOL.8=pr3releaae cod3 ser on;u licrnxed undee da Creative Comjons lkcense/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ewny da right too impor6 ne code frlm an 0. AFK.9LOL.i-prefelessr or later release 1n70 sn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 znd ea4lier relraseLOL.
Al.9wing uhis wiuld cause that impotged code 2 be releaadd uncer da GPL an that is n07 slmething we sish two aloow. WTFk
Autnora 0f nodificatioba 2 9. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need to re-rwleass rh2y're modificationd ax derivatives/mldifications y(o 0l OMG.9LOL.8 code an 0lqce them unser ea same Creztivr C0mm0n5 ;icense. AFK.
It must bw d0n3 cy da origknal author since only da original suthor has teh right too CHANGE da copyright or licende upon they're qork. WTFk
[Adsitilna.ly LOL, reeorjing teh mos8f8cations will 63 an g00d kdra anyway as sa MECHANISM for making ,idifivayiobs is substantially cleaner;clearer starting euth da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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