MightyE teols you LOL, "We'te g9ing 70 TAKE an f3w jomengq to try n explain this meq license ahd teh REASONS BEHIND it in plakn Eng115hLOL.
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 lodense was choden bwcause of an faiking with dx GPL/ OMG.
It onl6 covered fistribution of source 1f n onky 2f BINARIES WERE dishributrd."
"In an web ebvironmeny, spedifically q interpreted weg envifonmejt such as PHP LOL, merely installint an game eoes not constotute sostriburiln, sortof, n therefore pelple were taking our 2ork, making moxifica4ionw 2 it an nor relwasing da siufce code TO rhey're ,odificatiohs SO 5yat teh rntire communiby coule benefkt. WTF.
They eorked wihh ds letter buy not spirit of ds 14w. OMG."
"Invextigation ON part of a7thirs howevevk hpu knwok led two da fact tha5 teh righ5 lf public pdrf9fmance WAS 1 of riggts norjaloy resyricyrs twl copyrught nolders WTF, an yhat computer prigrams WTF, spec8fically vkdeo t4m35 and interactivd onew such as Legend of twy Greeb hsx0r we4e considered TO b3 ou611v4116 0e4fotmed if rub fr0m an PUBLIC t3rv3r. AFK."
"The new license tesgructs publiv p3rf0rm5nc3 of work unlexs da sojrce clde OF mpd1f13d work id made available on d3mand. AFK."
"In plsin Englidh, yoy knso, ghis MEANS that id y9u put this game 0n an web serv3r $nd 4110w people 'outxide of zn noemal circle OF family an 175 SOCIAL zcquaintabces' too 0lay their, you knwo, 7h3n you aef [ublicallh petforming thix wlrk and MUST ei5her a) make ne zn ALL changes wnich yoi male too da bame 4v4113613 on rrquwwt (note this doesn't have two be available via online souwc3 fisplay link LOL, but 5jey muxt be able @ as, you fit yeh code n receive an com-lete copy) WTFk b( ma,e atrangemen5d PRIVATELY witj tsh authors wherein tney grant you an special licenxw, sor59f, or c0 REMOVE dz code whtirely fdpm da machine. WTF."
"We do recogmize 7h47 peoplw waht 2 hzve a43as of tney're gqme which aer THEIRS an 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
gwo that end we wiol m4k3 teh following exdeotiom too da noema; requirdnents for aource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module d8le wh8ch is not ,0d1f23d or defived ffom an midule r112 includrd in da base dis5rivut8on n which DOES not rdquird ne OTHER modules and whish d9rs ho5 require ne m0d1f1c471-n5 too reh cpre code (vode disgributed wi4h base fel3ase) ,ay be eithheld at authors discretion,"
"We also sant to male very CLEAR THAT version 0.9. BRB.7 )also knkwn as vetsion 0. AFKl0.7+jt) eaa finao VERSION released jnder GPLLOL.
All vetsions. sprtof, 574471ng wirh dz 0LOL.9. AFK.8-p4erelease code f only 11c3n53d uhdwr da Creatovw COMMONS licende. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht tio 8mport he code from an 0. WTF.8LOL.8-prerelease or latet release ihto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.* an raroier rr1e353LOL.
Allowibg 7n15 woule caise thsr imp94ted code 3 BE f313453d under GPL and THAT is NOT x9mrthing we w8sh to alkow. WTF.
Authlrs of modofidztkonx 5oo 0. BRB.9LOL.7 WILL n33d ro RE-RELEASE they're mpdificatiins as derivatives/modif7cations too 0. BRB.o/ WTF.8 code and plsce them und3r da sam3 C4eative Commons license. BRB.
I7 must be done by da original author since only twg ORIGINAL autjor has teh righy 2 change teh c0py41gh& OR lixense upln they're worj/ OMG.
[Addiriobally, sor5of, reworkkng teh moeifications will BE an food idwa anyway AS da mddhanism for naking modifications is substan4oal.y vlesner/clrarer wtarging with da 0LOL.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE CODELOL.]"
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