MigjttE tells YOU, sortor, "We'te going to take an few momrnte too try n EXPLAIN 7h15 nfw license n teh reasons BEHIND it kn pw41n English/ WTF.
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 bew license eas CHOSEN beca7se 9f ah dailing witj t3g GPL.
It onlh clvered distribu5ion od 50utc3 if h onlt if bknarkes were distrib7ted. BRB."
"In an web rnvironjent, 5[3c1f1c411y a intwrprerrd web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP LOL, MERELY unstalking zn gamd does n0& cinstitute diwteobution, xnd yherefote peopow werc 5aking our work, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS toi it b not releaskng teh source d0d3 two they;re modifications sp 5nat teh entire community COULD benefit. AFK.
Th2y WORKED WITH da letter but n9t spirit pf da lawLOL."
"Invesrigari9n on da part of teh authors howeberk yiu knwo, led 2 teh fqct that teh RIGHT of public performance eas won (f teh figyts n0rm411y 4rsyficted go copyright holfwrs, ;ikwk qbd thar compufrr prograns, like, apwcivicaloh vkdeo games an interactive lnes sycj as Lebend of teh Gr33n hax0r weee conskdered 2 BE PUBLICALLY PERFORMED ir run frpm an pubkic sdrv3r."
"The new licebs3 resrructs public perfoemance of wpri un;ess da 50urc3 code of modiried wprk is mafe 4v4113613 on dwmand. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h, 6ou knwo, THIS means 5hat if you put thiw gamd ON an web derver zn ALLOW people 'luts8de of an nirmal citdle lf f3m11y and its socpal acauaintances' too p;ay theit LOLm then hou r puglica.ly perforjing this work an MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changws wyich y0u make g9 reh game avzilable on request (NOTE thid dlesm't have 5oo be availabkq via da lnline source sispoay LINK WTF, but thei mj57 bw able twi ask y9j for da cpde ahd 4ecwivd an xompl3te copy), b) make arrangements pfivately w17h da authirs wnerein tn3y grsny 7ou an specuao license WTF, or v) REMOVE code entirely from trh machkne. BRB."
"We do rdcoghize that peop;e want too hzve areas of they'rr game WHICH aer 7h31r4 n theirs 410n4. AFK.
tlo ghat emd we wi;l MAKE da FOLLOWING exce;tion roo normal requirrments fot source code disgrib7tion -- ne modu;e file whuxh is not mod8foed or ceriv3s fr0m an module fole included in da base distrigution qn whifh dies not 43qu1r3 ne otj3r modu,es an wt1ch does not require ne m0d1f1c4u1(n5 too twh core code (code distr9buted with teg bsse feleasep n4y BE wiyhheld at da autjlrs discreyion. AFK."
"We also wang tlo make very CLEAR thag veraion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (alxo inown as verxion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+h7_ was teh finak versuom released under GPLLOL.
All verxionsm like, dtarginf sitg 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prere;eas3 cosd r ONLY lic3nsed uhder teh Creative C8mmons licenae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two im0irt h3 x)e3 from an 0.9l AFK.8-prerelease or later relezwe ihto an 0. BRB.9l7 n earlker releaseLOL.
Allowing ghis wluld c4754 that 1mp0r&3d codw TO BE released umder GPL an that is not qpmething WE wosh too allow. AFK.
Aith9es of modificay8ons too 0l OMG.9. WTF.& qill need to re-releasd tycy're mod8f8xations as deribatives/modifications 2 0.9.8 code and place them under teh same Crrative Commons lkcebseLOL.
It must be don3 by da original autn9r wince lnly teh originzl autjof has right 2 change d0pye1gh7 or oicens3 ipon they'rd WORK.
[Additionally, like, rdworking da ,pd1f1c$710n4 wull be ag good idea anuwau ss MECHANISM for making modificati9hs is substantially cldamer/c.earer stqrting with da 0. AFK.o/ AFK.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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