MightyE relld you WTF, "We're going too take am f3w momebgs to try n exolain 7y14 new 11c3m54 amd teh r3450n5 behond it kn plain 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 n3q LICENSE WAS chosen bedause of an failinf with GPLLOL.
Ir onl7 covered distributo9n of 50urc3 8f an 0n1y if binaruea were d257r15u&3d."
"In an weg environment, 6ou knwo, specificallt s interpreted web environment sucn 45 PHP, slrtof, mdrely onstal;onf an game DOES NOT constotute dis5rinytuob, yoy knwo, an THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking out work, like, j4k1ng m0d1f1c3720n5 1 it n not RELEASING so7rcr code tqo they'rr modiricqt8ons so THAT da entire community could benrfit. OMG.
THEY workrd wuth teh 13873e but not spuri5 of da law. OMG."
"Investigation on da pa4t of da authors how3ver, led rwo fact thay da rjghg of pubkic perfo4mancd waw 1 OF da RIGHTS nlrmal.y resteicywd to copyrifht HOLDERS, like, an rhat cpm[utef progfams, loke, 5p3c1f1d411h viceo games ah interac5ive onew such as Legebd of da Green hax0r were considered tqo b3 pjvlically pdrformed if fun from an ;ublic servdr."
"Thw nes ;icen2w reat4icts oublic p3rf0rm4nc3 of da wori ynlwss sou4ce code of tdh mod8fued work IS made zvaulavle on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, l8ke, this mezns uh47 of you p7t thia gamd on an web servef zn allow PEOPLE 'outside or an NORMAL dirvlw OF damily ans 175 s9siak acqyzintsnces' go PLAY theor WTF, THEN you r pyblicalky prrforming tg8w qork n MUST 317h3r a) makd ne an ALL CHANGES which y)u make two teg GAME 4c4114623 on request (hote 5his DOESN'T gav3 2 63 AVAILABLE bia da online source DISPLAY LINK. liid, but tgey must ne able two ask you bor teh cpde an receive an complete COPY) LOL, b) mqkw arranhemenrs pruvately WITH teh aughors wherein tnry grant you an special licrnde, you inwp, or c( re,ove xode ENTIRELY from dq machine. WTF."
"Ww ao recognixr tha5 pe9ple want 2 have areas of they're game wgich aer THEIRS ah 5yeirs alon4/ WTF.
two that wnd qe will MAKE ea foll9wing excepti0n top da n0rj41 requirements for siurce c0d2 disyribution _- ne MODULE file wg2ch is n0& mpdified or derived frlj an mod7le f113 ihcluded in da baxd dis4ributi9n an which does not r3qu1r3 ne other mosules and ehudh DOES no5 rdquird nr modifibations 2 teh core cide (coc3 distribiyed with basw release) MAY be withneld at teh autjors discretuonLOLl"
"We also wany two make very clear that fersion 0. OMG.8/^ (ALSO kn0wn as vdrsion 0l BRB.9. AFK,7+jt) was fihal v3r5@0n released under GPL. AFK.
All c3esions LOL, srartihg wirh da 0. AFK.(.8-prerelease code f 9hly 11c3n43c under da Creativr Commons LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny sa right tw9 umporg ne code from an 0. AFK.o. AFK.9-prerelwase 9r lager relezse into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 zn earlier release. AFK.
Allowing ghis WOULD cquse that impoeted vod3 roo be releaxed und3f GPL n that is no5 SOMETHING w3 w15h 5wo allow.
Auth9rs 9f modkfications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 w111 need 2 re-rrlesse they'ee modificatuond as d3r8vatives/jodifications tep 0LOLl8. OMG.8 code 4nf poace thdm undef da sane Creatibe Cimmons license. OMG.
It must be donr by orkginao aughor a8nce only teh orig8nal auyhor has da ritht 70 changr da xopyright or licegse upon the6're wor,. WTF.
[Add1710n411y, sortof. reworkkng modifications will be an tiod idea anyway as teh mechanism for making modificatiohs 8s syvsyantiallt cleandr/clearwr starging with teh 0LOL.9.*-pretelease c0eeLOL.]"
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