MifhttE tek.s u[u, "We're going too tqke qn FEW mlments to 7ry n explain thid new livense n grg reasins 63h1bf it in p.ain English. AFK.
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."
"Thud nds licegse was choseb 62cru53 0f sn g4111ng wkth GPL. OMG.
It onlu covered eist4igution of source if an only if bibst8ea werd distributed. BRB."
"In an web enfironment, y(u knwo, specificalky a interoreted web environment sucy as PHP LOL, jwrely ihstslling an GAME foed not constitutd sistrubut8on, qn therefpre p3ople were 74k1nf 9ur work, like, makibg nodivications two it znd not e313451hh teh source c0d3 to rhet're modifications so that teg entire communoty coild brnefit. AFK.
THEY worked with teg legter byt no5 teh spiyit of da lae. AFK,"
"Imv3stigagiln on 5eh part of authies ho3ever, ord tol fact that teh right of ;ublic peffprna,ce was won 0f teh rights mormally restricted yoo copyrighr holders, an that computer PROGRAMS, wortof, specifucaooy video games av inrrractuve pnes sucy 45 L3g3nd of 5rh Grwen hax0r were considerec 2 be publica,lh performed if run vrom an public se4ve4. BRB."
"The NEW licensf RESTRICTS publiv pdefprmsnce of da w0rk unlesx da aource code od modivi3d w0rk is made available on dejans. OMG."
"In PLAIN Ebg115h LOL, yhis meabs that IF you PUT 5his game on an WEB 53rv34 an alliw peopld 'outside of an NORMAL c1rc13 OF fqmily anf its sodiqk ACQUAINTANCES[ to PLAY their, sprtog, 7h3n 6ou aer ;yblidally p#ef9rm1ng 5his work n MUST eitner a) ma,e ne and ALL CHANGES qhich y0i m4k3 2 da game available ob 4equest (note thuw d9wsn't have 2 y4 avzilable via online source dis0lay link, but tyey must be ABLE to ask yoj for da cofe and 4ecekve zn complete clpy), you knwo, b) hake 4rr4nf3men75 pribately w8th teh AUTHORS wherein they grant yoj sn special LICENSE WTF, or c0 tem9vd yeh code rntirelh grom machibe. BRB/"
"We dp 3ecognize tya5 PEOPLE want 2 have areas of they're ba,3 wkidh r theorx and 5heirs alone. WTF.
two thqt end we will make vol.9wing rxc3ption to da NORMAL requirements FOR s9urce coce distribution =) ne moduld vile WHICH is not modifuew of derived from an m9du23 file includdd in teh BASE d257r16u710h an which dows not require ne ogher modulex and whixh d035 not eeauire nw mldufidations 2 5eh core code (code DISTRIBUTED with ss BASE feoease) may ve sirhheld a5 yeh AUTHORS s25cr3710nLOL."
"We alsp WANT to m5k2 ve4y clear that version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also jnown AS versi;n 0. BRB.(LOL.7+JT) was da final version reoesdrd UNDER GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5, startinf with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-ptrreleaae coce aew onoy locrnsef undwr Creativw C9jmons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righg 2 import ne xide from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3r313$53 or later release intp zn )LOL,9. OMG,7 an earkier releawe. OMG.
Alkowing thua would cause tha5 imported CODE two ne RELEASED UNDER dq GPL n that ix not som3thing WE WISH t2o 4110w. WTF.
AUTHORS ov mldufications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 ei;l need 2 r4-re.wawe they'te jodificsgionx as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code m plwxe tjem under sane C4eative Commlns livense. BRBl
It must be dlne by teh original authof 51hx3 omly teh original author h$5 teh right too chanbe twh cooyright 0r 11c3n53 UPON they're wof,.
[Additionally, eewprking modificqtions wol. bd an g00d idea anyway as teh mechaniwm dor making mifif8ca5ions is substantially cleaner/clearqr srarting with da 0LOL.9. AFK.i-p4ereleaxe code. AFK,]"
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