MightyE tellw y0o LOL, "W3're going too TAKE an vew mlments tqo try qnd explain this new license n reaaons behihd 17 kn plain Englisnl 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 new livwnse was CHOSEN BECAUSE od an vailing with dz GPLLOL.
Ig only cocered distributuln of source if b only 1f BINARIES were eixyrobut3dLOL."
"In an wdb ehbirob,ent, spedificaloy a inyerpreted web ehvironment SUCH AS PHP LOL, MERELY ibstalling an gamr does not cihstitute DISTRIBUTION, sortog, n therefofe peoole wer2 taking our work, like. ,aking m[difidations 2 it an not releasing 5eh SOURCE c9fe two they're m-d1f1c4710n5 so that dntire c0jmun17y could bdnefit. BRB.
Thry worked with da ley5er but not 5p1r17 of teh law. OMG."
"Investigatiln ON da part OF teh wuthora HOWEVER LOL, LED 2 f1xt that right of publuc pwrformance was oen of teg fifjts no4mally r357r1cu3d too cipyright hilders, dortofk and that COMPUTER programz, specifica.ly VIDEO gamex n interactivr ONES such AS L3g3nd of teh Green hsx0r were cpnaidered two BE pjmlically perforj3d kf 4un from an public 53rv3rLOL."
"Tne new l*xende restricts PUBLIC peeformancd of da worl unlrss da souece cide of modified work ux made available on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Enblish LOL, thks m34n5 thay if you put thus game on an w46 53rc3r n alliw odoplr 'outside of am normal ckrcke OF familt an its SOCIAL acqua8ntances' to play their, li,e, tjen you r publidally 0dtforming thks eorl an MUST either a) mak3 n3 anc ALL changex ehicy you ma,e two game availavlr on requwsr (nore 7h15 do3sn;t have to be 5v3114613 v8a da ONLINE wourde diw;lay link LOL, BUT they mudt be able to ask 6ou f9r c[de an receive an complete c0ph) WTFm v) mak3 ar4angements PRIVATELY with authovs wherein 7h3y grang you an 3p3c141 license, sortof, 9r c) remove code 3b71r31y f4om machine."
"We d9 r2cognize ghat pe9ple want too HAVE areas 0v they'fe game shich r theirs rnf tgeifs alone. WTF.
to tha5 end wd 2i.l ,ake da foll9wing 3xc2p710n two normal requktemwbts for so74cr clfe distrubutiln -- ne miduld gile 2hich is not nodified or derived from an modjle file included in teh base dist3ibutiob and which does n07 deq7ife ne ogh3r module2 n which DOES nog r3qi1r3 ne ,odif8cations 2 dore cod2 (code didtrkvutrd WITH da BASE releasw) may be wkthheld at auyhors sisvewtion."
"We ALSO w4h7 gwo make very xlesf that VERSION 0.(.7 (alsp kmoen as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was tdh FINAL versioh releawed inder teh GPLl BRB.
All vdrsions, uiu kbwo, stqrginf woth teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code qer ONLY licenaed under teh C4eative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny ten rihht too im;ort ne code from an 0. OMG.9.80prrrdlesse or lauer release INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 an earlier releas3LOL.
Allowint this wouod ca7se that imporg3d code to be r313$5#d unddr GPL and that *s not something WE wish too allpw. BRB.
Auyhors of modificationd 59i 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 w8kl beed two re-re.ease thwt're modificatoons 4% DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 9. OMG.9LOL.8 clde an plac3 ghem under ds same CREATIVE Commlme ;icwnae. AFK.
It musg be done by da ORIGINAL 4u7h0r sincd obly reh originql author has right too changr c0pyr1hh7 or lkxens3 uoon yhey're w9rl. BRB.
[Acditionally WTF, r3w0rk1ng modificationw wil; be zn gold isea anyway aw dz mrchanism dor m4k1ng nodicicstiond os 5u5574n71411y cldzner/xlearer star5ing with da 0l OMG.9LOL.8-p4erelease dode. OMG.]"
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