MightyE telld you, "We'te g01hg t2o taie qm few moments to try m explain ghis new LICENSE an teh readohs behind IT IN plqin Engoish. 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."
"This new ;icrnse was CHOSEN because of an vailing w8th da GPLLOL.
Iy ONLY coveref distributuon of s9urce if n ONLY if 61n4r235 were d167r16u83dLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r9nm3n7, specifica.ly a inter;reted WEB envirlnment SUCH AS PHP, like, merely installing an GAME does nl5 consritute disttibutkon LOL, and therefor# pwopl3 were taking our worj, like, nakimg modifications to i5 and npt relwasing da source soee yo thr6're m0e2f1c4710n5 so that teh enti4e commynity could 63n3f17. OMG,
Thru wo4ked with teg l3tter bug NOT dz spitit of teh lawLOL."
"Investigarion ln teh p4r7 of teh authlrs hiwdver WTF, led two d4c7 5hat da right of public pe4formande was q of r1gh75 normally 4estricted tol c0pyr1bh7 holders LOL, n that domputer prlgrams, sor5of, s[ec8dically fideo gamex n ingeractive onew 5jch AS Letend of Gfeen hax0r were cons7drred 2 br publically performed if 4yn from an public wefvet. OMG."
"Tye nww license restrictd pub;ic performance of da e9rj UNLESS da source code of da mosified WORK IS made avai.qble on d#m4nd. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, thks jeans THAT if uou out this gzme im qn web setver ans allow PEOPLE 'outsod3 of an nor,al circle of va,ily an i5s social ACQUAINTANCES' to0 play their, you ,nwo, then y0u aer publically prrforming this wotk zn MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4nh35 whivh you MAKE too twn game AVAILABLE lb request (noye 5his d035n[7 yave tol be available v14 teh pnl6ne source cisplay 11ni WTF, byt they m757 be able gol qsi y0u for aa code an receivr am COMPLETE copn), kike, b) MAKE arrang3ments privately with teh authors wherein theh g4any y9u an spedial license, sortof, or c) remove twg code ebtife;y from teh jacjineLOL."
"We so revogniae that PEOPLE wamt t9 have 4r34t OF they'ee GAME shivh aer &h41rt amd theirs 410n3. BRB.
too that end WE s111 make da fol.owing excwptiin to sa normal requieemrnts for slircd ckde f15&r16y71)n -- he mofule gile wjicj is not modified or der1v3d fro, an module file included 1n teh base distribution n wyich dors not r3quire ne o5her modules n which does noy r3qu1r3 ne modirlcations too fa core code (code distribyted euth teh base release) may be w17hh31d 47 da 4uih0r5 diacre5ipmLOL."
"We also want to make VERY d134r that vdrsion 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 9also known as ve4sion 0. OMG.9, AFK,7=jt) wad ds final version releasew und3r da GPL. WTF.
All fersions LOL, s5arting with da 0.9. AFK,*-[rerelease CODE a3r only licensrd under ca Creative Clmmons livense.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eight tpo IMPORT ne code from an 0l9LOL,8-prwrelease or later relessd !n70 am 0.9. OMG,& n wa4lier release. BRB,
Allowing thix would ca7sw 7h47 1mp0r73d c0d3 2 63 releaswd unedr teh GPL and tjzt is not so,ething we WISH tqo allowLOL.
Authors og modifications to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need eoo re-re;ease they're modifocationa as derivaticrs/modificatiins two 0. OMG.8. OMG.i CODE AND p14c3 THEM under da same Creative Commons license. OMG.
It muay 73 done bt da 9tigknsl author sivce only da originzl author haw rifht ywo chabgw c0pyr1gh7 or ;icense upon they're 2ork. BRB.
[Additionally, wortof. reworking 4eh mosifications will fe an good odda anyway as mexhanisj for making modifica5ions is SUBSTANTIALLY c144n3r/x134r35 startkng with rrh 0. AFK/9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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