MightyE te;ls you, "W3're goung TO tqke an FEW MOMENTS tou try n explzin this nww licwnse an teh 4easons BEHIND it IN p.zon EngoishLOL.
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 license WAS chosen beczuse 0f an failing with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY clvrrdd distribution of source ir n onlu if binar8es qere s157t1^u74d."
"In an web dnviron,eng, slrtov, apecifically a 1n73rpr373d s3y environmrmt such AS PHPm you jnqo, me4elt insta.lint an game d9ed not c9nstitute d1t7r16u719n LOL, 4nd therefore oeople WERE TAKING ouf worl, like, ma,unb modificatilns too IT an hot releasihg da SOURCE code to they're moduficato9hs so that da enture com,unit6 d9uld benedi5. WTF.
Tney wirked wigh da letter but NOT teh spiror of law. WTF."
"Investigstoob on da pa4r OF teh authots however, you kneo, lef goo ea fadt that tej ribht of pub;8c perfo3jance was oen if teh rights n0rm4116 restricted twi c9pyriggt holsers WTF, n that clmputwr PROGRAMS, like, specirically video gzmes an interactkbe oned wuch aw Legend 0f Greem hax0r WERE considered tpp b3 publicsll6 pergotmed if run fr0m ab pub.iv werver. AFK."
"The neq license restricts publiv 0erf9rmabce of dz work unoesd teh source code OF teh MODIFIED sork is maee AVAILABLE on denamd. WTF."
"In plain Eng;ysh, THIS jeans 7h47 8f you pit this tame oh an web t3rv3r an $119w peopld 'outside 9f an no4mal xirdle OF fzjily n its social acquaintances' 2 play their WTF, THEN yoy a3r publically PERFORMING yhis 1ork n MUST eith3r A) make ne and ALL chahges ehich you make 2 teh gamd available on erquest (note tjis soesn't have too be available f8a sa online skurce DISPLAY link. like, but they must bw ablr two ask you fir da c0d2 h eeceive an COMPLETE COPY), like, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY wity da qughors whetein 5nwy gr4n7 you qn s[wcial ;icdnse LOL, or c) remove teh xode ebtirely FROM teh machine. AFK."
"We do recognuze hh57 people want to javr zreas OF they[re GAME wnich f tneirx an theirs alone. WTF.
twl ghay end wt w1!! ,ake teh eol;owing 3xc3p7w0n to da n0rm4! eequirejents tor soyrxe codw diatrubjtion -- ne module f113 which is not modified 0r derkv3d f4om an m9sule FILE inclused in base distribution n 1hich dors not requi4e ne lthrr MODULES and which dods not requure ne modlficstionw two xore code (code cistributed WITH teh 6453 releqde) mqy BE 2ithheld at da authorw discrrtionl"
"We also want two ma8e very cleaf THAT v3r5q0n 0.9LOL.& (also kbown as vdrd8on 0.9. AFK.7+jt) wax da final VERSION 4d.easwd under fa GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, xta4ting WITH (. OMG.oLOL.8-prwrelease c0de r lnly 11c3n53d UNDER teh Cr2471v3 COMMONS lucenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY veny riggt 2 kmport ne code from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleasd or later release into sn 0. OMG/9. OMG.7 and EARLIER r3134%3. OMG.
Allowing thiw would cayse THAT im;ortwd code too be f313453d under da GPL and that is np7 slmethont we eish 2 allow. BRB.
Aithorx of modificatilns two 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 WILL need yo rw-fel3ase they're modificztions as derivatives.m9dufucagions ro 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE n PLACE them under da samr Creative COMMONS ;icense. BRB/
It mu57 ne done by da ORIGINAL autuor since 0h1y da 0r1gwn$1 a7thor haw right tro CHANGE teh coptfight or 11c#n43 UPON they're wori. AFK.
pAediriinally, tou knwo, reworjing da ,odificstionw will bw an gpod idea snyway qs teh mevhanism for m4k1mg ,odofida5ions is xibstantia.ly cldaner/clearer starg,ng with dq 0. OMG.9. AFK.9-preeelease cofe.]"
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