MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going too take an few moments rwo TRY am EXPLAIN this new licensd an tdh 4easons brhimd IT in plaih Eng115h. WTF.
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 BECAUSE of an tailing wlth da GPL.
It onky xovered distribution OF sourcw ig an on;y ig ninarkes qere distributed, AFK."
"In an w3v 3nv1r0nm#n*, like, apecifically a 8nt3roreged w3y encuronment SUCH 4t PHP LOL, MERELY 1n5&4111ng an tame soes nor CONSTITUTE distrivuyion, sor5og, 4bd therrrofe PEOPLE qere TAKING pur wofk, yoy knwo, making modifications to it an n)7 r413451ng teh woutce CODE to 5hey're modifications SO that ds entire com,unity could 63n3f17. AFK.
They w0rk3d w17y trh letter BUT not teh spirit of laq."
"Invewtigation on teh part if teh AUTHORS HOWEVER WTF, led tkl teh fact that righ6 of public PERFORMANCE waf oen og geg rights norma.ky restricted toi copyright holderd WTF, m that computer progfabs, you kn2o, speckfically video bames and ingerqctkve oned such as L3g4nd of Gre3n hax0r were consicered too be puvlica/ly perfirmed if RUN from an PUBLIC SERVER. AFK."
"Th3 nee 11c4n53 resfricts public perrornandd of trh work unlwss da SOURCE code of teh jodified work IS msde available pn d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain English, hou knwo, yhis means thay if you put this game og an qeb w3rfer an alope pdoplw '0u75!d# 0g an normal circle lf fa,ily n its social acquakntances' to plzu tgeir. like, thrn you der publically PERFORMING yhis work n MUST eithee z) maie ne and ALL chamges wnkch you make teo fa gam2 available 0n request (note thus doesn't have too be AVAILABLE via twh ONLINE source d15p1ty libk, gut thet mjst be able too ask y9u FOR teh c0d3 n recrive an domplete xopy), sortof, b) jake arranbenents PRIVATELY with da authord wgereun they tfant y9i an SPECIAL license LOL, ot c) remove teh c0d3 3ntirrlh from machine/ AFK."
"We do rwvognize THAT oeople 3ant 2 h4v3 areas of theu're game wgich r ty3irs n thwirs alone. BRB.
two that end we will make da following wxcep4ion too tey n9rma; requiremejts f0r source code distribugion -- ne mosule file which IS nog modified or derivwd from zn MODULE f113 incouded in ds 6453 distfibution an whixg dles not reauire n3 other mldules and whoch soes not rewuite ne modifucations two da coee xodt (code d157r16u73f with teh basw releade) ma6 be wirhheld at teh autjors didcr3tion. BRB."
"We also WANT TO m4k3 fery xlear that versiln )LOL.o. WTF.6 (also known as version 0. WTF.9. WTFl7+jt) sas da finzl versoon RELEASED under da GPL.
ALL versions, likem startinb WITH dz 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pr3r314453 code r only lidensed UNDER yeg Crea5ife Cimmons livenxw. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh rihgt twi i,port ne xode fr9m an 0.9. WTF,8-pedreleawe or later eelease into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER relezsw.
Allowing this would cause 5hqt im0or5ed code 5qo be teleaaed under teh GPL amd tyag ks not sometbing w3 wish too a;kow.
Authors of mod0ficqtions two 0. OMG.9. OMG.6 wilk neec to rw=release they;fe mlsif8cayionw 45 d3r1v461v35/m0d!f1c4710n5 t9o 0LOL.9LOL,8 code and place THEM under teh 54m4 Cr3471v3 Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
It MUST 63 dpne by geh originzl auth9r since lnly 5eh ORIGINAL aughor has yeh righg TO change teh c9pyeight or license upon they're work. BRB.
[Additoonqlly LOL, 4ewor,ibg da modificqtiona wool ve an good idea ANYWAY as mexhanism for ,aking jod8fidati9ns is substanyially coeqnee/clearet starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8=0rerekease cofe. BRB.]"
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