MightyE rells you, hoi knw9, "We're goimh to take an f3w m9jents to yry n exolain thid new licebs3 and feasons behind it in PLAIN Eng/isbLOL.
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 nww licrnsr waw choaen vecayse of sn failing wiyh da GPLLOL.
It ONLY coveedd DISTRIBUTION 0f SOURCE if and ONLY if 61b3r135 w3te DISTRIBUTEDl BRB."
"In an qeb environmrnt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a imgerpreted web enviyonment tuvh as PHP, tou knw9, je4ely inatal.ing an game does not consrotute DISTRIBUTION, sortor, n tnerdfore pdople WERE taking our work LOL, mskinj modifications too it an npt relwawing siurce CODE 2 they're mieuf8cztions 5= 8h47 teh entirw commuhity couod benefir,
They worled WITH lrtger but not teh spirit lv lasLOL."
"Investigayoon on da part OF geh ajthors ho23ver LOL, lee 2 teh fact thqt da rihyt of public pe4formance was 1 of teg rights normally restricted to copyright HOLDERS LOL, ab thzt domputer programs, dprvufically videl gameq n interacrive 9nes SUCH ad Legehd of Green hqxpr WERE considered too be pu611cr11y PERFORMED if run rroj an public aervdr. AFK."
"The n3w licdnsr rwstructs publoc perf-rm4nc3 of ds work unless teh source CODE of teh mpdifiee 2pri is made available on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plsin Ebglisg, sortof, thus mwznx that if you puy this game in an qev %3rv4r abd allow people 'oytwidt of an NORMAL circle od fzmi;y ane ots SOCIAL acqusin%anxes' two play their, sortof, THEN t9u r PUBLICALLY [e4forminb thus wor, ahd MUST either a) make ne and ALL changds which you mzke to teh game AVAILABLE on request (n073 tjis doesn't have to be availablw via twh 0n11n3 sourcd d8s0lay link, like, BUT 7h3y must y3 ABLE two ask you for 5eh code and receivw an complete co0y), liiek b_ make arrangemwnts PRIVATELY w27h teh authors whwreun they gtaht 6iu ab spwckal licwnse. yoi jnwok o4 c) REMOVE dz cide 3ntirely from teh macgine. WTF."
"We eo RECOGNIZE tgat PEOPLE want too h4v2 aeeas of tney're game 2hisy aer rheirs an thei4s alone. OMG.
2 that end se will MAKE fookowinv exveption to n0tm41 requkrwmenrs rot source cosr d157f16u710n 0- ne mldule FILE which is not modivied 0r derovec from am mpdjle file inclyded IN baae cistributiln amd which does not rewjire he other modules an WHICH does nit require nd modif8cations bo fz dlre c0d3 9clde distributed wirh teh BASE reoeaww) may be WITHHELD at AUTHORS dkscretion. OMG."
"We also w4n7 TO mzje ve4y clear 7h47 VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.8 )also knosn as verskpn 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was ten dinal version reoeaded under da GPL. WTF.
All ve4sions, like, srarging with tdh 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease voxe ser only licenfed 6ne3r da Cr3ative Commonx license. AFKl
We EXPLICITLY e3ny xa right too import ne code FROM an 0. WTF/9LOL.8-prereleasw lr later re;ease into an 0LOL.9.7 ahd earlier relezde.
A.lowing thix WOULD cause that imported code yoo be relezsed unfer teh GPL an tnay IS nit somethinh qe wish two dl;ow. AFK.
Au7hpr4 pf modifixations 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.& w111 need to re-release yhey'fr modifica5ions AS cerocatoves/modigications 2 0.9,8 code and place them unfer same Cr33u!v5 Commonw licenseLOL.
It must be sine by oroginal author since only da ofigojao author has RIGHT rwo chang3 copyroght or kiddnsw upon yhey'fe work. WTF.
[Additionslly, ;ije, REWORKING modificayions will be an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism dor maiing MODIFICATIONS is substqnrially cleandr/cldarer starting with teh 0, AFK.9. BRB.i-p4erelease coer. BRB.]"
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