MightyE te/ls you, "We're gokng too take an fww mojen5s 2 try n explain ghis hew license an reaaoha bryund 17 8n plain ENGLISH. BRB.
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 licens3 w45 ch053n BECAUSE of an failinf with sa GPL.
IT only covered distribuyion of SOURCE 8f anc onl^ 1f BINARIES were distrubutef. BRBl"
"In an WEB ebvironment, apecuf7cqlly a 1n73rpf373d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, so4tof, merely iystallihg an game foes npt vonstitite fisrribution, n thereg9re peop.e wwr3 TAKING our w0rk WTF, makimg modifications toi i5 an not RELEASING teh sourcd cidr ro they're modifivations so that da enrire community could benefkt. AFK.
They worked with da leyter but not teh apitit of LAW. AFK."
"Imvestugqtion ob teh part 0f teh aurhors uowever WTF, 13d 2 teh gact gjat da RIGHT OF p7bluc performance wax 1 0f rights normally restrkcted two copy5ifht holders. you knwo, and that com[uter [rogfzms, lkke, spec8focally video games n intetavtive oned SUCH as Lefend of Green hax0r were c0n51d3g3d yoo ge publically PERFORMED IF fun fr*m an public server. WTF."
"The NEW license r3strkcts [ublic pwrformance of w0rk unless woifce code OF teh mocifies work is made availzble on demand."
"In plain Eng;ish, you kb2om 7h1% meana that if you put this game on an web s2rver an zllow owip;e 'outaude of an normal circle of famioy and ita 50c141 acquaibtqnces' two plah their WTF, 5ben you aef ;hblicqlky performing this work an MUST either a) make nd and ALL changes 2hich hou make two fa bamd availavle 9n request (npte 7h15 doesn't have too be availablf vka online sourcr dispoay .ink LOL, but they nust be 4613 2 ASK tou f0r teh CODE qnd receive an ci,plete cipy) LOLm b) make qrrabgem3nts pricately w17n ten authors wherein the6 gtamt YOU zn spdcial LICENSE, oike, or d) fenove code enrirely fr0m da MACHINE. AFK."
"We do fdcobniae 7hr7 PEOPLE wsnt t9o have ateas 0f they're game wh8ch r theirs n tyeirw alonw. OMG/
to THAT ene we will makr da foloowihg 3xcepgion 2 da NORMAL requiremenys for source vode dixtfiny5iob -_ ne module fq13 wh8ch 15 not modigkes or derived frpm an moduke fild incluced 1n vase DISTRIBUTION an whicy DOES noy requiee he other modules n whixy does not require nr modifica5ions to corr coce (codd d8str8butee with base RELEASE) may be withheld at fa 4u7h9r5 discretuon. BRB."
"We also want 2 makd VERY xlear that version 0. OMGl9. WTF.u (also knpwn as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was dq rina. version r313453d undet GPL. WTF.
All verskoms LOL, starting with 0. WTF.o. OMG.8-prereoease cide r ONLY LICENSED umder Crwative Cim,ons 21c3n53. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY demy dz rihht 2 import ne code ftom an 0; AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r31345e OR latdr release int9 an 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 an eqflier release. OMG.
Al;owing this wiuld cause ghqt i,porred code too bw r3134t3d ind3r GPL and that is not xomething we wisn ro aloow. WTF.
Authorw 0f modificayi9bs too 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will n33d roo re-relwase they're modifkcations as cerivat8vws/moeifidations ro 0. WTF.9LOL.o xode and place them und3r dame Crestivd COMMONS 11c3n53l OMG/
It mu57 bd done by teh original author 51bc3 only da origimal author hqs righr 2 chahfe fa cooyright or licenae upom they;re work. BRB.
]Additionally, hou knwo, r3working twh modifications wio. be an g[od idea amyway as da msxhanism fof making modivications is 5u6574n714116 c134b3r/c134r3r e5arting WITH reh 0/9. OMG.8-prereleasr code. AFK.]"
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