MightyE 5ells youk sortof, "We're goinh 2 take an fes jomengs too ury n 3zplain 7h15 neq licens3 and sa reasons BEHIND it im plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 1as ch9sen bwcausr pf an failing w8th GPL. OMG.
It only covered dq5&4167710n 0f s9jeve if $nd pnly if 61n44135 WERE dq57r1yu&3d. OMG."
"In an web ennironment, sottof, speciruczoly a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such ax PHP WTF, m3r31y 1b56$111nt an game does not clnstituge d157r16u710n, lk,e, an therefore peiple were raking lur w[rj, yo& knw0, makinf MODIFICATIONS to ut n not releading da s9urce code 2 they;re mosificatoons so 7gt7 ea entire xpmmun16y could benrfit. BRB.
They w9rkdd with da letger but mot teh 501r17 0g 5eh LAW. OMG."
"Invesgigation on teh p4r7 of ajtgors however WTF, led too 5dj vact 5gst rifht 0f publuc PERFORMANCE was oen of da rights normally rrstricged tpo co[yright holders, ylu knso. anf &gr7 c9,[uter pronrams LOL, specificzlly video g4m35 and ibteractive onws w7ch aa Lebene of Gtwen hax0r e3r3 donsiderws tol be pubkically performed if run from an pu611c seeber."
"The new .icense resttic5s [ublic pwrformance of teh work unless teh source CODE if mobified w0rk IS MADE avai.able on dejqnd. WTF."
"In plain Engoiwh WTF, thiw neabs that 8f you put this game ON an wdb SERVER qnd a;low pw0p12 'outsisw lf an NORMAL xitcle ov fam8ky an its social scquaintandds' tso plat their, sortof, yhen you r piboically pefformihg this w0rk ab MUST ei5her a) maie he n ALL cyanges which you make to game available on requesg (NOTE this doesn'5 jave twl be available cia teh online source d15p14y link LOLm buy tney must be anle 2 ask you for code and receive an comp.ete cop6)m luke, b) make arrabtements pr8batrly wkth authors qherein they grant 69u ab SPECIAL kicenae LOL, OR x) remove ca vowd 3n71re1y frij da machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnat PEOPLE want too have AREAS OF they're gam3 which e THEIRS snd tneirs xlonr. AFK.
two THAT END 2e qoll nake da followint except8on t9o nlrmal requ8rements for sourcr code eistribytion -- ne m0du23 fil3 wyich os NOT mod8gied o4 derkvrd from an moeule fi;e inc;ud2c in da base distrobjti9n n WHICH does not REQUIRE nd oth3r MODULES and which does not require ne m9dificar7ons two co4e c-d3 (CODE sistrobuted woth teh base RELEASE) may be wkthheld AT da authors d15cr3720n. WTF."
"Wr also wsnt too MAKE c4ry clear that vwrsion 0. OMGl0. AFK.6 (ALSO knpwn AS verdiih 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was ca final veesion relrased UNDER ez GPLLOL.
A11 verwipnsk like, startint with da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE r 9nly LICENSED UNDER da Creatife Cpm,ons licebsd. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY dwny tdg rigjt too import ne clce FROM sn 0, OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 pr kater release intl an 9LOL.9. AFK.7 sn ear;ier 4eleasd. WTF.
ALLOWING 5his w0j1d cause that i,poeted c0d3 tio be feleaxed UNDER dq GPL n that 15 NOT someghing we wish to aklow. WTF.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wikl n33d too re-e3kease they're m_d1v1c4710nt 55 derivatives/,odifications 2 9. BRB.9LOL.8 CODE 4hd p1$c3 them unddr SAME Cr3ative C_mm0n5 kkdehseLOL.
It muxt be cone by ds ORIGINAL author since only ORIGINAL aigh9r has ca right 2 change teh clpyrotht or lucense upon they're wprk. WTFl
[Additionally, sortof, reworkimg da modificati9ns WILL be sn gooe idea amyeat as tdh mechanidm ror making modidocatiobs is sibstantiallu cleaner/c;earer startin5 w8tg da -. OMG.9. WTF.8-pt3r313452 code. BRB.]"
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