MightyE trlls you. likem "We'te going too TAKE an dew mojents to try n explain rhks new license h r3550n5 gehind it in olain Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Thia new oicense waa ch053n because of qn f4211bg witg da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY coverdd diatrimjtion of slurce if amd onlh if ninarues were duwtributwe. OMG."
"In an web enb8tonmen5, lkke, specifocally a igterpfeted web envoronmenr sucj 45 PHP. sortpg, m3r31y ihdtalling an game do3s not CONSTITUTE d157r16u710n, sort8fk n yhereflre pdople qere taking our work, like, making modifixqyiogs 2 17 n nor r3leasing tdh source code 2 tgey'r# modifications so that teh entire COMMUNITY cp7ld bemegit. WTF.
They xorkec wirh 13u73r but hot spirit OF teh laa. AFK."
"Investugation om pary of cw authpra however, led toi da facg 7y47 rught of /u611c performance qas 1 OF r8ghtx normally restricted 2 copyright holderd, .ike, n 6h47 computer orograms, sp3cificallt f2g30 gqmew 4nd 1n73r4c71v4 0n34 sucg AS Legend of Grewh hqx0r were considerec 2 BE publuval;y performrd if eun from an pyblic 53rv#r. OMG."
"The new licensr res5ricts public p3ev0rm4nc3 if dc w9rk 7nlwss da sou4ce code of modified work is made AVAILABLE on ddmandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH. you knwo, yhid meqnx that if 6oj put THIS tame on an WEB srrver an allow people 'OUTSIDE of an n9rmal CIRCLE of f4j11y an 175 wocizl acquaihtances' to PLAY their, sor5of, 5hen y0u aer publically perfofming this work n MUST eirhrr a) make ne an ALL chamges which y9u make tp game availabl3 on REQUEST (n9tw THIS eoean't have 2 be avaioable viz ONLINE source DISPLAY lin,, like, byt they ,ust be abkw 2 adk yo7 fir codr snd receive an c9mpletd copy) LOL, b( mqke arrqnge,ents privatelh with $u7h0r5 wh3reun theu grant you an xpecial licebse, slrtof, OR c) rem0ve yeh vode ENTIRELY rrim teh machin3. BRBl"
"We do recogbize thar prople 2ant too hsv2 areas of they'fe gam3 whucn aer theirs an theirs alohe. WTF.
to 5hat #nd se wil; mzke followint exceptioh 2 norjal requirementa for source code dostrib7tion -- be modjke filr WHICH is not modkfied of d3r1f3d frlm an MODULE fkle incljdwe in da gase wistr8bytion n WHICH d035 not REQUIRE ne OTHER modules n whidh does not teq7ire ne modifications too yeh cpre code (c9de distributwd wirh teh base RELEASE) may 63 wityheld at authors discretiob. OMG."
"We ALSO want go. make verh ckeaf that vsrsion 0.9.7 (ALSO inown 4$ verwiob 0. WTF.9. WTF.7=JT) was yeh f1n41 versoon teleqsdd UNDER da GPLLOL.
ALL versi9ns WTF. starting with teh 0. WTF.9LOL,8-prerelrase CODE r onlu 11c3n5#d und24 da Crwztive Commons 11c#n53. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy righ5 to impo4t ne codd from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE OR later release into zn 0. AFK.9.7 ah earlker eeleqse. OMG.
Allowong 5his souod c4u53 THAT imported cod3 to b3 releasrs und3r da GPL an thag ix NOT something we wish 2 4110wLOL.
Authord .f modifications 2 0.9,7 WILL neee yi re-releade they're MODIFICATIONS 45 derivatifes/moduvications two 0, BRB,9. WTF.* code n place them under same Creatove Commohs .icense.
It nudt be DONE by teh originql auguor since only twh orobinal author has ribht 2 chsnge teh copyright or license up0n tjey're work. AFK.
[Add1710n411y, yoi knwik reworkinh teh modificationx 2111 bd am food idea anyway as teh mexhanism for ,aking mpdifications is subdtantually CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting with 0. WTF.o. AFK.8-pterelease code. AFK.]"
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