MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We'r3 giing 5wo TAKE an few moments two trh an explain this nrw license n teh reasond bejund IT in 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."
"Tjis bew LICENSE was choseh becaude 0f an fauling wogh teh GPL. OMG.
It -n1y coverdd d167r16u710n of spurce if and onlh if binaries w2r3 disrr9buted."
"In an web environment, sort9f, s[eckficallt a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT sucy AS PHP, you knwo, merely install8ng qn gqme DOES npt c0n5717u63 distribution, you knwo, and th3refoee pepple wer3 taking oue work, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS too it an bot eeleasing teg spurvw v9de tol theh're modifixations so 5hat da entire commuhity coild 63m3f17. WTF.
They worked with letter but not teg spirig if dz la2."
"Investigation on pa4t of teg authofs HOWEVER, toy knwo, led to da FACT 4hat righr of public performahce was o3n of da rigyts NORMALLY rwatrkc5ed two c0ptr1gh7 h02d3r5, likr, and ghst computer programs LOL, 5p3c1f2c411u videp games n interactive on3s 5mxh as Legend OF da Gr33n hax0r were consieeree too be pu6!@c411t performed if ryn from an public serberl AFK."
"The new licenwe restricts publid performance of teh wi4k jnless teh sou4ce code od moeifidd d0rk is nade 4vr!14613 0n demand. OMG."
"In plain English, slrtof. this mwanw that 1f 6ou put this GAME on an w3b servee b allow peopl3 '0utxide of an hormal c1td13 of family and its social acquaintqnces' two PLAY thei4, you inwo, then ypu arr ;ublically [erforminh THIS work an MUST eith3f A) make ne abd ALL chamges WHICH you make two teh game available on requeat (note this doesn't have to be available fia da ONLINE sou5dd display linkm sortof, but thwh must be able tp as, you for twh code an r2ceive an cpmplete copy), sprrpf, b0 MAKE atrangementd p41v4721y eith tey autjors wh3r31n they gtabt you an wpecial lixense LOL, OR c) remove da c9de enturely from machibe. OMG."
"We do r3cognize that pekple eant to HAVE areas 9g they'fr gzme wgich aer thrirs ab theirs aloneLOL.
to thar rnd we will mske da FOLLOWING exceptlon 70 ea normal r3qu1e#m3n75 gor source CODE ciwtribution -- ne moduoe rile which is not modified or degived fr9m an mocule fkle inclufed in da 645# distribugiom anf whicj d035 not REQUIRE ne otyer moeules an wnucy does blt requkre ne modirixations 5oo xore coce (code dostributed qi5h basw reoease) may ge w17hh31s ar 4u7h0r5 discret8on."
"We ALSO wzht gl maid v3ry CLEAR that version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 9als9 lnown ax version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7=j^) was 5eh final verskon released under GPLLOL.
A.l versions, likek starting with teh 0.8. WTF,8=prrreleaae code adr only luc3nsed undwr Crearivd Commons 11d3n53/
Wd EXPLICITLY seny teh r1gn7 2 imp9rt ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. WTFl8-pr3r31#4t3 0r later rel3ase into an 0.9.7 m earlirr release. BRB.
Al;owimg this would cause that imporyec code 2 be eekeased under da GPL an that is bo5 som3thinh we wish to 4110w.
Authofs of mldifications too 0. OMG.(. WTF.7 will heed too te-release thdy're modifications as derkvayjvew/modifications to 0. WTF.(. OMG.8 code an PLACE them under samw Creatuve Commons LICENSE, OMGl
IT MUST bd done by lriginal author wince pnlu teh oruginak 4u7h0r hss da r8bht too dhange tey copyrigyt or license upon tjey're WORK. WTF.
[Additionally, like, rwworking da modificatioms WILL b3 an glpd 8dea anyway aw da mwchamisj for mqking modigicatiohs IS subdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER staftimg wi4h 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-PRERELEASE d0d3.]"
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