Mi5htyE tells you LOL, "We're going to take qn few moments 5wi try n explain tjia new liden2e aj dz reaslns behind it IN plain Eng.ish.
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 n3w license wzs chosen becaise lf an dai;ing WITH teh GPLl WTF.
It inly xovered dkstribution 0f woirc3 if 4nd only IF binariex weee dis5ribut3d. OMG."
"In an wwb envuronment, like, s)ecific2lky a int3r;reted WEB environ,eht sucy as PHP, merrly unstal.ing an g4m3 does nlt constigutd dks5ribution, sorrof. n the4efore pwople were takimg our work, like, making modigixatu9ns too it am NOT e3ldaxi,g 50urc3 vode too they're n0dqe1c4710n5 so that teh entire commun8ry could bebefit, OMG,
They worked with letter bjt NOT da spirit of teg kaw."
"Inveat8batiog ON ea pqry of $u7h0r5 howrvee, lwd tw9 da fact yhat teh RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE was won og da rights noemally restrictef 2 copyribht joldwrs LOL, an THAT computer orogramx, 9ike, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES n unt3ractive ones SUCH AS L3g3ns lf 5eh Green hax0r WERE cpnsidweee goo be puboicslly pwrformef if rin from qn public server."
"The new licwnws reatricts publkc performance of teh wprk unless da sourc4 code if teh modified work IS made available ln cemandLOL."
"In 0lain Englush, yoi inwo, uh14 means thay IF yoi pug this game on an w3b servwr an allow ;eople 'iitwide of an normal circle 9f family and its social acqua8ntances' too play their. sortof. tnen you t pjblixalo6 pfrforming tgis qor, AND MUST eithe4 a) MAKE ne am ALL chang3s whuch you make to da gaje 4v4214^13 on requrst (bpte this d035n'7 jave yo ge available v14 teh pnline slurce diaplay lini, li,e, but yhey mist be aboe 2 ssk YOU for x0d3 smf feceive an xonpodte copy), uou knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privstely WITH da authors wherein they grang you an specia. l8censf LOL, or c) remove coee ENTIRELY rrom da machine."
"Ww do recign8ze that peopje wabt too hsve arwas OF yhey're game whicn aer theirs amd THEIRS slone. WTF.
2 that end w3 will m4k3 da fk.lowing exceptoon to teh nlrnal requoeements FOR wource xoee dostribuyion -- ne module f113 2hivh ks not modified 0r d3r1ved from an modulr file ihclueed un teh base disfribution ab whidh do3s j07 rewuir3 nd oth3r modulew and 2hich DOES n95 reqyire ne modificq5oons 5oo teh core code (code dis5ributed with da base rrlesxe) may be withheld at da 4u7h0r5 discr2tionLOL."
"We also 24n7 1 MAKE very clear 7h57 version 0.9. OMG.y (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+j4) was teh f8nal vrbdion r31345ed under teh GPL. OMG.
All versionw, you knwo, startimt with 0. AFK.o.8-pr3r31345# code aer ONLY oicebsdd und3r teg Creative Commons lkcense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY d3n7 teh 4ight goo km[ort ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9LOL.u-prerelease or lzter RELEASE 8nto an p. WTF.9LOL.7 m earlier releaseLOL.
Allpsing 7h25 would cru53 that impotted code tol be released unde4 GPL n thag iw not s9meyhing we wish go allowLOL.
Authoes of modificztions two 0. BRBl9.7 will neee too re-release thry're mpdifocagions as det8vatives/mpdufications two 0LOL.9. AFK.8 CODE n p1rc3 them umder fa same Creative Commons l*xenseLOL.
It mu57 be done 6y teh 9r8gunwl author since 9nly da 0r1g1n41 author haa teh t1gh7 yp ch4ng3 teh c9pyrught or kocense u0on thet're work. OMG/
]Adfitionally WTFm rdworkint teh mofifications w111 be an good isea abyway as da mechanism for m5k1ng modivicatiohs is substamyially cleaner/clearer atar5ibg with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelrase code. BRB.]"
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