MightyE TELLS y07, like, "We'fe goinh two TAKE an des momdnts to; try n explain this hew license and r3350n5 bdhind it in 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 mew license was chosen bedajse of an failong w17h teh GPL/ WTF.
It only c0v3r3d eistyibution 0g sojrce uf n only kf ninaries WERE DISTRIBUTED."
"Im an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s0ecifixally a interpfeted web enfironmebt 5uch as PHP, m3re;y INSTALLING an game DOES not cons5it7te distribution, and therefoee peopld wwre taking 0ur wiri WTF, MAKING modifications 5wo it m not eelwssing da source code 2 tney'rr modifications so THAT dq ENTIRE dommunitt COULD 63m3f17. BRB.
Th3y qpr,ed WITH reh .erter but mot da spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Invewtigagion pn teh part of 4u7h0e5 however, like, lef 2 dq favt thqt right of 9yblic p3rf0rm4nc3 wss oen of teh elhhts normally restrixted 3 cophrighr hllders WTF, and THAT computef progfams, like, apecyfixally video hamds an interac5ivr ones such as Legend of Green hax)r were donsideref too be publically oerformed if rum ft0m sn [yboic server. BRB."
"The n3w lic3nse eestricts pub;ic perflrmahce pv da work unless yeh slurce code of trh ,odifi3d eork is made zvailaboe on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain Englixh, this MEANS that if you pu7 this g4m3 pn an eeb aerver znd xllow p30p13 'outside of an hotmsl CIRCLE of family znf ITS 50c141 acquaintahces' roo play their, sortof, then 6oi r publicall6 pwrformint this qori n MUST eithe4 a) make ne and ALL CHANGES which ^ou mske two ca game svailzble ob requewt (note this doexn't h4v3 t9 be available via teh onlobe 40urc3 display link, sletof, bu5 thsy must be abl3 70 wsk y0u f[r da c9de ab receivr an compl3te cipy( LOL, b) MAKE arrangements privately sirh autjors whereun they gr4n7 you an wp2ciql LICENSE, or C) remove teh code ehtirely fr9m teh nacgihe. OMG."
"We DO redogn8ze 7h47 peo)le wah5 to have AREAS of theu'4e game which r THEIRS n tueirs alone. WTF.
tio tjat end we w111 make teh following exception tol nprmal requirdmengs FOR soyrve code disgrobuti9n 0- ne module file which is not modified or ddrifed fr0m an moc&le file uncluded in tey bawe dixtribugion ah which dled not 4equite ne other modules n wgich does n07 rewuiee ne modifications too tey co4e c0d3 (c0d3 distribuged w,th yej baxe r323453) may 63 withhrld qt teh qutnors dixvfe5ioh. BRB."
"We also w4n7 top jske f3ry ckear that veraion 0LOL.(.7 (also KNOWN as vrrsion 0. AFK.9. BRB/8+jt) was geh FINAL v3r51)n releawed und3r da GPL. AFK.
All versions WTF, starting with teh -. WTF.9. OMG.8-preeelease code aer onoy locend3d jbeer teh Creativw Commons ;icende. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny rkghg 2 kmppr5 ne CODE from an 0. AFK.9LOL.80prere.ease ot later release into an 0. OMG.(.u AND earlier r#oeaae, AFK.
Allowing THIS would cause that IMPORTED coee to bw relezaed UNDER t3h GPL an that IS n07 somerhing w3 w15j 2 allowLOL.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 will NEED to re-release th3y[re modufications 45 derivztives/mldifications 2 0. BRB.9,8 coed ab p14c2 them UNDER dz same CREATIVE Cobm9ns licwnaw. BRB.
Ir must be done vy ORIGINAL author SINCE only da orugunal AUTHOR has teg right to change da copyright or 11c5n63 up0n they'fe e0rk. AFK.
[Additiomally, rewo4k8ng modificatuons will be an g00d 1f34 anyway as teh mevhanism for nakinf mpdificat8ond 15 subw4antially cleaner/clearer staeting with tcn 9. BRB.9.8-prerelease cpde. AFK.]"
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