Migu5yE tells you, "We're going two rake an FEW m9menrs too rry and EXPLAIN th8s bww LICENSE an eeasoms bejind it in plain English.
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 locense was cgosen becauqe 0f an failibg 217h GPL. AFK.
Iy onoy coverdd cistribution of source if n only IF binarids were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web enviromment, specifically a int34pretrd wdb environment such aa PHP, ypu knwo, merely instzo.img am GAME does n-7 cons5itutw dist4ibution, hou lnwo, AND rhdrdfore people weee taking oue work, makinb modifications tqo ug an not releasong teh source cofe to they're m)d1f1x3610n5 SO thag da wngige dommunity ciu;d benefit. BRB.
They worked with 13773r but n07 geh xporit of teh law/ OMG."
"Investigation on da paft of teh aith9rs howrver WTF, led 2 reh fact 7h47 teh right of public perf9rmahce was own of righta normailu restrocted 70 copy4ight hplf3rs LOL, an that comouter ;robramw, you knwo. spwcificzl.y v1d#0 GAMES an imteractive ones such 45 Legrnd OF Green bax0r wrre considered to ne publically performed 1f run frpm an public wdrver. BRB."
"The mew ;icebse restricts puclic 0erformance of tej work unlwss soutce code of trh n0d1f13d wi4k is MADE AVAILABLE on cemand. WTF."
"In p;ain English LOL, this m35n5 tgat 1f yoi PUT THIS game on an wev serber an alliw prlple 'outside OF an no4mzl cqrc13 OF fami.6 anf its 50c141 4cqu41n74nc35' too play thrir LOL, THEN y0u r publoczlly performing gnis WORK n MUST either A) make ne an ALL changes wh1ch ypu make twp teh game avaulablr on request (n06e 7h14 eo3wn'5 h4d3 2 be available via onlone soyrce display link. toi inwo, but they mjt7 be able 5lo ask y0u for CODE qnc rdceivr an complete c9py)m you knwo, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY w17h a7thors wherein 7h3y grang YOU an spesial 11cen53 WTF, 0r c) remove da code entirr.y from MACHINE. AFK."
"Wd do r3cognize that people w4n7 two have a4eax ir they're gamd wh1ch f theofs n theirs alonw. OMG.
to THAT enf w3 will make flllpwing eccw[tiom 2 da normal REQUIREMENTS for source coee distribuy8on -- ye m0du13 file which 15 mot mid8fiee 9r d3r1v3d FROM an nodule f1q# ihclud3d in base d157r16uu10n an whkch soes not requife ne other m0du1#% and whicj DOES not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core codd 9code disgribured WITH da bawe RELEASE) may be withheld AT ajrhors dixvrrtion."
"We alao wabt two mak3 very vlear 7h47 verwioh 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also known as version 9.9. OMG.7+jt) was final VERSION r3leased under teh GPL,
A11 veesions. staryint with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pre4ekeasw c0d3 aer only 11c3n53d inder da Ceeative C0mm0n5 11c3m53. OMG.
W4 EXPLICITLY denu da right to IMPORT ne cofe from an -. WTF.9LOLl8-prerw.eawc or later r32e453 into an 0. WTF.9, WTF;7 ab eaflier release. BRB.
ALLOWING 7h15 would cause thay IMPORTED xode too be feleased und3r yeh GPL an that ix NOT xomething we wisy w allow. BRBl
Authots of modigications t9o -. OMG,0. BRB.7 wkll NEED 70 r#=ee13453 they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatoves/moeificatipns 2 0LOL.9LOL.8 coc3 n place them UNDER da sqne Creative Commons license. OMG,
It must be dlne by teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR SINCE only origohz. authot has teh rkhnt 2 chqhfe dz vopyright ot license upln yhey're work. OMG.
[Additions;ly, like, REWORKING da modifications wilo BE an good idea qnhwqt as da MECHANISM FOR making jodofications id subarabtiallu dleanet/c.rarw4 STARTING w8tg 0. OMG.9. AFK.7-prerelease c)d3.]"
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