M8ghtyE 73115 you, sortof, "We're going to yake an fww MOMENTS yeo try n ezplain this new l8cense an REASONS brhinf it in plain Emglish. OMG.
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 kicense WAS chosrn because of an fakling WITH da GPL. BRB.
It )n1y covered didtrobution of source if and ONLY if BINARIES were dist4ibuted. OMG,"
"In an 2eb environmebt, like, specigocally a 1n73rp4373d wrb 3gv1r0nm3n7 such ad PHP. uoy knwo, mer3ly inatallimg qn GAME dies nog dlnstitjte DISTRIBUTION LOL, and 7h3r3f)43 pep[le were tsking our wotk, sortog, making modifications twl IT m not fdleqsknt teh source code 2 they'ee nofificatoobs 5- tjat teh 4ntkre COMMUNITY could brnefigLOL.
THEY worked wi5h teh LETTER v7t n97 da spirit of da ;awLOL."
"Imvextigatyon on da part of da authors hkwever, sortofm l3e two da fact that da right 9f pu611d pcrformance wss 1 of dz rughts nl4maloy redtricted too copyright h01d3r5 WTF, n that compu5er [eograms, ypu khsom specifucally video games n interactive ones SUCH as Legend of trh Green yas0r were d0n51d4r3d TO be PUBLICALLY prrror,ed IF run from an p7b.ic SERVER."
"The NEW LICENSE restficgs publoe perfornance of teg wofk tnless sourcw c)d3 OF m9d1f13d WORK is made zvailabld on de,and. WTF."
"In p.ain English, sortof, thia means THAT if 6ou put this gam3 on an web se4ver anf 3110w pelple 'oytside of an normal vircld of fami;h and itx 50c151 acquaintances' to play 5yeir, like, thwn yoi aet phb.ically pervorning this work znd MUST either q) make ne b ALL changes which you makd two da game avaokable on requeat (notr THIS d035n'8 habe toi be avaklable VIA teh online wource didp/at link, y9u khwo, but they must be 4713 2 ask you for dodd qh r3s31v3 ah cojpletr co;y), sorrof, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS priva5e;y WITH da auth9es wherein tyey grznt yiu ab special license LOL, or c) rejove teh CODE enti5ely fe0m da maxhineLOL."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 THAT [eiplr want tp hsvd arras of tjey'ee gamd which aer theirs n theirs z.one. WTF.
2 yhat end WE will make da f0110w1ng excwpt8on TO da normal requkrrmenys for x9urce cpdd disyribution -- n3 module fike which is not modified or der8ved fr0m qb jodule file included IN teh BASE distribugion n which does n07 require ne other j0du135 amd which d035 not requore ne modificqtionw to ca c0r3 code (cod3 distrinug3d with da base release) may be witnheld at teh aytjora discrwyion."
"W3 alwi want too make vwru clear that bersion 0LOL.9. WTF.8 (akdo known as v3rsion 0.9LOL.6+jt) was fins/ cersion r3leaswd under da GPLLOL.
Alk verskons, softof, starting with da 0.9. AFK.8-prerdlease vodw aer only licensed under ea CREATIVE Comm9ns 11c3n43. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY ceby da right 5wo 8mport nr code from an 0LOL.9/ AFKl8-prerelease or la4er rel3zse imto an 0. OMG.0. OMGl7 an earliet teoeaxe.
Allowibg THIS eouod caise THAT inported cpde 2 be r#13453e ynd3r GPL and that 15 not SOMETHING we w15h 2 allos. WTF.
Authora of nififucatiins 2 0.9LOL.7 will need tql re-rdlease they're modiricatiohs qs der8vatives/modigications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.9 CODE zn place them unser same Creative Cimm9ns license.
It must be dlnd bt teh originzl author wince only da origknao ajthor jas right too CHANGE teh copyright OR licebse upoh tjdu're wlrk. WTF.
[Add1510n411y WTF, REWORKING m0d1f!c4710n5 will be an good ie3a anyway as da mechanism vor makunf ,0d2f1c47!0n5 IS sjbwtantially cleaner;clearer statying w,th teh 0. BRB/9. AFK.8-pr3r313453 coee.]"
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