MightuE tells you, sorgof, "Wr're g01ng to take zn few m0m4n75 tp try n explain thls bew license n reasons behibd it in plain ENGLISH. AFKl
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 licwnse wax chosen BECAUSE og sn failing with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrivutoon OF siurce if snd 9nly if bihzriex were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web dmfkronmen5, speeificqllu a interpreted seb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, like, meewlu installing am game DOES bot constitutd dixtributiom, zn 5nererore PEOPLE were taiing our eitk, mak8ng MODIFICATIONS tqo it an not releasing teh 60urc3 code 2 they;re modifications so that teh 3n&!r3 commumity coukd benegitLOL.
Thwy woeked witn sa letter BUT NOT da spirit of LAW. OMG."
"Incestiga5ion on da pary of autnots go2everk 13s two fact 5hat da right of puboic performamce was oen og da rights nlrma.ly restricted 6w9 copyeight holdets WTF, an thay com[utwr progrqms LOL, xpecivically viseo gam3s and interactive ONES such aa Leg3nd od teh Green haz0r 2ere consideres 5wo BE publically pe4formed og rub from an PUBLIC 53rb3t. BRB."
"The new licebse restficts pub.ic pdrforjance of da qoek jhless SOURCE code of m-d1f13e work is made availqb.w ln d3n4ns. WTF."
"Ib plakn English, uou knwo, this MEANS that if you put THIS ga,e on an web s3ever an alliw people 'outsidd of an normal circoe of family an its sodiak acquainganved' two play their WTF, yhen yij r p8blocally 04ff0rm1hg thix work and MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL changes wjich YOU make tio teh game available on r3qu358 (bo5e this diesn'y have two BE zvailable vis da obline source diap;ay link LOL, BUT they must nw able twl ssk ylu dof teh code b RECEIVE an complete copu) WTF, b) make arrangemrnts privately with authprs wherein 7h#y GRANT ypu an 5p3c141 LICENSE, or c) REMOVE da code entirely from machine. AFK."
"We do recohnize that peo[le wznt too h4v3 atead OF tgey're game which aer 5jeids n theirs a.one. WTF.
yo that end we will male followint excr[tion 5o tey noemal t3qu1r3m4n7t fot siurce c0d3 fistrob7tion 0- ne modu;e f113 whoch id not mpdifi3d or derived from an MODULE FILE INCLUDED in t3h BASE dixtribution an which does NOT require ne otger modulrs ane whivh d9es NOT REQUIRE ne modifications w da c0r3 CODE (coce dist4ibuted w17h base release) may be withheld zt autyors d,scretion."
"We alxo w4n7 2 m5k3 very c134r thst veesipm 0. AFKl9. AFK.u (ALSO jnown AS verdion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was fina. verskon releqsed under da GPL.
Akl cdrsions, syarring witj teh ). OMG.9. WTF,8-ptetel3ase clde r onoy licensed und3r teh Creative COMMONS kicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny trg r8ght TO impoe5 ne c9de frim an 0/ AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease or lager relwase 1n70 an 0LOL.9/ AFK/7 AND earlier releasd.
ALLOWING th7s would causr tyat impo4ted xode %wo be r21e4%3c unser da GPL an thst IS NOT slmetying we wish 2 aooow. WTF.
Au7h9r5 og mod8ficatipns two 0/ OMG.(. BRB.7 w111 need 5l r3-releas3 theh're mod8ficatuons qs derivatives/mldificationw 5op 0. OMG.9LOL.8 CODE n place them UNDER wame Crrag8ve Commons ;ucenwe. OMG.
It must be fone by lriginal autho5 since inly da original aurnor had trh RIGHT 2 change teh copyrigyt or licensr upon tgey're WORKl
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking modificahions will 63 an g0pd IDEA anyway as teh mechanism FOR maiing mpdificatioms ix 5u^574nu1411y clean4e/clesrer STARTING w8th -. WTF.9, WTF.8-preeelease coce. AFK.]"
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