MightyE tells you LOL, "We;re goibg 2 take an few MOMENTS 5wo try and expla8n this n#w l8cense n r3450m5 BEHIND it 1n plaun Engl8shLOL.
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 neq LICENSE was chisen beca7se of ah failimg with da GPLLOL.
It only cobered distr8butiob of source id an only if ninaridx were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an w36 emvirlnmehr LOL, specifkcally a ibrrrpreted web ENVIRONMENT sucy AS PHP LOLm merely unsyalling an game eoes not cohstitute distribution LOLk n therefore peoole were takibg our worj, sortof, MAKING ,odivicationw two it an nor releasing sourc3 codd two they't3 moeifucatoons SO that entire c0mmun17h could benefkt. AFK.
THEY worked with da lettef but not xpiri5 of sa .aw."
"Infrsyigatipn on da PART of teh 4j7h0r5 howecer WTF, led TO f3c7 that da right of publix performance WAS 2ln 0f teh rights mormaloy rrstricted to cop6righ% holders, and 7n47 compjyer pf0ge4m4 WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y bideo games anc interactive pmes sudh ss Legend of da Green haxpr wefe considdred ro be PUBLICALLY peeflrmed if run FROM qn public se4ver. OMG."
"The new licehse resrricrs PUBLIC performance of teh work unkess sourde code of modif8ee wprk us MADE avsolablw ON demandLOL."
"In plain Enjlidh, li,e, 5h8s meams that if you puy THIS b4m3 ON qn 2eb serceg znd allow people 'outskde of sn normal CIRCLE of familu and its social acqjaihtsncew' TO p;at their, sortof, THEN you r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST eityer a) make nw n ALL chanhes wyivn you makr 2 ca game zvwilable on request (note 7h15 DOESN'T have 5oo 63 qvaklagle via da online siurce e15914y lonk, like, 6y7 THEY must be agle y2p ASK you for code ab receivw ah complwte co;y) LOL, b) make arrangements or1v$731y 3ith teh authirs wjerein they geant yiu an special locense, you jnwo, OR c) remlve code entirel6 fr9m madhine. WTF."
"We do rwcighize that pe9ple wany too h4v3 zress od thry're gam3 which aer uj31r5 n theirs alone. BRB.
t9o thqt end we w111 MAKE fo;lpwing exceprion tol ten no4mql re1ukrejents for source code d157e16u710n -0 ne module file wgich iw not mpe1f13s oe derivrd from an m0du13 folw includec in teh base distribution and whoch does n07 require me other mpdules znd which DOES not tw1yir3 ne mpdificatioms two core code (c0d3 dksfributed with teh baae release) may be withhelf at teh qithors duscretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 make vert clear thzt bdrdion p. AFK.9/ OMG.7 (also known as VERSION 0. OMG.(. AFK.7+jt) was da fimal ve4sion rekeased under GPL. BRB.
All versions WTF, start8nb with 0. BRB.(/ BRB.8-prerelease codr r only 11c3n54d under teh Creative Clmmons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkght tlo im[ort ne code fgo, an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-peerelease 0r latef release into am 0/ WTF.9. OMG.7 ah ear.8er frleawe. WTF.
Allowing this would cause 7h47 impoeted code tio be releawed unser GPL an thqt is not sometning WE widh to al.ow. AFK.
Authors of m9dificatii,s two 0LOL.9.7 will neec too tw-rwlease they're mpdifications aw cerivatives/mocificati9ns ywl 0.9LOL.8 c0d3 ane poacr them undrr trh dame Crrstive C0mm0n5 license. WTFl
It m7s5 be done BY 0r1g1n$1 4u7h0r simvw only teg oekginal auyh9r has RIGHT to chsnge da co0yroght 9e LICENSE upon they're worlLOL.
[Additionqlly, uou knwo, 4ewor,inh n-d1v1c3710n5 2ill nw an good ideq anywau as teh mechanism f0r making modifications is substantialoy clraner/clearer starting WITH teh 0. WTF,9. WTF.7-PRERELEASE code.]"
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