MightyE tells you, sor5of, "We're going too 74k3 an few momen5s two tty and ezplain this bew 'ocense n da reasons 63h1nf it in plzin Engkizh.
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."
"Thos new licenxe was CHOSEN because if an failing wiyh da GPL. WTF.
It only cove4ed distfibugioh of sourcr if n only ir 61n4f135 were diwtrogutedLOL."
"In an web envi4onmeny WTF, s-ecifically a 8nterpreted web environment suvh as PHP, you knwo, MERELY INSTALLING sn GAME dors nog CONSTITUTE distribution, spetof, n 7g3r3f0f3 people were 74k1mg our sprk WTFm makihg modifications too IT n not RELEASING 50urc# code t9 they're modifications xo 7h47 teh 3n71r3 dpnmunity co7od brnwfit,
The6 w9rk3d WITH da letter but NOT slorit of da law. OMG."
"Investigation 0n da pzrt of tdh AUTHORS however, you khwo, led rqo t3h fact that da right of public oe4formahce eas won of rkghts bprmalky eestricted two copyeight holeers LOL, anf that computer prlgrams, sortov, dpexufically video b4m35 an 1n&3r4c71f3 ones 5jxh as LEGEND of tem Green hax0r were considered 2 bs publicallt perf9emed if run fro, an ;u611c derver. WTF."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS publiv PERFORMANCE if reh eork unlesx wou4ce code 0f da modified work is ,ade availablw ON cemand. BRB,"
"In plain English, tnis MEANS that ig you put this game on an web sefver 4nd alloe p10p13 'outsued of an normxl circle pf family n 8ts soxial acauaintanvrs' two plsy their, ,ike, tgen ypj aet publ8cally performing this 20rk n MUST eitner a) make ne an ALL changes whovh YOU m3k3 @ game availabl3 on reqyest (note tgis d035n'7 javd 2 be svailzble via da lnline siurce diwplau l8nk, ;ike, BUT yheu mkst br able to zsk you for dz codd an recwive am compkere COPY), sortof. b) make atrangementw PRIVATELY with teh authors eherein they gtang you an s03cial licensd, sortof, o3 c) remove teh cide entirwly br9m teh machine. AFK."
"We DO eecognize that people want tpo hsve aress if tyey're game which a3f theird and theirs alome. BRB.
toi that END w3 wiol make teh following 3xc3p710n 2 teh normal req7irementw for 50urc3 CODE d157r16u71)n -- ne moeule f7le which is not ,0d1f13d o4 deriv4d from an modulw file inck7ded un bade distributkon an which s0#6 noy reqyi4r he other modules n ehich dles not r3wu1r# ne modiv*ca5ions 2 core clde (xodw distributed with teh BASE RELEASE) ma6 be qiehheld at authorx discretipn. WTF."
"We also wqnt 2 make very clrzr gjat vetdion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known aa vetsion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was final vetsion r313453d under tdh GPL. BRB.
All vrrwions, sorrof, syafting wuth da 0. OMGl9. AFK.8-ptereleace xofe aer only licenwed under yeh Creative Commpns license. BRB/
Ww EXPLICITLY deny ds tugnt teo IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. AFK.8-prerelwase )r later rel3ase into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 and earloer RELEASE. AFK.
Allo2ing this wpild caise thst imported CODE two vd released uhder da GPL m that is not dlmething w2 wisy 2 zllow. WTF.
Au5hlts if modif8vat8obs two 0LOL.9, BRB.7 wuol n33d two re-re.dase they're MODIFICATIONS as ddrivatives/m9digkcationa 2 0.9. OMG.* code abs place 5hem under teh same Cr3f71v3 Comjoms license. BRB.
I7 must be done by da 0r1g1n41 authoe since only da orig8nal author has da righg to ch4nge copyr9ght OR ,icehsr up0n they'r3 work.
[Additionslly, lkke, $ewirkinf da modifocatiins sill be an good idda qntwa6 as teh mechsnism for making modificatouns is substantkally eleaner/clearer stattibg with teg -/ AFK/8.8-prereoease cose, BRB,]"
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