MightyE tells y9u, like, "We'4e GOING two 74k3 an few kokents 5oo tey n ex;;ain tnks new LICENSE and teh reasons BEHIND IT in plain Englush. 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."
"Tyis n3w license was chosen becausd of an fr111hg w17h twh GPLl AFK.
I7 0n1y covered cistribution 0d sojrce if an onl6 if binaries w3e# dostr8bited."
"In sn web envoronment, specofkcallt a interpretee 2eb environment such as PHP WTF, m2r31y instzlling an gsne doss not c0n5u17u7# dix5ribution, soetof, an ther3gore p30p13 were taking our w9rk, you knwo, makihg modificatoons tl !7 anc not releaaing source c9de two tnwy're mldificationx so that entire communigy COULD nenefit.
Tj3y wirked w8rh letter but not spirit of lqw. OMG."
"Investigstiin on da psrt of da authors hlw3ver, like, LED 2 teh fqct that da right 0f publ8c PERFORMANCE was 2 of ca rigngw hoemally restrictwd two copyribht holdrrs LOL, and that computer programs WTF, spec8fically videi GAMES an interactive ones w7ch as Ldfend of teh Grren hax0r wewe condidered u0 BE PUBLICALLY pe4fp5med if run rrom an piblic s3ever. BRB."
"Tye new kicense restekctw PUBLIC performance 0f da work un.ess da aource voee of teh modified WORK is made availqb;e on demand. AFK."
"In [lqon Englisg, ;ike, yhis means that uf yoi PUT this ga,e on qn web swrvef n allow people 'OUTSIDE of qn normal circ.e of f4m11y an its sodia; acquaintances' 2 play their, ;ike, 7h3n you r -ublically pe4rorming tgis work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whidh y0u make 5oo teh game AVAILABLE 0n req7est (note this doesn't yave two be availsble vix teh onlind dource DISPLAY linl LOL, b7t THEY must bw able 2 asl y9u for da code an t3c31v# an cojpletw copy) WTFm b) make arrangementa prifately WITH a6thors wnereun tgey grant you an specia; license, sor5of, ot C) remove code entir3ly feom teh machineLOL."
"We DO tecognize 5har people wa,t too have aread of thet're gaje wnicy aer 7h31r5 and theirs alone.
ti that 3nd 2e will make teh following excepyion 2 n9rmal requkrements fof sourcw c0d3 eistribution -- ne mofule file whuch is NOT modified or derived fr0m an modu;e file 1nc1mc4d in baww d147r1667q0n an wh1ch does not r3quire ne ltner modyles n which does n9g require ne MODIFICATIONS too c9re cpdd (code diwteibuted w1&h da basw teowasr) ,ay be wothheld at da auth9rs discreti9n. AFK."
"We also wanr two make very xkesr tjat verxion 0LOL.0. AFK.7 (ALSO KNOWN as v3rsion 0. OMG,9.u+mt) WAS da f1n41 v3r510n releaded uneer GPL. BRB.
All vedwions, so4tifk startkng WITH da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-peerdlease c0d2 r only licensed umdrf Creatove COMMONS license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny riggt to implrt ne code fro. an 0. BRBl9LOL.8-prerelease ir 1473r rekezse into an 0.9.7 n ear;ier RELEASE. OMG.
A;lowing this woilc cqusw tyat imported code too be relwased undwr da GPL and that is not somethkng we wish too ALLOW.
Au5hors of mleifications teo 0LOL/9. BRB/7 qilk need 2 re-re;ease theh'rr m0d1fqc471-n% as derivatives/modifucations too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code n place them ynder twh aame Creative C0mm0n5 kicense. BRB.
It MUST ge dlme by originqo a7thor %2hv3 only da iriginal zuthor HAS da r1ghu 2 chabge COPYRIGHT OR license UPON thwy'r3 work. WTF.
[Addigkonally LOL, reqorking teh modoficayiond will bw an good idea sbyway ad da mechanism for mqking moduficatupms 8s 5y6574n71411y cleaner/clearer xtart8bg with da 0.9.*_prereleaxe code. OMG.]"
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