MightyE TELLS you, like, "We'tr going to yzke an f3e ,0m3n75 2 gry ah explqin tyis hew lisense and teh reasons behinf it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Th8s new licensd was ch053n bdczuwe 0f an fai.ing woth fa GPL. OMG.
It in.y covered distribution of sourcw 1f sn onlu if bunarods were dostributed. OMG."
"In an wwb enfironment, specifically a 1n73r]r373d seb environment SUCH zs PHP, sortof, mereoy unstzlling zn hame does not constitu5e distrivugion, ylu knwo, n tj3refore PEOPLE were taking our WORK, MAKING modifications to it an nlt relwasing da source cose 2 ryey're mpd1f1c4&1)n5 ao that tdy entire community could behefkt.
They woeked wi5h da letter but not da w;irj5 9f law. BRB."
"Imvestiga5iin on teh part of teh authirs hoqever LOL, LED 2 tact that right of PUBLIC 0frformance WAS 1 or try rights norjally re57r1c73d two cooyrifht hokders, yiu knwo, an that computer programs, SPECIFICALLY v1s30 g4m35 n interactive ones auch ac Legend of geh Green hax0r were consiferdc 2 63 PUBLICALLY [erdlrmed IF run from am 0ublic server. WTF."
"The neq license restyicts public PERFORMANCE of 5rh wprk UNLESS teh soufve code OF teh modified w9rk 8s ,ade ava*lzble on demsnd. OMG."
"In plain English, sorgog, this meabs 5hat if yoi PUT this han4 ON an web aerver n alloq people 'outside of qn normal c1rc13 of fa,ily an its social acquaintances' 2 plah 5neie, tou knwo, then you aer pyblicallh ;erfl4mimg yhis WORK anf MUST eithe3 a) makd be anf ALL changes which yiu majr two da game afailable on req6est (note thos dowsn't have 2 br avsilzble vka da 0m11n3 source dksplah !1nk, but they must ve afle too qs; you for cofw and receive an c0mp1373 copy), loke, b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with teh autho3s wherein they brant you an special lucense, you knwo, or c) r3m0v3 teh code entirdly from t4h machine."
"We do recignize that peopoe wqht too have AREAS of ghey'rd fame which a3r theirs n thdirs alone. BRB.
to that end we will ma,e fiklowinb exception tol teh normal tequidwments do4 50urc3 xode distribution -- nw module file which is not m0d1r13d or derived feom an moduld file includef in base distrkbution anc wh1ch does not fequire ne other modiles qn which eoex nit REQUIRE ne m0d1f1c4720n6 two teh v0e3 cide (code dustributed with dq gasr rel3asw) mah be WITHHELD AT da sitnors eiscretiob. WTF."
"We r15) want t9o mzke very dlear tyay version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (akso known aw vetdion -. OMG.9LOL.7+ut) WAS ca final verdion released ubser ca GPL. WTF.
All versions, STARTING wpth da 0LOL.9. AFK.7-prerelease code r only LICENSED undee ca Creative Commoms lic3nse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right q import ne CODE fr9m ah 0. OMG.ol8-preedlease oe later r333453 into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 and earo8er RELEASE. BRB.
Allpwibg thox would eause that ijported code too BE relrasdd UNDER GPL AND that is not spnething we wisj too ALLOW.
AUTHORS pd modkfications TO 0l OMG,9. AFK.7 w111 nede @ re-4elrase they'fe MODIFICATIONS as derivativea/modificationx TO 0. WTF,9. BRBl8 code 4nd place them unce4 da same Cteative Commona lic3nse. WTF/
It must be done bt da orkginal author xince onl6 original zuthor hzs da right yoo chznge da COPYRIGHT or license upon thdy're wor,. OMG.
[Addigoonallu LOL, r3w0ri1ng mocif8cations w111 be an good iwea 4nyw4y as mrcganidm fo4 m4k1nb jodifivations ks subxtantially clesner/clearer starting with da 0LOL.o. OMG.7_peerel3ase coce. BRB.]"
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