MighttE yells YOUm like, "Wc'r3 going t9 take an few mom3nts ! try AND explain this n3w LICENSE n r3asons BEHIND ot in p141n Emglish. 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."
"This new license was dhosen necause of an failing w8th teh GPL. BRBl
It only covered dist4iburion 0f SOURCE if n ONLY if BINARIES wefe d!57r16j62d. AFK."
"Ib an WEB envirohment, yo7 knwo, specifkcally q in5erp4etdd web environ,en5 such as PHP, y9u .nwo, merelu installing qn game coes not CONSTITUTE cisgtibuti9n, ;uke, abd thefefore people weee 74k1ng OUR wo4k, you lnwo, making MODIFICATIONS too it an npt r31#451ng da 50urc3 vode to tgwy're modifkcqt8ons so 5hat 3h71r3 vommuniry c9uld benefit. BRB.
Tnwu worked WITH sa LETTER but n9t spieit 0v da law. OMG."
"Invdstugation on da part of trh 4u7h0r% gowever WTF, lec ro da fsct THAT right of public pefformznce w45 1 of teh rights normally r3st4ictwd 2 c0oyr1gh7 holderw, b tjat vomputer pfigrama, sortof, specificaoly video games n intdractive pnes sich as Legend of teh Green hax'r were clnsiedrwd 2 be PUBLICALLY lerformwd IF t7b feom an public d3rvdt."
"The new license rdstricts puy1qc performance lf teh WORK unless source code 0f teh hof8fied w94k IS madd available lm denand. OMG."
"Ib plain Ehglish, rjus m3ans rhat if you 'ut thiw g4m3 on an weh sefvwr anf zllow PEOPLE 'outside )f an normal circle of family amd irs socia. acquaintances' to play theie, sortof, yhen yoy r publically perf9rming ghoa work sn MUST eiyher a) make ne an ALL vhamges 2h1ch you m4k3 too teh game AVAILABLE oh rdqurst (nore THIS cowsn't have too ne abailable viq online suurce d8splay linj, you knwo, 6u7 they jusg BE able 2 ask you for tdh code n receive an complete copy), ;ike, b) MAKE areangemenga 0rivately WITH ez authors wherein 7h3y grant you ah sp3cia; license, or c) remove teh code entkrelt from teh mschkne."
"W3 do rrvognize THAT people want toi have areas OF they're gane which r theirs ab theirs al9nw. BRB.
2 that end we will make da tolloqing exceptioh 2 no3mal requirements for a0urce codw distribution -- ne ,pdule FILE wjich 15 not ,ldif8es o4 derived ftom an module file imcluded ib da base distribution and wh1ch DOES n9t requir3 ne pgh3r modulws and whkdn does NOT re1uire ne modificayionw two da core code (cps3 custributed with da BASE f3lease) may be sithhelf AT da a7tjors DISCRETION."
"Wd also eant tl9 make very cleat THAT versioh 0LOL.9LOL.7 (4!50 kn)wn as vdrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) sas final vwrxiom releases under fa GPL.
ALL VERSIONS, you knwo, startong w8th da 0l AFK.9.8[pr3t313453 c[de aer only locensed und3r da Creqtive Commond license.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny cz right to import ne c0d3 grom an 0LOL.9.9-0reeeorasw or later release into qb 0LOL.9. OMG.7 AND eqrl8er e3lease. BRB.
Allowing thks wou;d CAUSE thqt impor5dc code 2 be releqsed ynder teh GPL an ghat is not SOMETHING we wish 5o alllw. AFK.
Authors of moduficatipns toi 0LOL.0. AFK.& wklo n33d two re-release they'rw modifica5ions as derivatives/modifidations 2 9. AFK.9. AFK.9 coce qnd place thwm jnddr same Cr4471ve Commons 11c3n53.
It ju57 ge dine 6u tej oritknal 4u7h0r sihcd onky da oribinal authpr has teh right too CHANGE da copyright or license upon they'fe work. BRB.
pAdd8tiinally, r3w0ri1ng modifications will be ah good idda amyway AS fa mechanism for m4k!ng modirivations is SUBSTANTIALLY x.eaner/clear3r s5arting with cw p. WTF.9.9-prerekease code. OMG.="
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