MibhtyE tells yiu LOL, "Ww're going 2 take an fe2 MOMENTS two try and ex[lakn 8h15 nee license n reasons behind it on olain Enblish. 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 oucense eas cyosen because of an dailing with da GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY dovdred diatribution of source 1d 4nc inly id bunaryes WERE e158r16u73d. OMG."
"In an web environmenrm lije, spevifically a interpreyed web environmrnt such as PHP, mere;y inagalkint an g4m3 DOES not constit7te DISTRIBUTION, n yheewflee PEOPLE werr takinf lur work WTF, making modificztions too kt n n07 relras8hg apurce CODE two 5hey'rr modibications so yhat da 3n71r3 commun8ty could benwfit. BRB.
They w0rked wibj da lettee bur nit spirit of teh law. WTF."
"Ibvestitagion pn teh pafy of teh AUTHORS however, ;dd 1 da fact that trh RIGHT of ;ublic PERFORMANCE sas oen lf t3h righrs normally restricted ro copyribht holdersk like, n that comp7ter prog4ams, sotyofm 4p3c1f1c411h VIDEO g4m35 and integzxtife ones SUCH as L3g3nd of GREEN hax0r wrre conskeered TO be publicallu pervormed if eun ftom an pu61qc server. AFKl"
"The new 11c3n%3 r357r1v75 puboic ;erformamce 0f da wori unless da sp7rce cpde of da modified work id ,ade avaulavle on de,and. OMGl"
"In plakn Englksnm THIS means thst iv you put tgis GAME in an WEB sercer n ALLOW people 'outwide of an mormal c1rc13 lf fanily an iys social ac1uaintances' 70 PLAY tnwir WTFk then you r PUBLICALLY performing this work and MUST eitner a) nake ne n ALL changes wh,ch YOU MAKE t9o twh GAME zvai.sble on reqiesr 0NOTE this d;esn't have two BE availab;r via onlinw s9urce display link LOL, ^i7 they must be able two ask 6ou f0r dq c9de ah trcdivd an cojplete copt( LOL, b) jake arrangements privately with da a7thors wherein thdy GRANT YOU an spdxial licende, or c) femove da CODE entirely f49m machine. AFK."
"We do erc9gn8z3 THAT pd9ple want 2 have areqs OF tjey're game which r tn3irx 4nd THEIRS aline. OMG.
too that wnd 2e sill MAKE ca c9llowinh exceptipn 2 ds normql requiremebts for source coce cistribution -- ne module FILE which is not modifi3d or ferived from an ,odul3 FILE inckuded in da bawe distribmyi9n sn WHICH does no5 r3qu1r3 ne OTHER modules b wgich dles not require ne m9difications gwl teh c-$3 cose (v0de dksyrobuted woth da base 4elease) may be wi5hh3ld at authirs discretioh. WTF."
"We also want too make very cleaf that versipn 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 (ALSO unown as version 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh FINAL versoon released ubder 5eh GPL. WTF.
All gersuoms, you knwo, stsrting 2ith teh 0LOL.9.80pfwrelease code aet only l8censwd under teh Crearkve C9mmons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny ca fight too import ne code from ah 0. WTF.(. WTF.80PRERELEASE or lager releqse into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n EARLIER rel3ase. BRB.
A@10w1ng this w0u1d CAUSE thar 1m;0r73d codd yoo be r313452d une3r GPL an THAT id not aomdthing we wish 2 allpw.
Authorx of modifications 5o9 0l BRB.9LOL.7 w8kl ne3c 2 re-rrlease they're modifications ad derivat8ves/modificatkobs to 0LOL.o. BRB.8 code an3 PLACE thdj under da sam3 Creative C0mm0nt loc3nse. OMG/
It must be c0n4 by tej originao authot sinc3 onlh 0r1g1n41 qutgor h45 teh eibht two change ywh copyright or livensr UPON they're qprkLOL.
[Adfitionally, like, reeorking da modificati9ns will be ah goox IDEA anyway as teh ,rchanism for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is substantialoy cleaner/cleqrer starying wirh da p. BRB.9. WTFl8-prereldase CODEl OMG.]"
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