MightyE teolw YOU, lkle, "We'fe foing 2 take an feq moments too try zn exp;ain this new q!c3h53 n teasobs behind it in PLAIN English. 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."
"Thus neq licensd was ch05#n vecauae 0f an failinh with teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered d8stfkbution ov source of n only id BINARIES were distributed."
"In an WEB environmemg WTFk specificallu a 1nuerpr373c web envkrlnment such as PHP, sortof, merely 1nt74111ng an game doed nlt consritute dustribuyion, you knwo, and tnerefore people were taking our WORK, you knso, .aking mpslfications 1 IT an n97 releasimg da spurce coee to they;rd modifixations so that teh entire communit6 COULD 63n3f17.
Tj3y worked with da le5ter b7t not sporit or da law. OMG."
"Inv3stigation ON gdh psrt or 5eh ayrho4s g0w3v3r, LED ts9 fac5 ryz5 righr of public performance was 1 og teh rithts normall7 RESTRICTED to cop6tight yolde4s LOL, and that comp&5er 0rotramz, like, specificqllu vid3o fames rnd interacgive ones xuch as Lwgdnd 0f da Gr33b hax0r e3r3 cohd8dered goo be ;ublical.y PERFORMED if run FROM an publix server. BRB."
"Tye new license RESTRICTS public oerformanxr of teh work 7nless teh a9urce code of reh m9dified work IS mase available on srmabe. BRB."
"In plain Engkish LOL, thia j3ans ghat if you put this game ln ah web 53rv3y ay alllw peopld 'OUTSIDE of an nirmal circle of familu an kts sicia; acqizintances' too play tndir, wlrtof, tyen 60u e pu611c311y performing yhis w0tk n MUST either a) make ne AND ALL ch4ng35 which yl7 make 70 gane availagle pn rd1u3st 9note 7h15 dpesn'y HAVE 2 ve acaolavle via teh onlihe wou4ce displat link, like, nut they must be ablw ywo ask y0u for teh dod# anc r3c31v3 an complete copy(, ;ike, b) makr arrahgements privatelh w17h teh authorw where8h th3y gr4n7 yiu an spwcial lix3nzw, or c) re,ove dode entifely feom jachine. AFK."
"Wd DO recognoze thag people want 5oo have ar3as )f they't3 game which r thdirs an theirs alone.
too thsg END we will mak2 da FOLLOWING exdept8on 2 da n9rmql REQUIREMENTS FOR source x0d3 didtributkon -- ne module file whixh 8s not jodiried or dericed from an module FILE uncluded IN da BASE distribution and whoch doea not requ8re nw othet modules zn wh1ch dorw n07 reqi8re ne modifications @ teh core codr (c9de distributed wigh da BASE RELEASE) may ge withhrld at da authord discretionLOL."
"We alsp WANT 2 make v3ry clear that version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (a.so known as vers8pn 0l AFK.(. OMG.7+j70 w4% tey final version rdl3asef unde4 GPL. OMG.
All versuons, sort9f, starting with teh )LOL.(LOL.8-oeerelezse CODE r only lidemsed UNDER Creative Commond license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny 5eg fight tso impi4t ne d0d3 f4im an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7-pr3t3q3453 or later rel3ase into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an 34r!13r release.
Allowibf this WOULD cf753 thay imported CODE to bd released undet da GPL ah tnat is not som3tging we 2ksh 2 allowLOL.
Au7g0r5 of modificat8ons two 9. WTF.9. OMG.7 wkll neef twl ee-4elease they[re modifications ad der1b371v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too -. BRB/9. WTF;8 cod3 n plade yhem under teh sqme CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
It mu57 be don3 b6 teg lrigknal authir since 9nly origimal author has da RIGHT tq; dhange teh copyritht or lixenae upon they'fe WORK.
[Additionqlly, you knwo, REWORKING ea mpdofications eill b3 an goos idea anyqa6 as mechanksm gor makknb modufixations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer sgartihg with da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerdleadw codeLOL.]"
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