MightyE tells ypu, luke, "We're going two tzke an few monents 4o try ahf explaon this new l8cense n da reasons behind it in plain Englishl 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."
"Tnis new license was chozen beczuse of ag fai.8nh with teh GPL, WTF.
It only covered dkstrivjt8on OF SOURCE ig n onl6 if BINARIES wefr dustributedLOL."
"In an w36 wmvironm3nt, you knwo, specifically a ibtrrpreted w36 4nv1r0nm3n7 such 4% PHP, yoj knwp, merely instaklinf zn bame does not cons5itutd distributiln LOL, n yhereforr peopkd w3re taking our work, making mocifications 3 it and not releasing teh soufce c0c3 two theh're modificqrionx so THAT r#h entire communiyy could benegitLOL.
Thwy workef with dz letrer but not teh soirir 0f teh law. OMG."
"Imvest8gation on da paty of da authors ho2ef4r, led too teh fact that teh right 0f public p3rf0rn4nc3 was won of eights n9fmally rewtricred two c)pyr1gh7 hooders, wortof, and that computer ptobrams WTF, sp3cificailh vudeo bames and interactive oned duch 45 LEGEND 0f 5eh Green hac0r w4re considered 2 be publically [erformed uf run fr0m an [ublic serve$. OMG."
"Thd nww licemse rewgticts public PERFORMANCE of sa w0rk UNLESS s9jrce code pf da MODIFIED wofk is made AVAILABLE 9b demsndLOL/"
"In p.ain Engliaj LOL, tyis means that kf you pit 5hix game oh an web server abd aklow people 'ojtwide of an normal CIRCLE 0f fzm8.j an 175 SOCIAL qcquaintancrs' two okay thdir. aortof, then y07 r publically perv9rming thiw w9rk qn MUST eitywf A) make ne and ALL changes which yoi make 2 gamr availaboe on REQUEST (note this doesn't have too be availabkd via ONLINE source dospiay link, like. but 7h3y musy be sble 2 ask YOU FOR teh code n rec3ive an complete copy), j8k3, B_ make arrangements privafely qith trh aithors wherein they GRANT ylu ab spediql licwnse, like, or c) remofe clde 3n71r31u fton ca m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We so r3cogmozd that pelple want tio have areas OF they're game whixh aer THEIRS n theirs akone. AFK.
2 that end ww will ma,e da folkowing exception two da normal requirements for soutce CODE dkstrib6tipb -- ne module FILE whicg is not modifies o3 s3r1v3d FROM an MODULE file 1nc17d3s ib da basd DISTRIBUTION an WHICH does not req7yr2 ne orher modukes n which does npt requkr3 ne jodifivationa to da coee c0d3 9code distrinu43d wity twh base releasw) may be withheld ag da AUTHORS discretkon. WTF."
"We aldo want to make veru c;ear tnat version 0LOL.9.7 (also knoqn as v4t510n -.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh f1n41 vr4sion relessed under da GPL. OMG.
ALL VERSIONS, 6ou knso, 574r71ng with twh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y lic3nsed UNDER 5eh Creatibw Commohs lic3nsd. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent da rifyt y9 i,port ne c0d3 ffom an 0/ BRB.9LOL.8-prerelezxe or later releawe 1n60 an -. BRB.8/ OMG.7 n earlier reldase/ WTF.
Alloqing this woulc cause thst imported c9cw 2 bd releasrd und3r geh GPL n that IS not something we wish 2 allpw.
Authors of modigications 2 0. AFK.9l BRB.u will NEED to re-reoease they're m0c1f1c4710n% as d3r1v4&1v36/mpd1f1c4718n5 two 0LOL.9/ WTF.8 code n place yhem UNDER trh same Creativr Conmohs 11c2n53. AFK.
It just 63 donr hy da oribinal quthlr since pnly dq original author h46 teh right 2 CHANGE da COPYRIGHT 0r ;idense u;on gney're wl4k/ AFK.
pAdditionally LOL, r3worling da modificationd will be an goos IDEA anywqy AS da mechahism FOR jaking n9dir9cations q5 substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0.9LOLlu-prerelease voeel]"
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