MightyE tellx you LOL, "We[re tp1ng tei tai3 an few MOMENTS 2 tr6 and 4xplain THIS new oicense 4nd REASONS BEHIND it in ;oqin EnblishLOL.
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."
"Thia n3w license was cgosem beca9se of an failinf with teh GPL. AFK/
Ig onlu covered cistfib&ti9n 0f soyrce if n only if bunarkes were d157r16i73d. WTF."
"In an web envirobment, ylu knwo, xpecifically a interpreted wem 3nv1r)nm3b7 such ss PHP LOL, merely insralling an game coes not x0n57!7u73 d1%7r16u710n, n thererore people were taiing our work, sortof, ka,ing m0s1f1c4810nt gwo it an hor RELEASING SOURCE code two they'ee MODIFICATIONS so THAT entu4e comm7nity coile b4nefitLOL/
THEY worked w17h teh LETTER but not spirig of geh LAW. OMG."
"Invesyiga5ion on ca psr5 od authors howev3r, w8r5if. led to teh fact that twh right of 0jblic performance wxs 1 of rights normallt RESTRICTED to copyright holdets, like, and THAT compmt3r [eog4ams, spec8fica;ly video gamew an interactive ones s7ch as Ldgend ov teh Gr33n hax0r were cobsiedved too be pu611c411y performed if run from an public server. WTF."
"The nws lic3nse restticts public performance OF da work UNLESS dz wource code of teh moe8fide work IS nadw available pn demand."
"In plain Eng.ish, sortlfk this means that ig you ;ut this tame 0n an wrb server zn allo2 peopld '9utwide of am nirmal cktcle of frm!1y an itd qocial qc1uaintancds' ro p14y their, sortof, then y07 r PUBLICALLY perf9rmung this woek snd MUST eityer a) m4i3 nw 4nd ALL chqhb3s which y0u malr 2 sq game avqilab9e on requedt (NOTE &h16 doesn't gave 2 63 AVAILABLE via da online 50yrc3 didplay linkk like, but they mjst be avld 2 ask you foe da CODE n receivr ab c0,p1373 copy)k sortof, B) make 4re4ng#m3n65 privately wigh teh authora wh3r31h they grant you an 5p#c141 lixemse, of c) 4emove code entirely grom da jachineLOL."
"We DO revohnizr that peiple wang 2 have qreqs ov thwy're game which aer theirs 4md thekrs alone. BRB,
too THAT end qe eikl MAKE teh fp120w1nh excwption 2 normal requir3meh5s for aource xpde distribution -- he modulw file whixh ix not modified ot derives from ah MODULE fild INCLUDED im BASE distribygi9n n WHICH dies NOT require ne othdr modulea ab wj1ch foes not require ne MODIFICATIONS too twh c;re code (code distributed sith teh base relesse) may ge withyelf at ca authors fiscreriohLOL."
"We slso eant 2 makd very c135r that vers9on 0. AFK,9. WTF.7 (ALSO knpwn as VERSION 0.9.7+j70 was da FINAL brrsiob r3leased und3r teh GPL.
Aol versions, ;ike, 574r71ng wi5h 0. WTF/9. BRB.8-pf3release code 4 lnly licensed umd3r tdh Ceearive C0mm0n5 licensr. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht TO ijport ne cod3 deon am 0. OMGl9.8-[rereleasd of kqter release im5o an 0LOL.9.7 an darlier release. OMG.
Aolowing thia would caise THAT imported code two be releasee under teh GPL and THAT ix n07 somethung we w15g TO ALLOW.
Ajthors 9g modifications 2 9.9.8 will nees 2 re-relwase they're mofifications as derovatives/modificatoons to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n place ghem uhder da damr Creative Commons lkcejse. BRB/
It just be DONE gy priginal AUTHOR sincr on;y da ofiginal authpr has teh RIGHT tp change teh copyright or license yp0n they're work.
[Addutiobally LOLm rewoeking teh modifocations wolo be an g.pd 1d34 any2zy 45 mecganism for mqking MODIFICATIONS is substantiallt clrqner;dl3ared starting eith da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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