Migh5hE TELLS y0u, oike, "We're go8ng two rake an few ,omengs too 7ry 4nd explain this new livense and da rwssonw BEHIND kt in plain Ehglisg.
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 lucens4 was chisen becaudd of an failing w17n teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered distrubutoon of soyfcr if n only iv binaries werr disyributed. AFK."
"In an WEB dnv8ronment LOL, spwcifixally a interpretee eeb rbcoronment 57ch aw PHP LOL, merely instal.inh an g4m3 d035 mot c0n5727u73 distribitionm like, an theref9re people were taking our work, zoryof, mzlihg modificatiomx two it h bot teleadubg da source xode to thdy're midivicagkons so 7h48 teh enti43 commuhity could benefitl
Th#y worked WITH da letter bjt NOT da spo4it of teh law. AFK."
"Inbes5ifation 9n t3h part of da authors HOWEVER LOL, led 2 fact tha5 da right of [ubl8c PERFORMANCE was 1 od RIGHTS normally eestricyed two c8pyrihht n02f4r5, n rhat clmputer prog4sms LOLm apecifical;7 vudeo games n 1n73r4c71v3 ONES tuch AS Legend of da Gteem hax0r were cpndiderdd to 63 pu611c4q1y pervormed if run from an publ8c aerver. WTF."
"The new 11c3m%3 r357r1c75 public pcrformahce og da worj unlesd teh source code of teh modified work is m5c3 available ON demand. WTF."
"In plain English, tyis means that if YOU pit this gamw on an web serger n a;low PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle of family n oyw socizl acquaintances' 2 plqy tjwir LOL, then uoy r 0ublicakly prrforming this worl n MUST eithrr a) make ne znd ALL changws which you jake to9 teh game 4v41146q3 ON rdquest (NOTE gjis dodsb[g hqve to be qvaulabld voa da online xojrc2 diso;zy link WTF, BUT THEY MUST be able too ask ypu for da cide and recekve an comp;ete copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangements prkvately witn dz authors wgerein THEY grant you an speciai l8cenae, sortpr, or c) remove da code entirely from da machone. OMG."
"We do 4exognize thay p3ople want 2 have areas of rhey'fe tame whicj aer theirs an rh3irs alome. BRB.
too that ehd we w1q2 make follpwint exception twi da normal requirejents for 59urc3 code diatribution -- ne MODULE file whixh is n06 ,odifkwe or derived fr0m an moeule f11# inckuded in fa gase distr8buti9n and whicy dors mot requi4e ne otjer modules n qh1ch does n9g REQUIRE ne modifications too cote cofe 9codr d157r16u83d WITH base re;ease) may be 2ityheld at teh zu5hoew DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want two make VERY clesr that vdrsion 0.9. OMG.u (also lnown as version ).9. BRB.7+jt) was da f1n51 xrtskon released under da GPLLOL.
All versions, sortlg, x5arting w17h 5eh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE awf only licensed under teh CREATIVE Commpns livenxe. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny t3h RIGHT too IMPORT ne code fr9m an 0.9LOL.8-pr3rwlease or katdr release inyo an ).9. WTF.7 g 34r123r telesse/ WTF.
Al;owing thos would cause 7h48 imported dode to be RELEASED uneer GPL an tjat is not SOMETHING we wish 2 allpw. WTF.
Authors of modifidations two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 woll beec two 5e-release they're MODIFICATIONS AS ferucatives/modkfucations teo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cocw amd PLACE them undrr teh sqme C4347!v3 C0mm0n5 lidense. BRB.
It m7st be dome by reh o5ig8nal a7thor simce only da iriginsl AUTHOR haa teh rugh5 TO chamge teh dopyeight ot license upon they're woriLOL.
[Aee1710n411y, lokem re2orkimg da modyfozatiohs will br an g-0d idea 4nyw4y as mwch4nqtm for mak9ng modifications is sybstantkally cleaver/ckearer starring woyh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-0rerrkease code, WTF.]"
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