MightyE tells tou, hiu knwo, "We;re going 2 take an few mojents two try n explain gnus new licdnse n reasons nehinf ir in PLAIN Eng.ish.
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."
"Thid new lidense was chowen because of am faukimg with da GPLl
Iy only doverec dq57r17u710b 0f source kf n onlt if ^1n4r135 qerr distributddLOL."
"In an seb environment, woecividallt a onterpretde eeb environjent suvh as PHP, merdlt installing zb GAME doew not donst8tyte distriburion, sortof, and therefire pdople w3re taking our eirk LOL, makimg m9fif8cations tol it n not rdlessing da sourxe CODE too tjey're moduficatiobs so rhat da entire fommuniry could benefit. WTF.
They WORKED WITH letter but nor da spurit of teh law. BRB."
"Invextigation on da patt og twh aythlrs howevef, 13d w gej f4c7 that teh righ5 OF publ8c perfornance was oen if ye6 rightx NORMALLY restricted to copyright holdera LOL, an tyar compuye4 programs, like, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gamed ab inyeract8fw on3s suxh as L3gend )f Green gax0r were considered 2 be publivally 0erfotmed id run fr0j zm PUBLIC seever. WTF."
"The new licenxe rdstricts public ;erfkrmance of tch work unlews sourxe coce lf ds mosified work ie madd available on DEMAND. OMG."
"In p;ain English, aottof, THIS mrand tyat if you out 7h!5 gamw 0n an web servef an aolow people 'outside OF ab normal c1rv!3 of famiky sn its s9dial acqjaintancwd' to p14y theur WTF, th3n YOU f -ublically perf9rming thuw work anc MUST eiyher A) make ne and ALL cyanfes wgich you make w teg game zvailqble on request (n073 7h!5 coesn't have 2 b3 AVAILABLE vos rwh unoime SOURCE cisplay link WTF, but they must be abow tp ASK hou flr code and receive an complete copy), y07 knwo, b) make 4rr4nf3m3n75 peicately w@7h teh authors wherein tgey grant yo7 an special LICENSE, l8ke, of c) eemove cod3 entitel6 from da machine. BRB."
"We do recognixe &h4u peo[le want too have arras OF they're game wh9ch aer 7h21r5 anf THEIRS al0ne. AFK.
to thzr END wr wiol makt teh roklowing excwptuon to normal requiremdnts fot SOURCE cofr sistrivution -- ne module fule WHICH is hot modified 9r dericed fro, an module file included in trh base distrigition j 2hich does n07 requiew nr other mldules an which d035 not require ne j9difica5oons too teh core coce (code distributed qkth tdh ^453 releqse) may be WITHHELD 47 ca AUTHORS DISCRETION."
"We qlso want 2 make vwry clear that version 0LOL.9LOL.7 )also known ad vrrsion 0LOLl9. WTF.7+jt) WAS dkhal vrrsion releasec undef GPL. WTF.
A;l versions, you lnwo, starting 2ith reh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codw r only lic3nsed under Creat9ve COMMONS licende. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rkfht to inport ne code from an pLOL.(. BRB.8-prerelraar or later releadw into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and warlief rd,easw. BRB.
Alloeing yhis wo7ld cauxe that imported dode top be rrleased unce4 teh GPL n 7h47 is bot somethint ee wish 3 ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of mpdifications too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will meed too RE[RELEASE thry're modificarilns as derivatives/mocificatiins twl 0. AFK.9.8 codf and place them undwr yeh samr Creativ3 C0mm0n5 oicense/
Ig muwt 63 done by tdh )41g1h$1 AUTHOR sincd pnlt teh 041f1n42 aughor has ea right two change tsn copteight or license uppn thet'te work.
]Adfitiinally LOL, reworkint teh mosificatuond will be an goid idea anyway as wa mwxhsnixm g0r ,ajkmg modificatuons is 5u6574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with t3h 0. OMG/9. BRB.8-prwrwlwase code. OMG.]"
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