MightyE tells you LOL, "Ww're going rp take an frw mom3nts rwo try n ezplzin uhia new .icense an reqsons behind it IN PLAIN Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Th8w NEW license w4% chosen BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL.
IT ONLY covrred distributiin of siurcd if n on;y if bkbaroes were dist5ibuted. BRB."
"Im qn web ENVIRONMENT WTF, sprcifivally a inte4pfeted weg environnent SUCH zs PHPm m3r31y 1b574111ng an game e035 not vonstit7te distribytion, an tgerefore people s3r3 taking 0jr WORK, li;w, MAKING modifivarions yo it and not releasing teh source code to thsy;re modificationa sp that teh entire cpmmunq7y diuld benefit. OMG.
Tyey WORKED WITH .etter but not da spirit of teh kqw. WTF."
"Infea5igation pn part OF aitgors h0wec3r, you knwi, lef teo ea fact that da right OF public perfo3mance was 1 0f teh tithts NORMALLY rewtricted ro copyeight holderx, you knwo, n that domputer prograks WTF, w[rcifica.ly fkce9 gzmes n 1n73r4c81v3 ones 5uch as Lebend pf teh Green hax0r were cons8dered 2 be publically pweformed if run from an public s3rver. WTF."
"The n3w lix3nse RESTRICTS pub.ic p3rvoemamce of teh work unless da source vode of trh MODIFIED work id ,add avai.able 9n eemand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this k3ans that 8g you put this fame on an web 43rv3r an allow people 'OUTSIDE lg an normal cktcle or family AND its social acquaintances[ two play their, then yoj aer publically performkng thks work n MUST either a) make ne am ALL ch4ng35 2hich yoi ms,e two ten g4m3 avqilagle ON request (nite tnix dofan[t yave yoo b3 available viz ren ONLINE 5purc3 dis;lay link, so4tof, but they must ve able to ask you fot da x-d3 n 4eceive an complete copy), you knwo, b) make atfangements privarely w8th 5eh auyhors wtwrein they grant you an special license LOL, ir c) remove tdh code entirely from teh machineLOL."
"Ww do recornize that 0ro;le want 5l have AREAS or they're game which r thekrs n tgeirs alone. AFK.
2 that dnd we will nake rollowing exce0tioh two reh normql requiremehts for 50urc4 code DISTRIBUTION 0- ne m0du1# fold whucn is nor m0d1f13f lr eerivrd from an module f!13 INCLUDED in da BASE distributiin an whixj DOES not reauird ne other midules n which do3x b07 REQUIRE ne midif8catiins too da core code (code dkstributed sq7h teh base r313453) may be WITHHELD at teh authlrs disvretion. OMG."
"W3 alsp want too male VERY cleat that fersion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also kn;w, as VERSION 0. OMG.9. BRB.&+jg0 wad rdh final version tdleased under GPLLOL.
ALL vr4soons, you jnwo, STARTING w8th da 0.9.80prerelesdf clde r only LICENSED under da Creative Commons l8censeLOL.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da right to IMPORT ne c0d3 ffom an 0l BRB.9. BRB.7-prereleade OR later relrzwe INTO an 0. OMG,9LOL.7 an ear;ier r313453LOL.
ALLOWING this would cause thst imported codw toi BE released UNDER ea GPL and that ix nit 50m37h!ng we wiah 2 sllow. WTF.
Authors lf mosifications 1 0. WTF,9LOL.7 wi.l nedd two rr-re;easd they're mocifivations r4 c3r1v471v45/m0d1f1c471)n5 2 )/ OMG.9. WTF.7 code n olaxe THEM under reh SAME Ceeative Commons license. OMG.
It muxt 63 done by teh original a7thor sonce 0n1y originql author haa right too CHANGE da COPYRIGHT or licence upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionallym lkkw, reeorking nofificstuons will be an good iceq anysah as teh mechanism foe making modifications is substantoallt cleaner.clezrer starting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease xode. AFK.]"
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