MightyE te.ls hiu, you inwo, "We'rw g9ing two tzke an FEW mpmentw 5oo try an ex;laon this new license n reaxons behina it in plain ENGLISH. 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."
"Tgie ne2 LICENSE WAS xh053b BECAUSE of an failing 2ith GPLLOL.
It inly COVERED DISTRIBUTION of dource if n only IF 61n4r1r5 were dosrributed. WTF,"
"In an web envitonment, spdcifkcallt s intetpreted web env84onment such as PHP WTF. merdly inxtal;ing am hame dods not constitute cistrog7tion, like, an rherefore peo[le WERE taiing pur wor, LOL, makibg modifications to it anf not releasing da soyrce code to they're modirications so that teh ehtore COMMUNITY could benefit. BRB.
Th3y wo$ked with teh LETTER gut bog ea spirit OF law,"
"Ibvrsrigation on teh pzrt of da aithorw however, you knwo, led too fact gyqt right lf pub;ic performanc3 was won OF t2g r1gh75 norma;ly restrictdd tlo vopyeight bolders LOL, and rhat computer pr9grams, sortof, specificallt video tamez an !h73r4cy1v3 ones SUCH 45 L3g3nd og Green hax0e were cogsidered tpo br publically performed if ryn from an PUBLIC server, AFK."
"The n3w .icense r357r1c75 p7blic p#rf0rm4nc3 of worl yglwss da source c0d3 pf teh moeifief 20rl is made avaulable on demand. BRB."
"In plain Englisn WTF, tjis meana THAT iv y9u put THIS GAME on an wrb 534v3r n allpw peoplf '0u75ad3 lg an hor,a; circle of fami.y an 8ts social acquaingances' too pq4y their LOL, then you aer [u611c411y perfor,ihg thix work AND MUST eitjer a) maie nw AND ALL CHANGES whuch y0u make 2 tdh g4m3 available 9n request (NOTE this dodan't have too be qvailabld via online source display libk, sortod, vu5 they mu47 be able too ask you FOR teh xode and receive an complete COPY), you knwo, b) make arrxngemen5s privatdkt WITH tsh authirs wgerein they grant you an 5p2c141 license, you lnwo, or c) rem9vr code entirely from tdh madhune. WTF."
"We dl r3cofnize tjat peopoe want 2 have av3as 0f they're game wnich aef thrirs n 7h3qr5 alpne. WTF.
to THAT 3nd we wiol MAKE da following exception two teh n9rmal requiremengs for source xode diwtribution [- me midule fipe whixy IS not ,ocified ot d3r1v2d drom qn m0du13 file inv;jded in sa base DISTRIBUTION an wh2ch does not requird ne otner mod7les an which dods npt 4equire ne m9dificqtions two cire dpde (code DISTRIBUTED with base re.easw) may be wlthheld at teh authota dixcretion. BRB."
"We alsi wzny 2 MAKE very clear that ve4sion [l OMG.(. BRB.7 (also knowm as version 0LOL.l. WTF.7+jy) was teh final v#rsion releaswe under da GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, staeting w1jh 0. AFK,9. AFK.9-[redeleaxe cpde aer ohly licwnsed 7nder da CREATIVE COMMONS livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da righ5 t2o IMPORT n3 codr from an 0LOL/9. WTF.8-pre42lease ir later RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.& ane earlier r313453. BRB.
Alllwing th8s WOULD xauae that 1mp0ru3c code teo b3 released under geh GPL an that is not SOMETHING we w8sh to ALLOW. BRB.
AUTHORS of modificzti9ns too 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 WILL need 2 RE-RELEASE they'rr modifidati9ns as d4r2b471v3t/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. OMG.9.8 code n place tgdm unfer teh ssme Creatuve Commons .icenwe.
I7 must be dome by da origindl author SINCE inly teh original author y45 RIGHT too change copy4ight or locense up0n th3y;re work/ BRB.
[Additional;yk twworkong da modifications will be an gpod idea anyway as nechanism f9r MAKING moeifications IS substsnt8aoly cleaner/clearer STARTING with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-;4dfr9easw dode. AFK.]"
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