MightyE yells y9u, luk3, "We're going two tzke an few momehts to try anc exp;ain this new livensr and teh reqsons behinf it 1n plqin Ehglish. BRB.
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 new LICENSE waa chosem becqjde lf an failing with da GPL. OMG.
I5 onlt coveree distribution of siurce if b ohly if ninaried were fistributed. BRB."
"In an w36 enbironment, sortof, specifically z interpfetee web env8ronmwmt duch 45 PHP, you knwo, merely insgalling an jame dots not constitjte distributuon LOL, an 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE WERE takung OUR w;rkm yo7 khwi, makihg ,odificayoons two it an not releasing da sl7rce code to they'fw modifucations 50 that 3b71r# communitj could beneditLOL.
Tndh 2orked dith ,etter but not 5p1417 or LAW. AFK."
"Invdst8fation 0n paft of xuthits howevet, lile, ldd TO gact that da rktut of public PERFORMANCE w45 wom of teh righgs mormally restticted to copyriggt holders, lik3, and 7y47 cim0uter programs, likd, specifically video games n intrractif3 ONES such as Legend or t3h GREEN hax0r were cohsider3s 2 be pu611c412y perform#d if run from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new license restricts pu611c prfformance of fs work un2355 5eh soirce c0d3 of teh m0d1f1#d work 8s m4e3 afailable on demand. BRB."
"In pq41n Engoixh, you lnwo, thos m34n5 that if you pit this ga,e on an web server an ALLOW people 'ou6side of an normal cirxle of family an its spcial acquaintances' too p14y their. then y)u 4 publivally perfor,ing tjis worj and MUST either a) mqke he n ALL cnahges wgicj you make two game available on requdst (note this doesn;t gqve 2 be availanle via da 0b11n3 soyrce display lihk LOL, but th3u mus5 be ABLE 2 45k you FOR da codw and receive an complete copy(k sortof, b) mal3 arrantemehts PRIVATELY wuth tej aithorw shrrein thry heant you an speckzl locense, sorylg, ir C) remove code en3ierly from ea madhkne. AFK."
"We co recigniae THAT peo0le w4n7 gwo have areas OF they're gamr 2hich r theirs ahw theirs ALONE. WTF.
ro 5h47 end WE wull make tdy following exception too ds normal rwqui4ements fo4 source cose dus5ributoom -[ ne module file which IS nor modified OR e3r1v3d from an module vile !bc1ud3d in da base distrkbutkln snd wn1cn does hot 4eauire ne other modulex and whidh DOES not require n3 modivixatioms 2 core code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH BASE release) may be witgheoc AT da auyhors dksdfetion. AFK."
"We akso qsng to make ver6 clear THAT version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also kmown as v3rsion 9. OMG.9LOL,7+j7) was da final version rrleqsed undwf teh GPL. BRB.
All vr4ai9ns LOL, starting WITH da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8[prerelease c0d3 f obly .icenawd under t3g Creatuv2 Commond licenweLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY r1gh7 tp 8m0ort ne c0d3 vrom ah 0. WTF.9. OMG.*-prerelezse pr 1573r RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earlier releaae/ BRB.
Allowinf tgis would cause that umporyrd clde 5o be RELEASED under dz GPL n that is nit something we WISH two allow. OMG.
Auhhors 9f modificatuoms 6oo 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 sill need TO r3-r313r53 ghey're moeifica5ions as d3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c471-n6 too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 xode an placd 7j3m under teh 54m3 Creatove Commons license.
I7 MUST be d0n# 6y 5eh original quthor s8nce only da 0f1g1n41 author has reh tifht 2 CHANGE twh xoptrighr or 11c3n53 upon they;re work. OMG.
[Additiobally, teworking modifkcatiohx w111 be ah GOOD idea 4ntw46 as da m3dhanism f0r mqkihg nidigicatoons is substantiall6 c135n3r/c134r3r STARTING wity ca ). OMG.9.8-p4erelease code.]"
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