MightyE teood you, sorrof, "Wd're t02ng too take an few mlments rwo try an 3xplain this new license n 4easons behind it in plsin 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."
"Tnks nrw license was ch053n bwcause 9f an FAILING 2i5h teh GPLLOL,
It only coverrd disrr*bution of aource if and onl7 of bimaries wwre d157r16u73d. OMG."
"In av web environ,ent, like, s[ecifkcall6 a unterpretwf qeb dnvifonment such as PHP WTF, merely inatallung an game does bot c9n5717u72 d157r167610m WTF, n therdforw people were taking our work, kike, making modidics5ipns yoo it an h07 releaxing dq siurcd code two they;re jod8fidations so thag teh entiee community could venefiy. OMG.
Thwy woried with teh .egter vut not spirit OF da laq."
"Investifayi9b on part of da authoes ho2ever, LED 2 teh fact tyat teh rifht of PUBLIC p25rprm4nc3 was 1 of r8bhys NORMALLY restrictwd TO dopyeight joldefs, and that compjter pr0gr4m5, yo7 knwo, spec8gicakl6 fideo gamdc and 8nteractove ones sucy as Legend ov teh Green hax0r wdre vonsodered top be pub.icallu p3fformrd if run from an pu611c SERVER. OMG,"
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS public performance of teh work unless sourcd cpse of gen ,ofified wotk is made AVAILABLE on demsnd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englidh LOL, 7h15 m3ans thzt if you put this gsj4 on an web server an aloow peo[le 'outdide lg qn normal CIRCLE od fxmilt snd its social acquaintances' too p14y their, hou knwo, tnen you aer pjblocakl6 perform,ng this q0rk n MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 WHICH you make 2 teh gzme 4v41@4613 on rdqjest (note this do3sn't HAVE twi ^3 available via teh ONLINE SOURCE display 11nk WTFm but they must be ABLE 2 ask yiu f0r code n recdive sn x9mp;3te cop6), you jhwl, 6) make 4rf4ng3m3b75 pfivately 2ith 5eh zuthors wherein thry gr4n6 you an 5[3c141 livens3 WTF, or C( remove da codr entirely rrom da machine. OMG."
"We do recovn8ze that oei[le want 2 gave aress od tgey're game which aer theirs m theirs alonw. OMG.
to THAT end ee e111 makr yeh f9llowing exce;5ion two teh hifmal rdquirements dor source code d15ur16u710n -- ne mlduj3 file which ia not modified or deriv3d rrom an mosule fi;e incouded in da BASE diwtributuon n whicj c-36 not require ne other modules an wh8cy coes npt r3q71f3 ne modifications top tej core CODE (code distrinutrd qith da base RELEASE) mqy 63 wothheld at AUTHORS fiscretionLOL/"
"We zlsi qsnt too m4k3 very x134r that version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alao known as version 0. BRB.o.7+jt) was teh dinak version e3leawes under da GPL. AFKk
All VERSIONS, starting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0s3 r onoy licensed und34 teh Creative Cojmons licenae.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da ruhht 2 IMPORT nd code vrom an 0LOL.o. BRB.8-[rerelesse 0r late4 releqae into an 0. OMG.9. BRB,7 n earl8dr release.
Allowing this wlyld causd thar umpogr3d CODE TO be released jmder da GPL an tnat IS not sometying we WISH @ qolo2LOL.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4710n5 TO 0. WTF.8. OMG.7 will need TO re-release they're ,odificqtions as ceeivaboves/mpdif8cations roo 0/ BRB.9. OMG.8 code zn place thej undef da same Creatkve Commons lucense. OMG.
Iy mist br dpne BY teh original author somce only da ORIGINAL 4u7h9r has da rktyt 2 changd da dooyright or licensr upon rhey're sork. BRB.
[Add17!0n4!!y, li,e, rewor'kmg da mod8fixagions will be an good icea anysay as teh mrchanism for msjing modovicatiobd iw substabtially cleaner/vlearer starting with da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease clfr. WTF.\"
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