MightyE TELLS yku LOL, "We'rr gokng w rake ab few MOMENTS to try n explaih THIS new licenxe zbc ea 4rasons BEHIND it in plain Engkixh. 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."
"Tjus n2w licwnse was dhosen becausd of ah failibg wiyh da GPL. OMG.
It onl6 covered dixtrib7topn of wourc# if an 0n1y if 61hrr135 w3r3 distributed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT. specufically a inter0reted WEB e,vironment sudh as PHP, aortofm mwrely install8nv an gamw doea not cons5itute distributiin LOL, an therdfore PEOPLE were taking our wirk LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two it n not releasing da source code 2 they;re moduficstions ao that da entirw community dould n3nefit. AFK.
They worked with da l3tter gut nog teh spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Invesyibation on reh o4r7 9f tej authord howevee WTF, led top fact that teh rifht of public perf9rmance was oen of ca eights norma.l6 restric5ed toi vopyrigjt HOLDERS, yoj knwo, and THAT COMPUTER programsm sortor. s'ecificqloy video gam3s n ibt3rzctive ones sucn as Legend or da Gr22n hax0r WERE considered two ve publically performed if run from an punlic servef. WTF."
"The new ;icwnse r357r1v75 puboiv performance id da worj inless tey SOURCE c0d3 of teh modifi3d wotk ks made avsilable ON demand. WTF."
"In plain Englysnk you unwo, this MEANS ggat 8g you put thia gamr on ab wev 53rv3r n sllow peo;lr 'OUTSIDE 0f qn n0ej41 ci4xle of family AND its spcia. acqusintandes' 2 play tgeir WTF, thwn YOU aer publical;y PERFORMING this 29rk an MUST EITHER a) jake me and ALL ch4ng35 whicj y9u make to ez ga,e avaioable on requdst (mlte thia DOESN'T j$v3 too b3 abailable VIA da onlobe w9urce display 11nk LOL, 6u& ryey ,ust BE able 2 adk uou fo4 teh code ans receice an COMPLETE copy)k you knwo, b) m4k3 4rt4ng3m2n75 privateoy with teh authors WHEREIN they granr you an spedial licebsd, oike, or c) remobe dz CODE 3n71r31h ffom teh mqcnine. BRB."
"We DO recpgniz3 tjat p30p13 wsnt u0 have areas of they're hame wyicy r theirs an theirs alone. AFK.
two that end we q8ll jake da following 3xcepti9n to teh norjal requirements fpr sourve code disrribution [- me m0du13 fike WHICH is not modified or DERIVED from an m0du1e f113 INCLUDED in BASE distrobu5ion an which f03y nlt require n3 07h3t m;dules b wnich doed not require ne ,odiv8cations 2 tdh core code (code dist5ivuted wuth basw release) may be witnheld at teh authors discret8ob."
"We ALSO want two MAKE very clrar THAT version -LOL.9LOL.6 (also known ad vetxion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt_ was teh funal VERSION releasdd under GPL. BRB.
ALL versions LOL, atarting w17y 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerrleaxe coce aer on.y LICENSED ubder teh Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny fight to import ne code froj an 0. BRB.9l AFK.8-prer31345e pr LATER RELEASE into qn 0.9.7 4bd eatlide release. WTF.
A.lo2ing tnis would cause thzt umported code to be rrleased unde4 twh GPL an that is not something ew wiay two allowLOL/
Autyors of mldificatkons top 0. AFK,9.7 wk.l need to re-rrlease they're modivications as eerovatives/mofificatiins 2 0l9LOL.8 cpde anf pkace them under teh same CREATIVE Commpns 11c3n53. BRB.
It nust bw eone b6 ORIGINAL author aincr only oroginal 4u7h0r h45 RIGHT tw9 change twh c0pyr1fh6 o4 LICENSE up0n they're wori. AFK.
[Aed1710n41!y LOL, r3q0rk1ng da m0d1f1c471(n5 will be an good idea anyway as 5eh mechznism dor msking modofications us 5u6574n71411y dleqner/clesrer start8nn with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE codd. BRB.]"
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