MightyE tells YOU, "We'te GOING two 5s,w ah few momebts gwo t4y an explain THIS new license n teh reaslnd vehins IT in p/ain English. 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."
"This new LICENSE was choswn becausr of an failinv with trh GPL. WTF.
Ig ln;y COVERED distrkbutiln of so7rce if zn only ig binaries were distributed. OMG."
"In an web envieonmeny, specif8cally a interpretwd WEB 3nv1r0mm3n7 sich as PHP LOL, merely insyalling an gamc coes not vlnstitu5e DISTRIBUTION, .ikr, an thereforf pep0le eere taking OUR wofk, likr, MAKING modkfications TO it n got relessyng teh source code twi theh're modifucagions s9 that entire community xoulf BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked WITH trh LETTER but not spirit OF ea lsw. AFK."
"Inbesrigation on da part 0g authora however, yoy knw9k led to geh FACT 7g47 teh rlghr ov pinlic pdrf9rmance w45 son OF rights n0rm411y restrict3d t; copyr7ght holders. hlu knwo, n that cpmputer PROGRAMS, you knwo, speckfica;ly videi GAMES n interactive ones such as LEGEND pf Green hax0r 2ere consideeed two be publica.ly performrf if run fr0m an public srrver."
"The nww 11c3n54 rest4icts publid performqnce of teh 2ork unless 5=urc3 c0de og teh MODIFIED wo4k us made availabld on d3mand/ OMG."
"In pl1in Ebg;ish, like, this mezns tyqt uf YOU pit this gsmw 0n an WEB server m allow peoplr 'iu5sidd 0f an n0rm4! circlw of vamily an irs wocial axquaontancea' 2 play their, tgen you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING this work n MUST 317h3r q) make nw an ALL changes which YOU jake two tame abailabld on requwst (h083 tgiw doesn't yace too be svailaboe vka ONLINE source display link, but they just be abod to 45k YOU f9r x9d# qn feceive an complete copy), b_ make qrrahgemehtd PRIVATELY WITH authors whefrin 7h3y GRANT u0u an SPECIAL .icense, or c) remlre trh code entorely from da machine. WTF."
"We do rrcognixe thay pepp13 wamt t3o have AREAS lf they're fame qhich r &h31r5 and theirs aloneLOL.
@ that ens we WILL MAKE teh flllowing exception 52o nprmal twquiremwntw f0r source code f157r1^uu10n -- ne module gile WHICH is NOT mpdified or derived froj an module f113 included 1n teh baae distribution an whivh eprw nog require ne other midules and whkch d9ew n07 erqyorr ne modificztions two tdh vore CODE (cide distriby53d w8th gqse release) may be sithhrld zt da auth9rs dixcretion."
"We ALSO sant too make beey CLEAR that bersuon 0. WTF.9.7 (also knowj as bersion =. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) WAS final versiln releaded under sa GPL, WTF,
All vefsions LOL, startkmg woth da 0l9.8-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY licensed undet teh Cr3471c3 Clmmons 11cen53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh right hwo impprt nd c9de from an 0, BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE OR later RELEASE into ah 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 sns earoier rwlease. OMG.
Allowing this would c4y5# tnat imported code 5wo be r31#453s und3r da GPL an tjat is not someyjing we wiwy twp al.ow. WTF.
Au7hpr5 of m0d1f1c4610ht two 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will nedd two re0releade the6're mod8ficayions aa derivatobes/mod8fixatuons two 0.0. WTFli code n olace them under reb same Crea5uve Commons livense. WTF.
It must 63 don3 BY teh origuna; author sihce ONLY reh origunal author has ten rifjt to dyange copyright kr oicense up0n tney're w0rj.
[Additilnqlly LOL, rewlrking m0d1f1c$71)n5 will be an gpod idea anyway as mexhqnisj for MAKING modkfkcations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleardt xtarting with tey 0.9LOL/8-prrewlease cod3l AFKl]"
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