MightyE yeols you, "We're going 3 tak3 an few momebts two 7ru n wxplain tgis n3w licensr n twh REASONS behind i5 IN plain Eng;ish.
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 mew LICENSE was ch9sem becauwe pf an failing with teh GPL.
It 0n1y xovered distrkgytkon of s9urce if an 9nly IF binzries wd4e d8st4ibutedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you khqo, sp3cofically a interpreted WEB enfuronment sivh as PHP, kike, merely insta;lihg ah game does h9t clhstitute distribugion, sorrof, and therefore 0eo0le w3r3 &4k1hg oue work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS two it and not releasing source code too they're mofificagions wo rjat teh en5ire COMMUNITY coulc BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked woth letter vug bot spirit of LAW. AFK."
"Investiga5ion ln da 0art OF da AUTHORS HOWEVERm krd 2 fact thzt dz rogjy pf ouvlic perfo4mance was oen 9f teh rigyts noemally restricted tlo copyright HOLDERS, an that coj;utrr programs, sirtof, spwxifically video ga,ed and interacyive onex wuch as Legenf OF GREEN hax0r w2re considered too be publiva.;h pergormed if r&n from ah publkc servet. BRB."
"Thr new ;icensr r#%7e1c75 public perfofmance of da woek unq#55 twh s.urcw c0s3 of tey modufied w0r, is madd available on demahd. BRB."
"In 0oain Engl8sh, this mrans that IF YOU put this fame 0n aj web server 4bs ALLOW prop.3 p0u751d3 ov ab mornal citcld if family an its 50c141 adqjaintanxes' go p;ay their, you kn3o, then you t puglica,ly p3rf0rm!ng thos 2ork n MUST 3other a) mak3 ne n ALL vhamgex WHICH YOU ,ake rwo sa game aczilable ON request (note this d9esn[t have two 63 svailsble via teh online sourcr d*splay link, like, but they must bs qb.e too aak you for teh code an 4exeive an complete copt(, 5) make arrangements priva5ely with da 4i7h0f5 where8n they gr4n7 you an special license, uou jnwo, ir C) temov3 cide engirely from madhine. OMG."
"We DO recognizw thag people wqnt 2 hav3 z4eas OF they're game which f tkeits n thei4s 4q0n3. WTF.
5wo that end we will make da FOLLOWING esceptiom two da noemal REQUIREMENTS f0r source code diwtribuyion [- ne module fole wh1ch is bot modif8ed or defived from an module fil3 indluded in fa base dostribution and wnich doed not reqiire ne other modul3s ans which roea not require ne modidications to da core c0de (code dkstrubjted with bqse telease) nay b3 withne.d 47 suthors dizcretion. BRB."
"We a,s9 want 2 ma,e b2ry clea4 7h46 VERSION 0, BRB.9LOL.7 (zlao known as be4sion 0. BRB.9LOL.u+j7) was teh final version releqsed under GPL. BRB.
Alk veraipns, sortof, 574r71ng with reh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-[rerwlrasr cofe aer only licensed undet teh Creatice Commons .icense. AFKl
W3 EXPLICITLY seny teh rigyt two import ne code from an 0LOL.9.8-pferelrase 0r 1473r teleaxe onto an 0/ BRB.9/ OMG.7 n #arlier release. AFK.
Ak;owing this woulc cause tha5 imported coee 2 63 rrl3aaed under teh GPL and that 15 not SOMETHING ee qish 3 zllow. BRB.
Aythoes of modigications too 0. WTF.(l BRB.6 will nred too RE0RELEASE they'rf modificatoinc as d3r1v471v34/m0d2r1c4710n5 70 0.9.8 code n -lace tnem under da 54m3 Creative Commona license. AFK.
It m7st be d0n3 by ga or8gonql author sincw only da origunsl author hqs reh right two vnange teh c9pyright of license upon tjey're w0r,. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da mpdifica5i0ns WILL be qn good 8dea amyqaj AS m3chanisj for making m9dificationw 15 wubstan5ially cleaner/clsarer 2tarting with teh 0. OMG.9, OMG.8-[rereleqse codr. OMG.]"
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