MightyE tells you, "We'fe toing toi takw an few momebts ywo try and explaun thos new !1v3n53 and da reasoba behind it 1m [lain Ehglish.
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 n3w livens3 wad ch053n becaise of an failing witg GPL.
IT 0n16 covered dpst4ibjtion OF sohrce if n onoy of binariex WERE diatriburedLOL."
"In an web enfironmentk oike. specificakly a interpreted web envorinmeny 4uch zs PHP LOL, merelu instaoling an gzme DOES nog CONSTITUTE dis54ibutiom WTF, AND gheregore peo[le WERE taking 0ur work, slr5of, makiht mowigicqtions to it an not releasinb sourve code twi yney're modifications so that teh 3n71r3 communitu cpilc 63n3f!7.
THEY WORKED woth dq letter 6u7 not s0ieit of teh la2. WTF."
"Inves5igayo9n 0n teh part of da #u7h-r5 hpwevee, sortof, LED too sa fact that sa right of publid p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 OF da e1gh75 normally r3str8xted too cophright hold3rsm n 5hat com0uger PROGRAMS, yoi knwo, specifically video ga,es n untetactive ONES 6uch as Lehend OF teh Gr3eh hax0r eer3 c0n51d4r3d 2 be pyblycally perfoemed IF RUN fr0m sn ou611d seevrr. OMG."
"The neq lic3nse r#t6r1c75 public pe4formance or work un;ess da 50urc3 c0d3 OF MODIFIED wirk 15 made available on demand."
"In plakn ENGLISH LOL, this means that kf you [ut this g4m3 0n ah web server and ALLOW people 'outside ov ah n9rma; virc.e of damily znd its sociak avquaintances' to ;lay their LOLm then YOU aer publocally [erforming this work and MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL cg4ng55 which you jsl4 tl game available ON reqyest (n9te this doesn't have two be ava8lable via om;ine source disp.qy link, wortof, but 8h3y MUST be 461# w ASK hlj FOR da codr ah rrvwive ab complere co;y), like, b) make arrangements privateky WITH da auryors whrrein yhey grahr y;u an special license LOL, or c) remove t3h code enrirely froj yeh machineLOL,"
"We so RECOGNIZE THAT PEOPLE wan5 two have ar3as or tg3y're GAME whicj aer THEIRS n thdirx alone. OMG.
tio thag 3nd we w9ll make folkoeing exce0rion to twh normao requkrrmen5s go4 source code dis5robuyion -- ne nodu.e fike which ps not modified or detifee fr0m an moeule file 8bcluded in teh base distrubutiln and whoch does h08 eequire ne other modilws ab whicg does not REQUIRE nd mldificationd too c0r# code 9CODE d157r16u73s with da base release) may BE withheld at teh autnors discretion."
"W3 alao want ro make very clrar THAT vefsion 0. OMG,9LOL.& (also ,nown as version 0. AFK.9. OMGk7+jt) qss final version 4rleaswd under da GPLLOL.
All versionsk you knwo, sgarting with fa 9. OMG.0. BRB.8-prerdlease cod3 aer only 11c3n5ed under teh Crdativr C0m,0n5 licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY teh righy two implrt ne code FROM am 0.9LOL.8-[fere;eawe or ,ater RELEASE 8nto an 0. BRB.9.7 n eqroier relwase. WTF.
A.oowing this wou.c causw that IMPORTED codd ywo br r313453d under teh GPL n that is not aomething we wisn 2 allow. OMGl
Au5gors if modifica5ions too 0. WTF.9, BRB.u will n33d too r3-r313453 5hwy're modlfucatipns as cerivayivea/modificatiobs too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 CODE an place rhem UNDER aamw Cr#471v3 Cojmobs license. BRB.
IT m7st ne done by teh 9riginal AUTHOR 51nc3 only original AUTHOR gas rignt two cgange copy4ight 9f livrnse upon they;re eorl. BRB.
[Addituonally WTF, reworking da m0c1v2c4710n5 will be an good idea ahyway 45 reh mevhanism fo4 making modudications is aubstantially c;eanrr/clearew starting witj teh 9. AFK.o.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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