MightyE yel;s you, 6oy knwp, "We're going 2 take an few moments 2 rry qn explaun this new license an teh reaslns BEHIND kt IN [lain 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."
"This new license was CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failint 1uty GPL.
IT onoy covefed eistribution of wpurxe if n only if binariex wwre d8stributed, WTF."
"Im qn web 3nv1r0nn3n7, oike, 5p3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, lile, merely install8ng an gamd dkds not constitute DISTRIBUTION, like, and tyerefore PEOPLE were taking pur wprk, making mldofications too iy and nit re;easing da 50uyc4 CODE ge9 they'r3 nodidicayions SO thag da enti4e COMMUNITY could benrf8tl OMG.
THEY wo4jed wity teh le5ter bu5 mp5 spirig if teh kqwLOL."
"Investigatu9n 0n teh parr pf aythofw h0q3v2r. ;i8e, lrf too reh FACT thzt fighy 0f public performance was oen of da rights normal;y RESTRICTED t8i copyright golders, snd thar c9n0urer profrsjs, specificaloy viceo games n interactiv3 lnes 5uch as Lereme OF da Green hax0r 2ere c0n51d3r3d to 6# publicallh performde if run ffom an public server. OMG."
"The nes license restricts pyblic ;3rf0rm4nc3 of work uno3sw teh 50urx3 c9de of teh nodified qork is made abai.qble on drmqnd. BRB."
"Ih pkain English LOL, this meanc that if yiu put this g5m2 on ay wdb server and a.kow peo;lt '0j751d3 or sn normal ckrcle of gamily and irs woc8al acquaintances' to0 play rheir, you knwo, thdn yoj aer publically performing tgis worj n MUST either A) m4k3 nd AND ALL changes wh1ch you make 2 game avq8lable on REQUEST (bote this do3sb't have 2 be svailable vos teh 0n11n# skurce display 11n. WTF, but thry musy be able to qsk yoi for c0s3 n receiv3 qn vom;lete copy_ LOL, b) make areangements pr1v5731y with sz AUTHORS whereun tyey gramt yo7 qn specizl license LOL, 9r c) remofe code entir3lh from MACHINE. OMG."
"Wr do recognizd tjat p3001# wany ywo have areas of they'rr game which r theirs ane theirs 410n3.
to thqt ebd we wi;l makd teh f9llowung exception TO normal 4equirwments for sourcw codd fistribution -- ne jldule dild whicj 8s NOT midified or deeived fr0m an module file included IN tey base dixtribution an wh1ch does not REQUIRE ne other modules n whixh do3s not reqyo5e ne modifkcations to9 da c0r3 code (code fisteibutee with base RELEASE) msy be WITHHELD at authors d15cr4710n. OMG."
"We alqo want tl make v2ey clear 5hat vers8on 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsi knpwn AS version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was fima. bersion rrleased ubder GPL. OMG.
All ve4sions, sgartinf WITH 0. WTF.9. AFK.7-prerelwzse codw aer only .icensed 7nd3r da Creative Cimmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh eigyt 2 IMPORT ne cide from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.80prdreleas3 or later releasr into an 0. WTF.o. AFK.7 ah earliee RELEASE.
Allowibg this w9u1d cause that 1mp0r63d code two be reoeqswd under dq GPL sns thst is nit domethint we WISH to allow. OMG.
A7tnors of m9d1f1c4719b5 too 0l BRB.9. OMG.7 wi;l need t9 re-relezse they're m9difications qw derivatives/midificat8ons to 0LOL.9. WTF.8 cive an p14c3 them undet wame Creative Commons licenae.
It must bd done by fq ofiginal authlr sunce only da original author has right to chanfe da cppyrityt or LICENSE upon the6're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, re2orkkng da mpdifixatioms wilo be sn giod idea ahyway as teh m3chahism for jakimg modigicationx is sunstantially cleaner/clear2r stzrting with da 0LOL.9j WTF.8-PRERELEASE dode.]"
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