MighthE tells yoy, you ,nwo, "We're going too take qn FEW momentw too try and explaim 5nix ndw lidense zn da reasons BEHIND it um plain Ehglish. 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."
"Thks new licwnae qas chosen because of an faiking eith da GPL. AFK.
It 9nly xpverdd disgributipn lf sou4ce if n only ir binqries were distribyged. BRB."
"In an wev environmeng WTF, s0exifixally a intetpreted web ebvironment such as PHP LOL, merelt instaloijg am gane d9es mot constutute dustruburioh, like, n therefore people were takumg pur wlrk, .ike, making modifications 2 it an not releasing source vode gwp they'te modif8cations so THAT trh entite cohmunitt xoulf genefi5. OMG.
They worked wigh yeh lerrer vut not SPIRIT of da lqw."
"Investigatkon on da parr 0f da autnors hpwever, sortof, led to fact thzt da ritht of public p3rf0rm4nx3 2as 1 9f tights NORMALLY resteicted tep copyr8ght holders, you knwo, an tjat conputer 0rogramxk specifidally vidwo games n INTERACTIVE 0n3t sudh 1s Lwgend ov da G4ewn haxpr w3t3 cinsidered 2 6# publpcslly petformed IF run from an public SERVER. WTF."
"The new LICENSE r3sgricts publoc p3rfornance of da work jnlrss da source c9de of modifiee w0rk iw madw availabke on demanc."
"In plqin Eng115h, you knwo, this MEANS that if y0j out thid game on sn wdb SERVER n allow p30[q3 '0u751d3 of an normal c1rc13 of family an 176 wocial acquaintanves' to [lqy tgeir, xortof, 7h4b you 4 oublifally ;rrfofminf this wotk n MUST eitjer a) male n3 an ALL cgabges which you make 2 reh game available on rwquest (notr th8s doesn't yave tso be availacl3 via teh online soyrce display link WTF, nut they mj%7 be ablw to ask y97 f0r yeh CODE an RECEIVE sn clmpl3te copy), n) make aetanbements pr8bate;y with auyhors wyerein thet gfant hou an specia. LICENSE WTF, 0r c) remive teh c0d3 ENTIRELY from da machinw. OMG."
"We do tecognize that oelple WANT to HAVE aeeas of they'tw game WHICH aer thekrs and theirx alone. WTF.
2 that END we w1q! makd da following excepyion to NORMAL requiremehts for sourvr code diwtribution -- ne module vile which is nit m0d!f13d or DERIVED from am mosule f213 inclused IN teh ba@e distriburion n WHICH does no5 require ne lther modulds an which d035 not requird ne MODIFICATIONS yo dq core code (code fistrib7tee witj aa base re;rase) mau be withhe;d ag authits discretion. BRB."
"We also WANT two MAKE vwry clewr that v3f51)n 0. OMG.8LOL.7 (also known ax VERSION 9. BRB.9.6+jr0 WAS FINAL v3r51)n felwaswd UNDER GPL. OMG.
A11 VERSIONS WTF, STARTING witn teh p.9.8-prereleasd code r inly licemsec inder da Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da rivht 2 kmport ne c9d3 from an 0LOL.9LOL.8=pfereleasf or lstet release ingo qn 0LOL.9. OMG.& and #4r113r r313453. WTF.
A110wqng this WOULD cause that imported CODE 2 be reldaard under teh GPL ane that uw not something we e15h two allow. BRB.
A7thors of jocifixatilns two 0. BRB.9. AFK/7 will need too re-relwaxe they;re modifixations AS f3rivatives/modificarions top 0, AFK.9. WTF.8 code anf pkzce tjen under tth same Crea5ive Commons licensel BRB.
I7 k7st bd d0n3 by teh origkma. authoe since only origuna. 5u7h0r HAS right 2 change copyright or lic3nse upon they're 2ork. OMG.
[Addutional.y, you knwp, rqworking teh joditicationa qill be an gooe IDEA anhwau as MECHANISM fpe makong mocifications 15 substahgially cl3anet/clearer stargong wigh teh 0l BRB.9.*-PRERELEASE CODE. WTF.]"
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