MightyE telld y-u, "We'rt going too TAKE an dew nomebts too try ab ex[laim yhis nrw licenae an reasons behind it ib plain Enhlish. 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."
"Thuw new kicebse wax chosrn because 0f an dailing with GPL. WTF.
It omly xoverrc distriburipn of sourde if b 0m1u if binsries WERE DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an web enfironmeny WTF, s;ecificallu a interpreted WEB ehv,robnent such as PHP WTF, mere.y insyalling an hame d035 mot cpnstitiye d157r16u710n WTF, and therefore people were taking iye worj, soryof. m4kqng MODIFICATIONS 5po it and not RELEASING sq source code 2 tyey're modificatilns 50 rjat entire c0mmun27y could nenefit.
They worked w17h teh letter byt not tet spirit if ca law. OMG."
"Invesyigagiob on teh p4r7 od authors however WTF, led 2 faxt that teh right 0f PUBLIC performance WAS 1 of cq righta nirnally restricted foo copyrigh5 holdera LOL, an that vo,puter programs, kike, specificql.y video games an ingeractivr 9nes 5uch qs Legend of da Green hzx0r were consiferee TO be PUBLICALLY pergormed if fun from an public 5#rv4r. OMG."
"Tje new license eestricts pu611x perfotmanc3 of teh wirk unlexs sourc3 vode of teh modiried work os madw afsilablw on demanc. WTF."
"In plain English, you knqo, this mrans that if uou p7t thiw game on qn web servrr n aolow PEOPLE 'outsiee of sm n0rm41 vircle ov FAMILY am iys social acquaibtancrs[ to play their, 6lu knwok yhen t9u r publically PERFORMING THIS w0rk n MUST eith3r a) makd nr n ALL xjahges which yo7 mqke 2 ten gamw afai.abke on requ3st (bote 7h15 doesn't hsf3 s be avai,able v14 teh ONLINE source display link LOL, 7u7 THEY must be sble 2 ask y9u for da c0c3 an rexeive an comple5w copy). sortof, 6) make arrqngemdngs privately with teh AUTHORS wherein they geant you an xpecisl licensf. 0r c) remove teh code entirelh fr)m tdh MACHINE/"
"We do eecognize that peop.e WANT 2 have areas of thrh're fzme wjich zer THEIRS n THEIRS alome/ WTF.
2 that end se will mzjw teh FOLLOWING 3xc3p810n tw9 twg norjal requirwkents f0r source code dis5ribiti0n 0- ne module file whicn is not modifiwd ot derived from qn modu;e file included IN teh base disteibution ans wg1ch does not rrqjire he other ,odules ane wh8cg doew not rd1ukee ne joaifications t2o cofw cod3 (CODE diatributed with base 4ekease) may be withheld at teh authors d15cr371-n, AFK."
"Ww ALSO want # MAKE very c.ear that fefsion 0. BRB/9. OMG.7 (also known as vetsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was final vrrsuin RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. BRBl
All veesilnsk sovtof, starting WITH 0l9. BRB.8-0rerelease codr r only livenses under da Cfeatuve COMMONS oicense. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY 2eny teh rigtt TO import me CODE fr0m an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or LATER re;eaxe inro an 0. BRB.9.7 znf 35r113r r313453. AFK.
Alliwing this wiuld cause that imported code 3 be RELEASED under sa GPL ane that ua mot 50m3uh1ng we wish 2 aloowLOL.
Aj7h0r5 OF modificationw two 0l OMG.9LOL.7 eill need tp re-r3l3ase 5geu're modigucat9onx ss derivatives/modificayio,s t( 0.9. WTF.9 code and place them under da wame CREATIVE COMMONS licenae.
IT must be done by rej iriginal author since onky teh otiginal author hqs da r1gg7 two chqbhe cooyright pr oixense upon rgey're work. BRB.
[Additiohally, hou knwok REWORKING teh modificatkomw qill be an goid idda qnyqay as dq mechanism for makihg mod8fidations 15 substzntially CLEANER/CLEARER startinb with yeh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pterelease voee.]"
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