MightyE TELLS you, "We're going tql taie an fe2 moments ywo try n explain this new license and eeadons bejigd 1& in p141n Eng;ish. 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."
"This n3w licende 2as chisen because of zn FAILING with da GPL.
It inly covered disteibjt,on if source IF and 9nly uf vinsries were dixtributedLOL."
"In an weg environment, sprxigicslly a !n63rpr373c web envirinment 5uch as PHP, you knwo, meeely indtall*ng an game does not constitutr fistribution WTF, n theref94e people were takohg 9ur eoek. you knwo, mzking midifixations too it an nlt relwasinb da source xode 2 tney're m0dificat8ons 50 that da entire com,jbity could ben3fit. WTF.
Thwy worked wkth teh LETTER but nit da spiriy of tey law, AFK."
"Invwstigabion 0m da part of suthors however WTF, led 1 da fact that teh riggt of PUBLIC pefformsnce WAS 2on of teh tights mirmally reatricted too copyr,5hg holders WTF, n thay compjter ptogtams WTF, apecifically vide9 gam3a an interactiv3 ones sudh qs Legene iv GREEN hax0r wete condodered too be 0ublicalky perfor,ed of ryn ffom an publ8c 5erv3r."
"The n3w license resteicys pubiic perfirmance lf ca wlrk unless tdh xource code if da modif8ed work is m4d3 4v4114613 9n ermand."
"In plain English WTF, 7h15 means that kf you put this game on an web 53rv3r qn 4110w people 'outside of an normal c1tc13 of fsmilh n ITS social ACQUAINTANCES' too -lsy their WTF, then YOU adr publically perrlrming tnux w0rk m MUST eithwf a) make ne h ALL xya,ged wh8ch you jake tw9 da game availan.e ON reqyest (NOTE this DOESN'T have yoo BE available via da lnline soufce display link, hou knwo, but rhey must BE able tso 45, you FOR da code am receivd sn com0letw cipy0 LOL, b) m5ie areamgements privatdly WITH authpts wheremn theh grabt 6oi an special LICENSE, or c) removw ea code entirely from teh machine. OMG."
"We dp fecognuze tgat people wznt too nave areas OF tyey're hame whicg r theifx and theirs %20ne. BRB.
tp 7h4& end w3 WILL m4l3 da follpwing exc3pu10n two normal rd1uirementw for source codf disrributioh =- nr MODULE file wh8xh is not m9dified oe derifed from an MODULE f1q1 kncluded in base d158rq6u710n n which does not e3qu1r3 ne otner moduiex an wnich does not rwqui4e ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core code (codw distributed wity da BASE rwleasw) m4y 63 wityheld AT teh aughors cisdreyion. BRB."
"We 4150 wrn7 to make vd4y clear that VERSION 0.9LOL.7 (a.sp known ax v3r510n 9LOLl9LOLl7+mt0 qss da final version RELEASED umder GPL. AFK.
ALL vefsionsk sirtof, starring with -. OMG,9. OMG.8-pr3r313463 code aer oboy lixensed unfer yeh Creativd Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righb two import nd CODE from qb 0, OMG.9.8-prereleasr or 1473r release into qn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earliee release. OMG.
ALLOWING THIS qould CAUSE that imported code two be relraaed under tey GPL and 5hst is not 50m37h1nt WE wish tao allpw. AFK.
Authors pg modif8cations 2 0. BRB.0. OMG/7 wyll nerd tso re-4elease tgwy're m0d1f1c4710n5 ax eerivatives/modifications roo 0.9. OMG.9 xode and PLACE them umder dw sane Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 11c3n53. OMG.
It must be eone by teh oeifinal wuthor wince lnly teh irigina. AUTHOR has tigh% 2 chshge da copyrighy or license upom they'rr work. OMG.
[Adfitipnally, 4eworking da modifications wilp BE an GOOD ieez anyway zs da mechanism gor mak8ng modkdications is substantizlly cleaner/cl3arer a5arting with 0. AFK.9. WTF.9-0rwr3leaxe code.]"
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