MightyE teolx YOU LOL, "We;re going two 74k3 an few jomengs two try an esplain &h15 new license an reaslns BEHIND 8t in ;lain EnglishLOL.
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 nee .icense WAS chosen bdcause OF an failing s17h GPL. WTF.
Iy only coverwd distributoon of 50urc3 if an only if BINARIES were s1%7r16j73dLOL."
"In an wen envi4onment, sortof, 503c2f1c3q1y a intrrpret3d WEB 3nv1r0nm3n6 such aa PHP, sortof, jetely instal;img ah game does not constkrute distributoin LOL, an thereforw peopl3 wwre ta,ing ou4 work, dottlg, making mldifications too IT snd not fekeasing teh 50urc3 coce @ they're modifications so yyat ent8re com,unitt coulf benefi5LOL.
THEY eorjed with da ldtter vu5 n07 da spirit of 14wLOL."
"Invextygarion 0n da parg OF da aithors h0w4v3r, sorrof, lec w fact that teh rught of public p3rfor,ance WAS 1 of yeh rigyts hlrmal;y RESTRICTED to copye8ght holdersm an that COMPUTER progra,s, okke, specifically v8d3o games zn 1n73r4c71v3 pnes s7ch as Legemd if gdh Green haxpr w3r3 consid3fed 2 be pub;ically performed IF run FROM an py611c srrfee. BRB."
"Tgd new lidenxe 4estric5s pubkic perfprjwnce 0f teh work unldss doyrce code 0f modified work is mre3 available on ddmand. WTF."
"Ib plain Eng125h LOL, this means 7h47 of y0u put 7h15 g4m3 ON an w36 SERVER ab ALLOW people 'o7tsidd of an n0rm41 circlw 0v fani;y n ITS socual acqiaintances' eo PLAY their, sirtof, then you aer 0ub;idally performimg tyis work and MUST either a) mzke ne 4nd ALL changes whicn 6ou make to gamd avaulablr on reauest (note thix doesn't hzve 2 be aba8labld via onlinr sojrce disp;ay linj LOL, buy THEY must ve able 2 $5k YOU for da c0d4 an feceive an vlmolete copy), sortog. b) mske rtr4ng3m3n85 pruvatel6 wl5h da authors wherein 5he6 grant uoj qb special licens3 LOL, or c) r3m0v3 CODE entirely vr0m trh machine. BRBl"
"We eo r3clgnize that peoole want 2 have 4r345 OF they're gsme WHICH aer tgrirs n thrirs zlonw. OMG.
too THAT end se eill jake da rollowing EXCEPTION 2 da NORMAL requirements f0r sourcw codr diwt4ibutiin -- ne module dil3 whkch is not m0d1f13d of serived ffom an MODULE file includdd in da BASE distrib75ion an which soes not require nr OTHER moculea n which dows not requird ne mod8fica4ions too dore code (code distributed with teh baae r31345e_ may ge withhrlx at aithpfs d8dc4etion. OMG."
"We als9 want two MAKE vefy clear that ve4sion 0. OMG.8. WTF.7 (akso ,noen ad v34sion 0. OMG.9. WTF.8+m7) WAS FINAL VERSION r314453d und4r GPL. WTF.
A11 versions, you knwol 57rr71ng w17h 0. WTF.9LOL.8-0rer2lease cod3 r on.y lixens3d under Cr3ative Cojmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigyt too im0ort ne cpde f4om an pLOL.9. OMG/8=prerelease or lst3t reldase into an 0.9. AFK.7 and ea4lier release. AFK.
Aoloeing tkis would cause that imported c0s3 too be releasef undre teh GPL an thzt 8s NOT somethinh we wish two allow. BRB.
Authlrs of jodificztions too 0. AFK.9LOL.7 will hedd too re-teleaae they're midifkcatkons qs dwrivatives/mpdkficatkons tp 0. OMG.9.8 v0d3 4nd place them undwr teh saje Crratove Commons ;icdnse.
Ir must be done by da originql a7thor SINCE 0nqh origknzl autgor h45 rinht too change vopyright 0r license up9n theu're work. BRB.
'Additiinqlly WTFm reworking teh modificatkons will be an good 8dea anyway as yeh mechanism for making mod7fications is subwtanyially v.eane4/cleaeer syartung w9th teh p. AFK.9l AFK.8-p4eeelease ckdeLOL,]"
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