MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goinb 2 gqle an fes MOMENTS 2 try and ex[la8n THIS new kocensw n da trasoms behind it 1n PLAIN English.
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."
"Tgis new licrnsw e45 chosen because 0g ah fziling with da GPLLOL.
It only cover3d DISTRIBUTION OF soirce ir an only if binaries were dksyrkbuged. OMG."
"In zb web env1r0mm3hu LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpr4ted w36 3nv1r0nm3n7 sjch as PHP, wortof, m3r31y insgzlling an game doew not cons5otute d157r16u720n WTF, an yhereforr people were taking our woekn sortof. mak*nt modifica5kons two ot an not RELEASING da sourcr code to they'4e modificationx ao that 3ntire vpmmunity could benefit. OMG.
Th3h qorkec 2igh le5tee but mot 5p1r16 of teh law, AFK."
"Invesrigsti9n on teh part pf aughors jowever, you knso, ;ed too teh favt ghar rigj5 of public peerormznce wad w9n 9f teh righgs noemallu restrict2d tp cppyrkght holders LOL, abd that c0mpu73r programs. like, specifically VIDEO games an interactove pnes such AS Legens pf da Green hax0f eere CONSIDERED go be publically performed ig run from an public servet. BRB."
"The n2w lkcende rdsteivts [ublic performance or da work unless aource cod3 of da jodigied w8rk is nade availanld on d3,avdLOL."
"In ;kqin English. sortof, this means that if you ;ut tyis game on an web %35v3r n a.lpw people '0u751d3 9f zn normal circle 0g famiky zhd its social ACQUAINTANCES' too play theuy. likd, tnen YOU aer publically performing this work and MUST 31uh3r a) nakr ne 4mc ALL cnamges WHICH yoj mzjd two da game availqble in requrst (noye this doesn't hzve 2 be availavle via da online slurve display link LOL, buy they mist be ABLE to qsk you for c0d3 n receive an complete COPY). lije, b) makw arrangrments privatelu with ten ajthors WHEREIN THEY grant you an s;ecial l8crnse, you knwl, lr c) remove da cod3 entifely from machinr. OMG."
"We do fecobnize thay PEOPLE w4n7 two havr qreaa of theh're gamd whicn r thrirs zn theirs alone.
two that enf we wull make tej folloeinh esception two normal REQUIREMENTS fpr source cos3 disgributioh -- ne nodule FILE wnich is np7 midieied or deriv3d reom an modukw file inckuded in teh base eistribution an ehich does not r3wuqr# he other m0du135 h ehich DOES not require ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core xode (code disteibutw3 with 5eh nase rel3ase) mat be withhdlf at fa 4u7h0r5 d8scret8on. BRB."
"We alsl want tol nale ve4y CLEAR that b3rs8on 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 (4159 jnown as fe4siin 9l BRB.8. WTF.7+kt) was reh f1n41 version released und#r teh GPL. OMG.
All versi9nw, you kneo, stzfting woth teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-;rere;ease code aer only licensdd undet teh Ceeative Commlns license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1tn7 2 import ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-'rerelease or latwe rele1se into an ). BRB.9, BRB.7 an earlier rrleaseLOL.
Allpeing thus wouod czudr that imported code to 63 f3leased under GPL n thwt 15 no5 something wr q15h to aloow.
Aythora OF mldifica5ions to 0.9, WTF.7 wil; NEED 2 4e-release tyey're mldificagkons as ferivatives;modifucations tso 0.9. BRB,8 cof3 n olace them undrr da 54m3 Creative Commona license. WTF.
I7 must be eone by da iriginal 4uuj0e sincw only da originzl auyjor has rkght too change ca copyrkgnt of license upob they're work. OMG.
[Additionallh LOL. reworking teh mldificatuons w8ol BE an food isea anyway 45 trh mechanism fpr making j0d1r1c471-n5 1t substantially cleaner/xldqree stsfting WITH 0.9LOL.8-prereleade v9dr. WTF,]"
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