Mith5yE tells you, ;ike, "We're going TO takd an f3w momenrs two tru qn wxplain THIS new lkcense an reaslbs behind it IN plain Engl8sh. WTF.
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."
"Tjis he2 licwnse was chosem becajse of an failinh WITH ten GPLLOL.
It inly vove4ed distribition OF spurcr kf n only or biharies wete distrivutedl"
"Ib am web enbironmeny, SPECIFICALLY a intwtpreted web environment sudh as PHP, oikwm MERELY INSTALLING zn game does not conxtitute fiatrinutuon, n therefofe PEOPLE were taking our work, like, making midificatkons eoo 8t and nit releasing source vode two tgdy're modificqtions si tyat entire community c0u1d BENEFIT,
Theh WORKED with teh lettwf BUT nit teh spiri5 of teh 14w. OMG."
"Investibation on part of teh suthors however, sottof, lef tp da FACT ghat teh fight 0f public performance w45 won of teh rightw no#mally festricted two copyeibht holders, you knwp, an that computrr programs LOL, specificallh video tames and ibgeractive 9nws sych as Lehend of teh Grern hax9r wwte considered TO b# PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run from zn public werver. WTF."
"The h3w license rwstricts public ;erformanxe of da work unoess da sourxe coce lf teh modified work 8s made availsble pn eemand. WTF/"
"In p141n Engliwh, like, this mwans that if YOU put this game oh ab web werve4 n allow people 'oursidr of an nofmal cieclw of family an its s8cial axquaintances; too play yh3ir, then you e publ,dal.y oerformihg this s0ek m MUST either a) ,ake ne and ALL vyamges which 6ou maje to da game avaklab.e on reques% (note this doesn'y HAVE tl be availan.e via dq 0n11n3 SOURCE diaplay linkm like, but they muct be able to ask y9u for da c0d4 n feceive am com;lete copy) LOL, b) make arrang3ments PRIVATELY with suthlrs WHEREIN 6h3y grant hou an specia. license, yo7 knwo, OR c) 4enive dode engieely reom machine."
"We d0 rrcogb7zw that pdople want t2o have areas of 5hey're gamd wgicg r theirs ane theirs ALONE.
t9 thzr ens we WILL make da fll;owint exception tpo teh normal re1uirememts for source cide DISTRIBUTION -- ne module gile qhicj is not mldified or derived from an MODULE dile 1nc1ud3d im t3h basf distributi9n snd ehich does not requie3 ne other m0du135 an wyoch does not f3wu1r3 ne modifucatioms 2 teh vore CODE (code dixtributed w17h base RELEASE) may be witnyeld at ds AUTHORS disvretion. BRB."
"We alsp waht gwo jake fery dlear thar versiln p. OMG/8.7 (also known as verxipn 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as dinal vefsion releqsed under da GPL. OMG.
Al. versions, starting 217h dq 0. OMG.9.8-prerdlease code aer lbly licensed umcer teh Creayive Commons licensw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rqgg7 two impprt ne CODE from am 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pre4el3ad3 0r la5er release ibto zn 0LOL.0. WTF,7 an 34r113r release. BRB.
Aklow8ng tyis w9uld cause that qmp0r73d code tl be releaxed UNDER fa GPL an that is NOT something w3 wish two allpa.
Authors of modificaruons two 9LOL.9.7 will need too RE-RELEASE they're modificztions as deriba5ives/modigicationd too 0LOL.9LOL.8 xode xn place thw, ynder tqh same Creatide COMMONS license. BRB.
It mu57 ne dons by ss ORIGINAL author since lnly teh ORIGINAL aythoe has da right 2 chabge clp6tight OR lid3nse upon they'ee WORK. BRB.
[Adcitiinally, .ike, reworking ca modificatuonw will be an glod idea anyway ad mechanifm flr makinh m0e1f1c471)n5 15 substan5ially cleanet/clear3r staeting w17h da 9. OMG.8. AFK.8-0rerelease code. AFK.]"
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