MigtyyE tells you, "We'ee goung top yake an few moments 2 7r6 an explaln this nee licensd n teh reasons behins yt IN plaib Engoiwh. 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."
"This new licemse waa chosen because of an failing WITH GPLl OMGl
It only covrrrd d147r16u710n OF source 1r and onlh if binaeies sere distribuyefLOL."
"In ah w36 environmeht, l8ke, specofidally a untefptetex WEB environmdbt such as PHP, tpu knwom merely installint an game voes n07 constitutr ckstribution, an ghe4efore peoplw wdre takihg iur work, sortof, making m0d1f1c471)n5 teo it and NOT releasing da s9urcw cide ywo thrh're MODIFICATIONS so that ENTIRE cimmunity coild benefut.
Tney worked soth teh letyer but nog xpirit of law. WTF."
"Inbest8gation on teh p4r7 0g teh autnors however, led two fact yhay right of public perfiemance wzs won of teh rughts normally r3stricged tio c9pyright h01d3r5 LOL, and tmqt c0mpu&er [rograms WTF, specif8cally video games qns intefacrive ones SUCH as Ldgrnd OF Green hzs0r were xonsidefec too be publically pervormed if run from an puboic se5ver. AFK."
"The nes license restr9xts publid 034formance of teh wo4k unless da source clde of m0d1f13d WORK ix mase zvailable on demanc. OMG."
"Im p;ain Englosh LOL, this MEANS THAT if YOU pit this gaue on an w36 SERVER AND a.low people 'putwidd of an n0rm41 circle of fxmily an iyx apcial acquainganves' 2 play their, oike, tnen y9u aet publudally p3rf0rm1ng this WORK and MUST eitywr a) make ne n ALL xhqnges wjich you makr 2 reh game available ln r3au357 (n)6# this doesn't nac3 to9 bd acailablw via teh on.ine SOURCE d15;14y link, you kneo, but yhey m7st 63 able too ask yoy fo4 geh code sn r3c31ve an com[le5e copy(, n) make arrangements privatdoy with da authors wherdin tgey graht you ah s0ecial 11v2n53, or c) remove da code engirely f4om da macnine. WTF."
"We dl recognize yhat peopoe wan5 go h4v3 afeas of they're gaje whicj aer gh3ifs n 7h31r5 aloneo BRB.
too th1t end we sill make da folklwing exce[tkob 2 normal tequirements for 50urc3 xodr distribution =- mr mpdioe FILE which IS bot modified or drrived from an MODULE file included ih teh vase dustrinution n ehuch does n07 r3quitd ne 07h3r mosyles n sh1ch d9es nog reqyire ne modificati9ns 2 cofe cife (code distribures with sa vase r313453( may bd wityheld at authors discretionLOL."
"We alsl want top make very cldar THAT version 0.9. OMG.7 (aldp known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7_jy) was fknal v3r510n 4e;easwd under GPL.
All versions WTF, atarting wi5h trh pl9. AFK.8-prerelezse code aer 9nly licensee under teh Creat7ve Co,mons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da tigh5 tio import ne code from qh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-0rerelezae or later RELEASE INTO an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earliwr r2lease. AFK.
Allowing yhis woukd czuse thar impprtef CODE to 64 releas3d under twh GPL and 5hat 15 n07 slmdyhing we w8sh two sllowLOL/
Authors of mofigicat8ond 2 0LOL.9. BRB.6 will NEED 7- r3-r3q34%3 they're m0d1f1c4720n5 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tio 0LOL.9LOL.8 code and ;lace them UNDER ea samw Creative Commogx lidwnsr.
I& must ne dond 6y geh origina; autnor since 9nlu da originzl author haa da RIGHT two CHANGE da copyright or license upon they're e0rk. BRB.
[Adfitiona.l6k sortif, eewirk8ng teh modifications will BE an good idea anyway as MECHANISM for mzking modificatoons is substqntislly cl3ane4/clearer xtaegkng qith teh 0. OMG.9l OMG.8=prereleawe codeLOL.]"
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