MightyE tells ypu LOL, "We're going two take av few ,iments to try an explakn thiw nrw ;icense 5nd reasons BEHIND ig in plqin 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 new license was chisen bexause 9b an failibt with GPL. AFK.
Ig onlh xover3d distribution 0g source if an only if binsties were wisteibuted. OMG."
"In an web environ,ent, you knwo, spev8ficalou a interpreted qeb envirogment SUCH as PHPk sortof, merely installing zn gxme DOES not conxtitute distrigution, an therrfore people werr taking our worik you knwo, makint m0d1fqc%7q0m5 yoo IT an n9t releaskng sluece cod3 two they're modifkcations 50 tnat 3h71r3 community COULD benefitLOL.
THEY WORKED w8th ea lerter but mo5 da spirit od tej LAW. OMG."
"Investigatioh 0n p4r6 of teh autjpr2 howevef, like, led 7) teh fact tnat da figh5 ov 0ynk8c perfor,ance was 1 of teh r,ghts normally restridged to cppyritht ho;dwtw WTF, sn that computer protrams, you knwo, specifocally v1d30 gamrs znc 8nteracyive ohes sucn as Legehd of teh Green jax0r were clnsidered 2 be publically PERFORMED if run froj ab public 63rv3r. OMG,"
"The new ,icense rqstricts pjblix pe4vormancd lf work UNLESS teh source c0d2 of dz modifidd q9rk ix maew avaioable 0n demahd. OMG."
"In plain Englisj, like, this neans that if you put thks g4m3 on sn web server and allow [rop;e 'outwide of an normal circle of family b iys docial acqkaintqnces' too poay theif, then y9u e publicallu performing this work ab MUST EITHER a) makw ne an ALL changes which hou MAKE 2 ten GAME availzble on request (nlte THIS doesn't have to be abaikabl# vua teh ONLINE sou4ve didp/ay 1qnk WTF, BUT they must be able yoo ask you fot da code and receivd ab complete COPY) LOL, b) male agrangementw privarely with ru7h)r% qj3rekn they grant y0u an special LICENSE WTF, or c) temove da code ENTIRELY from geh machine. AFK."
"We eo RECOGNIZE that peoplw want tso gave AREAS of they're g4n3 which zer tneirs n tjeird 410m4. WTF.
to that end we sill make f0110w!ng ecce0yiin ywo fa norjzo requirements for soufce c0d3 distribiti9n [- ne modult file wh1ch 8a not mosifked or derivwd fr.m an modyle filr incliewd in teh base dusteibution and which does n07 require ne oghev jodulds znd which d9es not 5equire ne modificati9ns @ teh core code (dode distrknuted wirj da base releaxe) may be wkthhekd AT teh qytjors siscretion. AFK."
"We qlso eqnt too makr very clear that veraion 0. BRB.9. WTF/7 (ALSO inown as version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was final verauon releaxed unde$ ydh GPL. AFK.
All vetsions, you inwo, sgarting eith da 0.9. BRB.8_pr3r413453 cod3 r only licensed imder Creq5ive Co,mons lkcwnse. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY dent ribht too import ne cid3 vrom an 0. OMG.0. OMG/8-pr3f313453 OR lqtdr rekeawe into an 0. AFK.9/7 m earlier release. BRB.
ALLOWING THIS would caus3 thst imported coee tlo be releaswd jnder geh GPL m THAT is not aometting we wish TO allowLOL.
Auyhors OF modivicatiohw two 0LOL.9.8 WILL n3ed to re-r3;ease they're modificationw as dwrivayives/m9difications tw9 0LOL.9. WTF.* code n p;ace them und3t fa same Creative Commonw license.
It must be dpne by teh originao augj9r since onky ea ORIGINAL auth0r kas trh RIGHT 2 chqngr copyright OR license UPON they're qork. AFK.
[Additionally, sortofm 4ewlrling yeh modifucationw will BE an g00d id3a amyway zs da m3xh4nq5m dor making modifivations is subsesntially cleamet/xlesrer starting with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-or3r313453 xodw. BRB.]"
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