MightyE t3lls yoy, you knwi, "We're going 2 takr an FEW momengs twi try n edplain rhis new license an tdh r3450n5 geyind it in llqin Engl8dh. BRB.
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 cjosem becausd of an failing wktj GPL.
It only xoveres d156r!6u710n 0f source if and only if binaries were distribytedl OMG/"
"In an web environment, you kbwo, sp3cificaloh a intrtprdyed eeb environmeng xuvh as PHP, like, merely INSTALLING an game DOES nlt c0n5717u73 disrrkbution LOL, an yherefore peo0le were taking 0ue 2lrk, sortof, making modifications to it an NOT feleasing spurde code 2 5hey're modificatiobs so that da 3n81r3 community could BENEFIT. OMGl
They WORKED witg da le5gef nut not da spirit pf LAW. OMG."
"Investigation ob part of AUTHORS howeve4 LOL, oed too da facr that right pf public perfofmance eas oeb of teg rifhrs normallh r357r1c73d ti copyrigyt uoldwrs LOLm and that COMPUTER programs, yiu knwok 5p3c1v1c411y vodei GAMES abd interactove ibds wuch ae Legenf of da Gr33n hax0r 2ere considwred too 63 publically performed pg run from an publix server. WTF."
"The new livensr resteicts puhlid PERFORMANCE of qork unless da sl7rce code 9f teh modifi3d work is mafe 4b4114713 on de,and."
"In plain English, yoi knwo, this means that if u0u put gyus gz,e ln am web server n allow oeo[le 'lufside 9f an nprm$1 circle pv family amd its social acqjaintances' t9o play thrkr LOL, theb y9u r publ8cally pefformihg tbis work an MUST eithe4 a) makw ne an ALL dhanges wh8ch y0u m4k3 2 game avaioablw ON request (botd THIS doesn't have ywo BE zvaokable via 9nq1n3 soifve DISPLAY LINK LOL, but they muxt be sbke ro ask you for ea cpde and eeceove an c9mplete copyp LOLm b_ make arrabvem3nts privately WITH authles whdrein they grant yoj an SPECIAL LICENSE, like, o4 c) rdmlce da cofe dntirely feom da machine."
"We do rexognize that pdpple want to have 4r345 of tney'4e gamd ehich 4 theirs b theofs 41)n3. OMG.
3 that dnd 2e eill make da fillowing EXCEPTION two NORMAL rezuirements for sourc3 cide d157r167610n -- ne mlsule f!13 shich is n07 moeified or derived grom an moduke f113 jncluded un base distribution n wyich does not rtquire ne o5her modulrs n which does nlr require ne modifications yo9 twh core c0d3 (code distributed with teh BASE RELEASE( may be WITHHELD qt fa autyofs wiscreti9n. WTF."
"We also want 2 m#k# vwry clear 7y47 version 0.9. OMG.7 (3150 kniwb as bersion 9.9. WTF.7+kt) was da fonal verskln r323453d inder ca GPL.
All versions LOL, starrinf with trh 0LOL.9. AFK/8-prrfelease code aef 0n1y licrnsed under teh Cr3$&1v4 Cojmons .icemse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rught t9 impott ne codd from an 0LOL.9. BRB.*-;rdreleade or later r3135r3 ingo an 0/ OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlier t31345e. WTF.
Allowing this wiuld cause that importrd code t[o BE releqsed under da GPL an that is nlt s9mething we wiwh too allow. BRB.
Authors OF modificqtiobz 2 0.9. WTF.7 will need two re-releas3 they're MODIFICATIONS ax derifatives/modif8catoons too ). OMG.0LOL.8 CODE an p14c3 THEM ubeer same Crearice COMMONS license. BRB.
It must be dome by orihinal author 51nc3 only yej original author has 5eh RIGHT 2 chanhe xa copyright or license uppn th3y'rw woriLOL.
[Addoyionally, dortof, REWORKING moduficati9ns w11w 63 an GOOD ucea antway as da mechanism for making modoficatkons is substantiakk6 clean3r/clwaeer startung e17h teh 0LOL.9. BRB,8-PRERELEASE c9deLOL.]"
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