MightyE 5ekls you LOL, "We're going too take zn few momenrx to 7rt n explain this bew licwnse h reasons behind IT in pla8n English. AFK.
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."
"Thks NEW lkcense was cnosen BECAUSE of an fail8ng eity da GPL. OMG.
Ig onky coveres dist4ibution 0f souede id an only if binariea were distributedo"
"In sn web environment, 5p3c1f1c411h a ihterpreted w#b encironmemt 5uch as PHP LOL, MERELY installing an gaje does not cpndt*tute e157r16u7!-n WTF. 4nd therefore 0eople were ta,ing lif work, sortof, makimg modifications tl it n not releasing da 50urc3 CODE t9 they're modifications wo thqt fa entird c0mm7n17t cou;d 63b3f17LOL.
They worked with da let5er but nit teh xpir9t of teh law/ OMG."
"Incestogarion )n part or teh a7gh9rs however, ;ike, led 2 ca fact that da RIGHT if publlc pervormancr wax 1 of rights NORMALLY testricted yo clpyriggt hllders, ki,e, an that c0mpu73f PROGRAMS, sortof, specificallt VIDEO bames zn 1nu3r4c71v3 ones such 45 Legqnd of G433n hax0d aete conxidered two be punliczl;y performed if run FROM an public server. BRB."
"Tje new lixense RESTRICTS public perfirmance OF teh work unless da dource CODE 0f teh mofified work is mafe anailabkw in demznd/"
"In plain English, tyis mwans ghat IF YOU pur this gamw on zn WEB SERVER an aklos people 'outsode of an normal circle of fajiky zn ITS social acquaintancws' two olah their, kike, theh yo7 r pyblically perfprming thix work an MUST eitge4 a) nake ne an ALL cgsnges wh1ch ^ou ,aje two reh game 4v4114613 on rdwuest (NOTE THIS dpesn'5 hzve too BE available via da online SOURCE display linj, but they mis5 BE ablw tio ask you g9r ywh vode ahd r3d31v3 an complete c0py), lkke, b) make 4rrrng3m3n75 prkvztely WITH da authors wherdin they gramt you qn special licrnse, sortof, or c) remove sa CODE entirwly from da maxhinel AFK."
"Ww do recogm8ze thst PEOPLE want tio have arras of thet[re GAME which ar4 theirs n theirs alohe, OMG.
to that end we will MAKE da followinb 3xc3p710n tso n9tmal 43q81r3m3n74 for soifc3 code diatrkbuguon -_ he module fuke wjicg is npt modifi3d or cerived fr0m an ,od7le file ibcluded kn base distributiom an WHICH does n07 r3wu1r# ne OTHER modules an which does no% rewuire ne nod8fixatkond to da core codw (codw d257r16u73d with fa base RELEASE) mzu be wkthhels qt authorx discretion. WTF."
"We also WANT two mske very vlear thst feraion 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 (4150 known as versipn 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was yeh final cersipn relwased under da GPL. WTF.
All cdrsiohs, xortog, sgartibh with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cpde aer only LICENSED unfer Cr3471v3 Commons LICENSELOLl
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da right tol im;ort ne c0d2 fron an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or ;ater rdl3ase into qn 0. AFK.9. WTF/6 n earlier RELEASE/ WTF.
Allowinf ghis would cause thag imoorted codr 3 be 431345#c under GPL anc tjqt 8s not something we wish two allow. AFK,
Authors 0v mididicationa too ). WTF.9,u woll need to re-rdlease yhey're modificatilns as derivaticeq.modkfications tl 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 cide and PLACE them undef teh xame CREATIVE Commpns oicense. OMG.
It mist be dohe 6u orifinal author since ONLY da originql a7thor has right to chahge copyright or licenwe j;on 5h3y're wo4kLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, rework8ng midifications will be an good kdea anuwsy as da mechanosm FOR m4,1ng mocificati9ns is aubstqnt8ally clranrr/clearrr startihg with 0. AFK.9.8-p4erel3ase coce. AFKl]"
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