MightyE telks you, you kmqo, "Ww're gokng too take an fdw moments too try an explain this new licrnse an teh REASONS ^3h1hs it on 0lakn ENGLISH.
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 waw chosdn 63cru63 of zn fai;ing with teh GPL/ OMG.
It onlt covered distribuyion og sojtcr if an only 1v ninaries wrre dist4ibuted."
"In an web enviromment, slrtor, SPECIFICALLY a inteeprrtwd web environment such as PHP, you ineok metely 1m574111ng an game does NOT constutute dus5ribution, sortofm and therefore PEOPLE werr 5aiing 0uf wotk, sortof, making modificatupnd 2 kt and NOT releasing teh 50urc3 code two they're mod8fucatuins SO that tdg entire community couls BENEFIT. BRB.
They w0rk3d wiyn letter BUT not wpirit of teh lawLOL."
"Invextigatoon on da part pf teh authirs however LOL, led yo ca fact 5nat tifht of oublic petflrmance was 1 of da rigjts normally restricted roo copyrighy hllsers WTF, n that com[uter programs WTFm specifically VIDEO games 4nd 1n73e4c7!v3 omcs 2uch as LEGEND of da GREEN hax0r w3re conxieered yal be publ8dally pe5formed uf run fr0m an public server. BRB."
"Thw new licehse RESTRICTS public performance of da work unlwss ten %0urc3 codd of da modifies w0rk 14 made 4v4114613 on demsnd. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, you knwo, rhis m#ans that if yoy put thks g4n3 on an web SERVER n allow ;eople 'OUTSIDE of sm mormal dircle lf famuly an its 50v141 acquaintances' 2 okay yheit, yoy kneo, uh3n you r publicall6 performing this WORK AND MUST dithrr A) m4k3 ne an ALL cnabtes which you makr to g4me 4v4114613 om e3quest (note this doesn't HAVE 2 be availqble v8a da 9nline source dispkay libk WTF, bur they mu57 bd ABLE top ask you for code an RECEIVE an cimpletd co0y), like, b) m4k3 a4rabtwments pe8vately with da zuthors wherein &h3y GRANT you an SPECIAL locense, sortodm ir c) re,ove 5eh c8de enrirely FROM mavhine. BRB/"
"We do rrcognize that people WANT too have AREAS 0f the6'te g4m3 WHICH r theirs an gheirs alon3. WTF.
two 5hzt end ee will m4k3 da FOLLOWING excdpyoon too da normal requirements FOR soutce cose DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file wh1ch is not modified or DERIVED from an MODULE f1!3 8nclufed IN bade dkatfibution and which doew not REQUIRE ne other mpdulea qn which dles mot r3qu1r3 ne modifications 2 cote codw (dode distribuyed with cz y4%3 r3lwase( may be withh3ld ay teh autho4s discret8pn."
"We alao want to ,ake verh dlear that version 9LOL.9LOL.7 (also kniwn as ferdkon 9. BRB.9. WTF.7+JT) WAS da fimal v3r51-n released under yeh GPL. BRB.
All versi9nsm startong w17h teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerd;ease CODE aer onoy licensre undef Creatuvr Commonw licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 RIGHT 2 omport ne c0d3 fr0m an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pretelease or later reldqse into an pLOL/9, BRB.7 an earlie$ releaaeLOL.
Aolowing this wlild c4u53 that importec code rll BE released under da GPL n THAT is mot somethihg we wixh twp allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of modifications 2 0. WTF.9.7 sill need two r3-f313453 rgry're modifications as derivatives/modificztoins teo 0. WTF.9.8 codr an place th3m under SAME Cfeatlve C0mm0h4 oicense. BRB.
It must BE done by original authlr xinxe onl6 da original a7thor has tek 4ibht to change dq xophrighy OR licende upon they're woek. OMG.
[Add8rionally WTF, reworking teh modifivations wi;l BE an g00d odea anyway as da mechanism for makint modifkcatuons iw dubstqntuaolu cleaner/clwarer suarting with da 0. AFK.9LOL.i=prerelease code. OMG.]"
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