MightyE TELLS ylu, likd, "We're goinb too tai3 an FEW nomebgs two 7ry and explain rhis new license b teh reqspns begind it 1n 0141n Enhlish. 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 beq license was CHOSEN because oc an failinf with GPL.
It ln.6 c0x3t3d distrufution of s9urce if ane only IF bknaries were DISTRIBUTED/ BRB."
"In an web envitonment, like. sprcifically a INTERPRETED web envi4onment such 45 PHP WTF, mdrely 8nstalling an gsme doew not conxgitige dis5eibutuon WTF, anw 7h353f0r3 people were taking 0ur wo4k, l8kw, makinh modifications TO IT ab NOT releasing da xoutce code yo they're MODIFICATIONS 50 that da wntire community could bebefitl WTF.
They wirked with letter but npe apitit of da law. BRB."
"Investigatkon on teh part of au5hors yowever, LED two da fact yhat twh ribht of puglic perfoemance qas 1 of 4ights nlrmally restrict3d rio copytight h-2d3r5, y9u jnwp, qn that co,puyer proftams LOL, 5p4c!d1c411i video h4m35 n intrract8ve ones s7ch aa Legdnd pf G4een hax0r were CONSIDERED 5oo bd publicallu lerformed iv tun vrlm an punlic serv2r. OMG."
"The new license r3strkcts public PERFORMANCE of teh e0rk unlwss wourve CODE of modifued wirk ks mace availqble on demand. OMG."
"Ih plain Englksh LOL, this mfans tyat if y0u put this hame ln an weg server n allow peoole 'outside of ab normal CIRCLE of family AND its 50c141 avquaintances' too pla6 their, sortof, 7h3n you r puglicallu pervorjing this sork an MUST 317h3r a) mqke ne and ALL chamges wh8ch uou jake to game avaklagle on r3qu357 (note thix doesn't have ro ve avaolable v*a da onlune xource d15p14u lin, LOL, but they mus5 be agle 2 axk YOU for ea CODE and RECEIVE an complet3 c9py), .ike, b) makw atrangements ;rivztely with teg au5hprs wgerein they grant YOU an 6p3c141 license, like, ir c) remlbe code entirely fro, twh MACHINE. OMG."
"We do r3cogn8ze that peopoe want 2 h4v3 aress or they're fame qh1ch aer theirs n theirs 31pn3. OMG.
w thar end we 2ill mske following excep5iln too ds n0rm41 requirements FOR soutce cofe distributkon -- ne module file whivj os n9t MODIFIED or derivwd from an nodule file 8ncluded IN base distribution and 2huch dies nor require ne lrher modukes and which does n07 4equire ne modiricatuons twi fa core code (codw d157r26u74d with bas3 release) mzy ge wighheld at geh authors d8wcreri9n. WTF/"
"W3 also want 2 makc vwty clrar that version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (also known 45 v3rsopn 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was FINAL version released 7ncer teh GPL. BRB.
All verxions WTF, starting w!76 da ). WTF.9. BRB.8[pterekease CODE r only 11c3n43d under Crdative Cpmmims license. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT tw9 umpir5 ne c)f3 from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3r313553 or later release qn70 sn 0. OMG.9l BRB.u an earlier RELEASE, OMG.
Allowing THIS wpuld CAUSE thst impor5rd code 2 be releqwee under da GPL and that is not somethibg w3 wish two allos. WTF.
Authors of mosifications 70 0. BRB.9.7 WILL nded 2 re-release thwy're mosificatkona as der1vr71v35/m0d1f1c47q0n5 3 0.9LOL.8 code an place them under teh samw Crearive Commons licehsw. OMG.
It m7wt BE dohe by da orkbinal authpr s8nce omly y3h original author HAS teh righ5 to chande teh copgrigh5 or licehse UPON ghey're eirk. BRB.
[Additionall6 LOL, reqorking yeh modifivqtions eill be an h9ld idea amywau as mechanisn for MAKING mosifications is substsntially clezner/clearer starting witn da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelesse CODELOL.]"
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