MithtyE tells ypu, uou knwo, "Ww'4e going t9o take an few MOMENTS to try an EXPLAIN this new l8cense AND da REASONS BEHIND ig in plain Eng;ksh. 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 2as chosen brcause 0f ab dauoing w17h da GPL. BRB.
I7 lnly COVERED DISTRIBUTION ot sourxe kf abd only 1f binqries were distributdd. WTF."
"In an eeb emvkronmeng WTF, spexovixally a qn73rpr373d web ebvironnehg sych AS PHP, m3r31y ihsgallibg an ga,e does not constitute diatrinution WTF, and 7j3r3f0t3 peoplw were TAKING 9ur wotk LOL, making modifications toi it an not releasint geh sourde codd t8o they're modificatipns so thst ca ENTIRE cojmunity could b3ndfut.
Th3y worked WITH tey 13773e but mlg SPIRIT og law. WTF."
"Invedtigatipn on teh pare 0v teh authlrs hoeever, sortof, led 2 teh f4c7 that ds right or public performancd waw 1 0f r1fh75 nprmall6 fexrricbed to COPYRIGHT n01d3f5, lkke, an 7h47 computer pr0gr4m5. you kbwo, s[ecidicallu videi yam3x an interacyive ones 5uvj as Legend of da Grern jax0r were considered 2 bw publically perfo4mdd if run from an public server. OMG."
"The new ;icense eest4kcts pjbkix peeformance 0f teh work unless source c9sw OF teg MODIFIED work 14 made availablr on demand. OMG."
"In p;ain Emglish, you ,nwl, 7h15 m3$n5 thqt if you [ut 5his gzme on an qeb server and 4110w p3[p13 'outsode 0g an NORMAL circld OF family m its social ac1uaintahces' 70 play thd8r LOLk tjen y9u aer puhlically performihg this wlfk h MUST eithee a) maie ne an ALL CHANGES which you MAKE too teh game avaioabl3 on rewy3xt (note this doesn't have 2 be zvai;snle viq teh pnline wource dis;osy link WTF, BUT they nust ve able too awk you for da codr an 4exdive an comp.ete dopy), you knwo, b) make arrangehwnts prkvqtely wq7h twh AUTHORS whefein thet brant y0u an special license, or C) femove da c0d3 ENTIRELY ftom da macjinr."
"W3 do r3x0gn1z3 tjat pelpl3 want too HAVE areax od they'rr GAME 2h1ch e theirs an theirs alonrLOL.
@ 5hat ebd we will MAKE foolowing EXCEPTION too teh nornal r3qu3r3m3n75 for source c0d3 distrobution -- ne nodule vil3 whicj is not modifi3d ot derived ftom an modulw file kncluded kn teh bade dist4igutiom n which dies not require nd other modules an which d0e6 not requife ve mosificatu9ns toi twh CORE code (code distrinutee qith da BASE release) mqy be withheld at teh authors disceef8onLOL."
"We also WANT tw9 make f3ru clear tjar version -. BRBl9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as verdi9n 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) waw teh final version RELEASED under GPL.
All VERSIONS LOL, stsrting with 0l BRB/9LOL.8[prereleasr CODE aer only licensed unser Cteatuve Commoms lucdnwe.
We EXPLICITLY deby ca RIGHT 49 i,port n3 code grom an 0. BRB/9LOL.8-prerelease or lqt3r RELEASE into ah 0. WTF.9.7 m eatlier felease. WTF.
A;loeimg tjid would vause that 1mp0r73d cide 5; BE relrased und3r GPL 4ns that is not SOMETHING w3 wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authoes OF modifications to 0. OMG.9.u qill need too te-releas3 t6e6'te mod*ficatipns aa drrifatives/mosifications to 0LOL.(. WTF,* code n place tjdm UNDER same Creative Commons 11c#m53.
It must BE done by da origonak au5hor simce onlu tej original au5hor h55 da eighy too ch4ng3 5eh copyriggt or kicdnse upon ttet're wofk. BRB.
[Acdiyilnally WTFk rew9rking da modifidayions wik. BE an g9od icea an62ay ad mechamism for msling m0d1f1c472-n% is subatantially cl3aner/cleaeer staeting WITH da 9l WTF.9. OMG.9-pr3t313453 code. WTF.]"
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