MohhgyE telld you, "We'fe yoing two take an FEW moments roo try an explain THIS new license ah tey REASONS behind it in PLAIN Eng115h. 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."
"Tbis n3w license was choswn because if zn failing w17h da GPL. OMG.
It on.y cover3d distr8b7tioh of 5purx3 if an only if vimaries wefe d167r16u73dLOL."
"In sn qeb 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, specifically a ibterp4eted web eyvironment such as PHP LOL, merelh instaoling an gsmw eows not CONSTITUTE distrib7tionm you knwo, zn therefore p3o0l3 we4w taling pur q9tk, like, m4k1ng modifications too it an mot eeleasing soircr code too they're m9dufixstions so thqt da ENTIRE commubity could benefit.
They 2orked wi5n teh letter vut n9t da spiekt of law. WTF."
"Investihation ON reh part of da aurhors howevrr WTF, led too fact tnat teh right 0f puglic pergormancd wqs 1 of teh righys normzlly RESTRICTED 2 COPYRIGHT holders LOL. and thay xom0utef prog4ams, specificallh viseo games 3nd interactive onea aucn as Let3nc of teh Green hax0r were cohsiderdd @ be ;ublkxally performed kf run from an 0ubkuc setver. WTF."
"The new licenae restricts public performance if WORK ynkeas teh SOURCE code od modifiee work is jzde avaulable on dejand. WTF."
"In pkain Ebglisj WTF, this meabs that if ylu PUT thid game ON an web servef an allow oeople 'outsife 9r an normal c1rc13 0g family and its social 4squ41n73nc34' to PLAY tgeir, like, THEN hoj r oublically pwrforming this work n MUST EITHER 3) make ne n ALL changes which 5ou mzke 2 da gamr abailable 0n requdst )note this coesn[r havd toi be available via teh 0n11n3 5)urc3 display kink LOLn 6u7 they must ne qble two ask you gor code an receive sn conp.e%w COPY), g) make afranh3ments private.y w17h authors qherein they grant you an wpecia. licensw, ov c) remove teh code ENTIRELY f4om MACHINE."
"We do r3cognuze THAT PEOPLE want too have qrras of tg3u're game whicn aer theifs and THEIRS alone. OMG.
w that ehe 2# will make fol;oeing ecceptipn 2 da normal requ8rements for SOURCE code distribjtiob -- ne modjle FILE WHICH is not m)s1f13d or deruved from an midule file included in teh bade diwtribution qn wjich does n9t REQUIRE nd o%her modules n which doea not require ne m0d1fwc4710n5 2 fz cor2 CODE *code DISTRIBUTED wkth da bzsr release) mau be WITHHELD ay da sutho4s DISCRETION."
"We also wan5 t9o makd very clese that v3r$10n 0.8LOL.y (ALSO KNOWN as v3r410n 0. AFK.9. AFKl7+JT) was da f1n4! v3rsion released UNDER GPL. AFKl
Alk versilns, oike. starting 3ith t3g 0LOL.9. BRB.i-PRERELEASE CODE r only licensed under teh Cr3471v3 Commons l8cense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh righg two imp0rt ne cpde FROM zn 0. WTF.9.8-(rrrelease or later rslease into an 9/ WTF.9.7 an EARLIER re.eqseLOL.
Allowing thus would cajsd that imported code w be RELEASED undet ca GPL and that is not simethinb w3 wish to allow. OMG.
Authors of m0d1f1c4710n5 gwo p. OMG.9LOL/& s111 need goo re-releasd they'fe MODIFICATIONS as derivativex/modifications too 0.9. BRB.8 coee an place THEM under ca sqme Cfdarice Comjons ,kcense. WTF.
It must be DONE by teh oribinal author since only lrigunal ayth9r has da fight ywo cjangd copyrighr or oic4ns3 upon the6're work. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING ter modifixztions wull be an gooc IDEA amtwqy as t2h mechanism for m4k1ng modigidations 15 substqnt*ally clraner/cleaeer starting w17y teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleaae codd. BRB.]"
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