MightyE tells you LOL, "We're g01ng tp 74k3 an few mljeyts rwl try qn explai, THIS new licdnse b ds reasoms BEHIND it 1n PLAIN English. 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."
"Tnis neq oicrnse WAS chlseh becquse of an failong eith da GPL. BRB.
It onlh covered d157r16u719n OF 50yrc3 iv and only 1f binaries WERE dustcibited. BRB."
"In an web envieomment, specifivakly a ohterpreted web environmwnt sucg AS PHP WTF, merelt 1n575111ng an game does not conxt8tjte distribytion, zbd theeefore PEOPLE were ta,inb our work LOLk jakung modifications two ut and not releasimg teg sourse CODE too 5hey're modifications sl that 3n71r3 c0mmun17y could 63n3f17. OMG.
Th3y worked with da letter BUT m9t da spiri5 of da lsw. AFK."
"Investigation on 5eh part 9f yey 4u7h0r5 howrvrr, lkkek led too yeh fact tjat twh rith5 of public petformance WAS oen og da rughts n9tmally r357t1c73d 5wo c0[641gh7 h01d3r5 LOL, and that c9mputer pr9br4m5, koke, spexirica;ly video gqmes an intersctive ONES auch qx Legend lf teh Green hax0r were considered toi 63 publically PERFORMED if rin dfom an pu721c server. OMG."
"Tge new license rest4icgw puvkov pefformance of work un;exs tdh aource code of modified work is mad3 avsolaboe 0b demandLOL."
"In [lain English, tgis means tyat if you put tyix game on an web werver n alloe people 'outside of an NORMAL circ.e of family AND its social acqyzintsnces' to PLAY theirk sot58v, 7h4n you r publically performyng THIS work an MUST either a) m4k3 ne qnd ALL changes whuch yoj make too da fame available on request (npte th8d DOESN'T have to ne avaolzble via online woufce display link, sortof, gjt thet mjst ne able 2 zsk y9u FOR teh d0d3 n receive an complete cop6) LOL, v) make arrangemwnta [rifatelu w17j dq authors whereun they ffant you an special licenae WTF, or c) remove teg code entirely froj da m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do rec9gnize thay PEOPLE sant 2 yavw areas ov thwy're game whpcn r theirw and theirs alone. AFK.
ywo thst ens qe wilo ,ake da followint ezceptkon to teh norma; re1uirements for SOURCE codd distributi0n -- be module rile which is b07 modified or d2r1v3d froj an m9du13 fole included in base dkstrobution n wgicy eoes npt re1ukrt ne othrr modules n wnicb does n07 r3qu1r3 nw modificatkons two da core CODE (code distributed with t3h base RELEASE_ MAY be wityhwld at teh aurnifs discretionLOL."
"We 4250 wanr too ma,e very clear 5hat vetxion 0. OMGl9LOL.7 (slsi ,mosn as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) 2as teh final vwrsion r3leased under teh GPL. OMG.
ALL versions, ;ike, STARTING with teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.8=prerelease code aer omly lucensee UNDER da Creative Commons licens3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh da RIGHT yp im/ort ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr3r333453 ir later release into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and eafliee releaae. OMG.
ALLOWING tyis w0u1d cajse that impodted code two g3 RELEASED ubder teh GPL an that is nit slme5h8ng 2e wish to allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modigications 70 0.0. WTF.7 will n33d two re-relesse they'rr m0d1f1c472-n5 as detivatives/modificagions to p.9, WTF.8 codd n plac3 tydm under 5rm3 Crwstufe Cimmlns licenseLOLl
It ,ust be done b6 0r1g1n41 author simce ohly original autjor yas ribnt 2 change reh cop6righ5 or 11x3m43 upon tgey're work. OMG.
[Additionallt WTF, reqirking modkficationw will be ab go9d idea an6ezy as da mechanixm for MAKING MODIFICATIONS iw subsrantially dleamer/ckearer starting with da 0. OMG.9LOL,8-pt3release cofw.]"
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