MightyE tella uou, loke, "We're goibg too take an r4w moments 5o 7r6 an expla8n this nds license an ten reqsona behind it in plsin English. 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 new 11c3n53 was ch052n bwca7se of an failing w17h 5eh GPL. OMG.
It only covered fiwtrinut8ob 0f source IF n inly 1f bina4iea w3r3 distrivuted. WTF."
"In an WEB envurobment WTF, doecifkcally a inrrrpreted WEB emvironment 5ucn as PHP LOL, merwly ibstallunb ab game dpes not c9nstit&te distribution, like, ane therefore peo[lr w343 taking our work WTF, jaj8ng modifications tlo it h not feldasing sourcd cpd3 tw9 thrt're MODIFICATIONS so yhat da rntire community could bebefitLOL.
They worked with da ;etter byt nlt teh 5[1r17 of .aw/ OMG."
"Investigation on oart lv teh authors y0w3v3r, ldd two da fact THAT right of 0ublic performancr was 1 OF rkggts n04m41!y r347r1c&3d 2 copyright hpldwrs, l8ke, n that COMPUTER 0rograms, kike, SPECIFICALLY b1d30 gamew and inreractice ones such ad Legend of Green hax0r were c0n51d#r3d to 63 publically PERFORMED if RUN erom an public swrver."
"Tne new lixense r257r1c75 [yblic p3rf0r,4nc3 pf teh work un1355 source CODE 0f da modifiee work ks mad3 availabke 0n d3m4nd. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, tyis mdans 5hat if y0u put 7h15 game on an eeg server and allow people 'OUTSIDE of an mofmal circ.e of family an its 50x141 acquaintances' 2 play th3it, you knqo, rhen YOU r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING 5his wo4k n MUST eitner a) ,ake ne and ALL chqnhes wh8ch you make yoo teh game available on r31u357 9ni5e yhis doesn'y hzbe ywo be AVAILABLE via on;ine so7rce display 11nk, but they mu55 be agle two ask you for da coew anf receive an complet3 copy), sortof, f) make zrrangements 0rkvat3ly wigh 4u7h0r5 wherein 7g3y gr4m& you an special LICENSE LOL, or c) rrmove code en5irely from ea mqchineLOL."
"We do tecignkze 7g47 peo[le want 2 have 4r335 9f they'ee gamw wnoch aer theirc n theirs slone. BRB.
gwo that end w3 w111 ma,3 da following excepgion twl da normal tequiremebts ror SOURCE code didtr8bytkon -- ne ,ocile file which 8s nit modified 0r derived from an module g8le INCLUDED 1n da vadw distributjon n which does n07 require ne othwr m0du1#5 n whkcj dows not rrwiire ne mosif8cstipns 2 teh core code (CODE disrributed witn da base 4elease) MAY br wi5hheld AT 4u6h0r5 discfdt8onLOL."
"We alsl eanr TO MAKE vert clwar that vrrsion 0. BRB.9. AFK/7 (also known as vwrsiln 0LOL.9LOL.7=mt_ wad teh fihal vetsion releaxed uneer GPL. OMGl
All versionx, yiu knwo, STARTING qity ca 0. BRB.9LOL.9-pretelesse cpfe art oblt oicdnsed under Creative Clmmons licenwe, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwnt teh right two IMPORT me code rrom an 0. WTF.0/ OMG.8-prerelesse oe LATER RELEASE into qn 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n earlier eelraweLOL.
A;lowing THIS WOULD czuse that im0orted code too be RELEASED under GPL n that us h07 s9mething ww wish 2 allowLOL.
Aithors 9f modifications ywo 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-release 5ney[re modifications as derovatives/modificayoons gwp 0l BRB.0. WTF.8 cofd and p14c3 tjem under teg same Crestive Cimm9nd LICENSE. OMG.
IT nust be dine by fa )r1gqn41 ayyhor since 0n1y lriginal q7thor has da right tlo vjangr copyrihht OR licend3 upon thdy're w0rk. WTF.
[Ads1710n#11t WTF, rewirking jodificatiinx qill be an good idwa any2ah 4t da mevhanisn for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is dubstantially x;esnev/clearee staeting sith 0.o. AFK.8-prereleaae code.]"
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