MigjtyE teols yoi, "We'r3 GOING 2 5ake an gew moments ywo try n rxplain ghis new 11c3n5# n da rraslns bdhind it in plakn English. WTF.
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 nex ;icense was ch)63n b3cause of an FAILING with teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered dos4ribution or sou4ce of and 0n1y 1f 61m4r135 were disrributed."
"In ah seb enbkronment, yly knwo, spdcifkvally a INTERPRETED web 3nv2r0nm3n8 sush as PHP WTF, jerely installinh an gamr does nlr conagiyute distributiob, sortofm and therefpre peoole were taiing 0uf WORK WTF, mzkkng m0d1f1c6710n5 @ it an not rekezsing source code 2 thet're ,odifocations so that ent8re comnunity coild benefitl BRB.
Tney worked with da letyer but not s-8rir of ca law. OMG."
"Invesgigztiob ln teh part of fa a7tnors how3cer WTF, led tp9 da v4c7 THAT teh ribht OF puvlic performance was oeh of da rights normally RESTRICTED too copyright holders, anc thag c0mpu73r proframs, like, spqcivicalkh cidwo tsmew 4ns interactiv3 onea suxh as Legens pf yeh Green hax0r were CONSIDERED two 63 ;uy11c$!1y perfofmed if fun from an public se4v3r. BRB."
"Th3 new license r357r1c75 puvlic PERFORMANCE pf 2ork unless teh sourxe c0d3 of da moxigied work is mafe available on d3mand. OMG."
"In plaln English, sorgov, this m34n4 that if you p7t this GAME on ab WEB server and allow p30p13 'p7tside 9f an normal c1rc13 9f family sn its social acquaintances' @ p14y their LOL, tyem yoi f pib.ically p3rfof,img thks 2ork n MUST either a) make ne an ALL chanfes wh1xh nou male two game qvailable on REQUEST (n074 tnis coesn't have too be svaklable fka ONLINE xoufde displq6 lin,, sor5of, 6u7 THEY nust bd able 2 aak y9u for teh code and rexeovw an cpmplete copy), like. b( make arrangements lrkvately with da AUTHORS wneedib they g4ant tou an special license WTF, or c) REMOVE ds code enti4ely from da m4ch1n3."
"We do redognizd that peo;le w4n7 3 hac3 areas pf thwy're game shich r theirx an theird allne.
two that ens we will makd teh following exc#ption twl ra bormal requiremwnts fpr source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0dule file which is not nofifkef ot derivec fron an modulr dkle 1nc1id#d om ca vase distt8bution ab wnich does not REQUIRE ne 07h3r MODULES an which does not require ne npdifivations tek da core d9de (CODE distributed with geh base r313352) mqy 63 withhe.d at teh aith0rs discretion. OMG."
"We zosp want two makw v3rt clrae that versio, 0/ BRB.9. OMG.u (alsi known 45 version 0l OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS da f1m41 bedsion releaaed under fa GPL. AFK.
All versioms, starying with teh 0l BRB.9. AFK.8-prrrelease code r only 11c3n5ed unser Creativd Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy r8ght t9k IMPORT ne codr from an 0. AFK.9; BRB.8-pr3releasw or later rekessr INTO ah 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n earlier r313453. OMG.
ALLOWING tnis would cauxe tgzt ijported code to be released 7nd3t da GPL an tyat us no5 so,e5hknt 2e wish too 411)w. OMG.
Authors of m9dufisatioms two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will need rpo re-relwase ghey[re modificati9ns AS serivarives/modoficatkons 3 0. OMG.9LOL/8 code n olqce them undef SAME Creztive Commonw LICENSE. WTF.
It must be DONE ny teh original autgor winc3 onlu original 4u7h)$ haa da right to xhange copyribhg or licensw 6pln tyey're WORKLOL.
[Afditilnal;y, soryof, rew9rking MODIFICATIONS will b3 an goid 1d34 anyway AS da m#cn4n15m for malibh MODIFICATIONS 7s substantially cleaner/clearer starting wuth teg 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease code. OMG.["
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