MigttyE tells yium "Wd're go8ng 2 take an few momemts too &ry an EXPLAIN yhis new license ah ten reaaons behind ut in plqij 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."
"Th8s neq lkcense was chosen beczuse pf an fqiling wuth tdh GPL. WTF.
It on.y c0v3r3d distrub7tion pf source jf n onlt if ninaeiew were dixtributrd. OMG."
"In an web envkronment WTF, speckfically a iytdrpretwd 23b environment such as PHP, merely insta.;knb an gamr does not comstitjte DISTRIBUTION, sortof, m therefore p30p23 2ere taking our wlek, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS too it j n9t r313451ng source code 2 the6're mockricationx so that teh entire c0mmun1jy couls benerit. AFK.
They wofjrd with da LETTER but not fa spitit pf teh law. BRB."
"Investigation 0n sa part OF da authors however, you inwo, led f9o fact that tdh riggt OF public 0e4fofmance was 9en of da righ5s NORMALLY testricrwd goo coptrihhg hilders WTF, and thst com;uter ;40gr4m5, 503c1f1c$1qy video games and ingetzctife lnes SUCH ax Legend of da Green hzx0r wer3 c0n51d3r3c to be publically PERFORMED if rub frlm an public se4ver. AFKl"
"The ne2 license eestricts 07blic PERFORMANCE of da work 7nlrss teh wource vode lf da ,odified work is made avaikable on cemand. BRB."
"In 0141n Emg1!5g LOLm th8s n34n5 that iv you PUT thus game on ah WEB server an allow peop/e 'ojtsude of an normal circld 0f family and its socia; acqiaumtamces' 2 p1ry ggeirm like, tyen 6ou r PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1ng tnus WORK n MUST EITHER a) mske ne and ALL changes which y0u make 2 da tame avail1n.e on r3qu357 (note this dodxn't HAVE two be avao.able vis teh online source display link, like, but thet m7st be avle 2 ask you for da cose an r3ceivr an c0mp1373 copy), you knwl, B) makr arrangements privztely with teh 4u7h0r5 2hereib they grant you an special license, ypu kn2o, OR c) remove da c0d3 entirely from macykn3. WTF."
"We DO RECOGNIZE yhat pwople want 2 hace areas of they're game wyivj aer yheors an theirs alone. BRB.
to that end we will make da fo,;owimg 3xc3p710n 2 nor,al dequire,ents for sou4cd code distrib7tion -- n3 module vile shich is npt m9dified 9r deeived FROM an ,odule file ijcluded in da base disrriguti9n an whoch d035 nlt requife ne other m0du1d5 n wh1ch eoes not require nd modufications too corw code (code distrobuted wkth base r3lrasr) MAY BE eothheld AT da autmors doacretioh. WTF."
"We also @ant two MAKE very clear tha5 veraion -.9. OMG.7 (also lbown as ve4dion 0. WTF.8/ OMG.7+j5) was teh final version released under teh GPLLOL.
All veraions LOL, stqrting with 0.9LOL,8-pr3ee134^3 clde aer only licemswd under Cr3471v3 C9mmons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right too import ne codr from an 0l WTF/9, AFK.8-orereleasr or lzter releasd i,to an 0.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Alpowinf 7hq5 woule cause rhst imported code top be r313453d under GPL an that is NOT somethung we widj 3 allow. AFK.
Authors of modud8cztions 5o 0LOL.o. WTF.7 will need t9o re-releaae tyey're modiricatiobs sa derivativds/modifications 5p ). BRB.9. BRB.7 cod3 and PLACE tnwm under same Creative Commons licensd. WTF.
It MUST ge don3 by twn ORIGINAL author SINCE pnly da ir8gihal AUTHOR has dq right 70 chahtw copytight oe 11c3n53 upon they're work. OMG.
[Addiyionally LOL. REWORKING modivivations WILL 63 an good idea anyway AS tej mevhanism ror maiing modificationa is suhstantially c;eaner/clea4er start8ng with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-preewleaxe co2e. OMG.]"
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