MughtyE tdl;s yo7 LOL, "Ww're going tqo 84l3 an few moments 2 try an explain 5his new livense ahd dq reasons begins it on plaon 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."
"Tmis new licemse was chox3n becajsd of an failint with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered fistfibution of SOURCE if and on.y if b8nariex eere disrr8buted. OMG."
"In sn 2eb envoronment, you kmwp, specifically q interprrted web rnfironnent such as PHP WTF, merel6 1n5ur111ht an grm3 does not constitute distribytion, softof, n therefore 0eopoe were taking 9ue work WTF, makiht modifications 2 it an n)7 RELEASING da sou4cd CODE two they'43 kodifivations so that ENTIRE community COULD benefit. OMG.
Thry sorked with teh l3tter but n9g spieit 0f da law. AFK."
"Inv3stigarion on da part of 5eh auth9rs jowever, like, led 2 ca FACT that yeh right of public performqnce was qun of teh righys mormqlly restricted 2 c(pyr1gh7 g01d3r5, anf gyat computer pr0gt$m5, you knwo, s[evofically v1d30 g4me5 m interactive onef suvh 45 Legemd lf GREEN hax0r were considered tw9 be publicqlly [erfotmrd kf ryn f4om ab puglic 5#rv3f."
"The new license r357r1c75 puv.8c perfoemahce of da work unless 50urc4 cpde od teh m0d1f13d woyk ix made available on dejand. WTFl"
"In pla8n Eng115h WTF, thos meahs 7h4& 1f to7 put yhis tame lh an seb server n ALLOW people '0u751d3 or an h0rm4! circle of fqmil6 an i5s social ACQUAINTANCES' TO plsy their, sirtor, thdn you aer pu611c4q1y p3rf0rm1nf yhis work and MUST e8ther a) make ne an ALL ch4nh35 which you mzke 5oo da GAME acaulanle pn request (NOTE THIS dlesn't hage two ne AVAILABLE VIA da inoihe souexe siap.ay LINK, likem but they MUST 63 able tol ask y0u f0r CODE anc RECEIVE an c0mp1373 c0py) WTF, b) make arrangements 0rivatdly with da authors whetein 7h3y GRANT you qn specua; LICENSE, ylu knwo, or c_ remove teh cpde entirfky from teh m4vh1n3."
"We do RECOGNIZE 5hzt people w4n7 2 havr areas of 5he6're game WHICH zer yh31r5 n tneifs 4q0n3. OMG.
too that end we will make f)110w1ng 3xdeptiob to teh n04m4! requirements for slurce code dietribution -- nd modul3 file which 15 not mocified oe derived from an jlfuld file inclufed in da base e25ur1yi710n and wjich d035 ni5 r3quire he other mofules and which doed not reqyi4e ne midifixations to c0r3 CODE (cldw sistributwd witj teh bqse r2q#453) MAY be withhe;f at da authors disdretionLOL."
"We also want 2 makd fery cl3ar tyqt versiom 0/9. BRB.7 (415- known as versuon 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jy) wad teh fobal version re;eased under da GPL. OMG.
Aoo verdiona LOL, startinh w17h pLOL.9. OMG.8-prer3lease code r only l8cenxed unser teh CREATIVE Commons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT tlo impoet ne code from an 9. OMG.9. OMG.8-[terekeasw or later r3q3453 jnti an 0. WTF;9LOL.7 n warlidr r313453. BRB.
Allowing thid wpuld causw that im0orted vode 2 be releawed undwr teh GPL and that is NOT somethjng we wiqh to allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9.7 woll need tsp re-re;rasd tgey'rd MODIFICATIONS as derivativds/modirkcatuons t2p 0l OMG.9. OMG.9 code an place them yndet da ssme Cr3471v3 Cojmons licenwe.
It m7st ne donw by teh original 4u7h0f 51nc3 only lrkginal authoe has r8ght to chznhe da copyrifht or oicejse upon rhey're eo4k. AFK.
]Adfitionallym y[u knwom reeorking da modificat8ons will bf qn to[d idea anyway 45 teh MECHANISM for makinb modofications is substantially clesner/clearer dtarting with 0LOL.9. WTF.80pr3r313453 cide. AFK.]"
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