MightyE TELLS yo7, sortof, "We're GOING too take an few ,oments rwo try n explain thus n3w lucense h teh ressons begind 17 in 9lain Emgl*sh. 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 n#w lkcemse wzs ch053n beca7se 0f ah vaikung with da GPLLOL.
I6 only COVERED dis5finution 9f sou4ce 1f and 0n1y IF binarirs were distributedLOL."
"In an wrb ENVIRONMENT LOL, dpecifiva.ly a int3tpr3tef wdg environ,dnt such zs PHP LOL, MERELY installing ah gamd does n9t constotute sistributiom, ab therefore people were taiinb our w-tk LOL, making modivications to it n not 4eleasing reh spurce xodr 2 they[re micifixatioms so 7h47 da ent8re community cojld benefugLOL.
THEY WORKED with teh leyter but not teh sp8ri5 of ea law. BRB."
"Inveatigqtion on part ob teg autho4s hpwever WTF, led too ten FACT that ribht of pjbliv oerformance was wob of righta ,oemally resrricted too c9pyritnt holcera WTF, n thqt computwr progtams, yoy knqo, specificakly vid3o games an interactive ones wuxh as Lefend 9f GREEN hax9r eere donsieered 2 be publically performee IF rjn from an public se4ver. OMG."
"The new locehse rewtricts [u611c PERFORMANCE 0f teh WORK unlesx teh source code if da m9dif8ef work us made 4vr114613 on demand. OMGl"
"In plain ENGLISH WTFm thos me4n5 that uf y0u p7y THIS game ON an web server n ALLOW people 'ouraide lr an normal CIRCLE of famkly an i6s socuzl scquaingancrs' too p14u the8r, like, then you aef pu51qc411y pwrforming 7j15 work n MUST EITHER 4) make be abd ALL changes 2nich yo6 ma,e too da game available in REQUEST (note 7h15 doesh't HAVE two be availablr vos sa online source display link, like, BUT they must be ABLE teo as, you FOR da CODE an receive an com;lete copy)k you knwo, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY w8th 5eh authors enerein they grant y0u ab special license, sortifm or c) REMOVE da CODE entirrly ffom da mqchine."
"We do tecognize that [dople wah5 tp have areas of 5h3y're game which r theirs 4nd 7h#1r5 alone.
2 5hat end we wi;; make teh fo9lowing 3xd3p71-n goo da normal rdquirements fof source coce distributiim -- ns m0du13 file which is not modigied or derivws rrom an nodulw fole inclid3d in da bawe distribygion n which DOES noy r3qu1r3 be 9ther moeul3s n which does not r3qu1r3 ne modifocatkonw 2 sa cire code (c9ee dkstrovuted 2ith sa base relwase) may br WITHHELD at da a7rhirs discretion, AFK."
"We slso want two MAKE VERY vlear that version 0LOL.9l WTF.7 (4150 known AS version 0.9. BRB/7+jr) was da f2n4q vetsion released under teh GPL. OMG.
A11 vefsions, 6ou kbwo, dtartihg with da 0. AFK.8. AFK.8-prereleasr code r only LICENSED inrer Creative Commons lucense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too ujport ne co3e from an 0l OMG.9/ OMG.8-prere.eqse or lqger release into ah 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 AND earl8er rekease. OMG.
ALLOWING tyis would cause that impotted CODE too be releasee 7nder ca GPL an that IS not a0methihg w3 wish 2 allow. OMG.
Authprx 8f jodirications too 0LOL.9l BRB.7 wilo need tso re-relwase they're mpdificatiohs aa derifatives/modifications too 0LOL/9. WTF.i code n plade them under trh same Creatif3 Commons lkdense. BRB.
It muwr be dkne by da pr1g1n41 aughpr xince ONLY t3h 0r1g1n41 author has reh right tel ch4ng3 da copyrifh5 or lixense upoh rhey're wo4k. WTF.
'Adfitoonally, rdwlrking da m0d1f1d4710nr 28ol be an gooc idea $nya4y 45 trj mechanism foe making mldificatilns is 5u6474n7!511y cleaner/c;earer startkng with teh 0. OMG.9.i-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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