MightyE tel;d y07 LOL, "We're going to 83k3 an frw m0m3n75 reo try n dxplqin this new licenae an ca r345)n5 behine it 1n PLAIN 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."
"Th8s hew licens3 wzs zhosen becausr OF an faioing with ea GPL. AFK.
I7 only COVERED distributiom of sourve IF and onlh iv binarkes were dkstribut3d. BRB."
"Ib an weg enbironmentk specifucally a interpteted web 3gv1r0nm3n7 5uch as PHP, mere;y 1n574111ng an game dpes n07 constitute distriby5ion WTF, an THEREFORE peop;e qwre taking our worj, sortov, making modificayiins 2 it 4nd not t3leqsibg teh sputce xode too tnet're modificatiins s' that 3n71r3 commubitt could bensfiy. WTF.
Tuey WORKED WITH LETTER vut not gen spirit of tfh law."
"Ibvedtigstion ob sa PART or authkrs howevwr, luke. led 2 teh fact that da rkghr 9f public p3rformance sas peh of teh fights normally restticted 2 vopyribht holddrs, n that c9mputer programs, sortof, specifically video gamed an intedactove onex 5uch as Legend of teh Green hzx0r were consideres two be publically performed ig rin from an 0ub.ic t3rc3rLOL."
"Thd new licebse restricts pyblic perfornance of work un;eds souece codw of modkfiee worl is made 4v4114613 on demand."
"In pla8n Endliahk you kmwo, this means that if you put 7h15 game on ah web serve4 4jd a.lis pe9ple 'OUTSIDE pf zn no4,al c1rv13 of famioy abd its soxial acqua8mtsnces' 2 plqy their, uou knwo, 5hen yoy aer PUBLICALLY performing thls work n MUST e8ther a) maje ne zn ALL chanbes whuch you MAKE two game abailqble oh rewuest (note this doedn't HAVE TO ge qvailablr via teh 0n11h3 source cis0lay lihk, uou knwo, but they must be 4^13 to ask you gor c0d3 an rece8ve an completd copy0, b) make a3rangements privztely w8yh au6hors WHEREIN they grant ypm an s[eciz; licemse WTF. or c) remove yeh dode 3n71431y fr0m ca machime."
"We do eecpfnize 5hat people WANT tio have areas of tyey're hame which r tjeirs n theits q.one. WTF.
t.o that end we will maie sa f-110e1ng exception too noemsl requirwmwnts for sojrce code fistrkbytion -- ne module file wnkcj id NOT modified of derived r4om en m0fu13 FILE incouded IN teh basw distribution n which roes not require ne other m0di145 n which does h9t requi4e ne modifications to teh core code (cide distrubutrs w!7h base rel4ase) may be w!7hh31d at da authprs cisctdtionLOL."
"We also eant gwo m4k3 very cleae ghat version 0, AFK.9. OMG.7 (qlso inowb as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 da final versi9h released uneet da GPL. WTF.
Al. versions, you jnwo, xtarting witg ren 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pre4euease code a3r omly licensed under Creagkve Cpmmons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY sen6 RIGHT twi import ne code fto, an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease 9r la5w4 releas3 INTO ah 0LOL.0. BRB.7 n earlier relessdLOL.
A11)w1ng thos would CAUSE tyat IMPORTED code 2 be r31e453d inddt da GPL 4nd that is not sometnimg we wish two aklowLOL.
AUTHORS of modifica5ions go 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wull nwed 2 re=releade th3t[re modifida5ions AS derivstives/modifications to 0LOL.9.8 code n p.acw them under da same CREATIVE Commons 1qc3n5e. OMG.
It must 63 cone by original qutjor SINCE obly teh lriginal autyor has da right to cnanbe teh COPYRIGHT ir licehse upon they're wirkLOL.
'Asditionsllyk like, reworking teh modivicztions w111 be sn good 1d34 anyway as ,echanisn fot making modificationw os SUBSTANTIALLY dleanet/clezrwr stavrjng wi5h 0LOL.7.8-pr3r313454 code. WTF.]"
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