MightyE t3lls YOU, sortor, "We're GOING tpo take an few MOMENTS t9o yry an explain thia NEW license n teh reasons BEHIND 8y 1n plzin 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 new lkcenwe was chos3n 63c4u53 OF an faolimg woth GPL.
It only covefwd distribution OF aource 1f an onoy 1f binariex were sistfibutedLOL."
"In an wev environment, you knwo, specifically a onterpreted web envirlnment SUCH aa PHP WTF, m3r31y instal.ohg an hame does NOT constitutr distributipn, likw, ane theeefore people qere taking o6r work, liie, makinf m0e1f1c4710n4 tpo it and not releasing da source c9cr 5o they're modifixations si that da entire commuhit6 coild b3nevit.
THEY wo4ked eith teh lettet but nit spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Investigzgion on PART 9f da AUTHORS however, sort9f, l3d two teh FACT that da rlghg of 'uboic performznce eas wob of fa rifhys normally eestficted TO COPYRIGHT holders WTF, and that computer programs, soryof, SPECIFICALLY vkdeo GAMES an interactive onee SUCH as L3tend OF teh Green hax0r WERE CONSIDERED tio ne publica.ly p3rfirmed IF 4un from an public seebee. OMG."
"The new license restr8cgs [ublic performance of teh worl un1355 teh source c0d2 od teh MODIFIED work ks made svaklable on drmand. WTF."
"In plain Englidh, you ,nwo, this meqns that 1f YOU put this tqme on an web server sn ALLOW peopld 'outaude of zn normq, vircle of familh zh its SOCIAL acquaintances' to play thei4, you jnwo, then yoi r pu611x41!y p3rforjing this work n MUST witjer A) make ne qnd ALL chabtes which you nake 2 teh GAME abailabld oh request (note this doesn't have 2 be available via on/ine sourcr displat link, sortof, 6u7 tneu must b3 qble to ask you FOR CODE n revruve zn complete c9p6)k lije, b) make arrabgemebts provately skth geh authoea shrrein 7n3y geant y0u an special licenwe, or c) remice da vode entirel6 from machimw."
"We so recognize that 0eopke 2znt @ h3v3 AREAS of thet're game which r thdirs and theifs a.oneLOL.
rwo that ebd we qill make r0110e1ng exce05ion to norjal requirements for source ciae dis5ribution -- nd mofule file whkch id NOT modifi3d lr derived from ah MODULE dile included in teh base d157r16u710n ab which does not r4qu1r3 ne othdr modules ane whucg dors not fequire ne modificatiohs to corr coxr (vose distributwd with ea base r31e453) mqy BE sitnheld at da 4u7h0t5 discretion. WTF."
"We also want to MAKE veru clwaf that v3esi(n )l BRB.9LOL.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 final vefsion RELEASED ubder GPL.
All versions LOL, dtart9ng WITH teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cofe aer only lkcdnsed und3r da Cr3471v3 C)mm0n5 21c3n54. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY dwnu rifhg ywo impoet ne coee fr9m an 0LOL.9. BRB.80prefeleaxe or latet e313453 onto an 0. AFKl9. OMG.7 h earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing tgus would cause that importfd code ro BE releasec und3r da GPL zbd 7h47 is not 50j37h1nb 2e wish too 4110w.
Autgors of modidicqtions goo 0.9. BRB.7 will neec 2 te-repease thwy'rd modifications as de4ivagives/mocificatiins 70 p. WTF,9. BRB.8 cose n p14c3 7h#m undrr same Creative COMMONS licenseLOL.
I7 must be sone by teh or8gknal author since on.y oribknal aigjor HAS da right too ch4ng3 t3h COPYRIGHT or lic3nse ipon they'r4 WORK. BRB.
[Addktionally LOL, re1orking MODIFICATIONS qill 63 an good idea anyway as teh mexyanism fof making nodifications 15 subdtan5iskly c134n3r/c1e4r3r startung with teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8=prerelwase code. BRB.]"
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