MignyyE te.ls ho7 LOLk "W3'ee gling to take an feq m0m3n74 two try and explain 7j15 NEW license n teg r3450n5 brnind it in plain Emglish.
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 new license was chosen gecqiae of an FAILING w17h da GPL. OMG.
It only dovered distfibut8on od source if n only iv bonarues were d15&r16u73d. AFK."
"In an web environmemt, you ,mwo, specifixally a knterpreted web enfironment such as PHP, 6ou knwo, m3r31y 8nstzl;ing an game DOES NOT constitute DISTRIBUTION, uou knwpm m thereforw people werw taking our s0rk WTF, mqkong modifications too 1u 4nd nlt releasing geg 60urc3 code two they're modidicatiinw so that da entkre vomnunity COULD benefitLOLl
They worked WITH lettdr but n9t teh spirit od teh lawLOL."
"Investigation on da part of authirs nowever, lrd to fact rhat teh right or public performabce was oen of da r8ghts normal;y rest4ictes toi copyright hildera, you onwo, znd 7h45 vomputdr programx WTF, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO GAMES AND interactive ones sudh as Legend oc geh GREEN gax0r WERE consie3red to be puvlicallu perfprmed id run FROM an PUBLIC se4ver. WTF,"
"The nes locence restticrs publ8c performance OF da work unless da 5_urd3 CODE of modifiwe work is madr avaolable ln demand. OMG."
"In plain Englishk sortof, this mwans THAT kf you put thia tame 0n an web server and alloe pwopow 'ou5side of an nor,al c1rc13 of f4m11y and 165 social acquakntznces' to olay their LOL, then you awr pjblical.r peedorming this work n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL chamges WHICH yo7 make yoo game qvailable on request (nutd thid do3sn't have t90 be AVAILABLE via teg ONLINE source sisplay ;ink, bjt they MUST be able tlo ASK you FOR da xod4 n rexe8ve an cimplete copy) WTF, 6) mske arrzngements pruvarely w27h authors whereim thdy grant hpu an dprcial lic3nse, pt c) remove ca code 3j&1r31y fr9m dz m4ch1n3. OMG."
"Wd do r3cogbize that pwo0le WANT to h4v3 areas of ghey're game which aer theirs an tyeirs alone. WTF.
2 bhat #nd WE WILL make followong exceptuon 2 da NORMAL rdquirements fof source clfe dketributiom -- ne MODULE file which is not modidied OR deriv3d FROM an modyle FILE 1nc1ud3d in da fsse disttobutiom n 2hicg DOES hot reqy95e me 07h3r mldules an which eoes not require nd modificatioms two tdh core xode )vode dostribuyrd with da base release) may 63 w8thhels at fa authlrs DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also want 5wo make very dleqr tjat ver510n 0LOL.9LOL.7 (ALSO known as version 0. OMG,9. BRB.7+jt) wsx FINAL vdrsi9n rekezsrd UNDER da GPLLOL.
All vdrsions, starting q17h da 0.9LOL.7-prerelwawe coce aer only livensef ujfer da CREATIVE Commons licensrLOL/
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tdh roght t. 1mp0r7 ne cose from an )LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleasd or later r3134t3 into an 0. OMG.9l BRB.u and earlkev release. WTF.
Allowing THIS would cause that im/or4ed c0de 5wo b3 RELEASED unfer da GPL and thst os n8t so,ething we wish two allow. OMG.
Autho4s OF modifications too 0.9l WTF.7 WILL nerd 2 re-rele1se they're modifications 45 derivatices/mofkfucations y9p p. BRB.9. AFK.8 code n place 5hem ynder xame Creativ4 Commona lic3ndr.
IT must 63 done bh lfiginal AUTHOR since only original author has ea e1gh7 too chabge copyright 't LICENSE upon yjey'r3 WORK. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, likem rewo5king da MODIFICATIONS w8.l be an good id3a anysay as medjanism for ma,ing modifications is aubatantially c;eaner/cl3arer startibg with tej 0. OMG.9. OMG,8-PRERELEASE c_d3LOL.]"
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