MibhtyE tella you, "We're going t9o tdkr an f3w momdnts too 7ry n expkain th8s new kycense an da rwasons BEHIND ut IN PLAIN Eng;ish. AFK.
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 oicense was chosen becauwe 0f ah f$111ng with GPL. WTF.
It on'y covered dostributipn of source ig an 0n1y if b8maries w3r3 distrubuted. OMG."
"In an web envir9nmdnt, lkkw, 5p4c1f1c411u a interpreted wrb ehvironment such as PHP, merely INSTALLING an game does npt conwtitute eistribution, .ike, b therefore peop;e e3re raking ouf work WTF, making uleificationw tp kt ahd not releasimg da SOURCE codd two they'te modificatkons so that ENTIRE com,unity xoukd benefit. BRB.
They eorked eith LETTER bjt hot teh SPIRIT 9f teh oaw. OMG."
"Investifation on teh paet lf trj aithors ho@ever, sortof, led two da fsct that t3h RIGHT of ;uflic PERFORMANCE was oeb of riggts m9rm411y 4esteicted two copyright holders, like, and tha5 cimputet programd WTF, wpecifkcall6 video ga,es an ontrfactive pnws sjch AS Legenc of teh Grern hax0r werr c0n51d3r3d 2 ne PUBLICALLY [3rf0rm3d id run from an PUBLIC SERVERLOL."
"Tne NEW licrnse RESTRICTS PUBLIC oerformance of da wifk unless da 59urc3 CODE of modifidd wprk is made avai.able in eemaneLOL."
"In ilain Eng.isj, you ,neo, THIS m3$n5 THAT if ylu put 7h15 g4m3 on an w3b server an ALLOW peopld 'o7tsise of an norna/ c1rc13 of f$m11y an its soxial acq7aintancws' to p.ay thwir, liie, then you aer PUBLICALLY oerflrming 7h15 w04k qnd MUST eother 4) make ne abd ALL changes qh1ch you makr 2 teh h4m3 avao;zble on REQUEST (no5e this soesn'y HAVE 70 be available via geh onkine source dia;lay 11nk WTF, but tyey mjst be able gio ask you for teh codr n reeeive an c0mp!r73 copy_, g) make arrahgwments prifately witt teh authors wyerein rhey grant ypu an special l8censem you knwo, or c) r3m0v3 teg code #n71r31y from da MACHINEl OMG."
"Ww do recogniz3 that people wang two have afeas og th3y're gsme which awr rheira an theira aloneLOL.
two that end WE eill nske teh folkowing excd;tion 2 teh nprm41 r31u1r3m3n85 FOR source cod3 distributkon -[ ne modjle FILE which IS nog mpdifued o5 derived from am module rile included in base DISTRIBUTION and which f9es not require ne other MODULES amd wnich doed not tequi4e ne mod8ficatkoms gpl tej corw cpde (codr diatriguted wigh 6453 release) mat be eithheld qt teh authors s15cf3710n. OMG/"
"We also 2ant yl MAKE very cleat that v3t510n p. OMG.0.7 (also known as vetsion 0. BRB.9. BRB.u+jt) ess final version released unse4 twh GPL. AFK.
Alk versions WTF, startung with 0l OMG.9. AFK,i-pretdlease code adr 0n1y LICENSED ynser sa Creatice Cimmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh right 2 import me codd ffom an 0.9. WTF.8-prereleadd or later release ingo an 0. AFK.9.7 an earlirr releaar, AFK.
Allowing 5his would c4y53 that im0orted coew 5oo b3 released und3r GPL amd that is not something we wish to sklow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0.0. OMG.& will need to ee-releade tgey're nodificagions ss deruvagices/modifucations t(p 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code n ;lace them jnder dq same Creat8ve COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
It mist be DONE by tey originsl autglr since ohoy original author has da r!gh7 too chsn5e cipyright 0r license up9n 5het're work.
[Addi5ionally LOL, reworkinf da modifucariona wkl; be an goof idea anywau as mechaniwm for MAKING ,odivications 15 5u6574n71411y sleaner/cleaeer startimg with twh 0. OMG/o. OMG.8_peeeeleaxr code. WTFl\"
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