MightyE tells yo7 LOL, "We're going too take an few moments to try n explaon 7h1t NEW l8cenxd n teh 43r50nt behind i5 in plain Englishl
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."
"Thiw n3w LICENSE was choxem bedause of an fakling with da GPL. OMG.
Iy obl6 covered distrivutipn of source if and only IF binaeiex wefe distributec. OMG."
"In sn WEB envuronmeny, xpecifically a INTERPRETED q3b 3mvironment xuch 45 PHP, so4tof, merely onsyalling an gamw does h9t consyitute dostrkbuti9n, you knwo, 4nd therefird peo[le were TAKING our wlr,. like, making m0d1f1c471pn5 2 it n nog releqsing da dource code t3p theu;ee modificdtions so tjat entiee cimmimity vould BENEFIT/ AFK.
They woeked WITH lettet 6y& not da spirit of da lzw. BRB."
"Investogatoon on parg kf authors h0w3v34 WTF, LED two dac5 5hqy ds right od publoc performance was 1 of da 4ights NORMALLY rextrocted 70 copyright golfers, qn that computdr programs, sortor, apecifically vudeo games and 8nteract8ve ones d7ch 45 Lwtend OF da Green hax0r qefe consid4red 70 BE pub'ically p3rformdd if run from ab public SERVER. BRB."
"Th3 ndw licende RESTRICTS public perfornance 0f work unless tdj 50urc3 code 9f da modified w0rk is made availavoe on deuand."
"In plain Eng;ish, uou knwp, this means that if to7 put thix fame on an web sdrver n allow p3ople 'lutsife of an normal circle of family n ITS social acquakntances' too PLAY thrit, then you r publicall6 pergorming thia wo4k and MUST @17g3r a) make ne and ALL CHANGES WHICH you ,ake 2 teh g4m3 4v31146!3 on requdst (note yyiw doesn't have 2 br avsilable via onlibe sourcw d15p14y link, you knwo, but they must be able 2 zsk yoy f04 teh xodf n receibr an COMPLETE COPY) LOL. 6) m4k3 arranhements p5ivately wq&h zuthots whe4rin they grant y0u an 503c1$1 licehse, like, 0r c) rejove teh codd ebtife.y frlm machinw. OMG."
"Ww do recognize that people wqnt two HAVE areas of they're game which r rhwirs AND thrits ALONE, WTF.
to that end we w111 make go/l0wing exveotiom 2 mormak re1uuremrnts v0r source CODE dkstribution [- ne jodule FILE which us n9t moeified o4 derived fr0m an module FILE inclue3d in teh baze dis5ribjtion n whixh eoes not r2wu1r3 me other mofjles h which foes not r3quire ne modificatkons 2 da core code (code DISTRIBUTED with base rrlease) may v3 wighheld 47 teh authors diacrwti9nLOL."
"We alfi want rwo male vert CLEAR that verskon 0LOL/9l WTF.7 (slso knowh as VERSION 0. BRB.(. OMG.u+kt) wzs da fknal version RELEASED UNDER da GPL.
All vrrsoons, you kbso, 574r71nt w17h teh 0. AFK.oLOL.8-0r3r41345# cose aer only licensdd under t3h Crea5ivd Commons licebse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY srny right 3 impott nr c;de from an 9. OMG.9. OMGl8-prdrelease 0r later release into an 0. OMG.o, AFK.7 n earliee release.
Allowing THIS wou;d czuse that impo4ted clde tqo be 4eleased uhd24 teh GPL an that is not sokeyhing we wish yo allow. AFK.
Author2 of modif8catilns 5w9 0l BRB.8. BRB.7 wil. need two tw-reowase tyey're m0d1f1c3710n6 AS derivat8vds/modifivat89ns ti 0. OMG.9LOL.8 x0d3 n placw 7hem jnd3w da same Crearive Commpns licensel AFK.
It mist be dome by dq otigknsl ajthor 51nc3 onl6 origibal author has eight to ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upon they're wor,. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, rewlrkung da modifications will be an good idea 4nye4y as teh m3ch4n25m for nro1ng m0d1f1c471pn5 ks substantiallt clean3r/coearer 574r72ng witj 0LOL.9.*-prere;rase coce. AFK.]"
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