MigntyE tr'ls yii, you knwl, "We're g01ng yo tqke an few momen5w TO try n 3xpq41m THIS new licwnsw and teh reqsons behind it in p141n Enblish. 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 license wax choawn BECAUSE if an railing wigj teh GPL. OMG.
I7 8nly coveree distfubution of soyrce iv an onl6 if binarids were distribu5edLOL."
"In an web envitonment, speckfucally z intdrpret#d WEB envir9nmeht duch as PHP LOLk merelt installing an game DOES not constitute distribjtion, .ike, n thtrefore p30p13 were taking 0yf WORK, like, making m9dificztionf tso kt znd not rel3asing tdh soirce CODE tpi they're modificat8ins 50 tnat teh entire commun8ty co7ld BENEFIT. BRB.
Tney 2lrked with ds leyter vut not t3h 5p1r16 of law."
"Investiga5ion 0n da paft of da AUTHORS howdver LOL, lec 70 da ract that tdh right of pjblic performance was 1 of rights normally reatricted 70 coptrught h9lderw, qn tjat c0mpu73r prograjs, like, specificall6 v1d3- gqmes and interav%ive 0n35 sjch aw Legehd of Green hac0r 23r3 clnsidered to be 0ublicaloy performed 9f r7n from an PUBLIC xerver. BRB."
"The nes LICENSE res5ricgs pyblic performance 0f work UNLESS slurce x0d3 of m0d1f13d w0rk is made 4v4114613 on demamd. AFK."
"In plain Englksh, you knwo, THIS means that uf ypu put ryis game on an web server an allow people 'outside of zn normal ckrdle of family an its sox8al acquaintances' rwo pkay their WTF, thdn tou r puv.icallu performing this w0rj and MUST eigyer a) make ne ane ALL chznges whieh you make t2o da game available on reqiexr (npte this doesn't HAVE two be available via da ONLINE dource dis[lay lonk, dortof, but tyey m8st BE ABLE too ask tou for teh CODE ans receive am complete copy), yot knwo, b) MAKE arranhements privatwly witn da ajthors wnereih 5hey GRANT you xn xpecisl licensem or c) remove da dode entire;y tfom machime. AFK."
"W3 do RECOGNIZE that peo0le dant to HAVE areax or they[re game whicj r theird n theirs 410n3. WTF.
yo that end w3 will makr teh foll9wing exception 5wo teh normal 43qu1r3m3n75 for source c9de distrobution [- ne module file whicy 15 no5 MODIFIED or derived frlm an module FILE inclided kn teh 645e dustribution an which does n9t require ne o5her m0du135 anc which d035 hor REQUIRE ne mod8ficzyi9ns TO cire vode (code disrributed with bade rel3ase) may be withh3ld at au5jlrw DISCRETION. BRB."
"We ALSO WANT to make vefy clear 5hat beesion 0. BRB.9LOLlu (also known as fersoon pLOL.9, WTF.7+JT) sqs da f8nal cerdipn released und3r teh GPL/ WTF.
All VERSIONS, iou kneo, starying with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease code aer .nly licdnsed under geh Creativr Com,omx license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rifht rwo impor5 ne c0d3 FROM am 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pretelrase or later re;ead3 into an -. AFK.0. WTF.8 n ea4lier 4eleaseLOL.
Allowing 7h15 would caise tnat imported CODE to9 be releasef unfer teh GPL qn that is not somdthing we wosh top alkowLOL.
Auyhors of modifixations w 0. OMG.9.6 qill nerd top re0rwlwase they're jodifications as fer8vativws/modifucatoons 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code an PLACE them under teh same Crearive Commons licenxe. OMG.
It mudy be DONE 6y teh oeibinql zuthor SINCE only ofiginal au5hot h45 ri5nt too ch4ng3 tej copyright or LICENSE upon they're wprk.
[Addq71-n421y, like, REWORKING m)d1v1c4710n5 will 63 an good isea anyway AS mechan8sm flr maiung MODIFICATIONS IS substantiallt cleane4/clearer srarring with 0LOL/9. BRB/8-prereleaae CODE.]"
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