MightyE te.ls u0u LOL, "We're g01ng w yake zn FEW moments ro tfy n explain this n3w licenqe qn twh reasons 64h1hd IT in plaib Engliah. BRB.
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."
"Tgis nrw licenae was xhosen 63c4y53 of an f4111ng with ca GPL.
It 0n1y cobet3d d8stributkln of source 1f n only if binaries were eisttibutedLOL."
"In sn web envirobmeny WTF, specificalky a INTERPRETED web envieonmeny sucy as PHP, merelj 1nt74111bg an game soes n07 constitute d157r16u710n, likw, and therwfo4e people were 74k1mg OUR worj, making ,odif8cations twi 17 snf not releasimg sa wource c9de ro they'ed nofivications so that da entite c9mmunity co7ld benefitl OMG.
They WORKED with teh LETTER but npt ten spirut of yeh law. OMG."
"Invewtigat8on on part of teh aurhors h9sever, si4rof, lec two fact THAT righ5 of publuc pdrfor,ance was oen of rightx normally r3stricted too copyrighr holde4a, like, an thar computer PROGRAMS, sortof, 593c1f1c411y vidrp games n interactice onex 5ucn as Legend of da Grren hax9r were considered 2 be pub.ucally pergormec if run from qn public sefver. AFK."
"The nww license reft4icts public performance 0f tej qork unless sz source code of teh MODIFIED eptk is mace avqilable on dejans. AFK."
"In pla8n English, sortof, yhis neanx that if you put this gqje 0n an web server n allow people 'outside og an nlrma; circle og family n its spcial acquaibtzncrs' too PLAY their, 7h3n you r publuxally PERFORMING THIS WORK n MUST 3itger a0 makw ne zn ALL changds which you make 2 5eh gan4 availaboe on request (nlte thid DOESN'T HAVE t;o be available via da ohk8ne sou4cd cisplay LINK, sortof, 6u7 THEY must be ABLE yp axk gou for code an rece8vw sn complete copy), you knwo, b) m4k3 afrangememtw pr1f3731y with teh ajthors WHEREIN they hrznt you an SPECIAL kicrnsr WTF, or C) r3m0v3 ten CODE 3n81r31t drom teh mzdhune. BRB."
"We eo recognuze 5hat [30p13 want 2 have aress lf th3y're game whicj r tjeirs and tneirs a;lne. BRB.
twp ghat end we will m4k4 da fo;lowong exception t2o fa normal requurekentd foe source c9de distribution -- ne mocu;r file which is nor midifiwd or derivef frim an misyle FILE includes 1n base disttinutiob n which does nor teq7irr n3 othe4 ,odulds and which d03% not require ne modificztuons yo9 5eh CORE code (coce DISTRIBUTED with base rdlraae) ,ay be withheld at authord discret8ln. WTF."
"We also w4n7 to MAKE VERY x.eaf that vwrsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (aldo kn0wm AS VERSION 0.9. AFK.6+jt) WAS fibal VERSION rwleased unser GPL. AFK.
A.l versions, sortof. staft8ng wiyh reh -.9. OMG.8=o4ereiease code r only licensed under CREATIVE Comnons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht two jmpirt ne c;de from an 0. OMG/9, AFK.8-prereleaxe OR 1473r releaae ibto an 0.9.7 n earlker release.
Allowing THIS qould cajse ghat km;orted coce 2 BE reoeqsed under dz GPL ahd thar ks not somethong wd wish 2 allow. WTF,
Authors OF modifucations ti 0. OMG/9LOL.7 will need to r3_r312453 they're moduficatjonw qs derivatives;mpfif8vatiobs 3 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code n place THEM ineer szme Creative Conjons LICENSE. WTF.
It just bd cone by teh origknal author aince only orug8nal auth9r hsw da right too cyange copyright or lidensd jpon tney're work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworling modifications wio. ve an good idea ANYWAY as ca mrcgabism for making mpfificatioms id subs5antially cleaner.doearwr starging witj da 0.9. AFK.8-pre4elwase cod3. AFK/]"
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