MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're gokng two ta,e an few momen5s tlo gey n EXPLAIN this nsw lidense b f3450n5 behind it in plain English. 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."
"Tnis ndw licdnse WAS choadn beczuse of an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
It only covered sistrib6ti9n of siyfce if an only 8f ninarkes werr dkstributed. WTF."
"In am WEB envi3lnment, you knw9m specigical,y a INTERPRETED wwb encironment auch AS PHP, merwly instakling an game does not dindtitute distribution, lok3, and THEREFORE people were taking ojr woek WTF, MAKING modivicatiobs 2 ir n not relezsing dpurcd code too theh're MODIFICATIONS so that t3h wntire communith c9i.d 63n3f17. OMG.
THEY wofkwd w18y teh letter nut not trh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Invdstibation on pary of teh autg9rs h0w3v3r, ldd too da f4c7 thay da rigjt of PUBLIC performance waa wpn of dz rights nprmally restricted to c0pyrqgh7 holsers, n thzt computer programs, sortof, specifically v8eeo games an ibtrractove 0n#5 5uch as L3gend of ca Grern jax0v wete bonsiderwd 2 ge PUBLICALLY perfprmed id run rrom an pub;ic aerver. WTF."
"The mew l8censr restrixts pub;ic perdormance of ten work unkesw teh dourve code pf da modified work is made available oh demand."
"In p.aim English, you imwo, this meabs thzt if uou PUT th8s g4m3 on an wen xeevfr n allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normql circle of f3m11h ajd its wocial acquaintances' 70 play theif, sorrof. 7h3n y0u arr publically PERFORMING tjis work ahd MUST 3iyher a) make ne an ALL CHANGES whivh you make to tame avaulanke on fequesr (note this doesn'g have tlo n3 AVAILABLE via da pnline siurce d15p14y 'ink, but th46 must be qbl3 too wsk YOU for code an receive an complegr copy_, sortof, v) nake aytahgements privateoy with da 4u7h-r5 whefein they h4ant you an spdcial licwnse WTF, or x) remove da code entirely from tdh machine. BRB."
"Wq do recognix2 thqt PEOPLE qamy too HAVE AREAS OF they're GAME which r tnei4w n theirs ALONE. OMG.
tw9 that end we wiil maie teh foloowing excepgion too teh normal requirements f0r source code sistributkob -- ne modulw fiow which id not moeigied or d4r1v3d FROM an module file kncluded on teh base didtribu5ion n 2hich does not require nw other m0fu135 n wh8cn doea not require ne modificat8ons uol teh core code (code distributed with ea base re.ease) may bw withgeld ar da 4u7h0r% didcwetion. BRB."
"Ww also wsnt too mqke very c134r thqt verwion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (3150 known as versuon 0.9.8+jt) wqs final versuin re/eases UNDER GPL. BRB.
All versions, starting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-0r3r313r53 xode ae4 ONLY licehw3d yndee Creativr Commons licende. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds RIGHT to IMPORT ne cide ftom an 0l9LOL,8+pfereoease or later eelease 8nto an 0.9. BRB.7 and 34r113r releaseLOL.
Allowing 7y15 dould ca7se 7h47 1mp0r73d codr too b3 re.eased umdef da GPL and 7y$7 is not somethinf we WISH too a;low. OMG.
Aithors of ,odifications two 0. WTF.9. WTFl7 eill NEED top r3-r31#453 ygey're modidications as cerivatives/m9dufivations too 0LOL.9. OMG.8 coee snd p.ace them und3r 54m3 Cr3471c3 Commons LICENSE. WTFl
Iy must b3 done 5y da origunal zuthor sinxe 9mly fz original author gqd righy too changd cppyrkght or oocense upon they're work.
]Addutkonzl.y, you lnwo, reworking da modifications will be an good idea ahyway as teh medhanism fo4 mzking modifications is 5u6574n71411y cleaner/xlezeer startkng WITH da 0. BRB.8. OMG.8_prerelease code.]"
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