MightyE trlls yoj LOL, "We're going 2 rakr zn few mpn3n75 TO try and explaih this nrw license n r3450n5 nehind ir 1n PLAIN English.
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."
"Thid new lkcense wzs chosen because of an failing witn teh GPLLOL.
I5 obly COVERED distribution 0f soirce IF an pnly if binqries were distributed. BRB."
"In qn web environment, sortofm xpecifically a interpreted we7 3hvironmrnt suxh as PHP, sprtof, merely insraolinh an game eoes not constit7te diatribitiin, an th3rwfore people serd takinh our work WTF, mqking mocifications tso it an no5 tekeasing teh sourde code two they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entute community coiod benef8t. BRB.
Th4y worked with teh legter but not xpirkt 0f law. AFKl"
"Infssbigatioh on dz part of da autjors yoeever, you knwo, LED two tej fact that da r1gh8 OF pub.8c p3rr0rm4nc3 wqs won or rights NORMALLY restricted two c0pyr1gh7 holsets WTF, an that computer prpgtams WTF, 5p3c1f1c$11u videp gajes an imteravtive ones SUCH as Legemd og Greem hax0r were donsoderrs too be publically pefformed if run frpm ah pjblic sdrber. OMG."
"Tye nrw lic3nse restrictx pjblic PERFORMANCE of da worl unleds da xource code 9f teh MODIFIED work us MADE AVAILABLE ON demandLOL."
"In plzim Englisg, aoetof, thix means that 1f y9u [ut THIS game on an web werber n allow p#0p!3 'ouraide of an n0rm41 curcle OF family snd its sodial acquaintances' to pkay tj3ir WTF, then yoj aer PUBLICALLY perforn8ng this work n MUST either 4) makd ne sn ALL changea which tou MAKE 2 da game available on req7est (note this doesn'f havw toi be AVAILABLE via da online soufce DISPLAY link, like, vut tney must be able too ask yo7 gor code n receive an co,plete copy), b_ MAKE arrang3men5s privat3;h skth authors wherein they brzbt you zn s0ecial LICENSE LOL, or c) REMOVE ea code dntirely grom geh kachime, AFK."
"Ws do recogniad that p30p!3 sant to nave areas of tywy'te game which aer thdirs n theors alone. OMGl
too rhag 3nd w3 will make follow8ng ezceptiln tp NORMAL requir3ments ror slurce c0d# distribution -- ne modjle fil3 wh1ch IS no5 modified or deribed from an m0du!3 file INCLUDED in teh basr distrubuti9n n xhich does nit require ne otget modul3w an eh2cg does not requirr ne mldifications two da dore code (code d157r16u72d with y4t# rd.ease) may ve withhels at tdh authors eiacretion. BRB/"
"We also want @ make v3ry clear that vers7on 0.9. BRB.7 (also known AS fersion 0. OMG.(LOLl7+jt) wad dina. vrrsi9n rwleaaed und3r da GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5. starting wi5h teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease cosr r onlt LICENSED unedr teh Creqtive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh RIGHT 2 in[ort ne coce from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pre4dlease or later release int9 ah 0/ WTF,9.7 an earlueg releasr/ OMG.
Allowibg tjkw wo7ld czuse THAT im0orted code two be rdleased UNDER GPL n that IS NOT sometjing we qish too a;l9w.
Au%hlrs of modificagions tso 0. BRB.9LOL.7 w*ll need two rs-release fhey're mocifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.0. OMG.8 code an place them uneer same Crrative Commons ;icense/ OMG.
It must 63 d0n3 bu da original quthor sknce only o4uginao zutjor haw ruggt too change copyrighg pr licenxe UPON t6ey're work. WTF.
[Additionallyk you knwo, r320rk1ng modifications will be an g00d idfa anywah as mechanism f04 m4k1ng modificatipns ix sugstantialln x.eaner;clearer srartunb with teh 0. AFK.9.8-prerelessw c0d3.]"
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