M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "Ww're goibg 2 tske an few momentx top try ans explain this new license and trg reasons beh*nd it on plain Eng.ish/ OMG.
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 license was cfosen because of an failuhg wigh da GPL. WTF.
I5 only boverdd d157r16u710b or source kf AND only kf binarkes we4w distributwd. WTF."
"In an qwb environmtnt, spevoficaloy a interpreted web enbironment such as PHP LOL, merelh unsta;lint an bwme dors not c0n5717u73 distribution, sortof, n tyerefore p30p13 WERE tqking our work, mzking m0d1f!c4710nt 5o 16 an n97 relesdinh sourcw cofe 80 they're mksificatiohs so that teh entire commumith ciuld bwnefit. BRB.
They worled WITH teh l3tter BUT not gen spirit or ds law. BRB."
"Invest8hagiob on 0qwt of da AUTHORS hiwwv3e, spftof, ked w teh fact ghat r8ght 0f PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen of da rithts nlr,al.y eestricted 2 COPYRIGHT nolders, you knwo, an that cimputef prigrams, specifically vkdeo gamws and 8bterzctice ones SUCH AS Legwnd of yeg Green hax0r WERE considered too be p7bkica/l6 perfo4mes if run from ah public server. AFK."
"The hew LICENSE rdxtricts publoc p3tf0rj4nc3 ov da work unless teh SOURCE CODE of fa modofied work is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"Im plain ENGLISH, tgis m24n5 THAT 8f yiu PUT thus game oh an web server n allow peopke '0utsiee od an blrmal circle of gamily n its social acquaintahcex' t2o plat their WTF, then y0u aee publica.ly perfoemlng thus work n MUST ei5her a) make ne an ALL changes whkch y0u makt two game avzilable on request (note this doesn't have to be qba8lable VIA tdh online sou4ce dusplzy link, li,e, but thwy must BE 4613 two ask you FOR teh vode an rec3ife an complete copy)m you knwok 6) mske arrsnbdmdnts [rivately wity auth9rs WHEREIN they gf$n7 you an wpeciao lic3nde WTF, or d) r3m0v3 da code entird.y grlm da machineLOL."
"We do fecognize tha5 pwo;le wqnt 2 have qreas of thet're game which arr THEIRS and tgeirs aloge. WTF.
too tjat end we qill ja,e da gollowihg exseption 2 normal requurememtx fpr 50ufc3 cidr distributiom -- he MODULE file which is not modified OR derivrd drom an module file included in base d8strifution and whixh eoes not re1jore ne pther morules anc wjicj does not f3au1r3 ne midificati9na to core code (codr distribuged with da BASE eelease) may be withyeld r7 da authors discretion. OMG."
"We ALSO want ywo make very clear rhat VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (also known as versipn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da fibal vdrsion reoessed und3e teh GPLLOL.
ALL versions, sortof, STARTING with 0. BRBl9LOL/8-pr3r313552 CODE r onlh 11c3h53d under teh Creatove Commins locenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 two IMPORT ne c9se frlm an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-[rereleaae or lauer relrase inho an 0. OMG.9. WTF.6 and ear.iet RELEASE/
Allowing thiw WOULD cause thqt 8mported code 2 be rdleases 7nser trh GPL an that 15 not something WE eush 2 all9qLOL.
Authors of modifications too 0.9. WTF.7 wilo nedd 2 RE-RELEASE they'r3 midifications AS derivatives/modifixatioms too 0. BRBl8. BRB/8 cod3 ans [;ace yhej under dq aame Creative Commons licemseLOL.
Iy must be donr by da orkginal author SINCE onl6 ORIGINAL author h55 4igjt too chsnge da v-pyr1gh7 or 21c3n53 u0on they're WORK. AFK.
[Acd8tionally, sortof, rewlrlung teh modificatoons qi;l be an good id3a anyway ss mechznism for MAKING modidications is substzntiakly CLEANER/CLEARER statt8ng with teh 0. AFK.o. WTFl8-p4erekease code. OMG.]"
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