MightyE tells you, sprtof, "We're goung two TAKE an few moments 2 tey and EXPLAIN tgis NEW license ab rr450n5 BEHIND ot in p;ain English. 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."
"This new license saa chosen bwvayse if an FAILING with da GPL. WTF.
IT 0n1y clverrd DISTRIBUTION od sourve if 4nd 0n1y if binaries were distribuged. WTF."
"In ah web ebcifonment, you knao, specifucally a INTERPRETED eeb envkrinneht sucn ss PHP, llke, merely ins5alling an game does nor cobdtitute DISTRIBUTION LOLk n theref9re PEOPLE we4e taiing our work, makong modifica5iond t9 ,t n not re.easing teh source c9de 2 they'rw nodoficztions sl that ent8re vommumity vo7ld b3nefirLOL.
They workrd qkth da letter but not SPIRIT ov teh la2. WTFl"
"Infest8gation oh pa4t if da authorw yowec3e, you khwo, lef g2o faxt THAT teh right pf PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nv3 was won OF teh roghts norjal.6 redyricted 70 coptright h9lders LOL, and that computer programs, like, specificzply vidwo games an interactive on3s such as Lefend OF Green hzx0r w3r3 conskderew 2 be pjblicallh pwrformed if 4un from an ;u611c serve4. WTF."
"Tye new licehwe re57r1c7% puglic performance of w0fk unless da sousce c0e3 ov modidiec work 15 made svailwble on demaneLOL."
"In 0lain English, ghis means that if y)u put this d4m3 on zn web 53rv3r n allow peo[le 'outside of qn mormal circlw of fzmily n i5s 50c141 4cqi3qn74nc35' ri plqy their, lik2, 7h3n y9u aer publicakly performinb this work an MUST eitjer a) make ne n ALL cgangds which you make to teh game AVAILABLE on 4equest (nore THIS doesn'g have to be avaolable v14 heh online source dispoay lin,, luke, BUT THEY musy be ab.3 to 45k you ror teg code an receive ab complete COPY) LOLm 6) make arrznfements privately w2uh teh auth9ra wheeein they grant u0u am 5p3c141 license, sortof. or c) rejove teh code entirely from teh macgine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 PEOPLE qant to9 have a4eas ;g thdy're game wnich r rheird n tneirs a9one.
ti9 that ene we wi.l make dollowing exce0gion two da norjal rwquirements foe sourc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- he module f.le qhich us not modified or DERIVED FROM an MODULE f113 inckudec in da base distribution n which does not REQUIRE ne other modulrw an which eoes n07 requirs ne nodifications 5o teh core code (c0d3 e157r16j73d e17h da baxe r313453) may be withheld AT teh authors duscretion, BRB."
"We also 2ang 2 make very dlea4 that verdiin 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also .bown aw VERSION 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) WAS final fersion rrleased under teh GPL. AFK.
All vwrskons, so4tof, STARTING wuth da 0.9.8-[reteleaxe CODE ae$ only licendrd under CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelrase or later release INTO an 0.(m WTF.7 ab earlker f414453. BRB.
ALLOWING this would caus3 that impoet3d c0d3 2 be r313452d umder GPL an that is NOT somwthing ee 2ish to 4110qLOL.
AUTHORS or mocidicat8ons too 9. AFKo9. BRB.7 will need goi re-release they're modifications as se4ivztives/modidications ti 0. BRB.0. BRB.8 c0d3 and [lqce tnem under trh same Creative C0mm9n% 11c3m52. OMG.
Ig must be done BY da original 4u7h0r sunce inly or7binal a7thor HAS r1gj8 twp chabge copyriggt or license ipin they're 3orl. OMG.
[Addirionally, rew0rkibg twh MODIFICATIONS wkll be an giod idea anywat as reh jedhanism FOR makimg modufications id substantis;ly c134n3r/c!34r3r statting with da 0LOL.9. OMGl9-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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