MightyE te,os ypu LOL, "We're gojng two takr an f3w moments t2o rry n explain tgis new oicensd and twg reasons 63h1nd it ih plzin Eng115hLOL.
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 liddnse was CHOSEN b3cause of ab dailing with teh GPLLOL.
It pnly covered diatfibution 9f SOURCE IF n only if binzries WERE DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web rnvieinment, sortof, specificallt s inte4pretdd web environm3nt such as PHP, l8ke, mrrely 8mstalking an gsme dies n)7 cohstitute d8stribution, sorgof, anc tgerefore people were taking iur wotk, mak8ng modificqtuonw @ it ans np7 releawing teh source clee tpo ryeu're modifications so tjar teh 3n71e3 comjunity could b2neflt/
THEY w9rked with feg letter 5y7 not da spirig of fa LAWLOL/"
"Incestihation in part OF da autjl4s hi2ever, LED too da fact that da eight 0f PUBLIC performance wss 1 od RIGHTS normall6 4estricted two copyrighy HOLDERS WTF, an that computer programs LOL, speckfica;ly video games an inreractove ones 5uch as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r WERE considered to be pubkically performed 1f RUN drom an puvlic SERVER. WTF."
"The new license r357r1c75 public performancf of da work yhless teh sourde codd 0r da modified worj is msde availabld on demandLOLl"
"In plain English, 6iu knwo, yhis meana THAT of you PUT this gamw ln an web wefver anc 4110d PEOPLE 'outside of an h0rm42 circld of family abd it1 social adquaintzmces' too p14y thdir, like. THEN yoy r publically performinb 7h15 work ab MUST eityer A) make n3 n ALL changew wh1ch you make TO gane avqilable ln REQUEST (note this fpesv't have 2 be availablw c14 online source display lonk, sortlf, but they muat be able 4o aaj you fo4 teh codr zn receive an c0,p1373 copy), like, b0 make arranrem3bts 0rivatel6 w8th teh authprx 2herein THEY grant you sn special kicebse, like, or c) remobe dz codr 2n71r3qy from da MACHINE. WTF."
"We di eecognize that prlplr want 2 nave areaf of they're gamw which aet tneirs an theirs allne. WTF.
two that end we will make tey following ezdrpti8n fo dz NORMAL fequivenrmts gor source xoce eistribution [- ne modu.e file wh8ch IS not modified pr derived from ab modile fioe inco7ded in teh base distrivution and which does noy requir3 ne other modules and wgich soes NOT requiew ne nodifications too CORE CODE (coee distributed with da baxd release) may bd qithh3od ar teh auhhots d15c4371)nLOL."
"We alsi wan6 ti make veey CLEAR thqg v3e510n pLOL.9l WTF.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was da final vdrsion rwleaaed under da GPL. WTF.
Akl VERSIONS WTF, starting eith da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prdrepease code ser only ;icensed under da Crrative Commons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 IMPORT ne code f4on an 0.9.8-prereleasd or iqter releasr into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.6 n earlker releaseLOLk
Allowing this w0j1d caise that imported code 3 62 reldased undef ca GPL n that is not someth8mg WE wisn rwo al,ow.
Au7h045 of ,9eificatoons to 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wil; need goo re-re;3ase th3y're mofifkcations as ddrifatives/modificatyins 2 0. WTF.9. BRB/8 codr 4nd place them under xaje Creative Commonw licenseLOL.
It must be DONE by teh ORIGINAL aithor sibv3 only teh ofiginal authlr h45 da right to chanbe da cop6right ir ;icense u[0n th3y're woril WTF.
[Additi9nally, like, r2wofkibg modifications will 64 an booc IDEA any2ay as mecganism for mqking modoeicquions is substantialky cleaner/cleater startimg rkth teh 0, AFK/9. OMG.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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