MighttE t4lls yo7, you knwo, "We're goinb to 7$k3 an few mlm3nts two try and EXPLAIN this new license and rdasoms behind ib IN poain Eng115h. 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 n3w licen1e WAS chosen bwvause 9f an railing with teh GPL. WTF.
It 9nly coveged distribution 0f source IF sm 9nlt if binaries weee dist4ibutedLOL."
"Ib an wen enfironment WTF, specificaplh a intwr;re5ed web environmebt suxh as PHP, you knwo, jer3ly knstallung an hame does n9t constitute dixtribution, you knwo, n therefore people were taking our wor,m sortof, jaking modidicagioba 2 17 4nd nlt releasing source c)d3 two they're modifocationx so that ds entire commynity COULD benrfi5. OMG.
They w0rk3d w17y 13&73r but not teh spor8t pf law."
"Investigatioh on da pary pf teh zurhors goqever WTF, led t9 da facg that right of pu611c performance was won of da ritjta no4mally testekcted top vipyright holders WTF, zn that xomputer programs LOL, specificallh video vames an ivteractuvr ones 5udh as Legdhd of Gr3en hax9r were c0n51d3r3d go be publidzlly prrformrd if 4un from an public server."
"The new licemde restricts pynlic p3rformanxe of teh wofk UNLESS source code of mpdifidd work is ,ade avaolable on drmand."
"In plain English, you knwom this mesns that if you put th8s GAME on an web server and akliq people 'outs83e of an hormal circlr of ramily sn o5s soxuso acquxintances' two play theie, lyke, th3n y0u ser publically 0erforming 7h15 worl ah MUST eithdr a) maie ne n ALL cj4ng35 whidh upu make ywo da GAME AVAILABLE in request )note this doesn't havr 2 be AVAILABLE via teh onlihe wource display LINK WTF, byr they must be ablw top ask you for code and rrceive an COMPLETE clpy), yoy knwo, B) MAKE arrangemenys privately with da AUTHORS wjerein THEY grant you an special licenwe, kike, lr c) r3m0v3 voce entirrly fr0m mavjondLOL."
"We do recognize that peopld want two hqve aread of 5heu're GAME which aet theird an rheirs alone. WTF.
tpp that 3nd we will maje ca following exception to da nor,a. requ8tements for source code distfibution -- n3 module f113 which is not m9divied or deriv4d frpm an m0du13 fi.e inc,udee ib da bqse distrkbution an wh1ch does bot require ne othef MODULES and whicy does nog tewuire ge MODIFICATIONS too cor3 core (code distributed with teh base release) may ne wityheld AT authors discregipnl WTF."
"Wr qlso 2ant two make very clear that veesion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (alsi known as version 0. OMG.9, OMG.7+jt) was da fknal veewion r31445#e under da GPL. WTF.
ALL v3r519n5, lik3, 574ru1ng WITH teh ).9. WTF.8-or3r3q34%3 code aer 0b1y licebswd uneer teg Creativr C0mm0n5 licenxe. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imoort be cofe from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereoeasd or later reldase into zn p. BRB.9LOL.7 ah earlier release.
Aolo2ing this wou.d cause that im0ortes code too be teleaswd under GPL n tgat is not domeghint se wish too ao;owLOL.
Authors or jodofkca6ions 2 -. BRBl9. BRB.8 will meed 1 re-relezxe they're modificqgions aw d3r1v47qb35/m0d1f1c4610n5 2 0.9. OMG.8 code an place them under same Creative C0mm0n5 licensw. OMG.
It mu57 ne done BY teh orihunal suthof since ONLY 0r1g2n4! 4u7h0r yas teh rofht to change frh copyright or license upon tney're w9rkl BRB.
[Additionally LOL, reworking jodificat8ons w112 be an bood idda ahywsy as da mechabism for ,aking modifications is sjbsgantiall6 clwaner/clrar3r stattoht WITH 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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