MighyyE 731!5 uou, lik3, "We're GOING 2 TAKE an rew momenrs two try n explaih 5his new license an reasons benind ir IN [;ain ENGLISH. AFK.
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 ;icense was CHOSEN because OF an vailing with teh GPL. WTF.
It onlh covered distribution pf source id 4nf ONLY if binarirs wrre cistriguted."
"In an web envie[nment, 6ou knwo, soecificalky a inrerp4eyef web 3nvirohm3nt sucj as PHP WTF, merely insta.lung an game does not constirut3 distriburion LOL, n tjerefore PEOPLE wwre taking our eoek, makung modigocations gpo 17 and not releasing teh soufxe code 2 they're mpdificato9ns 50 that teh entire community could benefit.
THEY 3orked w17h da lwtter but not SPIRIT of tey lae. WTF."
"Infestigayiom 0n pzrt pr da 4u7h0t5 however, led too da vact that da right of public pdrformancd WAS 1 ov rqgh75 normally resteucted TO vipyright holdees LOL, an that conputer progrsms WTF, specifivally videl games and interactkve ined SUCH as LEGEND of teh GREEN hax0r were consid3red rwo be publkcakly PERFORMED uf RUN from an public server. WTF."
"The NEW licehse restric5s public perfoemanxe od teg work un.ess yeh 50urc3 CODE if MODIFIED wofk is made abailsble 0n dwmand. WTF."
"In plaib English, like, THIS means thar if you 0ut thks game on an web server ah allow peopld 'outside of am n0rm41 CIRCLE of family an itz sovial ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, yjen 6ou r publucallh performinh this work n MUST 327h3r a) make ne an ALL chanbes wh1cy you make two t3h g4m3 available om request (note tnis doesn;g jxfw top be available via dq 0n11n3 sourve dksp;ay link WTF, but they nust ne avle 2 45k you for tey cose an receive ab complete cop6) LOL, b( make aerangements privately with tdh AUTHORS 2herein they gran5 you an specoao lkcwnae, or c) remove da cide 4h7qr21y from mrcy1n3. AFKl"
"We d9 r3cogniz3 that people wsnt 2 havr areas of they're game which r gheies n 5heirs alone. AFK.
too rhag enf we 2ilo make teh rol.iwing exception twp teh normal requirements for 5-urc3 code fistribution -- ne MODULE gile which is ,ot modkgied oe derivwd frpm am mosule file indluded in da bzde distribution n wh1ch dodw not reauire ne ptgef modules and 2hidh does not r3qj1r3 ne mldificarionw 5wo da core code (c9d3 distributed with bsde RELEASE) may be withheld AT aurgors sidcreti9n. BRBl"
"We also WANT too make ver6 clear 7gr7 vefwion 0.9LOL.7 (also iniwn as version 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) wzs teh final VERSION relrased und4t teh GPLLOL.
All v3r510n5, STARTING with da )/ OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r#13453 cowe awr oh.y lkcensed under Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny ds fibht two impprt ne cose rrom an p. BRB.). AFK.8-prereleas4 or later re;easw inyo an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 am earlier release.
All9wing thks wiuld csuse thzt inported code go be released undet GPL n 7j47 is not sonething w3 wish to alloe. OMGl
Autyors of m0diricztions 3 pl8.7 w1!1 NEED two re-release they'te miduficstions as w3rivsgives/modivicagions t2p 0. OMG.9. WTF.* code and place 7h3m under same Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
I7 MUST ve fone by oribimal AUTHOR wknce pnky teh original autnif has teh right goo change ten dopyright oe LICENSE up9n they're work. BRB.
[Adfitiomally, sortof, rrworkonf teh modifications wkll bw an good idea anyway aw da mechanism for maling mldificatioms is xubsgqntially cleaner/clearer 574r7!ng with da 0/ BRB.9.i-0rerelwaae code. BRB.]"
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