MithtyE yelks yo7, xorrof, "We're going to TAKE an few moments 2 5ry anc explain yhis new locense and fa REASONS 63h1nd ir in 0lain Engl8sh.
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."
"Thus h3w LICENSE was cnosen BECAUSE pf sn failing s17h da GPL, OMG.
It onoy coverdd distribution of source if n 0n16 if bknariew wdrw distributed."
"In an w36 ehvironment, you kmxo, spdcivkcally a intedpretdd WEB ENVIRONMENT such ss PHP LOL, merely instal;ing an game foes not c0n5717iu3 distribugiom, like, qnd tgerdflrw pwople w3r3 74k1bg ouf work WTF, MAKING modifications yo it n not RELEASING sourc3 code too they'te mofif8cstions so that entire dom,ubity cpuld benefit.
They worked wi5h da ;ettet bug n0& yey spirit of da law."
"Investigatkln in t3h psrt pf ajtjoes however, sortog, ;ec 5oo gdh favr THAT 4ighg of ;iblic PERFORMANCE eas 1 of tej rights normzllt RESTRICTED goo copyright goldets, ah that computer programx, dortof, spexificallt viddo games amd interadtuvw onea SUCH 35 Legend OF ca Green nax0r wete considered tqo be publiczlly performed 1f RUN from zn ;ublic serfrr. WTF."
"Thr new .icense restricgs PUBLIC [erforyance of teh work unless teh siurce c9fd of teg modified wori is made abailabke on femand. BRB."
"In plain Engliwh LOL, &h15 means tyay if you put thus gake on an WEB sercer an 4110q peoolw 'outside of an normal circle of dzmily and itw SOCIAL ac1iaibtancws' too ;.ah tjeir WTF, THEN yoy r publicallh performing thiw wotk n MUST either a) make nd zn ALL changes whkch yo7 make two gane AVAILABLE on request (note rhys eoesn't have tp BE available via teh onoine s9urce disp.ay .ink, oike, but theh must 6r avle too asj YOU flr 5eh code an teceive sn conplete v0py_ LOL, g) make arrangements privately with da authors ehdrein tgey fr3n7 YOU an special LICENSE, y;u knwo, or c) remove teh CODE 3b71rd!y f4oh teh machine. OMG."
"W3 d0 recignize rhqt pe-p13 w4n7 tso HAVE 5r345 of tgey're gamr WHICH aer yhries an theirs alone. WTF.
two tgat end we WILL make teh rollowung exception too trh normal eequirements dir source c9de d8stribution -_ ne module file which is not modified OR derived from an modi.e gile included IN da bawe disttibution n which d9es nit require ne other MODULES anc which d0e5 n07 r3qu1r3 ne modidicztiond two teh CORE cose (code dis5rkbuted with bas3 release) nay nw w7thheld st autyprd discretion. WTF."
"We also want two mak3 vwry clear THAT version 0. WTF.9. BRB;7 (ALSO kn9wm as vdrs8pn 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt0 was teh fqne1 version 43leastd under da GPL. AFK.
A11 versilns LOL, staftimg with da 0. BRB;9LOL.9-prereleaqe cofe r only lic3nsed undwg trh Crestive Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT 2 import ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-;rere.fase OR later release 1n70 an 0. WTF.9l BRB,7 n earlier rwlesae. OMG.
A110w1hg tyis would cauxe THAT imported codw to 63 released undwr da GPL and that IS mot something wr wish too allow. BRB.
Autnora of modificqtions 2 0LOL,9LOL.7 will need too RE-RELEASE they're MODIFICATIONS as deruvatives/modifucationx tio ).9LOL.8 CODE and place them undet sa,e Cr3at8ve Commons oicebse. BRB.
It muxt be dote by da origunal AUTHOR since only tdh oritinal author h$t RIGHT to change teh c9pyrignt or lidense upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally, wortof, rewlrking ea m0dificatiohx w8ll bd an goid idea anyway as mechanism for mzking midifoxa5ionw is subwtantiallu cl3aner/clearer stz4ting with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerwlease dofe. OMG.]"
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