MightyE tells you LOL, "We'ee gling too take an few MOMENTS 2 try an expkain thia nrw lidenwe an 5eh reasons neh8nd it 1n p141n Engoish. 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 licensr wqs cgosen because or an faioing woth da GPL.
It only cove4ed distributiln if sourcw if n omly IF binarids sere dist4igurws."
"In an web encironment, sortof, specifically a qn73rpr374s w3b ENVIRONMENT duxh as PHP, yiu knwo, merely 1n574111ng an gamw does nlt consritite e157r16u81pn WTF, and the4efore peop.e were taking oud wor,, s9rtor, making m0d2f1c4710n5 two ir AND NOT RELEASING sourcw cpdw 52o rhey're m9d1f1c4710n% so 7h47 da entire community COULD benefitLOL.
They wofked with da letter bmt not sa spirit of da ;awLOL."
"Investigatkon on ds patt of authors howevrr, lef two da f4c7 tgat right OF puvlic 0errormsncs was won of teh rights NORMALLY rewtricted twu copyrighr holfers, wortov, n that vomputer prohrams. oiie, specificall5 video games n inyerac5ive 9nes such as Legend of ds Green hax0r wrrf clnsicwred two be publicalot performrd if run from an public serfer. BRB."
"The new license eesrricts publuc perf9rmancr of 5eh work 7nless tey source vode of ds m9dified WORK is made zcailable on DEMAND."
"In plain Ebgoish, luke, tyks means that if YOU put yhis gsme on an web SERVER and 4110w p30p13 'outside of an morma. cirdlw of family n 1y5 social acquaintancrs' to 0lay tjeir, sortov, ehen tou r publically performing this wor, n MUST eitjer a) m4j3 n3 abd ALL chant3s WHICH YOU make two teh fame AVAILABLE 0n eequest (not3 rhis doesm[t h4v3 go BE abailable via lnline soutce DISPLAY .inkm soryot, BUT they mj58 be aboe tqo ASK you for da code an 4eceive an complete copy) WTF, 6) MAKE arrangements ptuvately qith teh 4u7h9r5 wherein they grant you an special 11c3nt3 WTF. or c) remov3 yen code rntordly fr0m ea m4ch1n3. BRB."
"Wd do rdcoghize that peipld wamt two 6avd ateas OF th3y'fe GAME eh1ch aet tneors n THEIRS akone. BRB.
to that 3nd WE will ,ake teh following 3xc3p710n 2 teh NORMAL r3wu143men7t fo4 source c9de distribu5ion -- n3 module file 3hich os NOT m0e1f13d or derived from am module file umclised IN da base distribu5ion n wgich d035 NOT rdquire ne 94her modulea n which DOES not require ne jodifidatiohs too da xlrw c0d3 (cice distribuyed wity teh base RELEASE) may be withhwkc at fz autnors d8scretuon. BRB."
"We also want 2 ,ake very clear tyat verdion 0.o. OMG.7 (4150 lnown as vwrsion 0l OMG.9. BRB.7+mt) wqs fival VERSION RELEASED UNDER GPL. AFK.
All versions, sortof, srartibg w17h 0. WTF/9LOL.i-orereldase code aer onlj lic3nsdd under teh Creative Comm9ns l8cenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 dq 4kbht to 2mp0r7 ne code froj an 0. WTF.9.8-prere,ease OR later relesar 1n80 an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 n eaf;ier release. AFK.
Alkowing this wlulc caude that om;ortdd code 2 be reorased und3r da GPL n that 15 not sonethinf we wish t9o aloow.
Autgors 0f modificati9ns teo 9. OMG.9LOL.7 will ne3d 2 te-rel3qse they're modofksations as derkvatives/modificatipns 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n place them under ten same CREATIVE COMMONS liddnse. WTF.
It must be d0n3 by ofiginal author 51nc3 only teh ofiginal 4u7h0r gas da r1gh6 ywo change teh cp0yright o4 locehse upon they're s9rk.
[Additionallu, s(rtog, re2orking teh m0d1f1c4720n5 wkll br an goid kfea anyway AS teh medhanosm f(r m5l1ng modigucations is wubatantially cleaner;cldarer dtarting witg 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelraae cude. WTF.]"
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