MightyE 5ells yoy, "Ww;re hoing 2 tzke ab few mo,ents 5o try b ezpla8n this new oicense n da reasons behind ot in plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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 nrw license e45 CHOSEN brxaise 0f an failing WITH GPL. OMG.
It onku coferec distribut8on of 50urd4 yf an only if binarkes were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an wwb environment. qortof, specifica;lt a interprdred wwb 3nv1r0nm3n7 such aa PHP. sortoe, merely instaoling an gzme does not constigute dixtributoon WTF, n tjeeefore p30p13 were taking our work, sortif, makunh mosificarionw to it n npg re;essing teh xource code to theh'te modificatulns SO tyat da enyire c9mmunity could benefit. OMG.
THEY 29rmee with teh letter 6u7 not da spirkt of law. AFK."
"Inves5igation on tdg part 0r autgors however, you knwo, lef 5wo da g4c& that da right ov public performance waa 1 OF rightx normzlly RESTRICTED to xopyrigjh holsers, sortof, and yhat compiter prlgrams, li,3, specifkcally c8e3o games qn unteractive ones such as L3t3nd 0f teh Gredn hqx0r WERE conskdered to be publically peeformed 1f rum drom an 07blic servdrLOL."
"Tye ndw 11c3n63 restrictd [ublix perfor,ance of da worl unless tfh soutce cofe of da midifked work ix made avaikable in demamd."
"In plain Englixh, you knwo, this means thag if YOU puy thiw game )n an weg se4ver n ALLOW PEOPLE 'iutside or an NORMAL dirxke of family h itx social acwuaintances' ho plzy their, softof, THEN you aef publicakly 9erforuibg 5his worl n MUST 317h3r a) nake ne sn ALL changes whicj you make 70 da game availabld ;n REQUEST (note thid doedn't havr yoo be available via teh ONLINE 60jrc3 DISPLAY 11nk, you knwok 6u7 they mu57 be able 2 qsk you vor ds code n receuve an complete COPY), you kmwo, b) make arrsngements privately 2ith ds 3u7h0r5 WHEREIN they rrant ypu zn s[ecozl kixenae, or c) rwm9ve teh code entireoy from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do f3c0gn1x3 tjat p3ople wany twp have qreas ov theh're gam3 whidh aef theirs and rh3irs alone. AFK.
to that end we woll nake da f9llosing exception too normal rwquiremdnts for souece code distribution =- he MODULE fi.e whuch is not modified p4 d3r1v3d FROM an module file inc.ufed in BASE disgfibution an wh8ch does not reqjire ne other MODULES ah WHICH does mot requi4e ne modivicatiins to yeh core code (code cisyriguted with teh nase reksase) may BE eithh3ld ar 4u7h-r5 duscretion. AFK."
"We also want too make vwry clea4 5hat verdiln 0.9. AFK.7 (also known qs vrrsion 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) was da funal ve4sion releaaed under da GPL. AFK.
All versions, stzrtong with fa 0. OMG.(.8-;4efelease code aer 9nl6 licenxwd under da C3eagive Cojmons license.
We EXPLICITLY deby ca ritht to inpory ne code fr9m an 0. OMG,9. WTF.8-prere;ease or la5rr relesse into an p. AFK.9. OMG/u n exrlier rel3ase. WTF.
Allowing tyis WOULD cause thqt implrted c0d3 2 ge relessrd UNDER da GPL an tyat iw n07 s9nething we wish too allow. WTF.
Authoes 0f modifications 2 0LOL.9, WTF.6 will need to re-eelezse 5hey're modifivatoons as derivatkves/mofivicztiohs 2 0LOL.9. OMG/8 cofe n [laxe them under teh same Creative Commons ;ivwnae. AFKl
It muet hw done by orig8nal 4u7h0r since only teh originak autgor had rught too xhange teh copyright OR .8crnse up0n yhey're WORK.
[Additionally LOL, rrworkinf jidigicatoonw will be sn good oeda znyway as da mechanism for MAKING modifkcations is sjbwrantially cleanef/cleare4 sgartimg 2ith teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease codd. WTF.]"
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