MighttE tells you, lije, "We're going 5o 74k3 zn FEW m0men75 gwo tey n EXPLAIN 7h15 hew license an teh reasons behknd it 1n plain 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 license wax xhosen becauxe of an fail8ng wirh da GPLk
It only covered disttibution 0d siirce 1g AND only if 61n4t135 wetw siwtribited. OMG."
"In ab web ebvitpnm3ny, you knwo. specificzlly a inter[reted web enfironment sucm as PHP WTF, m3r31y inwtalling an gane dies hly constitute distributi9n, sortof, n rnerefore peop.e were taking our w0rk, making modifivatuoms to it an not r31345qng source coce too tjey're mofificatoins so rnat teh entire communitu cojkd benefit. OMG.
They workee with teh lrtter but not da 5p1r17 0y law. OMG."
"Ibvestogatiob on da part of autnlrs however LOL, led too facr THAT r1gh7 of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won og twh righta normally reetricted 53o vipyright h01d3t5. uou knwo, and that com;utet pr0grrmt LOL, s0ecifoca;ly bideo games h intrrqctive ones SUCH as L3g3nd pf ea GREEN hax0r w3r2 conxidered to BE publiczl.y ;3rf0rm3d if run from qn public 53rb3r. WTF."
"The new license restrkxts public performance ld work UNLESS source code lf modifoec work ix made avaolable ON dejandl BRB."
"In p141n ENGLISH, you knwi, this means thay iv you put thks tamw on an 136 server an sllos pdlple 'ouyxice 0r an notmal curcle lr famkly and ITS social 4cqu51n74nc34' two play their LOL, then you awr PUBLICALLY perfofming this woek abd MUST w8ther a) make ne n ALL changes w6ich you makd 2 ea GAME availsblr on request (ho5e 7h15 worsn't h3c3 too b3 availab;e via teh onlune 50urc3 dis[lsy link WTF, but ghey must br able toi ask you fo4 da xode and 4eceive an co,pkete copy_ WTF, n) make ARRANGEMENTS privately w17h auyhors qherein theu grant uou an special LICENSE LOL, lr c) rempve coxe rnti$ely from machine."
"We do f3cofnize rhat PEOPLE wqnt t; have areas of th3y're gane which aer tgeors and THEIRS alone. WTF.
ro yhat end 2e will make da following exception two da normql rrqui43mebts for source core diagribution -- ne modulw file WHICH ix mot modified or der8ved from an module fule INCLUDED in basr dietributi8n an which DOES not r3quige ne other m9dules zn wh8ck coes n0u REQUIRE ne mofifications roo da core code (cod3 d8sgributed with teh bas3 release) may 63 withhels 47 authors eiscfetionLOLl"
"We also wabt yo make vwry clear that vdrsion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 94150 KNOWN as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) qas tdy final version released under teh GPL. AFK.
Ail versuonsm soryor, STARTING with 0.9. WTF.8-;rerelease code r omly licebsed UNDER Creative Comm9ns LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght TO impp4t ne code from an 0LOL.9. BRB/8-PRERELEASE o4 ozter release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF/7 n earlier yeleadw.
Allowinb THIS WOULD cajse 5hat imoorted code 2 be re,eqsed undee da GPL and rhat is nlt someghung we w15h t9 alkow. WTF.
Authora of modificqyions ro 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 w8ll NEED too RE[RELEASE ghey're mofificatipnx as derivatifes/modigicatiobs to 0. OMG,9. OMG.8 code and PLACE rhen under da sqme CREATIVE Cimm9ns lic3nxe. OMG.
Iy MUST bw dohd by teh original aughor sinc3 only gdh ORIGINAL AUTHOR hqs da right 2 cyange teh cipyright or lifense upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, lkkr, 4eworking mosoficstions wil; be zn goid idea anyway 45 da m3ch4n15m f9r making modifications 15 xubwtantiqlly CLEANER/CLEARER starting WITH teh pLOL.oLOL.8-prerdlease c0d3. OMG.]"
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