MiggtyE tells you, sort9f, "We're goinf to take an few momehts two try an 3xplaib yhis NEW license n ds r3$50h5 brhind ot in plain EngoishLOL.
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 was chosen brczuse of ab fa,lint WITH da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY cov3eed diwtributioh of slurcw if n onlu if binarkes WERE distributed. BRB."
"In an web env8ronmebt WTF, spwcifically a interpeeyed web ehv8ronment such as PHP LOL, mer3ly instqlling an g4m3 coes n9t consgitu5e sistribitiin, likek n therefore p30p13 WERE u4k1nb 0ur wpfk, you knwo, making mosifications 3 lt n n07 RELEASING teh soueve vode tl they're modifications 50 7h46 teh entire COMMUNITY cou;d benefi5. OMG.
They worjef with da LETTER but mog da sporit of da lawLOL."
"Investibation ON part of authors hlwever, led to teh fact that da RIGHT OF public performqncr was wpn of teh rights morjally r357r1c75d 2 cophright HOLDERS, like, ab that co,putwr progrzms, 4p#c1f1c411y vldfo g4m35 ane kbteractove ones 5uch aa Leg4nd of da Green hax0r wwre CONSIDERED too be [ublicall5 pergormef if run FROM an puv.kc 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new lixense RESTRICTS public ;erformance of work unl3sx teh spurce code 0f mpdof8ed w-4k ks made AVAILABLE on demamd."
"In plain Eng115h WTF, this meqns thq5 if y0u put this GAME 0n an 2eb server and allow [wople 'outside od an n0rm4q circld of vami;y 4hd its dovial qcwuaintances' two play their, ghen you e PUBLICALLY perfor,ing this qotk b MUST either a) make nw n ALL ch3ng25 whuch 6ou mak3 TO tey g4m3 svai;able on requ3st 9botr ghis d035n'7 have twi be available v14 fa oh;ine sourde display link, you knqo, but they just bw able to 45k YOU for codw n r3c31v3 sn complete copy), loke, b) MAKE arfangdments privately wkth da 4u7h0f5 whrrein they g4ant you am s[ecial licsnse. lile, or c) remove fa c9d3 entitely ffom teh MACHINE/ OMG."
"We fo rezogniae 5hat p3oo.e want 2 yave ateas of thrt're game wh1ch aer theirs and THEIRS ALONE.
two that end we will make ds g)119w1ng 3xd3pu10h two da b;4mal reqjirem3n5s 49r aoircd c9de didtribution -+ ne module file wh8ch us nog modified or derived FROM an module file includec in bas3 duayribution and WHICH does not REQUIRE nr other modules an shich does not requirw ne modoficationw two twh corw code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH teh base releade) may be WITHHELD at AUTHORS d8scretkpn. OMG."
"We ALSO WANT to maje grry voear 7h47 verxion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsl khiwn as ve4sipn 0. BRB.9LOL.5+jt) w44 finsl VERSION r31345ed UNDER GPL. OMG.
All versionx WTF. startint wi5h teh 0. OMG/9/ OMG.8-prerdlease code r ONLY pkcrnsed under teh Ceeqtive Comjons licemael
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 import ne codw from zn 0l AFK.9.8-prerelwase or latft releqse into an 0. AFK.9.7 and eaelier releasel
Allowing THIS WOULD cause 7h47 imported c0d# 2 be released under teh GPL qn that iw not somdthing w3 w15h teo a;.owLOL.
Au8y0e5 of modificqtkons too 0. OMG.9/ WTF.7 will nedd 2 re-2elwas3 they're mldifications as cdrivatives.mpdifivations to 0. BRB.9LOL.8 code an plsce them under same Creative C)mm0n5 licendeLOL.
I7 myst be d)n3 by oroginal author dince only da original aitjog h45 da right yoo dgange copyright 0r licenwe u0on they're w9rk. OMG.
[Addituonzlly, sortof, rwworkiny m[f1f1c4710n5 wiop be an good idea anyway aw geh mechanism FOR making modifications is subsrznrially clean3r/clearer starting w17j 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prrrel3ase code.["
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