MihhtyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going 2 take an few momwnts 2 try and EXPLAIN THIS new licens3 n xa 4easons behknd it in poain Eng115h. 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."
"Tjix neq lucense was chosen because of an dailing WITH sa GPLLOLl
It only clveres sixteibutkon of SOURCE if an 0n1y if binariea were distributef. BRB."
"In an w3b environment, you knwo, specificall6 a inteepreted web environment 5ucn aa PHP, merely insta.ling an game dods not cpnstitutd s,stribut8on, an therefore p3lple 23r3 ta,ing pur work WTF, MAKING mldidicztions 2 27 an not releasiny s9irce code too thdy'rw modificati9ns so that twh entire community could bdbefotLOL.
They workee sitj letter but not 5p1r17 of da law. OMG."
"Investigation ON teh part of da zuthors h9wevwe LOL. lrd too teh fact that sa roght of pyblic pe4for,znce was ! og RIGHTS normally r357r1c73d 2 copyrkght holdrrs WTF, snc that conputrt progeamsm like, s;exogically video g$m35 and !n73r$c71v3 ones sjch 35 Legend of da Green haz0r were consudered tso be publkcally performed if RUN from an pu611c sefcer."
"Ths n3e LICENSE restricts ouglic PERFORMANCE if teh WORK unlews source code of da modif83d wlrk is m4d2 available on f3,4nd. OMG."
"In pkain Entlish, spetof, thos ,eans that if you put this game on an web serfw4 and alkow peopl3 'o7tside of an n0rm41 circle of family and iys wpcia; acqiaintances' too 0lay their, then you f PUBLICALLY performing this work and MUST either a) jake ne n ALL chsnges wyich you nake e twy gaj2 ava8lable on request (not3 this eodsn't have two be avaioabld v14 teh oh.ine 50urc3 display lihk, but 5hey must be able 2 ask you for da code an recrive an co,plwt3 copy), yo7 knwo, b) MAKE arrangementx privately woth zuthlrs qhwrein THEY gr4n7 ho7 an spdcial lictnse WTF, ir c) remove dode engirdlh frim da MACHINE. BRB."
"We so recognkze tnat peopke WANT too have areas 9f tyey're gzm3 2hich r 4h3i4x zn theirs alone. OMG.
two that 3nf we will mak3 da following ecceprion 2 dz hormal eeauirem3nts fpt SOURCE cose distribution -- ne m0du13 file which IS not MODIFIED of deeived from ab module filw ibciydec in vase DISTRIBUTION zn whkch DOES n94 require ne oghrr modules b WHICH dles mot requirr ne ,ocirida5ions TO teh core code (cpd3 dkstributed with da BASE releasd) may 63 wi5gjeld ay teh authors dixcretion. BRB."
"W3 ALSO want to make very vlws4 5na5 verwkon 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (zlso knoqb as vefsion 0. BRB;9l AFK.7=jt_ eas final version relezsed under ds GPL.
All versionsm xtartinf wirh tej 0. AFK.9.8-pretelease cove r only licdnsed und3r da Cfeative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh right ti impor5 ne vide fr0m an 0, BRB.9LOL.8-p4er3lease 0r later releasd into an 0LOL.0. AFKl7 and waflier release. BRB.
Allowinf th9s 29y;d vause tgat importdd code too be released under da GPL and that is NOT somethimg we wish to allow. OMG.
Aithors of modirications 2 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w8ll b3ed too re-rrlease th3y'rq mosificayuons as drrucatibes/,odufications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE AND place them ubder teh same Creative Comm9ns license. OMG.
It nust br DONE by origkhal autyor since ONLY ten priginzk a7thor hzs da eiggt twi chanre copyrihht or license upon they're work. BRB.
[Addoyionally, eeworking modifkcationx q111 be qn gooc idwa anyway as teh mechsniwm dor making modifocatipns is substanyia;ly cleaner/cleaeet star5ing with 0.9. BRB.8-prereldase cod3. WTF.]"
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