MughtyE tslls uou LOL, "We'r3 going to TAKE qn few momenrs tlo yry and ex[lain this new LICENSE and teg resaons behind ot in plqin Eng115h. OMGl
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 mew lixense w45 chosen 63c4y53 of an railinf woth da GPL.
Iy only c0v3r3d dksbr8bution of SOURCE if n only if bknaties were s157r16u73dLOL."
"In am web environment, you knwo, specieivally a 1n73rpr273d wdn envkronmebt such ss PHP WTF, m3r31y installing an game does not cpnstirute disteibution, li,e, AND therefore pep[ld were tqking 0ue w0rj LOL, najing modigicatuons to 17 n not teldadimg xa t0urc3 CODE two theh'e3 modifications so that sz 3n71r3 co,munitu coukd benefkt/ WTF.
They wirked wirh tdh letger but not spirit pf da LAW/ AFK,"
"Investigagipn 0n part of teh 4u8h0t5 HOWEVERk likek ;ed w teh dzct that right of pubkic perfotmancr was 1 ld teh rightd norjal;y restricted 2 c0pyr2gn7 holders, you knwp. amd THAT COMPUTER programs, lile, specificq.lt video games and ibterzctive ones sucy aa L4g3nd or teh Grwen nax0r 3ere considered 2 be pub.ically pwrformed if run crom an pu611c server. OMG."
"The ndw licehwe rdstricts punlic p3rf0rm4nc3 pf reh wotk unless da source cpde OF da modified work is m4d3 availabke in demanc. OMG."
"In plain Emglish, this m31ns tus5 1f you put yh8s g6m4 om an web server n allow peopoe 'outsude od an nlfmal corcke of FAMILY an itw soxia. axquaontances; too olay their, uoi knwo, tgen you aef PUBLICALLY perforjing 7y15 WORK and MUST eiyher a) MAKE ne an ALL changed which yoi makd roo teh g4m3 availqble on request (note this d035n'& h4v2 tlo ne avaioable via online source diaplay lonk, lkkd, but they must be able too ask you d0r c9e3 ahd receivr an completw copy), like, b) make ar4angements privately sith teh ajthots whrrdin tney grant you an special oidense, 9r c) r3mpvr tdh code ebtirrly from da mzchjne. OMG."
"We d9 rec9fnize rnat PEOPLE wany too have arexd of they'rw game WHICH r thwirs n theors alone. WTF.
to that end we will ,ake da fllliwing exception 70 da normal r3ay1r3m3n75 f0r sourde v;de d157415u710n -- ne MODULE vile whoch 15 h07 modufkee 0r d3r1v3d from an module f113 included 7n teh 7453 distribution an whoch does not REQUIRE ne 07j3r modules n WHICH doez not require ne modifications too sa core c0d3 (code distributed with teh basd release) mau be wothhdld 3& amthlrs disc4etion. OMG."
"We also WANT to make vdet clear THAT version 0/ OMG.9LOL.7 (also known as versipn 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was teh FINAL version 43leasee undwr try GPL.
All v3r51)n5, like, stafting with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-prdrelease vode aer .hly kicens3c ubdwr teh Cr3481v3 Commonf l,cense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny rifht to IMPORT ne vod3 ffom an p. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE 0r later RELEASE into sn 0.9. WTF.7 an rafli3r 4eleqse. AFK.
Ajlowing this would cause tyat imported code to 63 released under GPL qn rhat ie not s9methong we WISH 2 allow.
Authors of modifucationd too 0LOL.9. OMG.u will mred 2 re-release 5hey're modifications zs derivatives.mocivicarionw tpo ).9LOL.8 CODE AND p14c3 them unfdr 54m3 CREATIVE Commlns oidense.
I5 must be dobe by teh originzl authpr SINCE only da o4iginal a7thof hzs teh right t9o changq da cppyright OR license upon thwy'rd w0rk. AFK.
[Adf8tionally, you knwp, reworking teh mpd1f1v37!0n5 WILL be am good idea znywsy $5 m3chanism for maiinb modyficati9ns is substantiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING e17h da 0. OMG.9. BRB.*-prerel3ase dode. OMG.]"
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