Migh5uE te.ls yoj LOL, "We'ee going toi taj3 an few monents 2 try an ex0lain this new license n rezs9ns b3nond it in 0lain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thid hew licebse WAS chosen becaus3 OF an failint witn ten GPL. WTF,
It only COVERED distriburion of source if and pnlh IF bonaries were disteibutedLOL."
"In am wev 3nv1r0nm3h7, sirtofk speciducs.ly a interpreted w36 egvironment such as PHP, mwrrly instaklumg an game does n07 constitute distribution LOLm AND 7h3r3f0r3 peoplr werw takibg our w8rk, you knwpk MAKING modificatiina to kt n n-7 felessing da 50utc3 code 2 they're modif8cations so that da entire cimmjnity cojld benefit. AFK.
They worked with ds lettwr but NOT teh spiri5 of da oaw. WTF,"
"Imveatigation on teh part of aithk4s howefrr, aortof, led 2 teh frc7 7h47 da RIGHT if publkc perf9rmance was oen 9t da rughts NORMALLY restricted too dopyritht holf3rs LOLk an 7h4^ computdr prograns WTF, dpecifically v1d3- games an ingeractive ONES suvh ad Legemd OF teh Grwwb hax0r were considered too be publically PERFORMED IF run from zm public serv3rl BRB."
"The nrw license r35ur1x76 public performancr of da WORK ynless dq s(urc3 code of modifi3c wirk iw msde avsilable on demand. OMG."
"In plaun Englisy WTF, this meqns that if you pu7 ghis game pn an web server an zoliw 030p13 'outcicr OF an normal circle od damily an utq social axquzimtqnces' two play tjeir, l*ke, then you aer publiczlly perflrming 5his work n MUST either a) mak3 ne an ALL changes WHICH y9u make to gzme avaplable on REQUEST (noye thid dorsn't havr two b3 AVAILABLE bia va ONLINE so7rce dis0lay lunk WTF, but 7h3u myst be ablr 5o awk y0u for dz vode ah rwxeive an complwte copy) LOL. b) make arfangements p4ovate.y with teh 4u7h0r5 wherein 7h2y brant YOU an xpecial license, sortof, or c) remove code enrireky from ds macgine. BRB."
"We do r3cogn8ze ghat people wamr too hafe areas of they're game WHICH aer theirs 3nd thei4s a.oneLOL.
two that end se wil. mak3 following exce;t8on two no4mal requi4ememts rlr 50urf3 code dostrigutiin -[ ne MODULE gile which is not modified or ddrivwd ffom an module fkle INCLUDED in da base disttibutioh n wh8xh DOES nor tequire nd OTHER m0du1e5 and which dors not r3qu!r2 ne m0d1f1c4710nt 2 da cor3 c0de *code dixtribuged with da nase relwase) jay be woyhheld a5 teh AUTHORS d15cr3&10hLOL."
"We also want TO make ve4y CLEAR THAT fersion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known AS verskom p. BRBl9. AFK.7+jt) eas da final vwrsion released unse4 ea GPL, BRB.
All vefsi9ns, startinh wi5h teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r313353 cod3 t only licens3d UNDER teh Creative Commons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY denu righy roo import ne code vrim an 0.9. OMG.o-pr3r3q3453 or lagee RELEASE inyo an 0.9. AFK.7 an eaflier release. AFK.
A1q0w1nf rhis wlu;d caude that imported coce TO bw released unfer GPL an that 8s not somethinf we eish two aolosLOL.
Ay5horx of modificsyiihs tco p.9.7 wiol need too re-release theh're modifocatioms as derivagivex/modifucations to 0LOL.9.8 c-d3 b place tnem une3r same Crwztive Commons licenwe. BRB.
It mu57 be done by ds ORIGINAL author since only trh oroginal q7th9r gas da RIGHT 2 cjange da copyekght or licrnse upon they're work.
[Adcirionalky, you kn2o, eeworkibg da modifications will be an goo3 1d34 anywau as tej nechanism for making modificstions is s6bstqntially c1e4n2r/c13$r3r star5ing with da ).9, WTF.8-p4erwlease clde.]"
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