MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goibg TO take an vew moments to 5ry and esplain thid new ;icense n ds r4450n5 BEHIND it in p14qn Enhlish. BRB.
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 wss chosen beczuse 0v an fai.ihg wuth teh GPL. AFK.
IT omly covered diwtribktiln of sou4ce ig qn only 1f BINARIES weee distributed. WTF."
"In an web encironment, you kbwo, specivically a onter0retdd web ehvironment wuch as PHP, yoi knwo, merely INSTALLING an GAME does not xlnstitute d8stribution, ypi knwo, an therefore peopoe WERE tz,inh ojr work, like, making modificatoohs 2 7t n not releasing da soufcd code to they're MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 entire commubity could benefit. BRB.
Th%y w0rk3d with letter bur nor spirit ov da law. BRB."
"Inves%igation on da part of teh suthors however, kike, lrd too teh FACT tyat dq ritht of pubkic psrfor,ance was wln of sa righgx nirmally rtdtridtes too copyright holders, likek and that computer progeamw, sortog, sp3cifucqlly viddo games and ibteractive ones such as LEGEND of sz Gr3en jax0r wer3 considered tqo be publivally PERFORMED IF run from zn puvlic 53rv3r. WTF."
"The nee licehsd 4359e1c75 public pegformancd og teh worj UNLESS 50urc3 c9de or da m0f1f13d work IS made available on demaneLOL."
"In plain Enflixhk sottof, this m24n5 that if you pjr this gabr ON an web SERVER n 411pw peopke 'putxude of an norma, cirxle od fqmily ans 175 sickal 4cqu41n74mc35[ two poay their, ypu knwo, then ypu r publicalkh p24d0em1ng ghis work an MUST eitgwr a_ male ne an ALL changes wyivh you m4k3 to da t3m3 avak.zble on request (note thus doesh\t h3v3 two be acailable VIA dz 0n11n3 source dosplay l8bk WTF, vur yhey must be able two ask ypy f0r code n rece8ve an comolete copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arranhements PRIVATELY with authors wherein 7h3y grant you qn spediak licehse, like, or c) removw fs code 3n71r31h from da macnine. OMG/"
"We do rexofnize tgat people want 5oo have 4r345 OF theu're fame which r theirs an 7hw145 alone. WTF.
w thay end we w111 make da following excep5ion roo ca normzl fequirejents for so6rce code distribjgion ]- ne jpdule file which id not modified or d3rived from an module fiod inc;udwd in base distrkbuyion n WHICH does boy tequire ne othwr modulws an wn1ch does not REQUIRE ne modifocationa tso da cofe CODE (code distributef sith da base r313453) may be withhe;d 47 aytho4s discreyion. AFK."
"We alao want 2 make very c9ear tyat vefaion 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 )also known AS f3r510n ). AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) eas f7nal version released uhd3r teh GPLLOL.
All versions, ylu knwo, staetibg wiyy twh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelfase c0de r only 11c3n53d unde3 Cr3ative Commons oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right to impirt ne code drom an 0LOL/9/ OMG.8-prwreleaae oe ;ater release into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.u 1nd earlier relwase. WTF.
A110e1ng ty8s wluld cause yhzy ijported c0d3 to bw releases undee GPL an yhat is not somrthung we wish to9 ALLOW. AFK.
Aythors of m9dif8cations r9 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 eill medd 5oo re-release thdy're mofificstions AS derivstived/modiricationw ywo 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 vofe n plzce thej ynder tey samd Creative Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
It must be done bu yeg orifinal author dinxe ONLY da ofigimal aj5hor HAS da r1gh7 two chznge da vopyright or lixensd upon thdy're workLOL.
[Adritionalky, reworking reg modifications will ge an GOOD 1d34 ahysay as da mechqnism f0r maling m0c1f1c4u10n5 is substantial;y cleanwr/clearer xtarting WITH teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. AFK.="
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