MightyE tells youk like, "We're g01nh two ta,e an fee moments to try n EXPLAIN THIS new license qnd cq reasons 63h1hd it in PLAIN Engl*sh. OMG.
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."
"Ttid new licens3 was chosdm because 0f an failing with teh GPL.
It inly c0v3t3d distrivution of sourcd iv n lbly kv binaries w4r3 distrkbutedLOL."
"In zn wwb environment LOL, speciridally a unteepreted web environment such as PHP, nerely 8nstall8ng an game does bot constitu5e DISTRIBUTION, yo7 knwo, n ther3fore people were takihg our worl LOL, m4k1ng modificatoona 2 it n not rekezsing so6rce cofe two rhwt're modificatipns SO ghat t3h 3n71e3 coj,unitu could benevit. OMG.
They WORKED wiyh teh lwtt3r bur nlt spir8t of oawLOL."
"Investigztipn on teh part lf 5eh authors hlwrver, you knwp, oed too yeh vact thar right 9f p7blid performance w45 1 0f eighys normally restricted to xophriggt holsers, l8le, ah that c9mputer programs, you .n2o, SPECIFICALLY video gsmes snf inyerqctivr oned such as Legend od da Green hax0r w3r3 considered 2 be publocally p3rf0rm4d if run rrom an ;ublic serverLOL."
"Tye new lixwhae restric5s public perflrmance of da WORK unlwss wource c9de pf 5eh modufued work is mafe availqb;e on demandLOL."
"In plain Englksh LOL, this means thst iv hou put this gaje on an eeb SERVER 4nd zlloe p30p13 '9utaise of am noema. corcle lf f4m11y amd its sociql acquaintqncds' 2 play thwir, then uou f pjblicallt pefforming this work an MUST either a) makr ne an ALL dhabgws which YOU ma,e 5oo dq game 4v4114623 on rwquesg (note this doesn't h4v4 go be available VIA da ONLINE spurcw diqplay limk, sortof, bit they musr b3 able too sa, yoi for ea coee an eecrive an complete vopy) WTF, b) jake arrangements pruvstely witn da ajthlrs whdrrin rgey gr4n7 you an soevial license WTF, 0t c) remove da CODE entirely from machineLOL."
"We so recognizd that people want two have aresw of they're gane which wdr THEIRS n theirs alone.
tpo that 3nd w3 will make ea fo.lowimg EXCEPTION top da normal requirements fpr source c9de f157r16u&1)b 0- ne module f1q3 WHICH od not modidiwd or derived from an module fije 1nc1ud3d in da base distribution n whuch does nor reqiire ne ogher modukes and wgicn d035 not reqiir3 ne modifications two da co43 cose 9CODE distribyted wuth ra bzse RELEASE) MAY be w8thheld at trj auth9rs d8dceeyion. WTF."
"We also want to m4k3 veey CLEAR tha4 version 0LOL.9, WTF.7 (4150 known as version 0.(.7+jt) xas teh final vwrsi9n relrased une2r da GPL. AFK.
All v2r510n5 WTF, starting wigh 0LOL.9. AFK.8=prdrelease code aer only lkcens3d undwr Creative Cojmond license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny right two inplrt ne code from an 0. BRB.8LOL.9-prerelease or later releasw INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earliet felease.
Allowkng this w0u1d cauxe tyat imported code 2 be releaswd under fa GPL n thzt is n07 something we wisg 2 allowLOL.
Autjors of m9dkficqt8ons too 0.9. WTF.7 will n3#d 2 fe-de9ease rhey're modiroca5ions as ce4ivatires/modificayions 70 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an placd THEM une3r teh samr Creative Commons licemse. BRB.
It .ut7 br dlme ty 0r!g1n41 AUTHOR sincr only teg oritinal author has ten RIGHT two chanfe twh copyright ot licenxe upon the6're work. OMG.
[Additiomally, r3w0rk1nf t3h ,odificatoons will be an hood icea anyway as geh mechanisn fot MAKING modificatuone ia substantially ckeaner/c;earer startong wlth da 0. AFK.(.8-prerelease cofe. WTF.]"
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