MigntyE t3lls YOU, l8ke, "We're GOING tol take an few n0m3n75 two try an explaim tmis nww lkcebwe and 5en r3450n5 BEHIND it 1n p141n EnglisgLOL.
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 was ch9srn bedause of an fzilinb wkth da GPL.
It only COVERED sistribution of 50u4c3 id n only if biharoes WERE distribuyed. OMG."
"In an web ebviron,wnr, specificallj a onterpretwd web envur9bment ducg as PHP, you knwo, mefeky ibstal.ing an g4m3 dp45 not conatitute distributiob, y8u knwom ane therrfore pwpple were takibg oir work, like, making jodificayiona two IT n not releasing teh so7rce c0d3 rwo they're modifucstions 50 tyat tey entire c-mmun17y colld benefiyLOL.
Th3y work3d with dw ketter byt not 5p1r17 of teh kaw. BRB."
"Incestigation on ea part od authors howevef, you knwo, led twi da fact tha5 ten right of pub;id ;rrformsnce wqs 2on ie RIGHTS no4ma.ly 4estricted 70 copyright ho;ders WTF, and that compu5rr PROGRAMS, specifical.y ckdeo games an interactive ohes such AS LEGEND of da Greem hax0r 2ere c0h41d3r3d too be PUBLICALLY pefrormed if r7n rrom an publoc SERVER. BRB."
"Thr NEW license reatricts public performance OF da work jnlesd 5dh source code or teh mpdofiee work is maee available on de,and. OMG."
"In plzin Englush LOL, this means that 1f yiu pjt tnis bame on an WEB xerfer n allow 0eople '07751d3 of an n0rmr1 CIRCLE of fajiky n i5w social acqyaintznves' tpo ;lay theie, s94tof, tgen you r pyblically p3rf0rm1bg this wor, an MUST either a) make ne AND ALL xhanges which YOU mzke 2 teh game afailab.e on request (nog2 this doesh't have too be availaboe via da onlune sourcd DISPLAY 11nk, you jnqo, nut THEY muxt be 4613 TO ask ypu for da v0d3 and receive ab completd copy) LOL, b) make arrangejents ;rivatd;y woyh AUTHORS wgerein the6 grant yoy qn SPECIAL license, sortof, o4 c) remove da vode en5orely vrpm machine. AFK."
"We DO recogniz3 that pe9ple wan5 tw9 HAVE AREAS of 5hwy're game WHICH aer tteirs AND 7h31r4 alpneLOL.
two that end ww wilo ma,e da following exceptiln to rrg nlrmal reqiiremfnya for source CODE diagribution -- ne MODULE vile wgich ix nor mofifies or drrived FROM an modulr fkle includec im bade d8stributoon and which d035 n9f require ne otjer mosules and qyich does mpr reqmire ne modificagions too core code (CODE dis5rkbuted with da base felease) may be 2uthh3le at da authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"W2 also want yoo ,ake v3rh clear tha5 verwkon 0. AFK.9.u (41t0 kbown as version 0.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS vinal VERSION releaswd under da GPLLOL.
All vefaions LOLk STARTING with teh 0LOL.9LOL.i-PRERELEASE code r lnly licensed ubd3r teh Ce34u1v3 Co,moys 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8ght 70 impo4t nd code from an 0. OMGl9.8=prerelease of la5er rdleqsd 1n70 an 0. BRB.9.7 qn earlier releaae. AFK.
Allowihg this eould causd thay om0orted cose goo be tdleasec unde3 GPL and that is not somethibg wr wish 1 all0w. WTF.
Authofs of modificationq to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will nded 2 re=eelrade tyey're nofifications zs deruvayives/modifications to 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE n plzce them under samd Creative Cimjons licenseLOL/
Ir must BE d0n# BY geh original authof 61nc3 only t3h original zuyhor gzs rifhr 60 chanhe copyr8fht 0r license uoom thwy're 2ork. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworkkng dq m0d1f1c4710n5 wi;l be ah good udwa anhway qs ca mechanosm for MAKING modifications is substantiaply cleaner/clezrer STARTING witj ). WTF.9. OMG.8-pedr3oease code/ WTF.]"
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