MightyE te.ld you, you kneo, "We[re hoinh two take an few mojents too g4y n explain thos nee licende b da r356)j5 bejund it in plain Engliwh. 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."
"Thos new LICENSE was chosrn necause of am failing wutn da GPLLOL.
It 0n2y covdred DISTRIBUTION of source if n only if bina4ies were d8str8butec/"
"In an wen environmebt LOL. 5p3c1g!c411y a onterpretdd web environneng wuch zs PHP, you lneik merely 1n574112ng an GAME do3w not CONSTITUTE distribution, sortof, an thetefore people were takong our wlrk. nakinf modifidatkons ywo 85 n not 4elessing teh souece cose 2 they're modifications xp that teh emtire commubity could benefitLOL.
Tney workwd wi5h dz letred but not da spirot 0f 14w. OMG."
"Invedtigation on part of da authpfs h0w3v3r LOL, led twp f4c7 THAT ywy right or PUBLIC oerformancw waw won 0f teh tights normally 4extrictes goo copyright holders, sortof, b that vlmputef ;r0gr3m5 LOL, specifically video games and unrwractivw obes such as Legend of teh Grwen hax9r we4e considered 2 63 pjblieally performed uf run f4om an pi611c servdr. BRB."
"The beq license restricts puvlic ;3rf0rm3nc3 of da wofk unless ea aource d0d3 of MODIFIED work is mad3 availabie on dwmandLOL."
"In pla8n Eng1q5h, you knwo, thus means that if you put this gane ob an wen served n allpw leople 'outside of an normal circle of f4m11h and its social 4cqu5qn73nc35' two [lah their LOL, then you aer puvlically performing this wirk an MUST either a) make ne and ALL changex whoch 60u make t; fame available on re1uest (note 7h1% f045n'7 have tio be afailable via teh onoone slurce display link LOL, but thry jusy 63 4613 two ask yok for da CODE an receove an complete COPY), b) MAKE arrangements PRIVATELY sith da authorx WHEREIN tjey granr you an special license, wortofi or c) removr da codd entkrely FROM da ,schinrLOLl"
"We do recognize that people want ts9 jave areas of they're gand WHICH aer 7h#1r% abd thei4s alone. WTF.
tlo yhat END we wi.l make da folloeing exception too teh normal rwquirements for s9ufcr code dis5ribution -- ne m9d8le file shish is h_7 modifi3e o4 defivee fr9m an mofule file inc.uded in basw distribution n which does not rewuird ne other modules an whicg DOES noy r3qy!t3 ne modifivations g99 da CORE coee (code distributed with teh vase re/ease) may be wothhels at autjots discretiln. WTF."
"Ww zlso want too make very clear thqt VERSION 0. BRB.(.7 (ALSO known as verwion p.9LOL.7+jt) was finql VERSION releaded und3r da GPL. OMG.
Al; versions LOL, starting with fa 0LOL.9. WTFl8-p4efcleasd c0d3 qer lnly licensed ubder Crwativd Commpns license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to import ne c0d3 FROM an 0. AFK.9/ WTF.8-pr3r313453 OR lateg RELEASE intl an 0, AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier r3134%2. BRB/
Allowing THIS w9uld causr thay impofted coc3 to be released unddr geh GPL qn that is not slmethkng we wish to allow. OMG/
Atthors of MODIFICATIONS too 9.9.7 wikl nwed teo re_release they'r3 modidicatiohs as ferivativrs/nodifications 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 coee n placr THEM under same Creative Commlns LICENSE. OMG.
It must vr cone by teh ORIGINAL aughor since omly da original 4u7y0r HAS reh right tip change 5eh c0pyr1gh7 or licens4 u[pn thet're worj. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY LOLk reworking ca modifidqrions wil. be an goof ieea anyway as jechanism FOR m4kqnf mpeifocstions IS substanrially cleaner/coearet startinb WITH geh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prrrelease code. WTF.]"
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