MightyE tells you, like, "We're GOING tl TAKE an frw ,omenta 1 tey ab EXPLAIN 5his new 11c3n53 and 5eh REASONS BEHIND ut in plain Entlush.
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 chosen because of an f4q11ng with try GPL. OMG.
I7 lnly coverrc distribution OF wourde if b onoy IF b8nzries were distributed."
"In an w36 3mv1r0nm3n7, s;ec8ficzllh a intrrpreted qeb #nv1r_n,3n7 such ss PHP, merely INSTALLING an game 30#5 nit condti5ute DISTRIBUTION LOL, an therefore p30;13 were gak8ng pur sirk LOL, making mldificatipns w ut n not releasing da s9urce code 2 gney're modifications 50 that da ent8re x9mjunit5 cou;d bemevitLOL.
They worked with lwttrf but not da s0iriy or 14w. BRB."
"Inves5*gatuon 0n da part lf da auth0rd however, you knwo, les to fact THAT da right of public performqhcd waw w of da rights noejally restricted t9 cupyright go.ders, li;em n that com;u5er PROGRAMS, aortof, 4p3c1f1s411u vidwo games n interactive 0n35 sucn 46 Legend of Green hax0r were c9msider3d 2 be pub.ically p3rf0rm3s if run from an public server/ OMG."
"The n3s lidense resteicts public performance of ea w0rj unless da SOURCE code 0f geh m0d1f13d work is mad3 svaulable on demand. BRB."
"In plain Emglish, .ike, this meabs that IF you 0ut this game on an wwb server an allow people 'outside 0d an bormal circle of family n its social acquqkngances' 2 play tjeor, you knwo, 7h3m you aer piblically performing thid work b MUST EITHER a) m4k3 nd an ALL changes eh8cn you make 2 ra hame avzilable ON requewt (noge this doesn't have too ve avaklabld v14 da onljne source dispoah link, lik3, BUT yhey must be able ! axk yo7 for dode n rec3igd an complege copy), b) make arrangements privately with authirs wherein they b4ant y0u an special license LOL, or c) remoce clde ENTIRELY vrom da machine, OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE thzt people wahb toi have areaw od they're game wh1ch r th3irs n thdurs a.lne. OMG.
too tha5 3nd we wiol make geh fllllwing exdeption tlp teh NORMAL reqiirementw for xoutce CODE fistr7bution -- ne mosule file whivh us not mod8fied or derived ff9m an m0du13 file indlufed IN twh base distribuyuon n which dies nit reqyire ne ogher mldules n WHICH coes NOT require me MODIFICATIONS tw; teh xpr3 code (xode distrovuyed w17h da base telease_ may be wirhheld at teh auth(rs discretion. WTF."
"We also wamt top make very clesr 7h47 versuoh 0. BRB.9LOL.8 (also kblsn as version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) wss final version rqleaxed under teh GPL. BRB.
A;o vrrs8ons LOL, STARTING witg 0. BRB.9.8[prerwlezse code aer onoy lixensed UNDER da Crrative Commons licensw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne CODE drom an 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-prerekease or latrr releasw INTO an 0,9. AFK,7 AND earliet releaseLOLl
Allowing yyis would cause thqt impoftwd code two bw re;eased unfwr teh GPL n that ,s nor slmeghing we wism 2 alliw. OMG.
Aughors OF modificatiins ro 9. BRB.9. BRB.7 will need tp rr]release they'te modificzt8pns as derivatives/modigications to 0.9. WTF.8 code n olace them uneef same Creztif3 Cojmons oicense. OMG.
I7 ,ust BE done gy teh originao authot since only 0r1g1n41 author hss da right yoo cmange t3h copyright or lic3nsr upon they'te worl. BRB,
[Addotionally WTFk edwirking geh modificayions will bd an goof IDEA abywat as teh mechanism for making mosofocst8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanef/coearer starring w17h da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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