MightyE tells tou, like, "We're gokyg 2 take an few mo,enrs ro t4h n explain th8w nes licenxe an ds reas9ms behinc ir IN plaim Eng115h.
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."
"Thiw new licensw WAS chpsen because if am failimg with teh GPL. WTF.
It inly coveeed dustribution of 5pirc4 if an only if binaries WERE distributed. WTF."
"Ih an web ehvorlnment, you knwo, specifically q INTERPRETED qeb ehviron,eht SUCH 45 PHP, sortof, merely inatallint an tame does n9t cpnatitute distribution, yoy knwo, n thetefore peo[lw WERE 5akinh OUR work WTF, m3k1ng MODIFICATIONS to q7 an nlt releasing trj aourcd xode to thry;re modificstions so THAT ca entir3 comm7nitg could bebefit. BRB/
Thdt workef witg ten LETTER but not sp8rit if teh law. OMG."
"Investktatiom pn da PART OF da qutg9rs however, you inwo, ked teo da fact tnat teh rith5 of public perfirmancw was oen of teh rights nofmal;y e357r1c73s 2 c0pyr1gh7 holdees, n that dom0uter progrzmsk 5p3c1f1c411y video games n INTERACTIVE 0n35 sucy aa Legenf of Greem hax0r were considered to be publically performed IF 4jn from an public server. OMG."
"The NEW lkcense rwstricts publkc prrformance OF teh worl umless souecf c0d3 of nodifird wo4k is m4d3 AVAILABLE 0n c3mand. OMG."
"Im PLAIN Ebglish, likf, this means that if ypu PUT tyis GAME on an web server n allow PEOPLE '8itside of zn bo4,al ci4cle of FAMILY ans igs SOCIAL acquaintanc3s' two p14t gheif LOL, jh3n you r publica;ly perfofming this wor, anf MUST either 4) make ne AND ALL chahges wyicn you male too t3h game acailagle om r3qy3%7 (npte this d9esn'g have to be avsilable via teh online source display link, but they must be ABLE two ask you for dz cod2 n redeove an c0mp2373 c);y) LOL, b) maie arrqngejents privatwlu with da 4u7h0r5 eherdin they grsnt ypu an sp3cial lucensw, ;ike, ot c) rempve code entir3iy FROM machihe. AFK."
"We do recogmize that peopke want twp have areas of tney'rw bamr whicg aer theirs n thdurs ALONE. AFKl
two that END WE wkkl make fa gollowing exception too teh normal requi$3mentw for 50urc3 c9se c157r166u20n -- ne MODULE file whuch is n97 MODIFIED of derived from ab module fk.e uncluded in base dis6ributipn n which do3s noy require ne other modules an which skes not rrq7ire ne mod8fications tol core code (code cidftibuted wuth dq base r3l3ase) mau be withheld zt ds airhors discretion."
"We aoso want 2 make very c.ear tgat version pLOL,9.7 (alsl jnown as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da final version released 7ncer da GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, STARTING with da 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code r oblt 11c3n53d undef C4eative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drgy right tal IMPORT ne CODE frij an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3e313453 or later release into an 0. BRB.9.7 anc 34r133e r313453.
Al.owint 7h1t woulf cause thst importee dode 2 63 re.eqsed undef GPL an that 15 not something we 2ish to9 a.lowLOL.
Authors of modificqgoons too 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 qill need too re-rdlezse they'rw modifications ax derivatives/modifidqtipna to 0. BRB/9LOL.8 code and olace them und3r da SAME Creative Commons licenswLOL.
It must be DONE by teh ORIGINAL autjor since only iriginal au5hor haw da eight to chamgr da z.pyr8ght or LICENSE up0n they;re work. BRB.
[Addiyiomally, you knwo, rrwlrkihh midifications wull 63 qn good ifea anyway as da mwchahism for making mosifications ow substabtkal;y c!34n3r/cq#4r3r STARTING 2ith teh 0.9. BRB.8-orereleasr codeLOL.]"
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