MigntyE TELLS you, tou knwo, "We[re boing two take an few MOMENTS two trh n explain tgis new licwnwe b teh r3459n6 behind it in plaib Engliwh,
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 licwnse was CHOSEN beczjwe of qn gailing witg tdh GPL. OMG.
It only coverrd distrunution of source of and only kf binarkes e343 distribut3d. WTF."
"In sn web envotonment, you knqo, SPECIFICALLY a 8nter;reted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merely installing ab hame does b9t donsrit7te didtribuykpn WTF, n theredore people w3r3 TAKING ou4 work LOL, making modificationx too it n not 4eleasing soutve code to th3y;r3 MODIFICATIONS so that da wntkre communoty could BENEFIT. BRB.
Theh w9rked with da letter BUT no5 spirit 0f da law. BRB."
"Infwstigatiln on reh part of teh auyhora howevee, sor5of, lee teo teh fact THAT righ5 of PUBLIC performance was 1 of teh 4ightw borjally r35ur1c73e two copyright hoodeed WTF, an that compurwr 0rogea,s LOL, specificallt video games an INTERACTIVE omes such qs Legend of da Gr33n haxpt were consuderew 2 ge PUBLICALLY performed if rin grom an puvlic serberLOL."
"The new licehs3 restricts pjb.ic perfornqncr of wofk UNLESS teh sourde CODE of da modified w0rk is mzde available 0n d3m4nd."
"In PLAIN Ehglish LOL, this means THAT if you put rhis tame on an wen server an aolow peoplw ;outsidw or an nofmal circle 0f fqmi;y dnf its social acquaintances' to9 play th3ir, sorrod, then yoj t publiczll6 peffotming tgis work h MUST 3ither a) make ne n ALL dhangew which you ma,e go da game available ON request (note this doesn't have to be ava8lable via geh on;kne s9urve disp.ay link, b7t they mjst BE avle tp8 ask you for reh cide and receice ab cojplete COPY), you knwo, b) m4ke arrabgemrnts pr8vate.y eith da a7thors WHEREIN ghey gfant you an special license LOL, or C) REMOVE da c)d3 3n71t31y from machone. AFK."
"We do recognoxe that proplr want to h4c3 areas if they're game whkch r the8es ab theirs alone. OMG,
two that ehd wd WILL ,akr da following dxcepgipg teo teh normal f31uurements for slurce code d8stributuon -- ne mocule file whicy ia not ,odifked or dericrd gfom an nosule fklw 1mc1ud3d in tdh gzse distr8bution n whivg does not REQUIRE ne OTHER MODULES an which fows n07 require nd modifisations tlo teh core codd (code dostributed with base releawe) m4y be wiyhheld qt da authors discr3tion. WTF."
"We alao want 2 ,ale very c134t THAT verduon 0.9.7 (apal knpen as fersion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+ut) was f1n41 verdion rekeased UNDER ca GPL.
Aol VERSIONS WTF, startibg with tdn 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-pr$r313453 code r only LICENSED ibd3t da Crwatkve C0m,0n5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny da RIGHT 2 import ne code frim sm 0.9. WTF/8-prereleasw ot later rekease into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 ahd esroier r3lease. WTF.
ALLOWING &h15 eould cause tnat importdd codr two be RELEASED unxer teh GPL and yhat 15 not xometning se wiwh 2 5110w. OMG.
Authprs of modifications two 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 w121 need tio re-releasd yhey'4e modufications as deribatives/mod8fications to 0. AFK.9LOL.8 c0d3 ah poace them under da same Creative Cimmons oicense. AFK.
It juwt be done by teg originao zuthoe sinxe only teh priginal surhor has da right yo change teh dopyright or licensd upon tg3y're work.
[Additoonallu, sortof, fe2orkkng da modifications will be an gpod idea ANYWAY ax da mechzniwm fo4 making ,odifixations os subsgantially c134ner/c134f3r starting WITH teh 0. BRB.9LOL.i-prerelwase CODE.]"
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