MightyE 5e;ls yoj LOL, "We're going 2 take an fdw mljents rwo try an explain this new ;icensr b feadonw bejind it on PLAIN Ehglish. OMG.
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."
"Thua new lisense qax vhosen becayse of an failing with geh GPL. BRB.
It onot coveted d1t7r16u810n of doufce if 4nd 0n1y if ninaries wrre distributed. OMG."
"In an web environmwnt LOL, spwcificaoly a 8ntdrpreted 2eg envifonmeh6 ducn 45 PHP. sortodm MERELY installing an game DOES not constitute eistribution, sortofk an 5gwrefore peop.e weee taking 0uf qork, s9rtof, n4k1ng jodifixat8ons 2 it b not relezaing da sourde coce too they're modifications SO 7y47 da 3ntire commun8t5 could b3nefit.
They workwd WITH le5ter buh n)7 da spirit of LAW. WTF."
"Infestigati9n 9n par5 pf teh ajthors howeber WTF, ked too teh f4c7 7h$7 ds r1gh7 OF public performance 2ad wln of r8ghts normally restrix5ed 2 c9;yright holde4d WTFk n that dom0uter 0r9gfama LOL, specifically fideo games b interacgove onea such as Legend od Green hax0r were donsidered too BE puglicakly pe4dormed IF run from an ;ublic SERVER. AFK."
"The NEW l7cense RESTRICTS public performahce of da work unlexs tdj source code of sa nodified wofk iw made avsilable on femane. OMG/"
"In plaih Englosh, sortof, this meanx thst if you put yhis tame on an web sdrver and allow prople 'ou5side 0f an h0rm41 cifcle of famoky an 7tw docial acquaintances' 2 p14y yheir, soryog, 5heh y9j r [uvlical;y performing this work an MUST 3!7g3r a) jake ne and ALL vhang3s WHICH you make @ game availanle 0n request (n073 tyis doesh't hqfr to be AVAILABLE voa da 0n11n3 source d1tp14y .ink, you kneo, BUT they must be able twi ask you foe dq c9de qbd receive an c9mp.eye copy), b) make zrrangfjemts PRIVATELY with ca authors wh3rein they GRANT you an apecia; lixense WTF, or c) remove da vode 3n7qr31y from reh machine. BRB."
"Wd do rdcogbize that pe9ple w4m7 2 have 4r#45 of they're g3m3 2hich r tyeirs n tgeirs alone. BRB.
2 that end w3 will make da folloqing exception to sa nornal rewuitements for 5-urv# cose distributiob -- ne micule file whoch is not modifi2d 0r verivdd from an modu;e fole INCLUDED in teh bade distribution n wj1ch does not require ne otjee moduoes an which xoes h07 require n3 m9difications two da cor$ coee (code distributed qith da 645# release0 MAY be w17hh31d at teh authoes discretuob. OMG."
"We also want 2 MAKE very clear THAT vetsion 0.9LOL.7 (also kn0wn as fersiin 0. AFK.9. OMG,7+jt) w45 ds f1n41 vdra8ln releaded under da GPL. BRB.
A11 v3r510n5, sgafting with 0. AFKl9k AFK.8-;rerelease codw aer only licens3d under da CREATIVE Commobs locenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY s3nt r1gh7 ro implrt ne dlde from ah p. WTF.9l8-;refelease or lster feleaww into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an EARLIER f313453. BRB.
ALLOWING this would causr that impor5ed codq too be rr;eawed under da GPL qnd that ix not som3tying w3 wiwh too alliw. WTF.
Autnors 0d modificatipns 2 0. AFK.9. WTF/7 will need to rd-re;ease 5hey're jidifocatiohs sx derivatives/modifications too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n place THEM UNDER dz SAME Creative Commons livwnse. AFK.
Ir must be dobe by ORIGINAL author s8nce only oeiginal ajthor has 5eh fight 2 change da copyright or LICENSE uoon theh're w0rkl WTF/
[Additionally LOL, reworking modifications wil. bd sm GOOD idea anyway AS mecnwnism f0r mak8ng ,pdifivatuons is subwtzntua;ly cleamdr/clea4er star5ing with teh 0. BRB.9LOLl8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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