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MightyE tells you LOL, "We're GOING two ta,e am g3w momdb5s 2 t$y an EXPLAIN 7h!t NEW license n reasons bwh8nd it in ;lain Eng11%h. 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."
"This nrw licdnwe was chosrn becaisf og an fai;ing with teh GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED vistribu5jom 9f sourcd 1r AND ONLY if binaries were sistributedLOL."
"In an web snvironment, ylu knwo, SPECIFICALLY a in5erpre5ed wwb environment sych as PHP, sortod, merely insta.lihf an gam3 doea hot constotutr dixtribugkon, like. and THEREFORE pepolw wer3 takinr our q9rk WTF, making modifications two it an mot RELEASING teh source c0d4 to thdy're modifications so tjat da entote COMMUNITY coild ben3vogLOL.
THEY wo4ked eorh twy 1e773r but not da spkrir or teh .aw. OMG."
"Investigat8om 0n teh part OF zuthors however, ked TO da gact tjat teh right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was oen of da RIGHTS normally r357r1c73d too copyright HOLDERS WTF, an that computer -rograms WTF, specif8cally VIDEO GAMES an intetactive ones such aw Leg3nd of teh GREEN haxpr were cpmskdered 2 bw oublkczlly p3rdorm4d 1f run from an public server."
"The new license restrictd public PERFORMANCE of teh wprl unless dz sojrce cpde 9r teh m0d1f13d w0rk 15 nade AVAILABLE ph d3mand/ BRB."
"In pkaih English, ypu knwo, th8a means thay if you pur THIS game on an w36 server n allow peop9e 'outsode of ab norma. circle of f4m11y 4nd its social acquaintances' TO play their, sortof, then y0y r publica;ly performing this WORK n MUST either A) make ne n ALL ch4ng3t qhich y0u m5k3 two da gaje available ln request 9NOTE this doesn't have tqo be availablr via teh knline soyrde dispoay kink LOL, bur fhey must be able 2 awj you for teh cpde n fdveive an complete co;y), sotgofk b( makf zerzngements privagely with twh authors wherein tney grant you am spexia. kicwnse LOL, 0r c) remove feg code ent8rely from da machine/ OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE 5hat peopoe want too nave AREAS of they're GAME wglch t gheirs n 7j3145 aloneLOL.
2 that 3bd w# will make rpolowing ezception 2 NORMAL rwauirements for source coee disttibugiln -- ne mocjle file whivy is not modifiec 9r d3eived fr9m an modulr f113 inckuded in da BASE dkstrobutoom h ehich does not r3qj1r3 ne other nodules n 2hich doew not requi4e ne modirications teo core CODE (CODE DISTRIBUTED wity da bzsd releawe) MAY be WITHHELD at da authors discretuon. OMG."
"We also want too MAKE very clear thar version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsl knp2n qs version 0. BRB.9.7+JT) waw fina. version RELEASED unf3r GPL. BRB.
All versions, sortpg, starting with ds 0LOLl9. OMGl*-PRERELEASE c0d3 r only 11c3n52d under geh Cteative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY feny da righb 2 imporr ne cose fr)m an 0LOLl9.8-prerekeasd or kater rrleasr into an 0/ AFKl9. WTF.7 an earluer reldase, OMG.
Al;ieing 7h1% WOULD caus# thar 1mp0r73d code too be releqsed under ds GPL and that 15 not slmetyhng we WISH to ALLOW. AFK.
Autho4s of moeificay8ons to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 WILL need to re-rel3a2e they're modificaguons as d3r1v4&1v35/mpd1f1c4710n5 TO -/ WTF.9.7 c0d3 n place THEM und3r teh same Crwqtive Commons .icenseLOL.
It musg bw done 6y ORIGINAL author sinxe only aa origina; 4u7h0r had da right 2 change dq cppyright OR l8cehs3 ypon th3y're work. WTF.
]Afditiomally, you knwo, rdworjing da m0d1f1c47q0n5 wil; be an good udea amywzy 45 tey mecbanism g9f MAKING modificar8ons is subsyqntially cleaner/d;earer sta4ting with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-preeeleasr coddLOL.="
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