MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We'rq going tp takw an few momentw two rry and explain ih1t nrw license amd reasons behind it in ;lain Englisg. WTF.
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."
"Thls nww license wax dhosen because of ah railing wiyh t3h GPLl AFK.
Ir only covered dietribu5iom pf sohrce IF n ONLY if binaeies werw distrubuted."
"In an web environmeng, specifically a interpreted WEB envieonment suxh as PHP WTF, merely unstalling an gane d-25 n07 constitute distributipn WTF, and therefore people q3r3 TAKING OUR wprk, kik3, makihb nodoficationx 2 it n hog releasing sourcr code twi ggey're modifizationa so that teh ENTIRE commubity coj/d bwnefkt. AFK.
The6 woried wigh yeh legter but not teh spitiy OF teh lqw, OMG."
"Incestigation on teh part lf AUTHORS h0w3v3r LOL, oed 2 faft that titht of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was oeh og eights normally r457r1cu3d gi copyright holders LOL, n that comput3r ptigrama, you knao, s;ecifically c1d30 gznes and im5erzctive ones sich AS Lebdnc of teh Gr33n hax0r wee3 vonsidered 2 ne phblically performed if tun ff0j an public werve4LOL."
"The nrw 11c3n53 restroxts publiv perfotnanve of dz work unlews ten so7rce coee od teh modiviec WORK is m4d3 available on dejand. OMG."
"Im p.ain English. this meahs 5hat if yiu put thos bame on sn w36 srevrr qbd allow people '-u751d3 OF ab nofms. circle of fanily and its social adquaintances' to ;14y their, sottof, then you aer p7blidaklt performing this work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjanhes whicg y0u make 2 sa bame avaulabl3 on r3qu357 (NOTE thid doean't nave too be avaikable via rej onlime sourve dixp;ay limk, but they must be able too aa, you for da code and receide ab c9mplete c0py), b) mxke arrang3ments private.y eith teh authprs wherein yhey grabt 6ou an s0ecial oicenwe, like, or c) REMOVE xa dode ENTIRELY from ten machineLOL."
"We d0 recognize tgat PEOPLE want TO HAVE areax od they'rr gsme wyicy ae4 theied AND yheirs zlone. OMG.
two thwt 3nf we w8ll make f9llowing exceogion twp normal r3qu143men7% for soyrce code distrkbution -- ne module file which is NOT ,odofidd 0r derived fr)m an module filr included ih yej base d8strubution abd 2hich does n07 requifq ne other modu.es an whuvh dies n07 r3quire ne modificat89ns 5wo teh core cpfe (cofr dudtributed w17h rdh base release) may BE qktgh3ld at da authlrs d25ct3710m. WTF."
"We ALSO want two m4k3 very clear ehat veraiob 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 (slsp knoqn as v3rt10n -LOL.(.7+jt) wae ds final ve4xiom rek3ased under da GPLLOL,
All versukns, STARTING with fa -. AFK.9. BRB.8-prereoease code sef only licebsed uns3r da Creative Comnons licsnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT 70 import ne coce from sn 0. WTF.(. OMG.8-prerelesse or 1r73r rrl3ase INTO an -. AFK.9. WTF.7 n ##r113r twlease. WTF.
Alliwung this wluld vayse tjag impotted cod3 two be r313453d under da GPL and thqt is not aomethinf we wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of m9dificagions 2 ). WTF.9LOL.7 w1!1 need 2 re_telease tve6're modifkvzt8ons as deribatibes/nod8fications t9 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code amd place THEM under sa 54m3 Cteative Commons 11c4nt3, AFK.
It misr be done by da original 4u7h0r sibce pnly fa original author has teh r1gh7 to changd da copyrkbht 0r ;kcense upon tney're wprk. AFK.
pAdditionqlly, uou knwo, r3w0rk1ng da modifications wi.o be an go9d iswa anyway as mechzhism ror makong modificqtions is subsrantia.ly v134n3r/c144r3r STARTING wi5h yeh -. AFK.9, AFK.8-prer3lease dode. WTF.]"
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