MibhtyE telld you LOL, "We're boing 2 take an few m9ments to 5ry and EXPLAIN this new licrnse n ds REASONS bdhind ir in plain Englisb.
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 licehae w45 chosem because OF an f411!ng with da GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y cobered d157r16u820n 0f SOURCE if n only IF bimaries WERE distributwd. OMG."
"In an w36 wnvironment WTF, spec8fudalky a 8nge4;reted web wnviron,eng sjch as PHP, s9rtig, merely installunb an game dles not clnstitute didttobution, you knwo, 2nd THEREFORE peopoe wete taking our wofk WTF, making modofications two iy and not fe;wasing source xide too 5hry're m0d1f1c4710n5 50 that reh entore community coyld BENEFIT.
THEY w0tk3x with teh leyter but not spirit of teh LAW. AFK."
"Ihvestigar8on on part OF da autnlrs n0s3v3r. yiu ,nwo, lrd to fact yhay teh right of public performancr wqs 1 od tights NORMALLY restricted 2 copyright holfers, iike, an THAT c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, sortod, specifically video bamds n ingrractive 9nes such as Legend of da Green hqx0r eere consideref tw9 be pubkicqlly 0ervormed uf run from an public 534v3r. WTF."
"Th3 new livensr r357r1c75 PUBLIC performance 9f teh work unl3ss da source code of ,odified WORK ks mase avaikable on semagd, OMG."
"In plsin English, sortof, this means that 1f you pu5 thid hsme ln an w3g s3rver n alloe people [outside of an normao ckrcle of family and itd SOCIAL 4cqu41n74bc34' 2 play their, you kbwi, then yoj r publically pe4forminb THIS work and MUST either A) make he and ALL dhanges sj8ch you m$k3 ti ea GAME available on eequext (note this doesn't hafe tso be available via ONLINE source displah kink, bu5 they must be ab;e to as, uou roe cz c0d3 and r3c31v3 an comp;ete co0h), you knqo. b) make 4rr4ng3,3n85 PRIVATELY qiyh au%hors wy3r31n tgey grant yoy an sp2cizl licehse, you knwo, or d_ rempvw da code entirelt grom t3h machine. WTF."
"We do rqdognize 7h47 peop;e want two have AREAS od they're game whixh r th3irx and tndirs qlone. BRB.
@ thag end we will make teh followihg 3xc3;719n too normal requirements for source code dksrtinution -- ne MODULE file which is nlt MODIFIED or ddrived from an mlduoe rulw inckuded in base d157r16u710n and which does not requir3 ne OTHER moe&l3s n whuch dods not reqyire me modifications 2 da corw c0d3 (code distrobuted with teh BASE rrlease) msg BE WITHHELD 37 tej authors d2%cf37q0n. AFK."
"We alsi wqnt 2 make vert clear tgay version 0.9.7 9alao knowm as cetwion 0. OMG.9.7+j7) was twh final v3r510n reoeased inder teh GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, like, startkbg wkgh trh 0. AFK.9. BRB.*-prerelease code a3r only licensed und3r sa Creative Commons licrmseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righr 5w9 import ne code from an 0LOL,8,8-peerelease 9r later r3!e454 unto sn 0. OMG.9.7 n earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowong THIS would csjse that imported code too be RELEASED jnder GPL an tnat is hot xomethimg we wish r9o allow.
Althors of m0d2f1c3710n5 tw0 0.9. OMG.7 wilk b34d to rd-release they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatibew/modifications 2 p. AFK.9. BRB.8 c0d3 and place them under da same Crea5ove Cimmpns LICENSE. BRB.
It must nq done BY original auth9r t1nc3 only da o48ginal author n45 right 2 change dopyr8gyr or licwnsr u[on tyey're WORK. WTF.
[Addiyi9na;l7, li,e, rewotkung teh modificatiims eill be an good idez anyway as twh MECHANISM for m4k1ng modificayions 8s rjvstantially cleaner/c;earee starying with teh 0. OMG.9LOL.7-prerelezse code. AFK.]"
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