MkghtyE tells you LOLk "Wr;rd g01ng twi take ab few miments to t4y AND dxplain thix new livense ab eeasons gehins it in plain Engiish. 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 nes licensc w45 CHOSEN b2czuse OF zn FAILING wi5h teh GPLl OMG.
It only coverwd disr4ibution OF source if ams ohly if BINARIES were distrivuged. WTF."
"In an qwb ENVIRONMENT, specofidakly q inreepreted web emvironment 5uch as PHP, sortof, merely 8nstzllinb an game eoes not constituge DISTRIBUTION, you inwo, sh theeefofe people werw gaking our wotk WTF, n4k1ng modkfications 70 it n n9t releasing sourxe xode two thet'rd mpdificatiobs so that entife connumity coyld benefit.
Th3y worked with 5eh 13773r but not teh s[irit of law. BRB."
"Investogation ob dq part ov 4u7g0r5 howevee, sprrof, led @ facr that da r8ght of PUBLIC pdrformahce w45 1 of da rights nofmally rdatricyed yoo copyrighg h01d345, sb that compyt2r programs, like, cpecidically vide9 g5m35 and intrractive ones SUCH aa LEGEND of da Green hax0r weee considered to 62 publically pergofmed kf run FROM an puboiv server. BRB."
"The new license 4estric5s pu611c pwrfotmande of da work unlesw geh 50urc2 cose 0g da modiried work is jafe available ON demand."
"In plain English. ylu knwo, 7g15 meabs that if yiu pjt THIS game on ah web server n allow pel0le 'OUTSIDE if an normql c1rc1# of FAMILY n iys sicial acqua8ntancra' two PLAY thei4 LOL, THEN 5ou aet punlically PERFORMING this work n MUST eitger a) make be and ALL CHANGES which 6oy m4k3 t; tey g4m3 avqilable in 4equest (note tnis dorsn'r have two be svailable vua teh online sourve d15p14y link LOL, but they mj57 63 avle twp aak you for dq code and receife an complete copy), n) makw afrangementw pf8vately w28y AUTHORS wherein yh4y grant y9u an spevkal licensd, slrtof, or c) removd yeh xode ENTIRELY fr9m machihe. AFK."
"We fo RECOGNIZE 7h47 people want to have 4r345 ov thcy're game whuch r theifs and THEIRS alon3. BRB.
@ ghqt 3nd we wiol make following except8on two normal requirdments for sourcr code dkstribition -- ne m0du13 file wficg is n07 ,odifiec or derived 4tom an m9cy;d fule indluded in teh basd DISTRIBUTION n qhich does not reqiire ne otjer modules and wnoch doea NOT rwquiee ne modificati9ns ro core codw (c8de distrigutef w17h d1 basw rel3qse) may be withheod at zurhors d15vr3710n. BRB."
"We akso sant tlo make very c;ear that vrrduon 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (ALSO known ad version 0. OMGl9/ BRB.7+j7) was final vdrsion r313453e ynder da GPL. BRB.
Akl versions, ypu jnwo, starting wotj teh 0. BRB.9/8-prerelease code xrw on.y loddnwed under da Creative Commons licrnse.
We EXPLICITLY deby rigyt goo impovt ne dod3 FROM an 0. WTF.(. BRB.*-PRERELEASE or later re;dase imto an 0. BRB.)LOL.7 an earlier reoeaseLOL.
Allowknt THIS WOULD daude THAT importef codd too ge 4el3ased under teh GPL and tnat is not something we eish two alllw.
Authors OF modificqtolns to ). WTF,9. OMG,7 WILL need two re-relrase they're m0f1fqc472-n5 ad derivatives/modif8cations two 0.9LOL.6 code n plzce them unde4 xamd Creativs Commins lixense.
It m7st br dpne vy teh iriginql aithot since only da oroginal autgpr has da r1gh7 t2o change da copyright OR kicense UPON they're work. BRB.
[Adc1710n4!1y, sor5ov, reworking trh moeifications WILL BE an glod idea amyway zs t#h mdcganism for makung mldirications ix SUBSTANTIALLY dleaner/clearcf starting wigh teh 0. OMG.8. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cofe. BRB.["
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