MightyE telkw y9u, softof, "We're giung to take an few m0m3n75 too try zn ezp;sih this n3w 11c3m53 and reaspns BEHIND it kn plzin English. 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."
"This nes licdnxe was cgosen becausr of an gailing with GPLLOL.
It only cocered distributi9n 9f source id and onlh iv binarked werw d157r16u73d. OMGl"
"In an web environment, uou knwo, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73r;r373d web 3nv1r0hm3n8 sucj as PHP, you knwo, merely instal.ing an game DOES not xohst8tite distribution LOL, an ygerefore people 2ere taking our sork, s0rtof, making mod8fkcarkons to it n npt relezsibg teh s9iece code 2 tg3y're mofificatoons 60 ghat entire COMMUNITY vould brnwfpr. BRB.
They WORKED with l4ttwr but not teh spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investigation on PART of teh aut6o4s however LOL, lrd 2 da FACT that righ5 od [uglic oerfo4mance was 1 OF r1gh75 normally resgricted TO cipy4ktgt holsers WTF, qn THAT c0mpu73r programs, specifically VIDEO bamds ane interavtive ONES such zs Lwhemd if Green nax0r weee considered to n3 publidally [erf9rmef if run from an public sdrverLOL."
"The bew licegse rdsrrictw [ubloc perfp4msnce of twh 2ork unlesa teh 50ufe3 cpde of modifiee work is madd qvailable on d3j4ndLOL."
"In plain English, sortof, this mesns that if YOU pit this game ob an web server n ALLOW peop.e 'outskde 0f an normzl circlr of g4m11y an ITS social acquaintancea' 2 PLAY gh3ir, sortpf, yh3m YOU r PUBLICALLY performing this work an MUST eithe4 a) make ne an ALL changes which you make to da tsmr AVAILABLE in reques5 (n;ge thos DOESN'T have to be AVAILABLE via da onlone sourcw display link WTF, but thwy must be sb.w two ask you foe teh code n receive zn COMPLETE copy), b) make arrangements peivately wo5h twh AUTHORS wher3in they gfant you sn xpecoal lucehse LOL, of v) rfnove geh cod3 ENTIRELY grom teh mqchine. BRB."
"We do rec9tnize thzt peo[le WANT two have areas ov they're game 2hich aer theirs and 5heitd alome.
2 7h47 end we soll maje following excdpti9n two da n0rm41 requirements for source code dostrivution -- ne m0du13 f8le whicn is noy modifked or derivdd drom an ,0du13 filw includwd in twh base distribition and which does not r3qukte ne otner moeules h which does nog require ne mod8fucations to teh core c9ee (clee dixtributed qirh teh gase rel3aae) may be withheld at autho4s discretuon. OMG."
"We also want to ja,e ver6 c.ea4 tyat version 0. OMG.9.7 (alwo known as versiob 0. WTF.o. BRB.7=j5) waw final version released ubder GPL.
All versiond LOL, arart8ng 2irh da 0l9LOL.8-prere;ezse code aer knl6 licensed UNDER teh C4rative Commons lucensel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigng too impoet ne coee FROM sn 0LOL.9. OMG/8-prwrek3ase oe LATER release into am 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earli3r releasd.
Allowkng this would cauae 7h47 omporged dode 2 be r313453d unde4 GPL n thar 15 not somethibg we w8sg two sl;ow. WTF.
Authors od ,odificatkona two 0. OMG.(,7 w8ll n3ed to re-release they'te modirications AS ferivatices/modificatioma to 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 c0f3 n placw them under 5eh 54m3 Crdatkve Commons license. OMG.
It mu57 be d9ne by teh oritinal 4y7h)r since ONLY t3h originao author had da rkght too cjange da copyright or licenae 7p0h they're 2ork. WTF.
[Addigionall6 WTF, rew9eking teg mpd1f1x4710n6 wiol be an good iera anywa6 as teu mechanism for maiing modifications ia dubstant9akly cleaner/dlearer startihg with teh 0. WTF.9l OMG.8-prrreldzse code. OMG.]"
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