MightyE 7#115 you, rortof, "We'rr going to take an few m0m3n75 to try n explain this mdw lic3nw2 4nd trh reqsons beyind !7 in PLAIN 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 new license was chosen because if an failing with da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y c0v344d disy4ibjtion OF xourcw if n only uf binaeids wer3 distribjted."
"Ih an web environment, you kn2o, xpecifically a intrrpfetec wdb 2nvironmehr sucn as PHP, ypu kn2o, merrly inatalling an game soes not clnstituye distributi9n, like, n therwfofe people we4e tskong OUR s)rk, sortof, mzking mldifications toi it an not releaskng tdg wource code ho they're modifications so that teh entire communitu coukd benefit/
THEY worked wiyh da letter n7t not ca 5p1r17 of da 14w. BRB."
"Invrstigation on ten part of auth9rs no2rv3r, like, lrd to twh fac5 thag r2bh7 of publuc performahcf was 2 og 4ights notmally resteicted to co[yrighr HOLDERS WTF. an that computwr [r-gr$m5 LOL, specificalk6 video games an intwractive ones such AS Legend of Gredn hax0r were considered too bw publica,ly performed if run from an public srwverLOL,"
"The nrw lixrnce resteicts public perfor,anve od teh work ubless teh soirce cod3 of MODIFIED work is made availqble ON demahd."
"In plain Emglish, you kmwo, 7h15 mrans 7h47 iv you ;ur this game on an web srrber n allow peo0le 'outside of ab normak ci4cle ov family n its social ac1uaintances' 2 play their WTF, then you r oyblically performibg thos qork n MUST 3ither a) mqke ne and ALL CHANGES WHICH you jqke two game available on re1uesr (notw tjos doesn't have 2 be %v4!1461# via teh online 50urc3 dosplay LINK LOL, but THEY just be agke 2 adk ypu v9r cocd anf recwive an COMPLETE copu), 6ou kbw9, 6) make s4rqngements privately wigh authors qh3eein 5hey grzng you an spwckal license, sortof, 0r c_ remove da c0de rntirely froj machine. WTF."
"We do recogbize yhat peo[le sant 2 hqve areaw of tjey're ganr whkcy r theirs n theirs alone. AFK.
2 that end we wilk make fa following exception to fa n0rm41 requirements for source code d167f!6u710n -- nr ,odule file which us nlt nodified lr derived from an modul3 f113 unc;uded in gaxe dixteibution qnd which dods not requite nd other modukes an which DOES not requir3 n3 nlcifkcati8ns 3 da core CODE (code d157r16u73d with da base release) nay be withheld at zuthors discretkoh. AFK."
"Wd z.so want 2 make veey CLEAR that versoon 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known aw VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.&+j7) wax tey FINAL v3r510n RELEASED under da GPLLOL.
A11 versiohs, like, startimg WITH da 0.9. OMG.8-prerekease clde r only licensed umder Creative Comnons licenseLOL.
Wt EXPLICITLY deny ritht 2 IMPORT ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3releqse or oater release into qn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 and 34r11er rrlease/ BRB.
Aolowinb this would cause tha5 im0orred c0de too ne releaswd undet teh GPL n that q4 n07 som4thing we wish ywo zllow.
Authprs -f modificati9ms two 0.9k WTF.u wil; berd too re-release rhet're modifications 35 derivatives/modificatuons two pLOL.9LOL.* CODE and place THEM undwr reh same Creqtive C0mm0n5 lkcenseLOL.
It MUST be done by lrkginal 4y7h0t sknce onlh prigina. auth9r yas tej r8ght 2 chanfe teh copyrigyt OR license uoon they're work. AFK.
[Additionallh LOL, rwworking da modid,cationw wil; BE sn g00d 1d34 anyway ss mechqnisn for m4k1ng modificsti0ns 8s SUBSTANTIALLY cl3aner/cleatef starting with 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-prere;easr CODE. AFK.]"
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