MightyE tel.s y-u, ;ike, "We'rd g-1ng to take sn gew jomenta too try and explqin thid new license and trh r3asonw behind 1& IN plain EngliwhLOL.
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 lixense WAS chosen becausr of am failing with ds GPL. BRB.
Iu (nly covered distribution of spurcd if n only if binaries wfre distributedl WTF."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENTk .ike, wpecificaoly q INTERPRETED w3b envirinment SUCH as PHP, sortof, m3r31y inw5alling an bame does not constitute distfubyrion LOL, n therefore peop;3 were takong our WORK WTF, making modifivations too it an n;t releasing tdh source cose 2 they're modibocations xo that tdh en5ire c0mmun37y COULD brnefit. OMG.
They worked w17y LETTER but not teh SPIRIT of 14wLOL."
"Investigqtion on da psrt of teh qithors y0w3c3r, you knqo, led two da fact that yrh ribht of puy11c _erformanxe was w9b 9f teh rugtts NORMALLY r35741c73d too copyright yolders, you knwo, an that domput3r pfotrams, like, specifically VIDEO ganex and interavtive lnes such as L3g2nd of teh Green hax0r were c0m%1d3r3e too be pu6q1c411t perfotmed if tun from an publix servrr. BRB."
"The mew LICENSE rrstr8cts puglic perrotmance of work unleds teh sourxe CODE of teh mocivied work is made AVAILABLE on d3m4ns. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, this meana that if you ;it thiw gajr on an web awrv3r an allow peo;le 'outside og an nl4,al circle OF FAMILY an its socual acquaintances' 2 play theirm tou knwo, tnen y0u r PUBLICALLY p3ff0rm1ng this work and MUST dither A) make h# and ALL changwe which you maje rw9 da game ava8lanle on request (note 7h16 dowsn't have too be AVAILABLE VIA da online SOURCE dkdplah link, like, BUT they must be zgle two ask hou FOR da code n feceivr an v0mp137e copt), like, b) naiw afranfe,ents privately eith authors wherein 7h3u grant uou am wpecial licensek or c) remove da dode entirely from tet machineLOL."
"Wr do recpgnize that people want too HAVE areas of they're gzmw which sey hheits n theirs alon3. WTF.
to 5hat ehd we sill nzke dz following exception tp teh normal requirements for source c0d# eisttubugion -- ne module file which is not jodifief or ferived FROM an module file invluddd ib nase DISTRIBUTION an shich d9es NOT requite me other modules and whuch f035 not 4equi4e ne modificatuons too core code (code distrkbited WITH base releas3) mat bd wi5hheld at autuors siscretionLOL."
"Wd a;so qant 5oo make ver6 clear that vefsiom 0.9. WTF.^ (alsi knpwn as vefsi9n 0. AFK,9.7+jt) wss vonal VERSION released uneer GPL. OMG.
All versoons, sortof, STARTING WITH 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prereleqse cpd3 aer only lixensed UNDER fa Cresyivr Commons licrnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 2 om[ort nr code vtom an -. BRB.9. OMGl8-PRERELEASE lr 1463r release into zn 0.8l WTF.7 and ear;ier RELEASE. AFK.
Aolowihg tnks would ca7we that 8mpirted code goo be released under teh GPL and that is not somwtying we wisj 2 alkowLOL.
Authors of modificatiohw too 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 w111 need 2 re-eelease 5he6're modificationa as d#r1v471v35/n0d1f1c4710n% gwo 0. BRB,9. OMG.8 code n place theb indef teh sanw Crearice COMMONS licensr. WTF/
It MUST be d0n3 by sa ofiginak 4u7h0r sihce only reh oritinal auyhpr has da tigh5 2 dgabge da copyright or LICENSE upon tney're eork. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworkihg teh MODIFICATIONS will be an g00d ifra agyway as twn MECHANISM FOR makinh modificati(nd IS subs5sntizlly c134n3r/v134r3r starting with 0. BRB.9LOL.7-prdrelease cofe. OMG.]"
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