MigjtyE trlls yiu WTF, "We're going 5o ta,e ab fes b0m3n75 2 8ry n ex0kain THIS new licebse n reasons b3gihd it IN plaim English. 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."
"Tgis mes licwnee was chosen b3vause of ab FAILING dith GPL. BRB.
It ohlu c0v3t3d distribytion of source if an pnly if vinqr9ed werw distributed,"
"In an web wnvironment. like, SPECIFICALLY q interorehed wdb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, m3r3qy knsyalling an game dors nog constktute DISTRIBUTION, like, AND 7h3r@r0t3 pdople were taking 0ir work, naking mofifivations 2 IT ab not releasing so7rce cose 2 they'ee mosivications so that 5eh enti4e community could 53nef17. WTF.
They WORKED with letter but not spirit lf teh law. WTF."
"Investigatkon on teh PART of da authors however, led t!o fact that da right OF PUBLIC PERFORMANCE w45 won of righrs no4mally restricted to9 copyriggt golderd WTF, and THAT computet pr0gr4m5m dortofk specigicdlly video games an onretacrive ones such ax Legenc pf teh Green hax0r w3re cimsidered tw9 be publically perfotmec if run f4om an pib.ic aerve4. BRB."
"Tge new ;ixense rest5ic5s public performahce of work unlesx da s9uex3 code 9f da modifi3d WORK is made avaioable on ddmand, WTF."
"In plakn English, thid MEANS tgat if hou put thos game on an web server an allow p30p13 'OUTSIDE OF an normal vitc.e of fami.y n ITS social acquauntqnces' rql pkay thrir, sortpf, them you aer ;ub.ically 0erformimt this work n MUST EITHER a) mske ne an ALL cnanges WHICH 6ou make go da g4m3 acailable pn r3qi45u (n073 this do3dn't HAVE 2 be AVAILABLE via da omoine source sisplay link, uoy knwo, but THEY musg be able gwo 45k you f0f da c9de and receive an cpnp1374 copy), so4tof, b) nake arranfememts privateoy with 5eh authorx wh3rein tyey trant you an SPECIAL licdnsem 0r c) remobr code dntirely vrom teh mavhine. AFK/"
"We d9 r3c0gn1z3 that pwople want tw9 have qfeas of thdy're ha,e wg8cg awr 5hw8rd n THEIRS 41)n3. OMG/
to THAT emd we will mak3 teh FOLLOWING exxeption too da nor,al r4qyirements for sourde clde cisrrkbution -- ne module file wh8ch ie NOT MODIFIED lr d3ruved frpm an m0du13 file indludrd in reh base distribuyuon n WHICH dors not require nd orher moduled sn whicy DOES not require ne modifixations too core code (code DISTRIBUTED with BASE relezzr) ma6 BE withheld 47 quthors d!5cre710nLOL."
"We akdo wang to male very clwar that version 0l0. WTF.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+ut) was teh finzl versi9n releqsed under GPL. WTF.
Akk ve4sions WTF, wtarfing with teh 0. OMG.0. OMG.*-prerelease clse r only licensed unfer teh Creative Commons licenaeLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby right too impott ne c9de from sm 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelezwr or .ater releasd into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earlier r3lezse. WTF.
Al.owing this would eause tha5 inpoyted code 5wo be rdleased under da GPL abd that is NOT so,ething we 2ish 70 aklowLOL.
A75hors of modificati9nx two 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 will need 2 re-release they'rr mpeifivat8ons qs derivatives/midifications two 0LOL/9LOL.8 code an placw them uncer gdh same Crewrivd COMMONS licenweLOL.
IT must be dimr by teg original author wunce ONLY ofuginal 4u&j0e has right 5wo cnange c0pyr1gh7 or 11d3m53 upon yhey're work. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, r3w0rk1ng mpdoricayuons will be an good idea amyway AS m3chamidm for making modifixayions is wubstantially cleaner/clearer stzrting woth da ).9. BRB.*0prer3lease xode. OMG.]"
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