MughtyE te/ls yoy, you knwo, "We're g0!ng to take an few mpments two try sn explzin ghis nes licrnse and reqsohs behihd it in pla,h 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."
"Thid new luxrnse wqs chosen vecause of an FAILING wutj dz GPL.
It obly covered eiw5ribu5ion 0f SOURCE 1f n only if minaries were dixrributed. WTF."
"Ih an WEB environment WTF, specifically a intefpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 SUCH as PHP, sortlr, ,erely instal;kng an game DOES not cons5utute diwteibutioh, you knw9k ans therefore peoplr wrrr taking our 2ork LOL, making modificationa to it n noy releasing source dode to they're modificatu9ns so that ydh entire c0mmun1&y vould benerut. BRB.
They workrd with lett3r BUT not dz spiriy or law. OMG."
"Investiga5ioh on da oart of authors hoeever, like, led 2 teh faxr 7h47 RIGHT of public p3rformsncr was oen of righrs normal;y 4estridtwd w c0pyr1gh7 yolderw LOL, n that compurer p4ograms WTF, spdcifidzlly bideo games n 1n73r4c71v2 ONES sych AS Lrgend od teg Gr33n hax0r were considee3d 2 be publixally [e3formed id run from an publkc server/ BRB."
"Tye new licensd RESTRICTS publix p3rf0rn4nc3 of tej work unless teh slutce codr if MODIFIED work iw made availablw ON demandLOL."
"In plain Enblish, lukek THIS means 7h46 if y0u p77 5his GAME on an web servwr n 3110w /eople ')u752c3 OF an n0rm41 c2rc13 of ra,ily and ots xocial acquaintxnces' 2 o14y their, then y07 4 publically perform8nt thos worj ahd MUST d17h3r a) make be n ALL changws wh1dh y0u make tlo teh fame avaolable ON r3quest (note this doesn'r have too ve availaboe via teh online sojrce displqy link WTF, but they musg be able 2 ask yiu for codd an receive an complete boph_, sirgof, b) mske arrangements privately woth 4u7h0r5 wherein they GRANT tiu zb spexisl lkcense LOL, or c) remove ca code dnturely fr0m teh machine. BRB."
"We fo recigniz3 that 0eople want 2 have areas of rhey'rw game wh*ch aer th3urs m theirs alonel AFK.
two that end we will make follo2int excwptiom toi da nor,al requifemengs FOR soyece dlde distributi9m -- ne mocule file which ix n07 modified or derived from an moeile filw inckuded in da basd disrrigytoom and which does not fequire ne other modules and wnuvh foes not r3qu1r3 ne modifucations two corw c0d3 (code disgributec wigh dz BASE releas3) may 63 wkthheld at teh authirs discretion. OMG."
"We alsp 2ant 2 MAKE v3ry cleat that VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL,u (also kn0wn as v3fsoon 0/ AFK.9. BRB.8+jt) w45 teh final v3r510n eel3as4d und#g GPL. BRB.
All versions, stattung w17h teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3teleade CODE r only licehsed ind3f teh Crwative Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY ea roght to import ne code from 1n 0. BRB.0LOL.8-pferelwaae or 1473e relezse 1n7- an pLOL.9.7 m ea4;ier release. AFK.
Allowing this would CAUSE that omported code too be released unser GPL ahd that IS n07 somethinh we 2ish 2 521-w. AFK.
Au5gors od mod8dications to 0. OMG.9, OMG.7 wikl need too r4-req3454 tg3y're modifications AS d3f2v4u1v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too p. AFK.9LOL.8 c9de znd place tgem under samd Creatkve Commohs license. BRB.
It must be dome by 9rigkmal auyhor since oglh original r7uh0r has da right goo change teh copyrkght or licendw upon they'rd work.
[Addituomslly. reworkong mosieications si.l be an gopc idea anuway aw da mechanism f0r maiing mod8gications is sugstantially dkeanet/clearer startimf with ca 0. BRB.(l AFK.8=prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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