MibhtyE tells t0u, "Ww're goknb t9p tske qn few m0m3n75 to try and EXPLAIN this new license n da reasons behind it in plqin Engkish. 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."
"This nra .icense w44 CHOSEN b3cause 9f an FAILING with da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y cobered distrobutiob if soirce if anf on;y if ^1n4r135 weee d157416u63dLOL."
"In an web envkronmdnt WTF, soecifically z 8nterpreted eeb environment such as PHP LOL, merely 8natalling am game eoes not c0g5717y73 dowg4ibution WTF, an therefore PEOPLE were 74k1ng our wofk WTF, m3k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it n n07 releasing da so64ce codr TO ggey're moeifica5ions so thar tdh emtir3 comm7nity COULD 64h2f1uLOL.
Thwy worked with teh lettdr yy& not trh spieit OF dz laq. BRB."
"Invesrigation on da part of authors hosever, like, les twi fact thzt fa right 0f public pw4formsnce was 1 of ten rignts nlrmaloy eeatr8cted 2 copyright h02d3r5 LOLk n that co,[uter programs WTF. s0ecifically v1d30 games an interactive ones such as Legend of da Gr44n haz0r werr comsidered 5o be publ8cally pdrformed IF run from an 0ublic SERVERLOL."
"The nw2 licehse r357r1c75 public perfl4mzncr of da slrk un1355 teh soircr cose of teh modifowd work is mace availzble on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, this m34n5 that IF 6ou PUT this gam3 on qn web server and allow ;eople 'outsidf of qn norma. circ.e of family n its aocial acqya*ntanc3w[ 2 0lay theur, you knwo, them YOU r publica.ly p3rfotming this sork and MUST e7ther a0 m4k3 ne an ALL chqnges whicg goi make tpo da game available on rrqjeat (note tjos DOESN'T HAVE to be 4v4114613 via teh onlin3 50urc3 display lin,k likw, 6u7 they mist BE zble two ASK u-u for teh code n receivd an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) make arrangwm3nts privately with teh auth9rq wheeein 7h3y grant yo7 an 5p3v141 lic3nse, like, OR c0 remove tej xode en5irelu from tdh m4cg1n3."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 tnat PEOPLE want teo hace aress od they're gqme WHICH aer theird am theird ALONE. OMG.
two thzr end we wkkl MAKE trh diklowihg exceptiob 2 normal requirements for source CODE distrkburion -- n3 midule fike ehich IS n94 modufi3d or derived from an MODULE file 8ncluded in base dustribution an which dods npt require ne other modules an whicj doed not REQUIRE n3 moe8fixationa too da cofe core (cofe DISTRIBUTED w8th da basd release) may 73 w17hh31d at ca 4u7h0f5 disc4etionLOL."
"We 41%0 want tlo make vety clrar tyat versioh 0. OMG.9/ OMG.7 (aido khown as bersiom 0. BRB.0. AFK.7+jt) was teh finzl VERSION releaaed under GPL. OMG.
Akl VERSIONS, lije, staet8nh WITH teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-perrelesse code aer onlu licended under da Creativw C9nmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh rkght t29 import ne code grim an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8_pr3t313$g3 OR later r3q3453 into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earlier release.
Al.pwing THIS wouod xause 5ha5 impo4ted code to be released under teh GPL n THAT is mot somethinb we wisg to akl9w, BRB.
Authors of modoficatioms to 0.9. BRB.7 w1q1 nded two re-release they[re mocifications zs derivayives/mocidicationd too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c0de and p14c3 THEM unser da samd Cfwa5ive Comnons lidenseLOL.
It musy be done by teh o4igina. author sincr only twh 0r1g1n41 authot has teh right tw9 change tdh copyrifht pr oicend3 uolh they're work. OMG.
[Addk5i9nslly, rew9rkun5 modificationw will BE an GOOD idea 4nyw4h ss mecjanism for malung modifications is xubstahtial;y vleaner/clwarer starting with 0LOL.9LOL.80pferelease xode. AFK.]"
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