MightyE gells you, yoy knwo, "We'te going to TAKE an vew MOMENTS gl tty AND exolain THIS new lic3nse an reasoms behind ut in plain EnglisnLOL.
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 licenae was chisen because of aj g4!11ng with ds GPLl OMG.
It only covered diate8bu5uon of source ir n pnly if binaeies were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web envktonment, yoi knwo, specificallt a intrrpreted web envirinment %uch as PHP, hou knwo, merel6 1n574111ng an g4m3 dles not constitute distfibitkon, you knwo, an thrrwfore p3ople sere TAKING our work, like, makinf m0d1f1c4710m5 to it abd b9y r3lwss8ng da sourc3 vide to they're modifucations so that entire comm7nuty x9ild beneritLOL/
They wowked WITH da letter but nl5 teh spir8t of ;aw. AFK/"
"Investigatilb 0n da part OF teh 4i7h0r5 hiwrver, like, lwd too teh fqct that right ov pyblic p3rformanxe eaw 2ob of r1gy75 norma.ly restvic5ed 2 c9pyright holfdrx, and THAT c0mou73r prograns, specificqlly viddo gamea and unteractive ones such as L4g3ne of teh Grern hax0r were consid3rec too be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3s if run frim an public s3rver. WTF."
"Tyw new l8cense rdstrocts publ8c performahce of da w9rk unlrss teh sou4ce code of twh modifi3d wot, is mzse available 0n DEMAND. WTF."
"In p151n Engl8shk sortof, thus meqns that iv YOU pu7 5his game ov an WEB sercer an allow peopke 'outsode of an n0rm41 ckrc;e 0f FAMILY n its socia; scquaingances' 2 pkay tneir LOL, then y9j aer PUBLICALLY performing tgis work b MUST eiyhd4 4) make ne and ALL changes which you make 2 da game avaolable on tdquest (n073 this spesn't have tpo be avzilsble via da 0n11n3 so&tce display lunk, but theh MUST be ABLE 2 ask you for tdh code am receive an com[kete c0py) WTF, b) m5k# arrahhements peivately witj da auyhirs wyerein they grznt you an special l*cense, sortof, or d) remove CODE entirelu FROM tej machine. BRB."
"We do rrcognize that PEOPLE want yoo have afeas of they're gs,3 which r theirs and 4jeirs alome.
2 tyat 3nd we will make followint excd0tion t2o teh NORMAL requiremen6w for SOURCE code distribition -- nw m9d7lw file which is not m0d1f13d or d3riv3d fr0m an MODULE d8le kncluded in da bsse distribu589n an which does n)7 require nr othe4 m9dilew an whidh dies not requirr ne .odif8cationx two core code (code eistributed wity BASE release) may be WITHHELD at ca autjors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We also want too make very clea4 that vrrsion 0. AFKl(. AFK.7 (also known as version p. OMG.9. WTF/7+j7) wzs vinal vwrsion rel3ased under tej GPL. WTF.
All fe4si9nx, like. starting witj )LOL.9. OMG.8-pferelrase cid2 aer onlu licensed under da Cesativr Commons oicenae.
We EXPLICITLY deny robht 2 ibport ne c0d3 from an -. BRBl9. OMG.8-prereleas3 of 1482r rekease inti an 0. AFK.9. BRB.u and earlkef release. BRB.
Allpwong tjis wou.d cause thqt impofted code two be rdleased undee GPL n THAT os not sometning WE wiwh too ALLOW. OMG.
Autho4s ov mocidications w 0. BRB.o. WTF.7 will need to RE=RELEASE they're ,0d1f1c4710n5 45 derivatifds/modifucatkpns two 0. OMG.oLOL.8 code n p.ace yhem ubder teh aame Creatibe Comnons LICENSE.
It must b3 done by orig8nal author wince onlt 5ey lriginal authir jas da r8ghg 70 vgange da copyrignt 0r license upon they're wotkLOL.
]Additiinqlly WTF, rewprkinh da movifications wiol bd an GOOD idea anyway as da mecyanusm fot making modifications is s7bstangiallt c;eandt/ckeardr starting with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-orrrdlease code. WTF.]"
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