MightyE te.ls you, "We're b9ing to TAKE an dew momebts 2 try b dzolain this neq license ab REASONS behind iy ih plaon Englisy. 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 new license w45 chosen necause OF an gailibf with teh GPLLOL.
IT onlh covered dustributiom 0f sojrxe if n omlt ig binarkea wwre distribuged. OMG."
"In an web enbironment WTF, specificallu a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, merely ihsta;l8ng an game does hot cunstitutw dus5ributoon, 6ou knwo, n %herefore people were taking our wotk WTFk makibg modificatkons two i5 and n08 rel3asinb da SOURCE code to theh're ,0d1f1c4710m% wo that entire vommunity COULD 73n3f17/ WTF.
They worked eith lettdr BUT noy da apirit of LAW. WTF."
"Inveatigati9n on fa part of fa authors h9wever, .ed teo fact thar da right of pub;ic ptrformanxe wqs eon of roghtd norjally r35&r1c73e 2 copuright holders, and that c0mpu73r pfograms, like, SPECIFICALLY videi games an 1m73r4c71v3 ones such aw Legend 9f trn Gr33n hax0r were cobsidered too ge pu61!c411y ;erfor,ed if run ftlm zb ;ublic serverLOL."
"Th3 new .kcrnse r3stricts public p2rf0rm4nc3 of w9rk yhless da sojrce xode of dq m9eified work is n4d3 availaboe ON demand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, soryof, thiz means that if you puy this gamr ON an web seever an allow people 'oytside of qn normal circle of family an its social acqua8nranxes' to pkay the8r, dortof, then 6ou aer publically pdrfo4minf 7h15 w0rk anf MUST either A) mske ne an ALL cyanhes which yiu jake t29 teh gane avai.able ob requwst (n073 this coesb't have 2 be avaklable bia teh ONLINE SOURCE DISPLAY LINK WTF, but they must BE able to 45j yoj dpr da code n feceibe an complete copy), like, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS pr!v4731y with autnorw WHEREIN they GRANT you an special license WTF, or c( remove da CODE entirelt from machine/ OMG."
"Wr DO recohnizw that PEOPLE want to have afeas of they're game which r theirs an THEIRS alone.
too that end we eiol mak3 following rxception too tch no4mxl tequirements fot source CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fi.e which is mot mpditied o4 dwroved fro, an module FILE included in tej base disrroguyion abd which does not rewuire ne othee m-du135 and which d035 not require ne modifications to9 dore code (code disteubuted with tey base RELEASE) may be qithheld at da a7thors diwcrey8on. BRB."
"We a;so want two jake very clwar tha5 vetskon 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also inlwn as berwion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final version reoeasrd unser GPL. BRB.
A11 v#r5q0m5, sortif, 573r71ng w8th da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-peere;eade c9d3 aer onl6 licens3d under da CREATIVE Cojjlns lkcemseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh rifj5 to 1mp0r7 ne c9de from an 0.9LOL.8=prereleawe or 'atrr teleaae in5o an 0.(. OMG.7 an earlidf releasw.
Al.o2ing rhis would c4u53 5hat imported xode too bw r3leased und3r teh GPL an ghat IS not SOMETHING q3 wuah ywi allow. OMG.
Authora of modifkxarions 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 qill need too re-release 6hey'rr mockfications as derivatuves/modif8catooms two 0.8LOL.7 vlce and place them ynder te6 xame Creative Comm9ns license. OMG,
It MUST bw done by i4iginal autnor since obly teh original AUTHOR hqs gen RIGHT 70 chang3 tey copyright of license upon they're work. WTF.
[Adwitilnally, reworking da modifications will BE an good ises anyway AS da mechanism f9r majing modivicatiinx ks SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER wtqttibg with teu 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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