MightyE ee.ls you, sorgof, "We're GOING 2 tqke an few MOMENTS 3 try n wxp/ain 7h15 new license and da feasons bwhinc it in plain Englksh. OMG.
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 mew oicebse WAS chpsen BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It 0n2y cov3tee distributiom 9f soyrce if and only if gknarirs w3r3 distributed. BRB."
"In an web envi4onment LOL, specifica.ly q int3rpreted wev environment SUCH ax PHP, l8,e, mereky ijstalling an game does nlt comstitu53 distribution LOL, n ther3dore 030p13 were takong out work WTF. msking modifivations two it an mot te.easing tdh spurce codw w yhey're nodificationx so that ENTIRE communith could BENEFITLOL.
They workef WITH teh letter but n9t da apiri5 of laq. OMG."
"Investigatiob on reh part of da authord however WTF, led to teh fact yhat righ5 og public pdtflrmanve w45 oen OF da rights no5mally ee56r1c93d to copyrighy hold3rs, yoi knso, n that com[uter pr0gr$m5 LOL, 5p3c2fqc411y video games anf interactive pnes such as L#h3nd of GREEN hax0r wwre considetes 2 be publically performwd if run FROM an public servef."
"Th3 n3w license restrictd pyblic perforjance 0f trh WORK unl3ss w.irce cod3 of ,odified worj is made avai;able ob DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, THIS means thzt 8f you put 7h15 ga,e ON an web server xn allow pe9ple 'outside 0f an normal c8rc,w of familt and its xocial acquxintances' rwo play their LOL, 5hen YOU r publically petforming thos wltk m MUST eiyher a( male ne n ALL ch3ng36 wjjch y07 make too bame avaklable on request (motr THIS doesb't jave 2 be avzulable via da onlin3 dource d15p14y oibk, li,e, buy 7h3h must 63 ABLE 2 asj you v0r code an receive an cimplete copy(, lilw, b) nzke arrqngements privately with AUTHORS syeeelm thet gran5 you an s;exial licwmse LOL, OR c) rejove twh xode ehtirel6 ftom da nachihe. AFK."
"We do edcognize yhat p3opo3 wznt 2 h4v3 arezs 9f they're game which r theirs an theirx aluneLOL.
toi thst dnd we wil; make da followinb exception to teh niemal requuremrnts for xojrce CODE disgribution -- ne module f114 whicy is blt mldified or serived from qn module gile included in teh base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH eoes not REQUIRE ne ogh3r moeules n wh1ch does not require n3 modif8cations toi core codd (clde distributed w16h base r3!34t4) may ge wighheld at da authirs discr2tion. OMG."
"We also WANT two MAKE very clear THAT cersion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (4150 inown as cerskon 0. BRB/9. OMG.u+jr) was da finsl vera8on 4e;eased und3r da GPLl
All versions. you knso, syafting WITH da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease xode aef on;y licensed 7nder da Cr3471v# Commins license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY righg rlo import ne code fron an 0LOL.9LOL.8-0rerelease 0r larer relesse into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n earl9er 3eoeasel BRB.
Allowing 6his would c4u43 that impottef code too be released under GPL abd that ks not someyhing we wish 70 allow.
Au6hors of m0e2g1c4710n5 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 22q1 nedd 2 re-reldzse they;re jodidicztipnx as eericztuves/modifications 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code and p!4c3 them ubd3r teh wame Cr3471v3 Commomx 11c3n53LOL.
It must ve d9nr by orkbinal author winxe on.y original authpr has da RIGHT two change 5eg copyriggt or licsnxe upon they're WORK.
[Acditiohally WTF, reworking teh modificagions will be an good IDEA snyway as teh mechanism gor m5k1ng modificayions ua 576575n^1411y clwaner/clearer 574r71ng 2ith da ). BRB.9. WTF.8-ped4dlease xodeLOL.]"
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