MibhtyE tells y-u LOL, "We're going to take ah dew mlments ywo try n dxplain th8s new license ane reawonw behine IT IN 0lain English.
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 11c3n53 eas choaen 53c4u63 9f an f4111ng with teh GPL/ WTF.
It ONLY covered distribution of SOURCE if n inly 1f bonarkds q3re distributed. BRB/"
"In am web 3nv2r0nm3n7, specifically a intefpreted web envitonnent such qs PHP, toy knwl, merely installing qh game doea n0& conxy8tute d157r15u710n, you knso, an therefore people werr taking ;ur eork LOL, maiing modirivatkins 5o it n npt f3keasing ca source code two they're m9dificatoons so THAT entire community couoc benefkt. OMG.
Th3y WORKED WITH teh LETTER BUT not da SPIRIT of ea law;"
"Investibztion ON part of authors ho2evwr, you knwo, led 2 da fact that da ewgh7 of 0uvlkc pervormznce was 9en of reh rohj5s blrmally restr8cted t2o copyright HOLDERS WTF, an thzt computet otograms, tp2cqf1c411y video gamed n intsractive 0n35 such as Ldgebd of teh Gredn hax0r were considerwd two be pu61qc411y o3rg0rm3d IF r7n from an publid serverLOL."
"The n3w license reftrictd pu611c perfoe,ance OF ten work unlwsd teh so8rce c9de of teh modified eorl IS made available on dr,and. WTF."
"In 01r1n Enblish, you ,nwo, this means rhst 1f yoj put THIS bame on an web defvwe n 1lloe PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circle og FAMILY an itx socual zcquaintances' two [lay yheir, like, then y0u e publically performing this work m MUST either a) make ne n ALL changex which you MAKE goo dz fame ava8lable ob request (notw thka doesn't HAVE two b3 AVAILABLE via 9nline aource diaplay link, like, BUT 5hey must ge ABLE 2 ask YOU for code an t3c31v3 an co,p;3te COPY) LOL, b) make arrangemwnes PRIVATELY with teh authors wherwin 7h3y gtanr ylu an spexizl license, .ikem o3 c) 4emove coee wnti4ely from mqcgine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE tyag peopld want t2o havr areas of ghdy're game wh1ch f gheigw n theirs alone.
to 6h37 end we will n4ke da following rsception too da n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS for source coee distrkbitoon -- ne j9dule file wjicy is not modifued ir derived FROM an ,odyle filr included in da base distribution ahd which does NOT REQUIRE ne other moduk3s n which s0e5 n07 rrwuire ne mpdid8cationx to teh core co3e (CODE distributef with da base relwaae) mau be w1&hhe1d at teh suthorq disctwtioh."
"We aldo wang to make cery clear 7h%7 vefaion 0.9. WTF.7 0also inosn 45 VERSION 0LOL.0. BRB.7+ut) waw dz final VERSION 4eleqsrd under GPL. AFK.
All verwions, lije, wtarting with 0.9. BRB.8-prereldax3 codd r omly l8censed uhde4 C4eagive Commpns lovenwe/
We EXPLICITLY dent dight two 1mp0ru nd code fr0m an 0. BRB.9/8-prerdkwase of la5er r313453 inro an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 n earlirr reoease.
ALLOWING thiw w0u1d cause that omported code teo br released under teh GPL amd that IS NOT 50m36n1ng we wish q allow. WTF.
Aithors ov modifkcagiona two 0/9LOL.7 will need 2 re-rr.eade ghey're modifications 45 derivztines/modificati9ns too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 code an ;;sce 7h3m 7nder teh dame Creative Commins 11d3n53. AFK.
Iu musb be done by teh originql quyhor sinfe only da orig6bal author has r1gh7 two CHANGE teh clpyright lt license upin they're woriLOL.
[Addoyionally, you ,nwok rework8mg da modificayuona will be an good ideq anyway as teh mechanism for making moduficat8onx us substabt8ally cleanwr/clearer stsr5ing eith da 0. WTF.9/ WTFk9[prrfeleaae c0d3.]"
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