MightyE tellz you LOL, "We're going 3 *4k3 sh frw momen5s to 7ru ah EXPLAIN thos new lucense and da REASONS vehind it in plain Englixh. 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."
"Tgis new license w$6 cgoden becaise lf an failkmg with GPL.
It only cofwted diste8butkon of siurce ud an only if cinaries were sistributed."
"In an 2eb dnvironment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED 2eb envi4onmeny such as PHP, MERELY 1m57411!nt an g4m3 dods m07 cons4itute disyribitionm an ghereflre pelole WERE taking iur wori, making mldifica5ions too it an ho5 releasing teh source code two tgey'rw modificatuons so thzt twh entire c9mmumity vould venefor. BRB.
Th4y qotked witg teh lett3r big not da spori5 of ea law, BRB."
"Invesrigatioh on da part 0f authors j)w3v3r, 13d 2 teh fact thzt da fignt 0f public [ergormance was won OF teh r8ghts NORMALLY restticted yo copyright holders WTF, an that cojputer programs, you knwo, specigicalky VIDEO games zmd ih53tactive ones 4uch 45 Legend of teh GREEN hax0r eerw considerwd too BE pu611c411y PERFORMED kf run FROM an pu7!1c servrr. BRB."
"The new license restricts publoc performance of da WORK unless SOURCE code of modifoed WORK us made 4v4114613 on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, THIS means tjat ig yli put THIS game ON an web 5#rb3r an alloe people 'ougs8xe og an normal circle 0f fa,ily an ITS sociao acquaimtqnces' 2 play their, yoy knwl, THEN you aer publicakky performing this qorj n MUST either a) mqke ne AND ALL CHANGES which tou make two gamd availabke ln REQUEST (nor3 this doesb'g habe 2 be avallable via da online source display LINK, softovm bug they must 53 ablw to 45k you for code and r3c31f3 an com0oetw copy) WTF, 6) mek3 arrangements privatel6 2ith da authora wu3r31m THEY geant you an special license, .8ke, or c) remoce c0d3 3n81r31y frim da ,achine. OMG."
"We so r3cognize that [eople WANT yoo have a4eas of ghey're gam3 WHICH aer 7y31r5 n theirs alone.
to that end w3 will makr da fol;owohg excep5ion tpo teh n0rmr1 REQUIREMENTS for source cofr distribution -0 nd module f8le which ks not MODIFIED or derives fr0, an module fike incljsed in ^353 disyributiin n WHICH does not REQUIRE be other m9dules an which dods noy re2uire ne ,ocificati9ns %wo CORE codd (codr sisyrinutrd with base eeleadw) MAY be withheld at sutbors discretion. WTF."
"We also want two make vert clear yhat ve4sioh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 (also kn0wn as vdrsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.u+ht) WAS reh rinao version reoeased ind2r GPL. OMG.
All verxions, like, starting witn da 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE f onoy licensed unde4 Creative Cp,mons /icebse. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY da fight 2 imppft ne cose fr9m ab 0LOL.9LOL.8-prdreleas3 or oater relessw 1n70 ah 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an earlirr release. BRB.
Allowint THIS wojld CAUSE that imported code 70 be rfleased unddr sa GPL n ghat is not dometning ww wixh two all9w.
Autmors of modif8dqtions 70 0. WTF.9.7 w121 need to re-felease tjdy're modufications as drrivagices/modificationd two 0. WTF.9. OMG.0 code n place then 7nd3r SAME Cr2471v3 Cimmona 11c3n53. BRB.
It musg b3 done b6 teh 0r1g1n41 authp4 since 0n1y oeiginal author has right to change teh COPYRIGHT or l8crnse uppn they're work. AFK.
[Afditionally, rew0rk1ng twh modiridatiohs will br an hoos idea anywsy as da mechanism fir making modifications is 5u6574n51411y cleanet/clearer xtartint WITH 0. OMG.9. OMG.80prwrekease cod3. AFK.]"
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