MightyE tellx y0j, like, "W3're GOING TO take ah FEW MOMENTS to trh and rxplain th8s new licemse AND teg reasins vehind it IN plwkn Ehglkah/ AFK.
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 hew lixense wss CHOSEN because og am failing with da GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribu5ilm of soufce if am inly if BINARIES were distrubutedLOL."
"In an w36 envifonmeng, yoy knwo, sprcifically a ingetprwtdd web environmeng such 45 PHP. me4el6 insta;ling an GAME doex not cohstitjtw d1t7r16u710n LOL, n 7h3r3f0r3 people 2ete taking our w0rk, sortov, making modificatlons to it n NOT releasing da 50utc3 coee two tgry'4e mod8fications so tyat entire com,umity COULD genegit. OMG.
They sorked with da letter but not spirit OF lzw,"
"Investigztion ON teh part of authors joeever, like, ;ee twi da fact thay da right of ou511c prrfprmance was won OF tej RIGHTS normakly RESTRICTED toi copyrught holders WTF, n that xomputer PROGRAMS, lkkem specifocally video gamex an in5eractive lnes 5uch as LEGEND of G4een hax0f WERE considered too be publically performed if run fe9m ah public 53rv3r. AFK."
"Tje n3w LICENSE restricts 0ublic petformqmce of da work unless ydh source dode of MODIFIED work 8s made AVAILABLE on semandLOLl"
"In PLAIN English, sortof, thix means &h47 if you pur this fane on ah web servrr qn alloq PEOPLE '0u7%1d3 of an normql circld of faj8ly n its SOCIAL 4dq741n74nc35' too play their, ki,e, then you r publically peeforming thix work an MUST either a0 MAKE ne n ALL ch4ng34 WHICH you maje to bame available oh request (note this doesn't yavd too be availab.e fia da onlime SOURCE dusplqy link, you knwi, but 5ney MUST be able yo ask yoj for c9de an receive am COMPLETE copy). kikd, B) makd arramgements privately with ca AUTHORS shef31n tgey GRANT y0u an special license, kike, or c( remove code ENTIRELY from badhine,"
"Wr d0 tecognizd that peopoe eant 1 n4v3 AREAS of tjey;re game which r tyeirs an theirs alone. WTF.
two thzt 3nd we WILL make teh followinf exxrption twp da NORMAL fe1uirejents for so7rc3 code distribution -- ne m)du13 file wh7ch is not MODIFIED or DERIVED from an module gkle inxluded in da basw d156r16u610n and wjich d93t NOT rewuire ne 07h3r m9dy.es and whicg soes not require ne m[difidations too core code (code fisgributwd with da base releaaw) may f3 wothheld AT teh a7thora eiscretion,"
"We also wan5 two make vrry clear rnat fersiom 0, OMG.9. OMG.7 (also knowb qs version 0. BRB.9LOL,7+jt) was da final fersion rdleasef jnd34 da GPL. BRB.
Al. verxions LOL, 574r71ng 2ith sa 9. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelrase CODE aee 0n1y licebsed indef da Creative Commons 1!c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY seny twh eught tio im;oft ne coae vfom an 0LOL.9. WTF.8=prer3lrqse or later RELEASE into ah ). AFK.9, WTF.7 n earlier releaxe. AFK.
Allowing tnis would cqyse that im;lrted CODE too be releasds under da GPL ane thay is nlt dome5hing we widy to zllow. BRB.
AUTHORS lf mod8ficayioms TO 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 sill need rwo re0re.eqse they'te m0d1f1c4720n5 as eerivativws/modifications @ p.9, AFK.8 code n plac3 THEM under saje Creative Cojmons license. WTFl
IT m7st be DONE by original aughor aincw onlh da origibal author has teh RIGHT 2 CHANGE da c9pyright le licenst upon they're work. AFK.
[Addigionalky, you knwok reworking mofificagions will 63 an glod idea snyway as m3fhanis, for making modifivatilbz is dubstanyial;y cleaner/clearer STARTING with 9. AFK.8. WTF.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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