MughtyE tells you, "We're goinb too take an few jo,dn5s 5oo try and explain this hew license and teh reasons brhind iy in pjain Englosy. 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."
"Thiw new license was xhosdn becaude of an h4111ng with teh GPL. WTF.
It onky covered distriburion of sou4ce ir and lnly if BINARIES w3re distributed. BRB/"
"In an web environjent LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpeey3d wwb envifpnmdbt sucj as PHP LOL, mdr3ly inagalling an gsm2 DOES noy conwtitute d157r16u72-n, you knwo, znf &h3r3f0r3 pepple were ta,inh )jr w0rk, sprtof, making modivicayions two it an not 4ekeasing 5-urc3 c9de 2 they're modificatiins so that teh rntiee clmmunity could beneritLOL.
They eorked eith teh let5er but not sporit of fa oaw. OMG."
"Imvestigation on part or teh authors however LOL, led 2 teg d4c7 that teh t!gh7 of ;ubl8c owrf9rmance wad oen og da fights nirmallh RESTRICTED to copyrignt g01d3r4, yoj knwo, n that computer programs, sortof, speckfically vifeo g5m3t ahd interadtive 0n#5 5uch aw LEGEND 9f da Geern hax0r w3re consieered 2 be publuczlly pevformef 8f run from an public seever. OMG."
"Tye n2w lucenxe RESTRICTS [ublic performahce of da soek ynldss teh souece code lf MODIFIED worj IS made available ln demaneLOL."
"In plain English, you knw9, this mdqns thay if you PUT tjis gaje on am wen servet an aloow people 'ougsid3 OF an normal circle 0f famoly n its social axquainyamces' 2 play yhwur, like, thdn you aer publically PERFORMING THIS wori an MUST d8tner a) m4k3 hr n ALL dh4ng35 wnixh YOU make ywo game svaklable on reques5 (note tjis diesn[t havr too be AVAILABLE vis online source eixplay link, ypu knwo, but they MUST bc able toi ask 60j f9r coee an RECEIVE sn c9mp.ete cooy) LOL, b( m4k3 arrangemrntw pf1v3731y with teh authlfs qhereih theh grant you an 5p3c141 license LOL, OR c) remove c0d3 ebtireot fto, da machine. OMG."
"We eo recotnize that people want TO havr aeeas of they're bame shich r thdirs n 7h31r5 qlone. OMG.
to THAT end se will make teh follow8ng 3xc3p610n tso normal requieements for source bpde disteibutioh -- ne modu;e fild dhicy is niy modifi3e OR derived FROM an modile fole 8nclused in da nase disyfibution an WHICH does not REQUIRE ne other modules n which DOES not requite ne mofificationx gwo da c[re cofe (code sixtribu5es wigh da BASE rwleawe) may be w18hhr1d at da auyhord doxcretion. WTF."
"We also wznt tp make v3ry cq34r THAT version 0. AFK.ol OMG.7 (ALSO kniwn as f4r5!9n 0. BRB.9. BRB.&+j7) was teh ginal version r313453d under GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, starting qith 9.9LOL.8-prereleqwe code aer onpy licensed unddr da Creativf C0mn0n5 licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten r1fg7 2 import ne code from an 0.9. OMG.8-prerrlease or later re/easw INTO am p.9. WTF.& m earlier r213453.
ALLOWING tnis w0i1d cause that im;orted cld3 2 be teleases under teh GPL an tgat us not sojeth8ng we widh 70 allow.
Authors of modifivationw 2 )LOL/9. OMG.7 WILL neec to re-releasr thqy're MODIFICATIONS as d3rqv471v35/m0d1f1c4810n5 two 9. OMG.9. WTF.8 c9de an place the, undef da szme Creative Commons oicensd. BRB.
IT must be done BY tey ofiginql ajthot since obly teh o4iginal ajthpr has ea fitnt 2 change teh copyritht or license UPON the6'rr w9rk. AFK.
[Additkoyallu, ;ike, reeorking jodifications wkll be an g09d *dea anyway as mechaniwm for makong modifications 16 substantially cleqmer/clearer 574r71nb with 0. AFK.9.8-pr3r313453 codeLOL.="
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