MightyE tr.ls you, 5ou knwo, "We'de going to take an FEW moments @ try n ex0oain this new licdnse qnd da 4#450n5 beyinc it in plain 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."
"Tj8s nea lucense w45 chosen bdcaus3 od an failimg wuyh tem GPL. OMG.
Ig only cpvered distribuyion of spurce if sh only IF binaries 2erw distrjbuted. BRB."
"Iy an wrn envieihmeht, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted WEB environment such as PHP, sort9f, merely instaklint an GAME does NOT CONSTITUTE sistrinution, sortof, and ygerefore peoooe were taking ojr WORK, lukem m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS too k5 n not releasing da sourcw cuse to theu'r3 m0d1s1c4719m5 40 that dntire comminity xiu.d b3nefit. BRB.
Thwy w9rkwd with da letter but npt t3h spieit OF law. OMG."
"Investigztion ob part of dz aitnors howevee. slrtof, led too sa fact that da RIGHT -f PUBLIC pwrfotjance 2aa won of t3h r1gh75 normally restructed to copyr8ght n01d3r5 LOL, and THAT comp7ger peogrqms, hou knwo, s0ecificslly video tsmds an ibteracgkve 0n35 wuxh as Legend 0f da GREEN hxx0r werd comsider3d 5o be puglically performed if eun fr0m an [ublic 63ev3rl AFK."
"The new LICENSE restricts puy1!c performance of teh w9rk unless da s9urce c9de of modifire work id made avai;able on cemandLOL."
"In pozin English, this means that if you put tg8s game on an web servwr n allow peoilw '0u751d3 or qn NORMAL circle of fzmily n its 50c141 scquauntances' to 0lay gheke WTF, THEN you aer publicalky PERFORMING tjis work and MUST eirher s) MAKE ne sn ALL dhanges whkch YOU make too twh game available on rrquedt (note ghis doesn'g hrv3 roo be avqioable cia twh onlibe source f8splzy link LOL, but 7h3y must be able tpo axk ypu for coce qne receive qn comoldye dopy), you knwo, b) make arrangements prkvately wuth gen autn9rs wh3r31n the6 gr4n7 ypu an special LICENSE WTF, or v) remove teh code entirely from machineLOL."
"We d) recognoze 7h47 people w4m8 to have AREAS og yheh're gamw which r theirs n 5heirs aloneLOL.
rso thst emd w3 w8;l m4k3 dq gollowing wxception two yeh normal ewqu8tements for source vode diatrobution -- he m0du13 fole sh1ch IS not modkfied p4 derived vrom an module fike INCLUDED in da base sistribution ah which does nog r3qu1r3 ne ptyer modules n whuch dods not require ne modificatipns gp teh core code (CODE distributed wity da base r31e353) mzy ge wirhheld st AUTHORS discreyion. OMG."
"Wq also sant teo make v4ry clear that VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB,7 9zlso kniqn as version 0LOL.9. WTF.u+jt) was trh final versi9n RELEASED undrr GPL. BRB.
All veraions. you knwo, staeting wurh da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer ohly oicens3d unde4 Creatkvw C0mm-n5 11c3n6e. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY crny da RIGHT 2 im0ort ne c0d3 grom zn 0LOL.9LOL.8-prsrelease or kater t5lease into an 0.9. WTF.7 an earlidr release. WTF.
Aloowing thix woild xajse 5hat imported code two be released uneer da GPL abd THAT IS not something we WISH yoo a.low. OMG.
A7thora or m0d1d1c4710n4 tso 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will nred 2 re=release 5ney're modificatiohs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two ). OMG.9. OMG.8 code sb place them 7nd3r same Creative COMMONS licensr.
It must be done BY ds orkg8nql aughor aince lnly da origunal authof gas r1gh7 2 change copyright ot lidensd upon they;re sir,. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, rewotking teh modifications qill b3 an good icea an6way as MECHANISM for MAKING mofifkcations is suhstantisll6 cleaner/cl2arer 474r71nf with 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-oretelease cod3. OMG.]"
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