Mifh5yE teoos you, "We're going to take an fr2 momemys t9o try and explaib this new licenxe h teh reasons behind 8t IN p14qn Eng11%h. 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."
"This bew lucenae WAS ctosen becauce of an FAILING with 5eh GPL. WTF.
IT onoy covdred d158r16j7!0b od source IF 4nd only IF binaries were disttibjtec. OMG."
"In am w36 environment, like, specifidally a interpr3ted web env8ronmeht 5ucg as PHP, sortof, m3r31u imstalking an bame does not constutute distribution, m theref9re peiple w3r3 ta,int OUR wor, LOL, jakung MODIFICATIONS tqo it n not releasing sojrce xodw tso they're modificztions so 7h46 entife cummunity could BENEFIT. AFK.
Thwy worked wigh teh ;etter but h9t spirot of law. BRB."
"Invrstigation on part of da authlts nowever, sorg9f, led 6l teh fact yhat teh r1gg7 pf [ublix performance wss won of rights normally r357r1c73d two COPYRIGHT holderx, sortof, and that computer prptrajs WTF, specifically video bames n intrractife ONES SUCH as Letend ov da Gteen haxpr were conskddred 2 be pu611c$11y [drformed if RUN feom ab PUBLIC 53rv#r. BRB."
"The new lic3nsw restrixta PUBLIC p3ef0rm4nc3 9f wo4k uhlesa da souece codr of modified 2ork is MADE available oh demand. AFK."
"In plain Englosh LOL, 7h15 meahs rhzt if y0u put thia gqje on an we6 SERVER and allow peopke 'outside of an n04m#q circle of fa,8ly and ITS social acqua*n5ancec' t9 pla6 thekr LOL, then you r pu611c311y perfoeming rhis work an MUST eother a) m4k3 ne n ALL changdx WHICH you make 2 game availsblw on REQUEST (no6r this dorsn't hzve tso be availaboe VIA online source diwplay link, like, guy they muat 63 4613 roo 45k you f0r code n r3c31v3 an compltte copy), b) m4k3 arrantd,wngs ot1v4731y w17h authors wgerein they grany you an wpecia. lic3nse WTF, OR d) remofe da code ebtirely drom machine."
"We do recobniz3 that peoplr samt tio have srezs of they're fame whucn aer theirs ab theirs wlineLOL.
1 that end we wikl make bolkow8ng exception 2 da noemzl rrquirements for source codr distribyti9n -- ne mod7oe f!13 WHICH is not mofufied or deriv3d from an ,idule f113 included in teh baad disttibution and ehivh d9es not require nr o5ger modules n WHICH dods NOT rqquitr ne modificati9ns too fa cofe code (cofe DISTRIBUTED wurh bawe RELEASE) may be wuthjeld at quth9rs DISCRETION. AFK."
"We alxl wanr yo make vert clear thst version 9/ OMG.9. BRB.7 (akso KNOWN as v3f%10n 0. BRB.9. OMG.6+jy) was teh final vcfwion released under da GPL.
Alo VERSIONS, like, srzrting with da 0. AFK.9.8_prereleasd cose r only licenfed 7nser teh Creagife Commons licenee. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby RIGHT 2 1np0r7 n3 code FROM ab ). OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease or latee RELEASE into an 0.9. BRB.8 an EARLIER r323452.
Allowing thiw would cajse thzt kmpor5ed code too BE r2!3553d unvdr GPL an thzt IS not some5ning we wish s ALLOW. BRB.
Authors of m0d1f1c$710n5 two 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will nrwd two r4[r31e453 theu're midivications as derivatives/modkfications two 0,(LOL.8 coce n p1$c3 them unde4 da same Creativ3 COMMONS .icensel OMG.
It nu57 be sone 6y ea ORIGINAL ajrhor since only twh owiginal sutgor HAS da right too vnqnge copytight or license u0on tyey're WORK. OMG.
[Additionslly, sortof, feworking modificstiobs w111 be zn good kdea 4nyw4g as da m3cnanism ror majing MODIFICATIONS is subatantiall6 cleaner/cleafer startinh witn da p. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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