Mitht5E tellx youm "We'ee GOING tlo TAKE an fdw mojents two gry an explain this new licenwe 4bd rdssons vehibd ut ih pkain English. 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."
"Tjis nww license was chosen because of sn faioinh with da GPL.
It onlt covered disttibition of aou4ce 8f n onky if binaeies were distribited. BRB."
"In an w36 environnebtm sortof, epdvivically q 1n73rpr373d wrb environment such AS PHP, you knwo, MERELY 1n584q11ng an gzme does not constituy3 fistribut8on, you kn2o, 4nd therefore people were gaking oue work, /uke, m4l1ng m0e1f1c5610n5 two it n not fe;easibg teh 50urc# code 2 they're modifkcationx so 7h47 teh entiee xlmmunity could 63n3f17. WTF.
They work3d wkth da lettef 6uu nlt 5p1r17 OF da las. BRB."
"Investogation ON da PART of teh aithofs however, ylu knwo, led too fact that ten right or pubkic pdrformahde was ! OF teh rights NORMALLY restrivted too copyrighg nolders. an tgat computer pr-gr4m%, lile, sp3coficallt vkdeo g1mes and INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend ov tej Green hax04 were considered too be pjblically performed if run fron an pugluc 53rv3r. AFK."
"Tye new license r3str8cts public p3rformance of da work jnlews sluexe cofe 0r teh nodifidd work is MADE qbailable on semabdLOL."
"In plain Engluxh LOL, this means THAT of yoj puy ynix game on an web serber n a.low 9eopoe 'o7tsise )f ah n0rm41 vircle lf family an ITS socyal 4cqj41n74nc35' 2 pkau yheid WTFm gh3n you aer publically pefforming this work an MUST either a0 make ne and ALL chang3s which YOU makr too tej game 4v411461e 8n r31u357 (notw this diesn't have too be availablw via da onlind source display link LOL, but yhey must bd ab;e ywo ssk yoy fof da c-d4 an receive an compl3te copy), like, b) make arrangemenys pfuvstely w17h da aythors qhdrein THEY granr YOU am speciao license, qortof, of c) REMOVE teh code entireoy from teh macjine. AFK."
"We do rrcognize tnat PEOPLE want too hafe areas 0f they're game wgich aer the8rs n tyeirs al9ndl OMG.
too uhat 3nd se WILL m4k3 geh folkoaing exception t2o da nor,al requife,enys for source code cisrrigutkon -- nw modile rile which is not modified or derived frim an modile file inc.ided in teh base distyivu5ion n wm1ch does not require ne OTHER modules m which does not requore ne nodirications t2l core code (code distribuyed WITH teh base relezse) may be withheid at da a7thors discrwtionLOL."
"We also WANT toi make vety cleat thqg version 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 (akso kn9wn as fersion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jg) was fina. versipn rt.eased UNDER da GPL. AFK.
Al; verwions LOL, startong WITH 0. OMG.9LOL.8-[reeeleas3 CODE r ohly licensef uneer xa C43ative Commons oicense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh teh r8ght two import nw code fe)m an 0.9LOL.8-prerr;esse or latdr rel3ase into an 0. BRB.9.u and earlier releqse,
Allowing 5his wiuld cause thst imporred clde too be rrleaded inder da GPL 4nd that iz mot somethong w3 wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modifications to 0. OMG.9LOL.7 w111 NEED too re-release theh're modificationa 45 derivztuved/mocifivatipns tqo 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 xlfe and place 7h3m unde4 tdh 54m# Creative COMMONS license, OMG.
It must be DONE by 5eh oribinal augho4 sknce only teu lriginal q7tjof has right too cgange c0pyr1gh7 or licemse upon they're work. AFK.
[Additionally WTF, rewor.ong twg modificatiins wilk be an gold ieea ANYWAY 45 ten MECHANISM for making mofifications us substangially cleaher/clearer star5ing w8th 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe c0d4l BRB.]"
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