MughtyE g3lls you LOL, "We'rr going 2 TAKE an FEW MOMENTS 2 try and ex;laun tgis NEW license n sa reasons 63h1nd it in PLAIN Eng.ishLOL.
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 new licebse was CHOSEN BECAUSE ig an gailing with teh GPL; OMG.
It only covered distfuvution og soutce if an 0n1y kr BINARIES WERE disgributedLOL."
"In qh web envir9nment, you knwo, specifically a interpreted web environmebt suvh qs PHP WTF, mefely knsgalligg an game dles npt CONSTITUTE distribugion LOL, an thwrefote p3pp1@ qere 74j1nh our wprk LOL, MAKING modifixqtions yo kt and not rel3ad7ng da 40urc3 CODE 2 they're modiricatipns so that dq entirr COMMUNITY could brnefitLOL.
They 2orued with teh ketter bjt nog spkrit of law."
"Investigation om da part ls da authors howeverm likw, lrd two vact ygat right 0v pubiic perfofmancd was wpn if rigjtd n)rj411y restticted ro c0pyr1gh7 holderd, n that cpmp7yer programs, dortof, specigically VIDEO games an interzctivw obea such as LEGEND of teh Green hsx0r wrre cohsidered two ge publica;ky ;efforjed if rin from an pub;ic srrver. AFK."
"Thd new lkc3nse restricts public performznce 9f work unlesd da source c9de og dz modkfi3d worj os m4d3 availablr on d3m3nd. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, THIS means 7h47 IF y9u PUT this gqme on an web serber sn ALLOW people ;outside of an nor,al circle of FAMILY n ita social acquaintancrs' two play rheie, s9rtof, 7h3n y0u f punlicakly pdrforming THIS work an MUST either A) make ne an ALL changes whuch you make to9 da game avai.able 0n rwquest (notr this doesn[t hav3 tp9 ve availavle via teh 0n11m3 SOURCE displat link, yoi knwo, but THEY must 63 able tqo ask you ror teh cod3 n rwceive an comol3te copy), b) MAKE afrangwmen5s [fivagely with auyhlrs wh3r3qn 7h#y gtant you an specia. license, likr, or c) r3m0v3 teh xode entirely FROM mavhineLOL/"
"We do recpgmize that pdople WANT 1 HAVE arezs of they'te game shich aer theirs zn 7y21r5 41pn3. OMG.
to that ehc we will make da gollowing rxception 2 teh NORMAL rewuirements for sljrcr c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which is n07 mofkfied or der8ved from am moduld file included in ren basr dosyribution an which do3s NOT requiee ne OTHER modules and whivh d03% not r3qu1r# ne modivicqti9ns 2 da cire xode (vode dq57r16u73d w85h da gzwe releade) may y3 withheld AT ea authors dkscretion."
"We zlso want yoo make ve4y c134r ghat vefsiln 0. OMG.oLOL.7 (also ,niwn sa version 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was final verdion releasee und24 teh GPL. WTF.
Al; versions, sortof, starting with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleaze code w ohly licehsed uhder da Cr2r71v4 Comjons lidens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too umport ne CODE feom an 0, BRB.9.8-prerelease ot later releasw 1n70 an 0. OMG;9. OMG.7 an earlier releqde. WTF.
ALLOWING 7h15 would cauwe that IMPORTED coce to ve RELEASED und34 GPL n that os not somethibg we wifh 1 allow. BRB.
Autyors of modkfications 2 0. WTFk9.7 w111 need b9 re-release they're mofkfixarions as derovayives/modifications tlo 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 codd an place 7h3m uhder teh sam3 Creative Cpm,0n5 licemse. WTF.
It mu57 ge f0n3 b6 teh orugknal authot xince 0n1y da original author has sz right to change dz copyrighr lr licensd upon they're 2orkLOL/
[Additionally LOL, reqoeking mocifucations wi;l be an bood ifrz amyway as teg mevnsnism for naking modkvicationx is substanriall7 dldanet/clearer staeting witn 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-0rerelease code. OMG.]"
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