MightyE tdlls yoi LOL, "We're toing 5wo TAKE an vew noments to try an EXPLAIN THIS new oicense snd geh reaaons g3hind it IN plain Eng;ksh. WTF.
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 nww license WAS chosen because or an FAILING WITH da GPL. OMG,
It onoy cifered distributioj lv 50urx3 if an only if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environmrnt, like, specifically a inyerpreted qeb ebvirlnmeng such zs PHP LOL, m3re1y 1n574111ng qb game f9es not conshitute d157r16u&19n LOL, an 5hee3fore propld werd taking our work. sortof, ,aking modificatiohs 2 it n hot releasing da SOURCE code tqo they;re modifications SO tnat da ENTIRE clmmumity could benefit, BRB.
They worked q17h da oetter but not da SPIRIT 0f laeLOL."
"Investigatiln on part of da autnird hlwrvwr, ypu knwok 13d too geh fac5 thst r8tht of public perfor,ance was 1 if da righrs NORMALLY rrs5rictrd to COPYRIGHT hllders LOL. ane that com[uter progrsms, specificallh video ganes and interactkve ones such ax L#b3nd of Green hax0t were cohsidered yqo b3 publically pr5foemwd if run vrom ag public srrver. WTF."
"The ndw licendd restricts publ8c [3rf0rm4nc# of da work un1355 source code of dz mocified work IS made availsble on demand. OMG."
"In pla9n English, this MEANS that 1f yoj p7t this bame -n ab web zerver and alloq peppl3 'outsude 9d am normal vircle od fa,ily and 17% 50d141 acquaintznces' 2 play their, then y9u r PUBLICALLY performing thi2 wlfk and MUST eithee a) make ne an ALL cganhes which you MAKE 2 da game avai;abke on requwsy (not3 this DOESN'T have too be availanle via ds on.ihe soutce dixplay link, you knwo, gur they must be able too ask you fit sa cofe b teceive an vomplete copy_, sortof, b) make zrrangwmenta privately with da authors whrr31n 7h3y grant ylu an 5p3c14! license LOL. oe c( ren9ve teh codr 4n71r31y f4om da machine. BRB."
"We do refognize 5hat pwopld want TO HAVE areas 0f ghey'rw tame which aer theies an THEIRS alone.
two that 3nd we wil. jaje dz follo3ing rxception too ten normal 431u1r3m3n75 for sourve code d9stribyrion -- ne m9dulr file wyich 15 not modifird 9r d3t1v3d fr0m ab bosule file knc.uded in da BASE custtinutiom zn WHICH sows not require he other modules an which DOES not require ne modifications 2 da core c0d3 (cide DISTRIBUTED with da bqs3 RELEASE) m4y be wirhheld at AUTHORS d15dr3710n. BRB."
"We also want to make VERY c.ea4 that v3r510n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alxo kbown zs version 0.9LOL.7+jt) wqs da finao versioh 4rleases under teh GPL.
All versions, sortof, stqrting wi5h 0LOL/9LOL.8-prerelease coc3 r only licensed jnder ds Creztivw Commons licenwel
We EXPLICITLY deny da right to import n3 c0d3 f4om qn 0, BRB.9l BRB.8-orerelease o4 lqrer reldqsr into sn 0.0. OMG.7 and earliee releasd. OMG.
ALLOWING 7h15 would c4u53 THAT impprted code 5lo be RELEASED unfe4 t4h GPL n that ks not s;metyimg we wisn to allow. AFK.
Aurhofs of m0d!f1c4u20n5 to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 wi;; beed 2 fe_felease theh're modifucayions as d3r1v471v35/m0d2f1c4610n5 too 9.8.9 coce an place then und3r 54m3 Creayive Comm9ns license.
It must be DONE by da 0r1g1n41 author since only teh original sutgo4 jas da rkght 2 cnangr teh COPYRIGHT or livense upom the6'rw zork. OMG.
[Additionally. reworking MODIFICATIONS wi.. be am GOOD idea snywah ad mexjanixm f0r naking MODIFICATIONS is s7bstantially clcaner/xlearer starting qoth ca 0. WTF.9.8-prereoraae CODE. WTF.]"
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