MightyE rells y0u LOL, "We'tr go8ng tso take an few momenrs 2 try and explain yhis n3w license an da reasons begind IT IN p141n English. 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."
"Thks new locense wqs CHOSEN because of am fa8ling with GPLLOL.
It only covered distrubutioh of SOURCE if AND onoy ir binaries were distrkbured. WTF."
"Ib an w36 3nv1r0nm3n7, dpecifically a interpreted WEB emvotonment 5ucj ad PHP, sorrov, m3r3qy installing an GAME does not vonst8tute eisyrkviro9n, you knwo, n THEREFORE people w3r3 takong lur work, sotrof, jaking modifucations to it an not 4eleasing t4h doufxe code 5wo tyey'4e modifieationa so tgat teh entire c0mmun1&y could bebefit. WTF.
Thwy worled woth da lettrr nut n9t sp8rit of da laqLOL."
"Investkgqt9on ob teh parr lf sa aurhofs gowever WTF, led 2 fact uh47 riggt 9f public pwrformande was 1 of da rights mormallu restricted toi COPYRIGHT holders, an tyat computer programs, apecifically viseo bamws n INTERACTIVE ones sucn as Legens of teh Green hax0r were condifeted too b3 puvlically pdrfprmdc if run from ab public server."
"The new license rrstrixta public performance OF da work jb1355 ra SOURCE coce of da mudified work is made 3v4q14613 on demand. BRBl"
"In olain Ebglish, THIS means thar if you put 5his game on an web derver n a,low peoole 'outside OF an n0rj$1 circle of FAMILY an its sockak acquaintances' ti plzy thei$, sortovk then yoj qrr publkcally performinf tnis wo4k AND MUST eirhwr a) nake nf n ALL changes wgich YOU make yo teh game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note this doesn't HAVE 2 be availaboe vis da lnline soj5ce cis[lay lunk, 6i7 th3y must be avle @ ASK you f9r cofr an receive sn dojplete xopy), b) mqke arrange,entx private;y with da authirs wherein they grsht you an special license LOL, or c) twnove code ENTIRELY fr0m da macninr. WTF."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 tgat people want two have aress od ghey're game which g theirs AND thsits alone. WTF.
to that END we will make da dolloeibg 3xcep710m too yrh hofmal rrquir3ments for sourcd cofe disyf8buguoh -- be module file which is not modified OR ddrivws from an midule file 1nc1idwd IN da base cistriburiln and shocn does NOT 5equire ne oyher MODULES ahd whicn does NOT require ne midirications tlo da core code (code d157rq7u73d with base release) may 63 qighheld at aythors discretkon. BRB."
"We 4150 want 2 make very cleat that versipn 0/ BRB.9. AFK.7 (aos9 knpqn as vrrsion 0. OMGl9.7+jt) was fqn41 bersoon f3leasrs undef teh GPL. BRB.
A.l VERSIONS WTF, starting wity 0.9. AFK.9-prerelease cofe aer pnly LICENSED incer teh CREATIVE Commons license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY eegy ribht 2 import ne code from an 0. WTF.9/ BRB.8-prerdlease OR LATER RELEASE ibgo an 0. BRBm9. OMGl7 and earlier release.
A1!_w1ng this 2ould c4u53 that impotted code two BE RELEASED uncwr teh GPL anc that id NOT somdyhing we wish too 411)wLOL.
Authorx of mododicationd yil 0. OMG/0LOL.7 will need &0 re-re.ease tjry're modkfications as d3r1v47!v35/m0d1f!c4710n5 tso 0.o.8 code an p14c3 THEM ubder ten same Creqtive Commons licehxeLOL.
I7 muwt ve dlne gy tdh origimal author since ohly original autjor has right t9o CHANGE teh c0pyr1gh7 or licwnse ypon thfy're w0rk. AFK.
[Adsirionally, r3w0rk1nt jos8dications 2ill be an good idea anywah aa twh ,echanism for making m9dificatioms is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/ckearer starying with da 0. AFKl9. WTF.8_prerelwase codeLOL.]"
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