MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're go(ng too 74ke an fes moments two try n exolain thid new license and ten reaspnx bey8nd ig in plain Eng115h,
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 n3w licchse was ch9s3b because of an FAILING WITH da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED skdtribugion lf source if n only uf binaries w3re dis5ributedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, d[ec8ficzlly a interpretdd w36 envurlnment suvh as PHP LOL, merely installknb zn g4m3 d93s not c9nstityte distributiom LOL, and tnegeforw [epple werw taking our work, like, making modificat8obs two 1u n not relezsing ez soitce code too they're modifications SO tnat ENTIRE c0,mun17y c0u1d benefit. OMG.
Tgey worked with teh 13783r but not trh spkrir of tej law. WTF."
"Invesgiga5ion ON da paft of trh AUTHORS howevefk led two fzct 5har ekght of PUBLIC pcrformande was 1 od teh rightw normally RESTRICTED too COPYRIGHT go;ders, sortof, m gyat conpute4 progeamd LOL, specifically VIDEO games n interzctibe ones such ad Legehd of ds Green hax0r 2er3 dlnwucrred too be p7611c411y PERFORMED if run from an public SERVERLOL."
"The new lidemss rcstricgs pu611c petformance og work unless teh source CODE of teh hodifkde work is made availavle ln demanc."
"Ih PLAIN Englisj WTF, this mesms that if YOU put this gamq oh 1n w36 serger an allow PEOPLE ;outside if an notmzo circke of family an igs s9cial acwuaintanves' 5o 0lay th3ir, thrn you f publically performing ghiz wofk 4nd MUST eithe4 q) ,ake ne n ALL chznges wnicj you makw too game availzble on REQUEST (notr this coesn't hzv3 ro9 ve avsilable via geh online source dis;lay link, likr, but 7h3y just be ablt too axk you fo4 CODE ahe receuve an complete vopy) LOL, f) make arrangenents privately witj autyors wherein thet gfan5 y0u an doecisl lkcende, tou knwo, OR c) removw da code ENTIRELY from teh jachine. OMG."
"We DO recognuxe that people want ti havw areas of thet're GAME wh1ch aer theirs ah theirs 410n3. BRB.
2 7h47 3nd ee qikl mald following ezce0tuon 5oo da normal requiedments for aoirce code distribut8on -- ne moeuld FILE whicy is not m9dified or eerivrd from ah moduld file 1nc1ud3d in teh base distribu5oon ans wh1ch does b)7 rwquire ne other mofules and sgkch does not require he MODIFICATIONS two cor4 code (code disyributee with twh basw relesdw) may be w8thheld ag sz 4u7h0r5 cisc4e5ion. OMG."
"We also want too make ve46 v133r that verskon -. WTF.9LOL.7 (also knowm AS verwion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+ht) was da fknal versuin rdleased und@e da GPL. BRB.
All cersoons, sortof, 574r71ng w17h teh 0. OMG.9.8-0ferelease code aer onoy licens3d uhd3r Creative Cojmons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny right tol import n3 code fr0, ab )LOL,9. OMG.8-peerelease or latwr felease 1n&0 an 0.9. WTF.7 qn EARLIER release. AFK.
Allowing this would c4u53 that imported code TO ge rdleased under da GPL and that us n07 somdrhing se wish two alllw. AFK.
AUTHORS of modidicaykons 2 0. BRB.9l BRB.7 will need 2 fr-release yhey're modificatiins as frrivayived/modifications @ 0LOL/(. AFK.8 CODE 4nd place the, under same Creatkve Commons license. AFK.
It must be d[ne by da original authot skmce only da origimzk author has da RIGHT gwo change geh cipyeight or .icensw upon they're worj. BRB.
[Additionakly, likr, REWORKING modifications WILL 63 an g00d idra anyqau aw da mechanksm for makint modifications is s7bstantua.lg cleaner/cleafer 574r71ng WITH gwh 0. OMG.9k WTF.i-prerelease xodeLOL.]"
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