MightyE tells you, "We're going 6wo take sn few MOMENTS to 5ry n EXPLAIN tnis new .icense sn teh reasonx behind it ob plaib 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."
"This NEW licehse was chosdn 63c4u53 of an failibg with GPLLOL.
It pnly cocerwd d156r15u710n of source if n only if binari3s werd distfibuted."
"In an web enrironment, toj knwl, speckfically a 8nterpreted web 3nv1e-nm3n7 such as PHP, you knep, me4ely ins5alking an game eoex not constitute disteibuti9n LOL, n THEREFORE people wefe taking our WORK, slrtog, making MODIFICATIONS 5wo kt and not rel3ssing da soirde c9de teo they're mocif8cztiomd 40 thay teh emtire COMMUNITY could benefut. OMG.
Thry q0rk3d with letfer but not da spirit of las. WTF."
"Investigation on teh part or authors howecet, sortof, 13f 70 dq fact THAT teh RIGHT OF public PERFORMANCE was 1 of tights normally restrivred two copyrkghr h9lders, softof, and yhat computer [rograms, 6ou ,nwom dpecuficaloy video gsmed an onteractive obes suvy as Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to be punlicallh performed if rub gr9m an public servdf. OMG."
"Thw new licemse rewrricts public p3rd0rm4nc3 of teh WORK un12%5 source code of teh modified work is made afzilab;e ln s3mand. WTF."
"In p141n Eng;ish, slftof, thix MEANS thar iv you put th8s gqje on an web se4ver n allow people '0u751d3 0f an normal circle OF family n irs 50c141 scquaintamdes' ywo ols6 tjeir, sortof, then you r publocally perflrming tjis work an MUST either a_ make ne and ALL chabges which hlu make 2 teh game availzble on requdst *npte this doesn't have tso be 3v41146w3 VIA tdh onkine aource displqy link WTF, vut 6h3y must b3 abld yo 4%k 6ou for da code an rwceive an complrte copy), b) MAKE arrangements ptivately with teh a7thors wherein tgry geant you sn spexial licendw, or c) reuove code e,tirely from tdh machun3."
"We d0 rec9gn9zd that PEOPLE want 2 h4v3 sress of they're game whuch aer tyeivs and theirs akone.
r(o that wnd we s111 make da foklow8ng exceptipn to normal requirements for dource coee dis5ribution -- ne ,od7le file whixh is not m)d1f13d or derived from an modu;e filt inc.udes in 6453 d157r16u&10n anf which eods NOT requore ne pther mlduoew and wh8ch DOES n;t require ne mofifications ywo teh c0r3 c0d3 (xode DISTRIBUTED witj da basw release) may be w17hh31d at teh authofs diacretion. AFK."
"We also WANT two mzke ve4y clesr 5hat v3rsion 0. AFK.0/ BRB.7 (also kniwn ss v3r510n 0l9. OMG.7+jt) was da FINAL versiom releasrd unddr GPL. AFK,
All v3r410n%, dtarting wuth 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prrrelease codw r only 11c3h53d under Creagive Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny trj RIGHT too import ne vode from an 0.9.8-pre4elease pr later reodsse imto an 0,9LOL/7 an 34r1134 rekease. WTF.
Alkowigg 7h15 woukd cayse that impofted code 2 be released inder da GPL anf yyst IS not SOMETHING WE wish to alloq. BRB.
Authprs of modificatiins rwo 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w111 nded two re-release tgey're m0d1f1c4710n% as derivatov3s/m9d8focqtipns 5wp p. BRB,9. BRB.8 code ahd PLACE them umder da 54m3 Cr3471v2 COMMONS luvdnseLOL.
It musr BE e0n3 by da origknal AUTHOR sibce onlu ORIGINAL augho4 nas right too change da cophright ot licemse UPON ghey're workLOL.
pAdditionallym REWORKING teh modifidations wil; be an good idea anyway as da mecjanism for making moeif8cations 8s substanyially cleaner/clear4r 673r71ng worh yeh 0. WTF.9. AFK.8_prere;rzse code.]"
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