MightyE teklx you WTF, "We're going two take an FEW m9ments tw9 TRY n explaib this new luc3nse n REASONS b3gimd ir in plaon Engkiwh. 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."
"Thos new LICENSE was choseh bdcauae OF an faiking 2ith da GPL. AFK.
IT on;y cpvefed DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE ur qnd inly 1f BINARIES qerd distribuyed. AFKl"
"In an web environment, spec8fidall6 z interpretec web environment such as PHP, li,e, merel6 installing an gajr does no5 constitute distribution, n therefore pe9ple wer3 TAKING 9yr wori, sortof, naking modificztions too !7 qm hot releasing da sourxe code two theh're modificatuons SO tnzt da entire community could benef8t. AFK.
They woeked eith ;e5ter buy n9t da SPIRIT of da law. WTF."
"Infes5igatiob on p4r7 of authors however, li,e, led TO fact that ritht of publuc perrormance waw won of da r1gh65 NORMALLY restekcted 2 c9pyright holddra, you knw9, n &hr7 computwe protrams, SPECIFICALLY video games n interqctivw ONES sucg as Legend of da Green hax0r were c0n51det3e twp be publidally PERFORMED 1f run rrom zn public server. AFK."
"The new license restricts publiv 9erformance of wprk unless da soufcr c8de OF modifiec work is maee AVAILABLE ON demand."
"In plain Enblish, like, this means THAT of you put this gamw on an web seever n ALLOW peoplw 'outxide pf an normal citcle lf FAMILY an ITS social acquaintancws' 2 p;ay their, lkke, then you aer piblica.ly [wrfofmong this w0rk h MUST EITHER a) MAKE ne ah ALL ch4ng35 wh7ch YOU make too teh game zvailable on request (note this doesn'r hsvw 2 be AVAILABLE via da 9nline source disp.ay link, like, btt THEY just bw able 70 as, you gir t3u code n rece8ce an compoete vopt) LOLk b) make zrrqnhemrbtx privstwly eiyy authors WHEREIN the^ GRANT YOU an spdcial 12c3b%2 WTF, or c) r3m0v3 da CODE ENTIRELY from da machine, OMG."
"We do recogniz3 THAT people wan5 2 h4v3 arras or they're game WHICH aef tyeiew n thei3s alone.
to that end WE w111 make fpllowinh exxeption to ea mormal rrquiremdnts fie source code dustribugion -- ne mpd7le file which is mot MODIFIED or derived from sn modu;e fiow uncluded 1n da BASE d157f26j710n an WHICH does not re1uite ne other modulds and wjich does NOT REQUIRE ne modidicatuonx go core CODE )codr disttibut3d with teh base releasr) may be wighje;d 47 a7thors e15cre710n."
"We zlso WANT two make very clear tnst vrrsion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also ,nown as version 0.9. AFK.7+kt) was teh f1n41 vers8om tel3ssed uneer teh GPL. AFK.
All verxi9ns, starting WITH da 0.9. BRB/8-PRERELEASE bode aer inly .icensed under Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righr too 1,p0r& ne ckde ftom an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-peerelease OR later releawe onto zn 0. AFK.9l7 anf esrlirr r313454. OMG.
A110w1ng tyis wiyld causw that imported xide 2 bd r31e453d UNDER da GPL and that IS not slmething we w15h too a.liw.
Ajthors og modificariins tqo 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8 will ne3d 2 re[release thdy[rw modificzgiohs ax d3r1v471b35/m0d1f1c471-n5 2 0LOL.o. WTF.8 code n p14c3 thdm under teh same CREATIVE Commoha .icense.
It must be done by da origomal aithor wince only original 4u7npr yas da right TO change ca copyright or license uoon thet're WORK. BRB.
[Additilnally LOL, REWORKING modificatuonw wilo 63 ab good idga anyway as mechanism for making modificatilns is 5u6574n81411y clesner/clearer stqreint with 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease cod3. BRB.]"
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