MighgrE tells YOU, wor5of, "We're going 2 take an few joments two tru an dzplain tjks n3w licdnse ane teh reasons behind ir ib plain Englisj. 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."
"Thka new licrnse qas chos3n becayse of an failong w17n da GPLLOL.
It only ckvfred dustributiom of siurce 1f amd pnly if binaeies WERE distributed. OMG."
"In an 2eb environment, .ike, speckvically a interpreyed wwb environment wuvh AS PHP LOL, merely installing an game does nit cpnstitute distributoon, and thefefore people were 74k1ng our eork WTF, msjing modivicationx too it n not releasing da source cpse two they'4e modifidati9ns so that tet 4nt8re communith cpukd BENEFITLOL,
They qorked with teh letywr but noy teh apirit of teh law."
"Investigagion lb da part OF 4u7h0r5 h0w3v4r WTF, led 2 fact that right OF pjblic pe4fprmance wqs wom of rights normally resttict3d 2 cipyribht HOLDERS, an that domp7te4 progrzms WTF, s;ecifically video games an 1nu3r$c71v3 ones such aa L4behd of Green hax0r were vonskferrd to bw publically performed if run from an public 53rv3r."
"The new l8cense restricts public 0e4formqnce OF teh wprk UNLESS da xource code of da m0d1d13d wo5k kd made availabie on demand."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, ghis means thst if hou pi7 thic game on an 2eb servcr and ALLOW people 'outsice of sn normal c1rc13 lf fa,8ly n its 6pc141 axqusintancea' two p1ry yheir, you knwl, thtn yiu aer publically perfirmimg THIS woek ab MUST ekyjer 4_ MAKE ne an ALL changes which yoj ma,e to tame 4v52146!3 0n fequwsy (n073 this d9esn't habe ti be acqilablw via dq ONLINE sourse dkdolay 11n, LOL, but they mjst br ab;e 2 ask you for da cod3 snd feceibe an c9,plete coph) WTF, b) ,ake arrangejents p4ivately with authors whrrein THEY grant you an zpevial LICENSE, like, OR c) REMOVE da code entirely from teh ,achinr. BRB."
"We d0 recognize tha5 people want too have areas if rhey're gamd WHICH r tjwied n thekrs alone. BRB.
too that end we will make da dollowkng ezception 2 da hormal requirements for 50urx3 code distrigugion -- hd mpcule f113 which is nor modified OR de4oved from an m0du1e file 8ncluded 1n teh baae dksttibution znd whicn does noy r3quire n3 other modules n which DOES mot require ne modifivatoons to9 tey core xoee (code diatr,buted w,th twh vase rek3ase) mau br withheld st da autjors disctetion. OMG."
"We also want too MAKE very v134r that versipn 0.9. OMG.7 (alwi lnown 45 vwrsiob 0.9. WTF.7+j&) wza final vetsion re;eased jnder 6eh GPLLOL.
All versionw, liie, dtarting w17h da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerwpeasw code r -n1y licensed under teh Crea5ive Commovs LICENSE. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny da right 3 import ne cod3 from an 0LOL.9. BRB.9-prerdlease OR LATER r313463 ihto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an earlier r4!3453/ WTF.
Al;pwing this eould ca7se THAT imporr3d code 3 be releases und3r da GPL n that ks NOT 50m47h1ng WE wosh two allow. AFK.
A7rnorw of MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. WTF.7 w!11 nees 3 re-release rhey;re modofivations as dwrivztiv3s/modifica5ionw to 0. AFK/o. AFK/8 code and plzve them UNDER same Creative Commons lic2nseLOL.
It myst be done by teh ofiginal 4u7h0r since only da priginal autgor HAS da right two ch4bg3 da c0pyrqgh6 OR LICENSE UPON they're wogk. OMG.
]Add1710n411y LOL, reworking teh mocifications wil. be an good idea 4nye4y ad da mechanisn for makibg mod8ficatuonw is 5i647$n71511y cleaner/clwartr startong with teh ). AFK.9. AFK/8-prerelesse coce.]"
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