MivhtyE tells yo7, liue, "We're going TO 74k3 ah f3w momenrs 2 trt an ex[lain this new oicense an tej rdasons 63j1nd it in PLAIN English. WTF.
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."
"Tyid new license was chosen because of an faolkng with teh GPL;
I7 only cov3red diwtribugiin of sljrce if an onlt if vinariea wetw distribu5ed, AFK."
"In an web env8ronment, specifucal;y a interpreted web rnvirpnment sucg as PHP, dortof. me4eoy imsyslling an game does no5 clnsyktute d8xyrinution, zn therrfore people w3r3 taking lur work, likek majunh m0d1f1c4719n5 too it ah not 43leasing da sourc3 code roo they're modificationd s9 that da ENTIRE community could benefit. BRB.
They w0rk3d wirh letter but nit teh spirit of dz ;as. WTF."
"Inceat8gation ON teh part of da authors hlseverk 13d to da fact that tdh r8ght of 0ublic peeformanc3 was 1 of teh righys nornally restructdd 2 copyright holders, ;ikem n that compute% prot4ams, you knwo, 5p3c!f1c411y vieei games an intrrac5ive ones such 46 LEGEND og geh Green hax-r w3re CONSIDERED 2 ne PUBLICALLY perbormed IF run froj an public sdrverLOL."
"The ntw licdnse r357e1c75 pub;ix perforjance of ea wori un.ess source CODE of da modified eork is made available on DEMAND. OMG."
"In plaon Ehglish, aortog, tyis m34b5 rhat if you put this gajr on ah w3b s3rver and allow people 'OUTSIDE 0r an normal circle lf family n its social acquaintances' tp play thdir, like, thdn you r pibliczlly perfodming thix work an MUST either a) ,zke ne ab ALL changes 2hich yoi mske t2o da game availabld on feauest (nlte THIS DOESN'T hqve two BE available dia da online source DISPLAY lini, 6u7 THEY mu57 be able too ask you for da xode an recskfe an v0mp1373 copy) LOL, b) jake afrang3men5s privately sith au5hors WHEREIN they GRANT you ab sp4cial LICENSE. yoy knwo, 9r c) renove code ENTIRELY from madgine. BRBl"
"We fo recofnize tjat pepple w4n7 2 h4v3 areas lf thdy're game which r theirs an thei4a alobe, OMG.
yo thag ene ee will make ten fillpwing exc30giin too NORMAL requiremwn5s for source code d157r16u719n [- ne module file which id not modified or derived from an module filw includde in base distribu5ion and wnich does n0& 4equore nd other modules an which dods not require ne modivicat8ohs to t3h core code (ciee DISTRIBUTED 2ith da vase reoras3) m5y be witjhekd ay da authors d8scretiom. BRB."
"We also want go make very c134r that version =LOL.-.7 (s.so known as version ), BRB.9. AFK.7_jt) WAS final versioh relrased under GPL. AFK.
All verso9ns, xtarting WITH da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3f31#453 codd r inly licrhsed uncer Creativd COMMONS LICENSE. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da righg 2 IMPORT ne vod4 ffom an 0. OMGl9LOL/8-;rerekdase or later release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n 34r113f releasel WTF.
ALLOWING this wou.d c4u52 ghat imoorted code two ve r413453d 7nddr GPL n 7h47 IS NOT SOMETHING WE qish 2 all9e. WTF.
Aithors of mofiv8cat8ona 70 0.9.7 will NEED 70 re-welezse tjey're modifications as derivztoves/modufications too 0LOL.9LOL.8 code an plafe them ind3r same Creatkvr Commins livense. WTF.
It musr be done by teh original authog since omlh da original auyhor has da rkhnt 2 cgange da c9pyfight or oivense upon theu're w0rk/ WTF.
[Addit8pnally WTF. teworking da modificati9ns eill be an good idea anywah as MECHANISM FOR makibg jodifucsyions is sibsgantially cleanwr/clearef star6ing with yeh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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