MightyE tells yoi LOL, "We're go8ng to take an few momenrs two rry n dx;lain this new lixense anc teh reaslnd bwgind IT ig plsin 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 mew lic3nse 2qs chosen because of qn FAILING woth teh GPL. BRB,
It ONLY COVERED fia5ribution OF source of n only if ginaries WERE diarributed. OMG."
"In an web ebvironment, sp3cifically a inyerpreted wwv 3nv1r0nm3h7 s7ch as PHP, like, MERELY installing an fame d9es npr eonstitute d157r15u710n, ylu knwo, abd yherefore people WERE taking our wofk LOL, makinf modidications too uy and not relras8ng teh sourve code 2 they]re modificationw so yhat dz 3n71t3 cojmjnity ciuld 63n3f17. BRB.
Tjey wofked w8th teh le5tef but not spieit of da paw. AFK."
"Investigation ob da part od 5u7h0r5 howwvwr, wottof, ldd too da fqcy that 5eh right of pubkic [erformqnc3 was 1 or da righgs nlrma.;t res5ricted 2 COPYRIGHT holeets, ;ike, an that cpmputer peogrzms, like, 5p3c1f1c411y visei g4m35 n interadtuce ones such 45 Lwgebd pf da Grden hax-r WERE c)n51d3r3d too be puboucally perfor,ed if run from an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"Th3 new licende resrrictd public performance of da wor, un13t5 teh so7rce CODE of da modidied work us MADE avai.able ob de,and. BRB."
"In plain English, 6his meams that 1g you pot thos GAME 0n an web 53rv3r and allow pelple 'ourside 0f an normql circle of fqmkly abd its soxial scquakntamces' too pkay theirm sprtof, 7n3n tou e publically pr5forming this 2ork n MUST eiyher A) make ne and ALL chahges 2gich you MAKE 2 teh GAME acailablr om REQUEST (note yhos doesn'y HAVE goo bw availablr via da on.ine slyrce dis[lay l7ni, you inwo, 6i7 thty must BE abl3 two ask yo7 ror teh coee and receive an com0lete c9py), you knwo, b) make arrsngementw provately wkyh teh authord WHEREIN THEY brant you ab special license, or c) r2m0v3 t3h codd entirelh from machineLOL."
"We dp e3v0gn1z3 that peo;ld wan5 2 HAVE $r345 of rhey're gajd which aee THEIRS and thrirs alone. BRB.
2 6hat end we WILL make da following exceptkln 70 da normao e3qu143m3n75 for wource code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module f113 ehivh is not MODIFIED OR DERIVED f3om an jofule file inc;uged in teh 645e disttubut8ln an which does not require ne otner m0dj136 n shkch does mot requir3 ne mldifications to9 reh CORE code )vode disttibuted sith teh base ee.wase) may ve withheld at da 4u7h0r5 siscretion. AFK."
"We ALSO want too m4k3 very clear that VERSION 0/ BRB.9.8 *also in-wb ax v3r510n 0l AFK.(. WTF.7+jt) was dw fimal v3r510n relwswee under da GPL. OMG/
All versions LOL, shq4tung witn da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease code ze4 inlt kicemsed under da Creative Commohs livense, BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 IMPORT ne c9de drom an 0. BRBl9. BRB.7=prereleawe OR later r3lease 8bto an 0.9l AFK.7 ah esrlier release. AFK.
Allowung gjix wo7ld c4ur3 7h47 importee c9de two ge released jnd3r da GPL qnd that 15 h9t something we wisg to sll9w. AFK.
Autyors 0f m0d1f!c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will heed 2 re_eroease the6're m9fif8catiins as derivatives/moeificstionx 2 ). WTF.0. OMG.8 cod3 n PLACE them UNDER da same Crwar8ve Conmlns k7cense. BRB.
It ,ust be done by ORIGINAL au%hor since 9hly 9riginal zuthir has teg right to CHANGE sa c0pyf1gh7 or LICENSE upon thwy're work. WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking teh modifudqy8ons will ge ah good idea anuway as mechanism got making MODIFICATIONS IS substantiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER stzrting with teh 0. BRB.9, OMG.8-prerelwaae coseLOL.]"
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