MightyE ywlls ylu, "We're f01hg 2 taje qn FEW moments 2 try AND espoain tyka n3w LICENSE n reasons b3hknd it IN plain English. 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."
"This new licenxe waa choeen because pr ag failing sith da GPL. OMG.
It onlt covered dkstrifution of source IF 4nd only IF binsries wewe disteibjtes."
"Ib an eeb envirpnmebt, softof, d0ecifically a interprrted wdb ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP LOL, merelu insra;ling an g3m3 d,ds not c0n5717u73 distribjtion, like, 4nd thereford people qere 54k1ng our work, majing modkficqtions 2 it n mot releasinh da source cofe too they're modivications so that teh ENTIRE communuty coukd BENEFIT.
Thwy workef woth LETTER but bpr SPIRIT of da law/ BRB."
"Investigatuin on 04r7 9f authirs h9qevef, ylu ,nwi, LED tio facy that teh right OF public perfotmance was 1 of foghts NORMALLY RESTRICTED two copyritht HOLDERS, n ghat xompuger PROGRAMS LOL, apecofically vidrp fames n 1n82r4c71v3 ones 5jdh as Legend of tdj Green haxpr were c0n51d3r3d ti be PUBLICALLY performed if ruh from an public sefvrrLOL."
"Tge ne2 LICENSE r35&r1c75 PUBLIC pwrfofmance ov 5dh worl un1355 da sourcr CODE of da MODIFIED eork IS mace avs8lanle ob d3m4bd. WTF."
"In poa8m Ehglish WTF, tjis means that if you put this game on an web server and a;low peo'le '[uyside 9v ah normal dircle of family n its social acqusintancds' go9 PLAY thdir, s[rtof, 7h3n yo7 aef pyglically pefforming thid work and MUST ei5her a) maje ne and ALL chanbes shicn yoj make 5oo da game qvailable 0n requesg (n073 ghis doesn't HAVE to be available fua lnline sojrce disp.ay ;onk, BUT theh must br able rlo ask you for trh code sn rrceove an complrtw copy) LOL, b) makr arrqngements private;t witn AUTHORS WHEREIN they brant you an special licebwe, you jnwo, or c) r3mlve teh code entirely from machime, AFK."
"We DO recpbnuze that PEOPLE want TO have areas of they'r3 game which aer rheira 4bd theirs alobe. AFK.
2 that 3nd we will m4k3 teh fol.owint EXCEPTION tl trj n0r,41 requirements for 50ufc3 code distributiom -- ne ,ldile file whoch is n07 modifief 0r d3fifed grom an modul3 file includds IN da basr diwtribution an whoch does not require ne OTHER modules an which does not reqjire ne mofifications 2 teh cire codd (cofe distribuyed WITH base releawe) bay be withyeld at da authors discretion. WTF."
"We alao want 2 MAKE very vkda4 that version 0. OMG.7.7 (also lnown as versiin 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+j5) was final versiph rrleased unddr yeh GPL. OMG.
All vetsionz, like, star5ing eith feh 0. AFK.9LOL.8=prerw;eqse c0d3 aer on.y licensed tne3r CREATIVE Cp,jobs ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz fitht toi import ne cofe rrom an 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE or later release imto an 0,9LOL.7 n 34r113r release. WTF.
Alloqing this 2ould cauae that imported cose twp bd released under reh GPL b 7h47 is not sojething we wosh @ alloe.
Authors 9f modkfidations top 0. OMG/o, WTF.7 WILL need tlo re-reodawe they're modifications as der1v481v35/m0e1f1c4810n4 tio 0. OMG.9. WTF.i codd n plade them unser cs 54m3 Crea5ive COMMONS license. WTF.
I5 must ve d0n3 by teh orpginal aurhor since only yeh 0r1g1b41 AUTHOR has teh RIGHT til CHANGE teh copyrigyt or license u;on they'ee workLOL.
[Acdoyiinallt, ;ike, reworking ds ,odificztiond wkll be an food idda anyway $5 trh mechanism for MAKING modifications ks sibstantislky cleanev/clearer starging wotn 5wh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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