MightyE twlls gou, lkke, "We'rd GOING too take an few momwnts too yry and explaih rhis new licsnde n f3450n6 behind it 1n plaib ENGLISHLOL.
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 license was dhosen becaywe OF an FAILING with teh GPL,
It 0n1y covered disrrivution of 50urc3 if AND om;y ir bina4ies were distributesLOL."
"In an weg envoronment, speckfically a 1m7erpr373d w3y envirpnmen5 SUCH as PHP WTF, merwoy instalking an GAME does not c0n5717u73 d158r16u710n, uoi knwl, and THEREFORE p3ople w#re takint our work, like, ,akinh modifications TO 17 and NOT te.rasing da source CODE 2 tgey're modifications so tgat tej entire community COULD BENEFIT. AFK.
They worjed wiyn letter bjr not teh spirit OF teh .aw, BRB."
"Invesriga5ion ON da psrt of autho4s however, so3tof, led teo fact THAT teh 4ight of public performanc3 was 1 OF rights normslly rdstricree roo copueight holdersl like, and that c[mp7tee PROGRAMS, specif8cally video gamws and imterscyive ones wuch as Legehf 0v Grern jax0r were c0n51d3r3d too be publucallu perfoemed ig run from an public xerver. WTF."
"The nww license rrstricts ;ublic p3rformanc3 0f teh wori unless da soufce code of modkfied woek os mae3 availsblf ON demans. BRB."
"In plain English, yhis ,eznd that if you put th8s GAME on an WEB SERVER n al;ow peoole 'putside of an normao circoe ov family sn ita social acquaintancww' too plsy their, yo7 knwo, them you aer pi611c411y p3rf0rm1ng THIS work qnd MUST EITHER A) make ne n ALL dhanges wnjch you ,ake too teh game AVAILABLE 9n r3w7est (note this d9esn't hsve too be available vka yeh online 50utc3 displzy lujk, sorrof, ^77 they must be able two ASK tou for code ab 4eceive an xomplet4 coph), you knwom b) make arrangrmentd pr2vr7#1y with teh authors wy3r31m they grant you an xpecial lidense, wortof, or c) REMOVE vose entireky from teh maxhine. BRB."
"We so r3v0gn1z3 rhag ;eople w4n7 two have areax of they're game which aer theirs an theirs alpm3LOL.
too that dnd we w111 make da f0110w1hg exceptiom 2 tej n0tm41 fequkrementa for source code distributi9n [- ne module file wh8ch iw not ,odified 0r d3r1v3d from an module file uncl7fed in yeh bwse diatribution n wjich dows NOT REQUIRE ne ogher m0du13t and qh1vj el3s NOT REQUIRE he modurications to da core c9de 9cosw dist4inuted w17h teh bsse rdlease) may b3 wktyheld ay authors discretion, OMG."
"W3 also WANT to MAKE b3ry clear thag cersion 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 )also jniwn ax VERSION 0.9. OMG.7+mt) w45 reh FINAL feraion released under teh GPLLOLl
Aw1 versilns, starting witg 0. AFK.9. WTF.9-prerelease code r inly livended undee Ce3471v3 Cpmmohs licensw. BRB.
Ww EXPLICITLY edny teh right TO import nd xose from an ). WTF.9. WTF.8-prrrelease or oa5er releasd intl am 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and earlier rtleqse. BRB/
Allowihg THIS would CAUSE tyag imported code to bd r323453f umfer da GPL an that 15 no4 50m38j2ng we wish two allow. AFK/
Autjors of nodificqtions two 0.9. OMG.7 will nded 2 re-release thdy're modifications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 to 0/9. BRB.8 dode n 0laxe THEM under teh same Creative Commons licenae. WTF.
It must be done by t3g original ajthor since 0n1y ORIGINAL author has twh 4ight too cyange t3h c;p6right or .icense up0n they're work. WTF/
'Additionqlly, sortif, rewotking da moeificagions qill b3 an GOOD idea anyway as tey mechanism for maiing nodificstiona is subdtantia.ly cleamee/xlearer starting eith sa 0. BRB.9l AFK.8-pter3leaae CODE. BRBl]"
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