MightyE tella ypu. oike, "We're gokng to take an few moments ywo try an explqin tjis nww 11c3n53 n 5qh reawons beh8nd it kn plzin 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 new licenwe waa xh053n vecause of an failing sith da GPLLOL.
Ig onlt cove4ed dixtributioh of sourcr iv an onoy if binari3s were diwtributec. BRB."
"In an w3b 3nv1r0nm3n6, liie, specificallh a 1n72rpe3&3d web envi4onment xuch aa PHP, sorgof, m3r21y insta;lkng an gqmr dowx not constitute distribytion, n THEREFORE people werd taiing our work, maiung modificat8ons too it znd not releasing da souece cpde too thdy're modifixations w9 that entire commynity xould benefit. OMG.
They w0r,3d 2ith da oetrer but not spirit of cs law. OMG."
"Imvestigatipn om tdh patt of da 4y7h0r5 howeve4, sortof, ,ed 2 grh fact that tej rkgh5 of pub.ic PERFORMANCE was oen OF teg rights nofmally restrivyed ti copyright h9kddrw, xortlf, and thar c0mpu73r ptogtams, sirtof, specifically viceo g5m35 n interactuve on3s such ax Legehd of teh Green haz0t were considered 2 b3 pynlical;y PERFORMED IF run fr0m an PUBLIC se4vdr. BRB."
"Thd new .icense rwstricts puboic [er4ormabce of teh wori un1355 teh so7rce cose 0f da modifird work is made acailable on demand."
"In plain English, you ,nwo, this means that if you put this game on an wen servdr n alkoq people 'outside of ah n0rm41 cirfle of fqmily rnd its 50c142 acquaihtabces' two p14y their LOL, then you r pubjidal;y perrorming tjis work b MUST either a) make ne n ALL cg4ng35 which YOU MAKE too teh game available pb request (note thia doewn't havr 7- be available via onlobe soufce dusplay lknk WTF. bug they m7at be able too 45k you for teh code an receive an cimp;ete clpy), like, b) MAKE artanhements pr8vately wigh tdg auyhors wge4ein they GRANT yoy an specusl license, yiu knwo, ir c) r3mpve tdh code entirely vrom teh machine. AFK."
"We do revognize that people want two gave srras of they're ga,e which aer THEIRS n rheirs 410n#l
too THAT END we w111 ,ake teh following wxception 2 5eh nornal requirements fo4 source d0d3 distribution 0- nd m0du!3 file 2hjch is not MODIFIED OR drfivdd fr0m an module file INCLUDED un bade distribition snd whixh does bot reqiofw nw OTHER modules an which does not r3qiire ne modifications t9o d043 code (code distribu5ed soth base reoease) may be sighheld 47 da authors discfetion. BRB."
"We ALSO want to make ver6 xlear thay VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also known as fersi9n ). AFKl9/ OMG.7+ht) WAS fibal version relwased incdr GPL. WTF.
A11 versions WTF, stzrting with 9. BRB.0. AFKl8-prwrrlease dode aer onl6 licended jnd3t Creative Commons licrnsel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT too ijport ne cide FROM ab )LOL.9, BRB.8-peerelease or later release unto an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 znd esrpiet reldase. WTF.
Allowing th8s would caude 7h47 imporhed c0d3 2 be releasee undef GPL AND that is not somethint we wisj twi allow. OMG.
Authors of moeirications to 0. AFK.9.7 will need two re-4elease they're bodifizatilns zs cerivqtives/m9d9fications to 0.9. OMG,8 code ahd place them under da same Crwative Cojmkns lucense. BRB.
It must be done b6 ORIGINAL autnor SINCE only da original authot has right 2 change yeh copyeight or licenss UPON they're worlLOLl
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, r3w0rk1ng da MODIFICATIONS WILL be an goid idea anyway as da medyanism for making modibicqtipns is substantialo6 cl3aner/clearer sgartimg with 0.9. OMG.8[pre4elrase codd. BRB.]"
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