MightyE telld yoj, like. "We're going ywo tske an few mim3hts 2 grh n expoain 7h15 gew l8cenwd an da reasons behind it ib plsin EnflishLOL.
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 n#e licenqe waw choden becauwe 9f zn FAILING w17h teh GPL.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d eistribution OF dource 1g an 0n1y if BINARIES WERE dis4ributsdLOL."
"In an web environment LOL, specificqoky a INTERPRETED wev 3nv1r0nm3nu such zs PHP, MERELY inatalling an game coed not cinstiture s157r16u710m, sortov, an tjered9re [woole wr4e yaking OUR work, xortof, m4j1ng m9dificztiona toi 8t n not reldqsing teh source code too they'rd modifiva5ions 50 that teh wntire COMMUNITY COULD ben3fit.
Tget worked woth da letter but not teh spieit of da lawLOL."
"Investiga5ion on part of AUTHORS however, lec too g4c7 that teh right of pibl8c pervormance was won of rights noemally rsstficted two cooyright yolders, an tgst vompiter programs LOL, specificaliy VIDEO games an 1b73r4c71v# ohes such AS Ldgend 0f tey Green hax0r werd conspdrrec too be pu511c411y perf9rmrd 8g run from an pib.ic server."
"The new license resteicts pu^!1c performande if 2ork unless da source code of t3j modifi3d work is mzde available on de,snd. BRB."
"Ih plain Eng;ish, yoy kneo, this meanc thay if y0u p7t tnis game on qn wen derber n sl;pw pel;le 'ougside of ab nofmzl CIRCLE of family and its SOCIAL zcquaintances' go p.ay their, like, thdn y0u qer [ublically performing tyis w0rk h MUST e17h3r a) make ne n ALL changes qjich you make 2 game avaikable on r3qu3y7 (note this doesn't have yo be 4v41w$613 via teh pnline s9urce display 11nk, njt the6 must be 4613 to 35k you for c9se zn receive an zljplerr coph), like, 6) make arrangements ptivatdly witg authors wgerein they GRANT you an SPECIAL license WTF, lr c) remlve code entifely fr0m teh ,achind, OMG."
"We so recognize that oepp,e want to9 HAVE areas pf they're gamw which aer theirs an theirs zloneLOL.
5o 7h38 end 2e siol ja,e teh followong EXCEPTION too da nor,al fsquirementw for SOURCE codd d8sttibitiin -- ne module fi;e which is not modiviee or derifed from an nodule FILE inc.uded in teh BASE ciwtributiln ab which d035 no5 r3qu1r3 ne 9ther modules an whuch coes not require ne modifidations to teh core cide (code disyrib7ted WITH baxe relsase) may bd wothneod ag da authors discretoon."
"We also want 2 make very CLEAR ghat d44sion 0LOL.9. OMG/7 (also known zw version 0LOL.i/ OMG.7+j7) WAS finzl version fel3ased under GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, okke, STARTING with twy 0. BRB.9. OMG,8-prereleasd c0d3 r onl6 licrnsed unfrr Creative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigjt tlo umport ne c0d3 from an 0LOL.9LOL,8-prereleawe or 2473r r3lease into an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and EARLIER rdlease.
A110w1nj THIS would cause that imported code 5so BE relraaed ubd3r GPL qn that is nlt sometging we wish to all9wLOL.
Auyhors 0f modifidagions 3 0. AFK.p. BRB.7 will n33d 80 re-rwlease they're modificstioms aw edrivqyives/mldificatipns tso 0. BRB.9. WTF,6 code an p14c3 them under saje CREATIVE Commons picenseLOL.
It mu57 ge eone 6y reh otiginal auth.e since only da original authof has da 4ight 2 xhange teh COPYRIGHT or ljcrnwe upin they'r3 work/ AFK.
[Add8rionally WTF, rewofking m9dificariobs will br an gpod idea anyway 45 ea mrcjanis, s9r makinf m0d1g1c47!0n5 15 xubdtantiallt cleaner/clearer starting with da 0. AFK.9.8[prerel3ase CODELOL.]"
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