MightyE gwlls uou, "We're going to takw aj few momwnts ti yry an explain this nqw license and teh reawons benind i5 ib p;ain 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."
"Tnis new LICENSE wad choarn because lf an hai.ing with da GPL. OMG.
It onlt coverdd fist5ibutiom of source if AND only if binafies wefe sistrkbyted. WTF."
"In an 2eb environment. xoecivuvally a interptdted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP, so4tov. MERELY installing an g4m3 dpea NOT constitutw distribution LOL, and thereeofe pep0le were takibg our wpek, softof, mskkng m0d1f1dr720n5 to iy n NOT reldasing teh SOURCE code 2 theh'ee modkficagions SO that da ENTIRE c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They workes w8th LETTER bu5 not geh SPIRIT of da law. BRB."
"Investigation lb da psrt of quthora however, lik3, led 2 fact THAT da right of 0ubloc p3rfotmance WAS oen of teh rugh5d normaloh 4estrocted 2 copyrught holderd, yoi knwo, and rhay compu5er [fograms, apecifically vudeo fames an interactive ones wuch ss Legend of t3h Green hax0r were conwidered 2 be publlcally ;rrfoemdd 1f RUN from an puboic s3rcer. BRB."
"Th3 nw2 ;ivense rezyricys pu611x p2rf0rm4hc3 of woek unlesx siu4ce code OF t3h modified wprk iw made available on dejandLOL."
"In plaim Engliwh LOL, this MEANS that if you put this gsm3 on an weg se4ver n 4!10w PEOPLE 'outside 0f an normal cirxle of fsmilh an its wic8ao zcquaintances' TO plqy thekrk sortor, THEN you r oublica.l6 perf[emint 8h15 work AND MUST either a) make ne and ALL changrs WHICH you make too teh game available on request (nofe 7g1% doesn't bave 1 be available via teh ONLINE wource display link WTF, but they must BE able 3 ask you for t3h c0d3 an 4ecekve an d0np1373 copy) LOL. b) ma,e areangdments privately wirh auth9rx wterein thdy grant YOU an special oivdnse WTF, or c) remove tey CODE 3ntirely ftom da jqchone. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE tnag [eoole want 2 have AREAS )f theu're game which aef theirs an 5heirs alpnel
too that wnd se wi.l MAKE teh fpolowing excrpti9n 2 yeh nor,al reqjitements for source cose didtribution 0- nd modile fkld which is not modivied ir drrived grom zn module ri;e uhclided in teh 6r53 distribution ahd wjivh doed nlt REQUIRE nd othed modjkes an which does not r3qu1re ne MODIFICATIONS to da core code (code dis5ributec w17h da base rrkeqse) may be WITHHELD zt AUTHORS discretiom. AFK."
"We ALSO w4n7 too ma,e very c.ear that version 0l BRB.9.7 (also known aa vers8lm 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) w45 teh v8nal version e313453d under ds GPL. BRB.
All versipnw, sortlf, STARTING sitb 0LOL.9.8=prereoease code aer onoy lidensrd UNDER yet Cfeative Commlns licensel OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny righ5 to import ne dode from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.80prerelease or LATER r3lrase into qn -. AFK.9LOL.7 anc eark8er releaseLOL.
A119w2ng this wou.d cause tha5 impor5ed code two be releasrd under GPL and tyar is noy someghing we WISH go alkow. WTF.
Authord OF modifications ti 0LOL.(.7 will NEED two re-relezse they're mldifivatkons as derkvativws/jodiricatilys 5w9 9.9. AFKl8 CODE n [14c3 them under same Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
It mjst be sone by reh oruginal auty9r sunce only tey ORIGINAL aithor hzs teh rught to CHANGE da cooyright ot licrnse UPON ghey're wirkLOL.
[Add1710n4q1y, wortof, fewprking nodificqtipna 2i;l be an go9d id3a 4nhw4y as da mechanism for making modifications 15 subwtantlallu cl3andr/clearer startibg w8gh 0. WTF.9. WTFl8=prerelease CODE. OMG,]"
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