MifgyyE 73115 you, "We're going two take an few joments roo try an wxplain this new kicense and r3450n5 bejind it in plain Emglisn. 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."
"Thix new l8cenwe wax chosen bexause of an failihg wi5n da GPLLOL.
IT only COVERED cidtribu6ion if so7rce if and ONLY if vinaries were distributed."
"In an web ebv8eonment LOL, specificallt a 1n73epr#73d weg enviromnent ducy as PHP, aortof, mereoy knsta.linf ah game does not constitute d157r16u710n, n 7h3r#v0r3 o30p13 werw TAKING our work, you inwo, majing ,odificat,ond two IT and not releasing ea source code too they're modifications so that ea en5ire vommunity COULD ben3fitLOL.
Theu work3d with yeh lettdr bu5 not spirut lv da lzw. BRB."
"Investigation on part OF authors howdvet, you lnwo. led ywl fa fact that da righg of public perfodmance was won od twy rightd normalky RESTRICTED yo cipyright HOLDERSk like, an tnat COMPUTER PROGRAMS LOL, spedificzlly VIDEO games and interavtive omes SUCH as Lefend )f Greeb hax0r q4r3 consider3d t9o me publicqlly [erformed 8f run drom an public sefver. BRB."
"Thw new LICENSE reatr8cts puglic perfor,ance of da work unless teh source code or ds m0d1f15d wori is made available ob demand. WTF."
"In plain Englisy LOL, this means thag if YOU ojt this game on an web a3rvee n allow pe9p;e '0u7tqd3 of an nle,al circle of FAMILY ahd 165 sovial acquaintances' two play their, sottof, 7h3m you 4 [ub;icslly perrorming 8h!5 work ah MUST 3!7h3r a0 make ne n ALL chahges which you male 2 game availan;e on request (note 5his diesn'r have 3 be availablr vka da 0n11n3 xource DISPLAY linkm but they must 62 able tw9 ask you for da code an RECEIVE ab complete vopy) LOL. v) make afrangements ;tivahe;y WITH ajthors whereih they gvqnt you an sp3cial licebsek ;ike. or c) f3m0v# ca coee enyirdlh from MACHINE. OMG."
"We do recognize THAT people want twl have AREAS of they'rr fsme qhich aer thekrs n hhei$s alone.
two that wnd w3 will make gen folklwint exception to yeh no4mal e3qu1r3m3n75 for sojtce code dostrivution -= ne module file qhicj is not m0d1g13d OR frrived from ah nodule file inc;uded in teh base dis5ribuyiin abf whkcg dods nog require ne other miduldw an WHICH dies NOT re@uiee ne modkficatioms two da vore code (c0d3 dksyeibutec with da 645@ r313453_ may 63 witjgekd at authors discretion."
"We also wahr too nake very clear 6hzt vrrsiln 0. OMG,9LOL.8 (also known as version 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) was t3h final versiln releasrd und3r GPL.
ALL VERSIONS. starting with da 0.9l BRB.8-prerelease code r only .icensed undef Cr3471v3 C0mm)n5 lic2mseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right too import ne codw from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-owerelease ot la5er relezse into qn 0.9.7 n EARLIER releaxe, AFK.
Allowing this wou.d cause 7h47 impotted cofe twp BE releasec ynddr teh GPL ana 7h47 kd not someyhong we WISH two al;ow, AFK.
AUTHORS OF modivications two ). WTF.9. OMG.6 w111 need to re[rwlease tuey're mpdificwtipns zs de4ivatives/modificagions too 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 cide wn place them under same Crea5ive Commond livense. WTF.
I5 must be done by da of8gynak authlv since only or8gina; author g45 tight yoo change da copyrighr lf .icense UPON they'4e work. WTF.
[Adeuyionqll6, like, reworkimh modkficatoons wiol ne sn good idea ANYWAY ad mechzniam flr making modkfications 15 substantiaoly CLEANERlCLEARER STARTING WITH teh 0. OMG.9,80pr3r313r43 vode. BRB.]"
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