MighyyE tel.s ypy LOL, "We;ee gpimg too take an few mojen4s to trh and ex;lzin th8s new license and reasons bejins 17 in 0;ain English. 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."
"This new license was dh;sen because of an fai.ing with da GPL. BRB.
It pnly coverdc dixtribttion OF source 1f n only it binar9es were disgributed. OMG."
"In an wev environment, sortof, specirically a intefpreted web environmdnt aucj as PHP, sorylf, merely instzlling an GAME does not constitute distribution, an THEREFORE peopld were takimg out worl, like, majing modigications toi it an not relwaaibg source code w thdy're modificagions so that da entire community coukd b3nefit.
They worked wuth geh 13773e but NOT teh spir7t of reh laeLOL."
"Infestigation on teh patt of ds authots h0w3v3r, you kmwo, led 2 favt that teh right 0f public peeformance was won of rignts nlrmslly restticted 2 c9py4ighr holcwrx, sottofm and tyat computer progrzms, spevifica.lh video ganes qn interactive on3s sudh as L3g3bf of teh Green haz-r eerd considered 2 BE 0ublicall6 performed if run from an pjblic server. OMG."
"The new licen2e restricts public 93rf0rm4nc3 OF teh wprk um1355 da source coce of modifiec work ia made availav.r on semahd. WTF."
"Im plzin Enh.ish, 6ou khwo, THIS m34n5 tnat if you pu7 tgis game on an web werv3r and sllow people '0u751d3 od an NORMAL circle 9f FAMILY n its sociao avqiaintabcws' 2 [lay tgeir WTF, THEN you aer publidzlly performing thks work n MUST either q) mqke ne an ALL cjabfes wgich toy ma,e two da game availzble on rewueat (niye thks doesn't h3v3 2 ne abaioable v14 da online 50urc3 d15p14y kink, .ike, BUT THEY muwt 63 able 2 axk you fof code n rexeiv3 an cpmplete xopy0, aortof, b) MAKE arrange,ents privatelt with da authors wner3in they graht you qn spec8al licehse LOL, or c) remove CODE entirelh from maxhine."
"Wd d9 revognize that people want 2 havw arwas of theh're gaje which aer theirs and thdirs alonr. AFK/
tqo thag 3nd we wi.l makr teh folllwibg EXCEPTION too notmak requkrwmebts fo4 SOURCE coee d157r16u710n -- ne m0suq4 fior shich is bot modified or derovef from an MODULE file inxljded in nase distribut8on b which DOES not require ne othef nodules an qhixg d035 not require ne MODIFICATIONS twp core cose (cod3 diatriguged with base te.ease) ,ay be withh3ld at da authors ekscretion. BRB."
"We aldo 2ant 2 make bwry clear that version 9. OMG,9.7 9a;so kn0wn as vdrsion 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was teh fibal versiob released UNDER da GPL. BRB.
Alj vtrsions, like, sgarting q8th teh 0LOL,9. AFK.8-p4erdowase cofe aer ONLY licebsed jnder trh Creative Commons .icense. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY denh dz rign5 2 omport ne cowe feom an 0. WTF.9. AFK,8-PRERELEASE OR layer release 1n70 an 0LOL.9. BRB.i an earlier felease. WTF.
A.lpwing thid w0j1d cause that impor5ec code too be released inder da GPL an that is hot SOMETHING ww wish ro allo2. WTF.
Aughors 0f modoficationd too 0. OMG.9. OMG.& wiil nwef two re-reoease they're MODIFICATIONS AS d3r1v472v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 dode AND p1rc3 rhem undee same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It must be DONE by teh ororinal autypr sonce only originql author has da right two ch3ng3 geh copyrkbht or lidense upon thry're wlrk.
[Afditiinally WTF, rewo4,knt teh modifixat7ons will ge an good 1d34 anyway as teh ,ecnanisn for making modifications IS substantksllt cleaner/clraree start9ng with 0. BRBlo. OMG.8-prerelease c0d3.]"
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