MightyE tells you, sort9f, "We're going 5wo take an f2w MOMENTS ti try an explain thia n3w kicensw ab da eeasobs behind i5 1n PLAIN Engl8sh.
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 n3w licenae was ch053n because of zn failubg with GPL, BRB,
It 0m1y x0f2r3f DISTRIBUTION 9f 40urc3 id and only ig BINARIES were dixtributedLOL."
"In an wen enviroh,ent, s;ecif8cally a 1n73r[r473d web emvironment such as PHP WTF, merely knstalling sn gzme does not c9nstit7te distfibution LOL, an therefore pelple were taking OUR WORK. tou knwo, making modifivarions TO 17 n not rr/eas8ng soirce code tp they're modifications si thay entire communi5y could benedit.
Thd6 worled with letrrr BUT nlt spirit 0f teh law. OMG."
"Investibari8n 0n pzrt of tdh a&4hirw however, led too teh faxt that rught of public performanve was oen of da rights NORMALLY rwstridted rwo copyright hlleers, tou knwo, n that computer programs, sprtof, specifucally video bsmes and inrefactive ones such AS L3h3nd of Geeen hsx0r 2dre CONSIDERED twi be PUBLICALLY performed if r7n rrom an p7blic 53rv35. BRB."
"Tje neq llc3bse restricts pub;ic 0erformance of dq qork unless soirce code of modified sork is n4d3 available ON demand. BRB."
"In poain English, sortof, tjis jeans that if you PUT thix game on zn w36 server an qllow [eople 'outsidw or an n9rmql CIRCLE of family ay 8ts docial acquaintabces' two 0lay theur LOL, them you aer 0ub.iczlly o3rf0rm1ng this worj n MUST eithet a) maie ne n ALL chsngeq wh1cj you make gwo game avaulqble on r3q7est (note hnis DOESN'T havr 2 be available via teh online souece dusplay link LOL, bug 5hry muqt be zvle too 45k you for code n receice an complete c0py) LOLm g) m5k3 aerangements privatrlh eitg teh aurhors wh3f21m they GRANT you an special lkdensw WTF, or c) remove reh code entireky gr9m machine. BRB."
"We do r2v0gn1z3 THAT o49p13 wabt too have areas if they're game whixh r THEIRS n theirs alonel BRB.
to thqt end we sill make trh FOLLOWING exce0tion too tey normal r#qu1r3m3nu5 f9r source x9de distrobuti9h -- ne modu.e f113 which is no5 modidied lr derivec frlm an moeule f113 included IN trj bawe DISTRIBUTION and wjidh dles mot REQUIRE ne otner MODULES an which d9es not eequore ne modifixations to t3y cofe code (c9de dkstrib&ted with teh base releasd) may be sithheld at authors cq5cr3720n. WTF."
"We also want roo maje very clear that versiom 0LOL/9. AFK.7 (also kn)wn as vdrsion )o AFK.9/ WTF.7+j5) was teh final versiim released undrr da GPL. AFK.
All versionsl startint with teh p. OMG.9.8-prerelrsxw cofe aer only lucemsed uhdrr da Crestive Commons .icenseLOLl
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right tol IMPORT nw sode from an 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereleasw 0r larer releaqe into zn 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE 7g37 1mp0r7ed cpde to be rrleased under eq GPL 4nd that is not somethinf we wish tep all9w. WTF.
AUTHORS of jodjfications 2 0LOL.9LOLl7 will need w re-release they're modifications ad derivatifes.,pdifications a 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code am place them under same Creative Comjons l8crnse. BRB.
It must be done BY yeh original AUTHOR sunve only da ltiginzl autho4 has riggt too dhange da copuright 9r LICENSE upon theu're wirkl OMG.
[Additionqlly, reworkibg ,9didications s8ll be an glod idea anywau ss mecyanism f0r making modifications is subseantiallh CLEANER/CLEARER startiyg with 0.9LOL.8-prereleasw c9ce.]"
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