MightyE telka YOU LOL, "We're going 70 tske an few momenrs 3 try n explain this new lkcens3 and teh teaaonx ^3h1nc it 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 qas choseb BECAUSE ov an vailing w17h da GPL. OMG/
It onoy covered dostribution of aoyrce if and onlt if binarkes were disttiguted."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT, specifically a INTERPRETED w36 3nvironment such aw PHP LOL, me$ely obstqlling an gsme f03t npt consgitute disrribution WTF, and th34efore people were takong oyr work WTF, jaking m0d1f2c4719n5 two it n NOT releasing source code two tyey're modifications so tgat teh entire community could v3n3fit.
The6 WORKED WITH teh LETTER nit NOT da wpirot OF dz law/ OMG."
"Ibvesrigation on 5eh parr of da authors h-w3v3r LOLk l3d twp fqct that da rihht of puboic peeformance was won 0f tey rights normally f4stricted gwo copyroght h01d3r5, sortof, n that compuyer progra,s, sortof, specifically video games an ibteractive 9nes such as Legend of dz Gr33n hax)e were cpns8deres 2 be pu611c411y p3rf0rm3c uf run from an publ8c xerverLOL."
"The nww license restricts puvliv performance 9f dq worl un1355 slurce cocs ov mofifi3d work 15 made 4b4114613 pn demanr. BRB."
"In plain Eng;ish, like. thus means that ir y0u out THIS gzme on sn web serfwr n allow pdople 'outside 9f an normal c8tcle OF family n its sicial 4cqu41n73nc35' tqo 0lay their LOL, then YOU r oublically peeforming THIS work rnd MUST either 4) mqle ne n ALL chahges whuch hou make to9 gamw availagle on r3que57 (note tnis dpesn't have tqo ne availaboe via online sohece display link LOL, gyy thet mjst be able to ask yo7 for ca CODE h receive an complere copy), sortof, n) MAKE arrangemehts privatwly with tej autho5s 2hdrein THEY grant you an special license, sortof, o4 v) e3m0v3 sa code en5krelu from va machune. WTF."
"We do recognizd thar p30pq2 sant rwo have areas 0f they'4e game which r theirs an theirs alone. BRB.
2 that end wr wiol ,ake teh fo.lowing ezceptilm 70 dd nprmal r3qu1t3m3n75 for source code dkstribugion -- ne noeule file wn1ch 15 n07 m0d1rw3d or derivef fr0, an ,odyle file includwd in basw d157r16u710n aj which d035 n06 requird ne ither jodules and whicn dies not require ne morifidatoons too core c[de (CODE d157r16u&3d with fa base releasw) mau gr qiyhheld at zuthors discretion."
"We also WANT too make very cleaf that version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alxp inowh as vdesion 9LOL.9. AFK.u+j7) was yeh fibal versuon RELEASED under GPL. WTF.
All vers8ons, like, stafting qith sa 0LOL.9. BRB/8-prerel3ase code aer onoy licenses under da Crearive Cimm9ns license, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght rwo import ne vodd from ab (LOL.0. AFK.8-pr34313453 OR latrr release into an 0. BRB.9l OMG.7 and 3arlier telease. BRB.
Allowing thks dould cause that imported code tpo be re;wased und3r da GPL and thag IS not sojdthinh we wish 2 4110w. BRB.
Ajthors of mod8fications to 0. AFK.9. AFK.u wiol beef rwo re[felease yhey'r3 mofiducations as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG,9.8 code n olace them under teh same Creative C9mmons licensr. OMG.
It muxt be done by da original qithor sinve 9noy ca ORIGINAL aurhor had right two chabge geh x0pyr1gh7 or license upon rhey'rw wprk. OMG.
[Additionally, sortof, rewpfking ea n0d1f1c4710m5 will be an good ifea wnyway as dz mecyanism fo4 m4k1nb mocificati9ns ow 4u65&4n71412y xleandr/clearer startint with da 0. AFKl9/8-pre4elease code. AFK.]"
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