MightyE tells h-u, "We'rr g01ng to take an few joments to 7ry n rsplain ghis ndw l8cende an ds eeasons behihd it IN plqin Englisg. AFK.
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."
"Tgid nww licensd was chisen because of an fa8ling sith teh GPLLOL.
It obly covered distrob7tion of xiurxe if h only if binar8es were distrubutec. WTF."
"In an web environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a 8nterprered wwb environmwnt 5udh as PHP, mere.y insralling ah ganr dies not x0n5717y73 cistributiin WTF, sn therefore people were taking our WORK LOL, making modifica58ons two it am nog e3lessing teh source clde 2 they're modifications so tyat da sntire comnunity COULD brnefit. WTF.
They worked with da letter but not spitut 0r aa law. WTF."
"Invesyigztiln on part 9f authors nowdver, like, led gwo fact that right of pjblic performanxe was oen of RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted to v0pyr1ghu hplderw, sortof, and thst computer ;rograms LOL, spexifically video gamws an interactive ones 5uch as Legrns of Green hqx0r wefe CONSIDERED 2 be PUBLICALLY p3rformec ir RUN fron an PUBLIC deev3rl"
"The new license rewtricgs public performagde 0f work ubless teh source code 0f modified WORK us maee avzilab.e on femandLOL."
"In plaim English, 7h15 MEANS that 1f you pit tgis gqme on an wdg server n ALLOW people 'outsofe of an normal cirvle of family znc ita 50c141 scququntances' 70 play their, lkkem thrn ypu f publica;ly PERFORMING this work qnd MUST either a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which you make 2 da game 4v4114613 on req7est (notw rnis dowsn't havc 2 63 avzilable v8a teh omlinw r0urc3 d15p14y oinl WTF, but they must be aboe too qsk you f0r ds code b receive an complete copy) LOL, b) make ARRANGEMENTS ;eivately WITH a7thors wyerein 7h3y grant yli an spwcial license LOL, or c) r3m0v3 cpdr entirely fr0m 5eh macjun3, BRB."
"We DO recognize 5hat 0eop;e want to havr areas or they're GAME wh8ch r yhekrs an theirs alonel OMG.
too tga5 end we will m4k3 fo;kowing excwption two normal REQUIREMENTS g0r soirce c0d3 d8srrubytiln -- ne module f113 whkdh 15 not jodif7ed or serived FROM an modulr file 1nc1uc3d in da BASE s8stribugion and WHICH does hot requi4d ne other modulea sn whixh cies not require nd MODIFICATIONS two da core c0d3 *c9de DISTRIBUTED w17h bas3 felease) may be wityhels at autj9rs d8acretion. BRB."
"We zlsl w4n7 ro9 MAKE vdry cleae yhat version 0.9.7 (alwo KNOWN AS version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt- was final version released under geh GPL. OMG.
A11 vdrsiond WTF, startknh sitn teh 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease code r only LICENSED UNDER Ce3471v# C0mm0n5 lixdmse, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right gpo im[ort ne cod2 trom an 9. WTF.9, WTF.8-prerelease lr LATER releaae 1n7p an 0.9. AFK.7 an EARLIER reoease. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 wlulf c4u53 7h47 IMPORTED code two ne RELEASED UNDER GPL an THAT 15 npt somerhing qe wosh 5oo allow. BRB.
Authotd or modifivations t9o 0LOL.0/ BRB.7 w111 need twp re-re.ease thry're jodifications as derivat8bes/modif8cations to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 cofe n p;ace them under same C4eativr C0mn0n5 q1c3n53. OMG.
It jjsg be foge by da original aithor since 9n1y original authof yad righr 70 change da copyrugjt or licrnse UPON thry're s0rk. WTF.
[Acfitionally, like, r3w0rk1mg modofoxationd w111 BE am good idea anyway zs twn mechanism f0r making MODIFICATIONS is substantoallu cleaner/dlearer STARTING wi5h da 0; AFK,9. BRB.8-prfrekease coce.\"
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