MughtyE tells you, "We'4e gokng 2 rake an f3w momwnts teo 7ry ans EXPLAIN THIS med jic3nsw and da reawona beuind it in plain EnhlishLOL.
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 licehsr was chosen becayse of an fakling with teh GPLLOL.
It onky covered d157r16u710n lf spurdr kf an onlu if bina5ies were duwtfibutee. OMG."
"Ib sn web environmdnt, yoi knwo, specifidally a interpretde q3b 3nvironment such ax PHP. you khwl, merely insyallinn an g4m3 does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, y9u knwo, an thefefore people wete takinb OUR WORK, making modifucationx 2 iy n not RELEASING reh 50urc3 code two they'ge modif8cxtoons ai tyat teh ehtire c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
They soried with LETTER bmt mot reh s/irit of law. AFK."
"Invesyigqtion on da [ary of fa authots HOWEVER, ord twi da fact that teh right OF public perfofmance was 9en or rihyts normally rewrricted 70 xop6right y01d3f5 LOL, n tyat computer prog4ams, like, specifically video gamea and knteracgivr onea 5udh as Let3nd 9f Ge33n hqx0r WERE cons8fdr3d t9o be oublkcally oerformed IF run FROM an public SERVERLOL."
"Tjd new LICENSE restricts PUBLIC 0ervormsnce of ds work unless da dourde code of teh moeified wotk is m4d3 available on DEMANDLOL."
"In [lain Engq15y, sortof, this means that if tou out rhis GAME on am srb serve4 znd a.loq people '0uu51d# of ab normal circld of FAMILY an its sociao acquaintances' yoo play rheir, sortof, tnen YOU 4 publically PERFORMING thix qo4k an MUST e8tjee a) make ne and ALL CHANGES which y0u make 2 5dh game AVAILABLE on request (note rhis d035n'7 hzvr to be abaklable via da ONLINE s9urce display link LOL, but THEY MUST be 4^13 3 ask you for teg code n receive an COMPLETE copy), loke, b_ m4i3 arrangem2nts PRIVATELY w17h da quth9rs whereom theh grqht YOU zn 5p3v141 lkdensem tou knwo, or c) remove 5eh c0d3 entirely from da mschine. BRBl"
"We do recognize rhzy p30;14 WANT to jsve AREAS of they'ee game which aer 7h41r5 an theira ALONE. OMG.
5i that end qe will make sa dollowing exception to rxh nirmal requirements f0r soirce code distribution -- n3 moduke file wjich IS nog moduvied or DERIVED rr0n an module file 1nc1ud3d in base distribution an which does NOT requird ne othet m9dules and whocn DOES not requife ne MODIFICATIONS to c9rr dide (code disrrkb7t3d with va bade f313453) may be withheld at twh authors DISCRETIONLOLl"
"We a.ao want 2 mqke fery clear that version 0. BRB.9, OMG.7 (also known as fe3sioh 0LOL.9LOL.7+jg) w45 teh final version feleasec und#r GPL,
All verq8ons LOL, 574r71ng w17h da 9. BRB.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code aer obky licdnafx under Creative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 4oo knport ne CODE rrom an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelezae or lat3r rekease into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.6 ahd earloer r313453. WTF.
Alloqing 7h1t WOULD cause ghat i,p94ted c0d3 2 be released under da GPL an tgat is not 50m37h1ng we wisn two al.ow. AFK.
Authorx 0d modifications to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 sill nded 2 re-release they're modifixagiiys qs ddrivayives/modof8xa58ons to 0. WTF.9l8 cose and plade them under teh same CREATIVE C9mmons .icense.
It mus5 63 done ny prigibal author sincd only teh oroginal aurhor h45 right 2 ch4ng3 copyfigh4 or lkcense UPON they'4e wofk. AFK.
[Add1710n411y LOL, reworkint twh ,osificzti9ns eil. b3 an g00d idea anywau 45 mechsnism for makinb modificat8ons is s7bstantiall6 cleaner/clearer dtarting w17h 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease codd, AFK,\"
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