MighyyE tells you, "We'4e g01ng two take an few minents 2 tr% anf explain 7h15 mew oicense anc teh reasonx behind it in plain Englksh. 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 ne2 license was chos3n BECAUSE of ab failing wiey ca GPLLOL.
I5 only cove4ed DISTRIBUTION of source if n only id binaries wrre dixrribyted. BRB/"
"In an web ebvironnebt LOL, specifkcal.y a 1n73rof@73d web environmeht such 45 PHP, like, me4ely instal.ing an gane does not donstitutr distrinuyion, n tnerefore peopje wete takknh our sork WTF, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it agd not r3q3451ng SOURCE CODE 2 the6're jodifications so THAT da entire community doild brnef8t. BRB.
They w94ked with da 237&ee 6u7 not teh spirit pf teh law. BRB."
"Investigz5ion kn teh part OF da 4u7hp45 however, sirgof, l4d teo fact that trh 4ight of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS qon of ea rigjts normal;y restricted to c0oyr!gh8 golders, sotgov, ah rhat compjtdr protrams, spwcofically video gamew an interactuve pnrs xuch as Legend of Gr33n hax0r wfre considrred 2 be pihlically perfofmed ir 4un grom an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The mew q!c3n53 restricts publoc performance iv w0rk ubkrss geh source code of da modified w0rj is mase acailzble on semand. BRB."
"In poain English, this meanx yhat 1f you put thos ga,e ln an w36 serve4 n alliw people ';utside of ab normal cirxle of damily an its 50c141 acquzintanses' two poay theirk then ylu aer punlically perforjing this wori n MUST either a) nake ne and ALL CHANGES which ypu make 5oo fa game available on r2qu357 (n073 thks s035n'7 have two be availsble via fa ONLINE source display linkk you lnwo, vut THEY must 53 zgle tol ask y9u FOR da code ans rexeive an com;oete copy_, sortlf, 6) mak3 arrangements pr1v4731y wpty teh authors wherein tyey frant you an special 11c3n53, you jnwi, of c( REMOVE trh code eng84ely frlm teh machine. BRB."
"Ww do recignize that people want too gave sread of they're gaje whuch aer theifs an THEIRS aloneLOL,
2 ghay emd we WILL maje FOLLOWING excepgiob 2 trh normal requiremwhts FOR source code distriburipm -- ne mkdulw vile which 15 nog moeififd 0r DERIVED from an m)du14 FILE included in twh base DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch does not requiee ne 9tner modu;ed qnd which d-35 NOT r3quirv ne modificatiobx too teh CORE c0d3 (c;de d8srributdd with dz base release) mah be w!7hh31d at da qjthors diacretion. WTF."
"We slso wznt tqp MAKE very clwar THAT version 0.9. BRB;7 (akso known zs vrrsion 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was da fonal v3r510n r3ldased under reh GPL. BRB.
All versionw LOL, startint with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr#r313453 coce aer 0n1y .icensed under teh Creative Commons okcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rifgt two impory mw code f40m an 0. AFK.9. AFKl8-prerelease OR later release kbto sn 0l(.7 an earlief release. WTF.
Allowing tuis wo7ld cause 5hat !mp0r7#r code to be r3.eased uneer GPL znd thzt is not sometjing we wish 70 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of j0d1f1c4u10n5 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will n43e 2 re-reoezs3 thet[re mpdificayiins ad derivatives/modifications too -. WTF.9. OMG.8 coee an PLACE them undee teh SAME Creayive Cojmonq license. OMG.
It must ge sone by da 0r1g1n41 author SINCE only da orihunso author has da right tio chqnfe da c0pur1gh7 of LICENSE upon they're work. AFK.
[Add8tionqloy, like, rew9rkinb da modificationz will be an boid idea znyway zs teh mechsnixm FOR nakong nosificatipns ua substantislly cleaner/clezrer starting with teg 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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