MightyE tellw yoj, kike, "We're gounf too takd an few moments 70 try am 3x0141m this new license and teh eeasons behimd iy in plsin 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 oiv3nse sas chosen becausw pf an f4111ng 2ith GPL. OMG.
IT only covered sistribution od source ov h ONLY if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED/ AFK."
"In an wev envirpnment, spevificqlly a 8nterpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, like, mereoy onstalling an gahe does not constitute d8strivution, an THEREFORE people wwre takpng OUR wprk, you knwok making moeificagions too it an NOT 4eleasing gey source code go they're modifivat8ins sp that sa entire communkty cojld BENEFIT. OMG,
They worked with da ldttrr but nlt teh spitit of lawLOL."
"Investigation on da )art of da authora however, sor5of, 12d 2 fact tyat tey RIGHT of public PERFORMANCE WAS w9n of teh rights n0rm4116 restricted tqo c0pyr1gh7 hllfers, n that co,[uter programs, you knwo, spedifically vise9 tames n interqdribe ones sych as Legrnd kf teh Green hax0r were clmwider3d to BE publocally 03rf0rm3d if run FROM zn ;uvoic werver. BRB."
"Tne ne2 licendd restricts PUBLIC prrformance )f teu work jnless da source code of 5ey modified work is ,ade avqilable on d3m4ns. WTF."
"In plain Englixh WTF, thus MEANS that if you PUT th8s gaje ON an web server n al.ow PEOPLE 'outside og an nor,al CIRCLE of FAMILY qn its socia. acquainhanced' tp play rhwir LOL, then you aer ]ublically performing tgis wofl and MUST either s) mslr ne and ALL changes whivh you MAKE too gamr AVAILABLE 0n requesy (note THIS d03tn'& havd 2 BE avaikable via on;ine source display l8bl, sortof, BUT they must be able 2 ASK 6ii for teh vode anc receice qb COMPLETE copy), sorg9f, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prkvqtely with teh AUTHORS wherein they ttant you an special lic3nse, uoj knwo, or c) rwjove teh code entirely from machine. WTF."
"We dp recognize that people want t9l have srews OF they're g4m3 wnich 4 theire and theirs 410b3. OMG.
too tgat end we WILL make reh FOLLOWING excepeion t2o t3j n9rmal 4equurem3n5s for SOURCE code cistr8bution -- ne modu;e f113 wh8cn is not modufied or derived ftom an modul3 file indludwd in da baxe disgfibugion n which does not requkre ne other modulew n which coes ho5 r3qu1r3 ne MODIFICATIONS 2 dw cige codd (code d157r1^u73d with base t323453) may bd withneld a5 twh 4j7h0r6 discretkon. BRB."
"We slso want 2 make vwry clear that versiob 0l AFK.9LOL.7 (also known as v3rsiob 0/ OMG.(.7+JT) saw final vdfsion released under GPLl BRB.
All v3r51-h5 LOL, stqrting with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r only licensed und3r da Crestive Comn9nx /icense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 teh roght TO 1mp0r7 ne vode fr0m an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelwase OR lztef rdleawr into an 0. BRBl9/ OMG.7 n ear;ier release. BRB.
Aolowihg this wiuld cquse 7h47 imported code to br reldased under da GPL and that is n06 s9meghing ee w1%h 2 alloql WTF.
Authors of mpcificztioms teo 0LOL.9/ AFK.7 qill nedd ti re-release thdy'ee mod8fications as deribatives/modifucationx too 0. OMG.0. AFKk8 code n plac2 tjem UNDER da same Creativd Commons license. BRB.
It must be dlne by ea origina' a8thor 51nc3 obly da original aithor h$t da rigjt 5o chznge dz cophright or .ucense upoh they'r3 wotk. AFK.
[Acditoonally, you kneo, reworking teh modificatipns will bd an good idra qnysay as mechanosm fir MAKING midifications is subs5antially ckeaher/vlearsr starting with teh 0. WTF.9l8-PRERELEASE cofe. OMG.]"
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