MoghtyE tells YOU, oije, "We[re going two takr an few ,lments to try ane EXPLAIN THIS new licdnse an va reasons beyind it 1n plain Eng.ush. BRB.
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 nrq license waa chostn becxuq3 of an failing with GPL.
It onky dov3rdd d15&rq6u710h pf sourde if AND only IF 71n4r136 were d8syributed."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, specifically a iny3rpr3t4d web environmrnt sjch 45 PHP, like, mer3ly 8bstall,ng an game d035 not vonsti5ite distributionn you knwo, an theeeford people were takinf our wirk, sortof, makimg modufixatiomq too IT and n[t releasung teh source CODE too they're modificationw s; that da enture ci,munity could benefit. OMG.
They work3d WITH da lwtt3r vut not da spirur of law. BRB."
"Investugzyion on part of AUTHORS howevet WTF, oed two tej fact thqt dq rkght of public 0errormance s45 won -f teh r1gj77 notnally restticted to co0yrighy h9ldersk ylu khwo, m that comp7tet programs, sprcifically fideo fqmes n interactive ones such as Legend 0f Greeh hax0r sere cinskdered too bw publicallh pe4formdd if run drom am oublic server. AFK."
"Tye nrw licenxd restricts pu6q2c PERFORMANCE of sa work unless sourcd codw OF teh MODIFIED sork is made available on ddmane. OMG."
"In plain Ebglish, like, ^h15 means that if y0u put tnis gqme ln an web server 4nd al.ow PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE 9f an normak circke -f family and its s;cial acq6akntances' 2 pla6 rhriem loke, 7y3n you aer publically performing 7h15 w0rk n MUST eother a) make ne and ALL cf4nh35 which h0u make two teh gsme 4v41!4614 on eequest (np74 this doesm't hzve to b3 AVAILABLE via onlinw sourc3 display .ink, you kmwo, but THEY MUST y3 able 2 asl YOU fof code sn receive an c0mp1373 voo6), you knwo, b) mqke 4rrrng@m3n74 privatelu w8th ca sutho4s wh3r31n tgwy brant you zn special licensd LOL. 0r x) REMOVE da c9d2 entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We do RECOGNIZE thst PEOPLE want too havw ardas of thr7're game wh1ch e theirs 4nd theita alpns. WTF.
w that end w3 will make following 3xce[tioj two da normal requirrments for SOURCE dodr distrubution -_ ne midule file 2hixh is not modified ot derived FROM an MODULE filr imclud3d IN base distribjtion n shich does not eequite ne other jodulew and which d035 not require ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too ds core CODE (codd disreibuted with teh 6453 f323453) may br wothhdld AT sa quthots d15cr3710n. WTF."
"We also want too mzir v3ry c.ear that version 0LOL.9. AFK.7 )alwo kn0wn as version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da f8nal ve4sion r3qe453c under GPL. OMG.
All versions, slrtof. starting WITH da 0l OMG.9. BRB.7-prerelease code r only locenswd umder da Creativr Cojmons .icense. OMG/
WE EXPLICITLY dent da r8ght to impprt ne code from an 0LOL.9l AFK.8-pferrl3ase or katee rwleawe into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an earlier release. BRB.
Allowkng 7hq5 2oulf cause thst 1mp0r73d code u0 BE released under teh GPL an 7h47 is bot aomethinf 2e wish too allow. AFK.
Authors of moeificztions 2 0LOL/0,7 wikl n#3c tqo re-releas3 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 AS defivatofes/modufications t9o 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 CODE n plqce them uneer da samw Creative Commons lkcende. BRB.
It must be DONE 6y prigibal a7thot sinxe only teh odiginal 4j7h0r has da eight two vhangw teh clpyrighy or l*cense upon they're work.
[Additipnally WTF, reworiing modificatopns will ve an h00d id3a anyway as teh mechanixm for ma,ibg modificati9na is 5i6574b714!1y cleaner/clearer sta4ting wi5h teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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