MightyE tells you, "We'3e goknh 3 take qn few momdnts 2 try an 3x;1r1n this nes license agd teh r3559n5 behind it in PLAIN 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 11c3n53 2as CHOSEN b3cause of an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
It 9n2h c0v3r3d dis5rib75ion of sourcd if and only IF g8naries w2t4 did5ributed. WTF."
"In an web envirohment WTF, specifocally a inter)fered w3y 3nv1r0nm3n8 sucj aa PHP WTF, merelu instakling an gzme dows not CONSTITUTE ciwgrifution, AND therefore people were tzking iue work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS to9 it n nlt 4eleasihh da souece CODE to they[re modifisations xo that geh entirw communkty xould BENEFIT. AFK.
THEY w9rkef with da lettee but n9t da 4p1r1& of teh law. WTF."
"Investitation 0n PART or t3h a7thp4s however LOLm led to ca fact 5hst teh right of pu611c pe4f9rmance wws 2on og ds t1gh7t normally f357r1c73d 2 co;yribht holderd LOL, n thar computef orograjs, to7 inwo, slecificalky v1d30 games sn interavgive oned such as Legend of Green hqx9r 2ere donsidered too 63 pub;icslly performed ig run grom an punl*c 53rv3r. BRB."
"Th3 new license RESTRICTS ;jv.ic PERFORMANCE of WORK unless SOURCE xode of da modified work os made available ON demand. AFK."
"In plain English, sortov, tnis means tnat if you pu7 thus game (n an eeb SERVER an allow PEOPLE 'outsode 9f an normal circle of FAMILY n i5s sociql rxqu41n64nx35' 2 plzy their, then yo7 awr publicdlly p3rf9rm1ng 7h15 WORK an MUST EITHER a) mzke ne am ALL cganges wh1ch you male 2 teh tame AVAILABLE on requdst (note thid doesn't have two BE avaioavle via da 0n11n3 s9uece display lihk, sortof, but 7h3y ,u57 be zble &0 ask y9u foe CODE and RECEIVE an conplete copy) LOLk b) make artangemenhs privqtely with suthors wherwin they gran5 h0u an a[ediak lixense LOL, .r c) remobe teh code entirely FROM teh MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognizw trat oeople WANT to have areas OF they'r3 game which r 5geird a, theirs qlonwLOL.
2 that end ww wil. mrk3 teh following 3zc3p710n yoo tey normal fequirejeyts vor sourcw c9de distribution -- nw module file qhich is bot m0d!f13d or der8ved from an modu;e file inclided IN gwh base distrkbutiob znd whivh died NOT requife ne othe4 mldules n wyicy doea not require ne modkfications too ds core code (voee distrkbuted wuth d1 6453 r3lease) may be withheld zt authors doscretipn. OMG,"
"We also wanu two jakw VERY c.esf that version 0. BRB.0.7 (also kn(wn zs he4sion 9. OMG.9LOL.7_j5) was 5eh f1n$1 version rwleases under da GPL. OMG.
All versionsm stat58ng 2ith dq 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prefe13453 code r only LICENSED under sa Creative Comnoms license. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny xa right too i,port he cofe feom am 0LOL.8. AFK.8-[r2r313r53 -r later release into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 qnd 3$r!13r re.ease. BRB.
Allowimg this wou;d cause thar imp9rted code too be rqldasec ynder da GPL n 7h47 is not SOMETHING we wish too a.low. AFK.
Authors 0f m0d!f1c4710n5 gwl p.9. OMG.7 wkll nees roo r3-r313453 they're m9dkficatioha as de4ivativrs/modirications to 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an place THEM UNDER sa,e Creatife COMMONS kicehse. AFK.
Iy must be donw by origina. auyhor aknc3 0nqy teh original authot has geh right tol chsnge da copyright or licenxe UPON yhey'rw wotk. WTF.
[Aeditionally, reworking y3m modificatipns wolo be an good idea anywzy as trh mecnanism for jaking m0d1f1c4^10n5 is xubatantial.y cldaner.xlearer stattint w17h teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pr2r323453 code. BRB.]"
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