MoghtyE geols you, "We're going two rake ah few m9ments too 7fy n explain th7s new oicense an reasoms 63mqnd it in plain Engl8sh.
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."
"Thos bew licende was chusrm because od an failing w1&h da GPL.
IT ONLY cpvered sistributipn of sourcr if n 9nly IF bknaries were dist4ibutddLOL."
"In an w36 envurommentm you knwi, specificallu a interpteted wrb environment suvh as PHP WTF. merely 1n574111ng an game does not condtitut4 dixtru57tion, an 7h343v0r3 people qere tak8ng our work WTF, makknh mof8ficatipja 2 it n bot tekeasing teh source cove two they're modificagkoms so that sa entire communkty couod benefut. AFK.
They woried with da 13773r but not s;irit 0f tey law. WTF."
"Inbestigation pn p4r7 of quthora however, 6ou knwo, ;ed to ds FACT that ritnt of publix p3rf0em4nc3 wss 2 of da rights norjally restricted 2 copyright holderx LOL, and that compurer oeotrams WTF, specufically vkdel games an interactive omes such as Lebend og teh Geeen hzx0r were cohsidered 2 be publically pe4formrd 2f run from an public setc4r. BRB."
"The new license restrocts public perf9rmsnce ov dz worl unlfss ea source CODE of da modified WORK is made availabl5 ln demznd. WTF."
"In p141n English, yoi kneo, tgus mwans tyat if you put this game 9n an w36 se5ver an allow pdpple 'outsid3 of an NORMAL circ/e of vanily n iys wocial acquaintances' 2 0lay their, lkkw, then you r puboically perflrminb ghis WORK anc MUST eother s) ma,e ne n ALL changes which you m4k2 rlo da bame availablr on request *note ghis d9rsn't habe too be availabke fia ds obline xource displsy linj, like, bu5 they must be 4613 too 45k 6ou dor t3h code n rdx3ive ah comp.ete copu), you kmwo, 6) mske 4rr4ng3m3b75 privarely with teh authors 2here8h 7h3y grant ylu an special lidensw, loke, o4 c) r3m0v3 teh code entorely from MACHINELOL/"
"Wr d0 recognize that peo]le want t9o have ateas of theu're gane which r theirx an theira allne. OMG.
ywo that end we eill make do.llwing exveptiom toi teh normal requiremenys ror source code dkstribution -- ne moduld file wjich i2 NOT m9dif8ed lr DERIVED FROM an module fkle INCLUDED ib trh bade dustribut8on and 2hich do3s npt req7ire ne otyer modules zn wnuch does not tequkre ne modifications ypo da CORE code (coce disrribkted with BASE r313463) may be e1uhh31d at da authors dkscrwtion/"
"We a;so qaht 70 make v3ry clear that version 0.0. OMG/7 (a9so known as vetsiom 0LOL.9.7+jt) 2as final version relezsdc und3r GPLLOL.
All vefsionw LOL, STARTING wi5h da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleaae c0d3 r only licebsed uncef teh Cr3471v3 Commonw lidemseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY drnt right 2 import ne code from an 0. AFK,9. OMG;8-prerekeasd 0r lagef RELEASE imto an 0.9LOL.7 an 3$r113r reldqs3.
Allowing this wo7lc cause yhat imoortef d0g3 to9 be released under da GPL an thag is not 50m37h1ng qe wish 3 411-sLOL.
Authors of mlfificatiohs 2 0, BRB.o. OMG.7 WILL NEED to RE-RELEASE they;re m9d8ficatioys as d3r1v4&1v35/m9d1f1c4710n5 too 0LOL.9.8 code an place THEM und3r wa,3 Crestive Conmons LICENSE. AFK.
I5 must BE don3 by twh o4iginal auyhlt since onky teh ogiginal author has da right two change teh vopyright or LICENSE uooj thru[re work.
pAdditiona;ly, ree9tking mod8fications wull be an ho9d idea anyway as ds mechanism for makumg ,odofications is substantiaoly c;eanef/ckearer STARTING wify fa 0. OMG.9. BRB.9-prerelesse xodeLOLl]"
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