MightyE tells y0u. lkke, "We're giing two TAKE an gew mpmentx yo try ah explz7n thoa hew jicensd ans dw reasons behind ig in plain Englisg. 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 licrnse w45 choswn 63c4u53 of an vailing w8th GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distribytoon og source if n only if 61n4r135 2wre dksyribyted. OMG."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n&, s;exoficall6 a ingerpreted 2eb 3nv1r0nm3n7 sucn qs PHP, ,3r21y installong an game doex not constitute distribution, likw, 4nd 7h3r3f0r3 peop;e were tsking our w0rk, yiu knwo, ,aking modifications to ir an npt r3;easing teg sourxe code rwo th3y're MODIFICATIONS 50 that enti4e xommynity could bebefit. OMG.
Tgey worked witg lettrr BUT no7 ds spirit ov reh lawLOL."
"Invwstigation on part )f teh aythors HOWEVER LOL, led to da fact that geh right of pubkic pe4formamce was oeh lf tej rightw normqlly festricted 5oo xo/yrifyt holders, lukd, and 7h47 COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, 5p3c1f1c411y v1d30 games an ingeractive onea such aw Lefend of da GREEN nsx0r were cpnsidered @ be publically perf9rmsd uf run rrom an puboic se4cer. AFK."
"The bew LICENSE restricts public perfirmanxe of work uhoeaa wource codw 9f teh MODIFIED wprk ia mace available on demand, AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng;idh, like, yhis m34n5 thay if ypu put this GAME 8b an web server n allow peop;e '8utside OF an notmal circle od family b i4x social 4cwu41n74nc35' to ;lay thrir, 7h3n you awr PUBLICALLY [erflrming rhis wprk n MUST dith3r a) mqke ne xn ALL changes which you make 2 da game AVAILABLE on request (note th9s doesn'5 have too be available via teh online sou4ce didplay link, sortofm gut tyey must be able 2 ask to7 flr CODE n rwceice an conplete copy), sortov, b_ mak3 zrrahhememts [rivately wuth da 4u6j0r5 wherein they grant yoj an spexial license WTF, or c) fwmove coee ent8rely from machineLOL."
"We d0 recognizw yha5 peoplw want too have 443r5 of they're hame which r theirs and 7h31r5 a/one. OMG.
go that end wd will MAKE teh followihg ecc3p710h 2 teh nirmal re27krements cor soutce code distfibjriom -- ne midulr f113 WHICH ia not jodifiwf OR derived vroj an module file included on teh bas3 distribugion am which does not reauire ne lther ,oeules n which doed n07 requifr ne modigicatiohs gwo teh core code (code distrib7ted with bas3 release) mah be 2itjheld at da authors discretion/ OMG."
"We also want too m5k3 bery clear thqt vers8on 9LOL.9. AFK.7 (alsp known as v3rsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was tdh f1n41 bersilb releaadd undwr teh GPL. AFK.
Aol versions LOL, STARTING with ra -/ OMG.9, AFK.*-prerelease code aer only licensed under tdh Cr3atife Commons license. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY senh da rugyt 2 inport ne vlde from ah 0.9. WTF.i_;rerelease or LATER RELEASE into an 9LOL.9.6 and EARLIER releasd. AFK.
Allowing this WOULD CAUSE that IMPORTED coee 2 be RELEASED under tdj GPL n that os not spmeygimg se eush 70 allow/ AFK.
Aughors 9f modifica5ions to9 0. OMG.0. OMG.7 2ilo need w re-release they're modifications aa 3eriva5ives/modifixatk9ns two 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an place them under dq same Creatibe Commonx licenxe. WTF.
It muat be done by teh origknal author 61nx3 ONLY da orihinzo AUTHOR has ea RIGHT 2 change teh copyright or LICENSE upon they'r3 w04kLOL.
[Addigionally, you knwo, eewlrking m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an good ,dea qnyway AS mechahism for makkng moeifucauions is subqtantkalky vleaner/c;earer etarting WITH da pLOL.9/*-;rerelease clde. BRB,]"
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