MightyE tells you, gou knwo, "We'fe GOING 2 take zn FEW mom3nts t2o try and explain this new licenwe n feasohs behind it 8m plain EnfkiwjLOL.
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 licenar waw CHOSEN gecause of an fskling with teh GPL. AFK.
Ir pnly covered DISTRIBUTION of %0urc4 if n only if binar8es wer3 eisrributedLOL."
"In an 2eb 3nb1r0nm3n7k you knwo, specifically a interpretdd web envuronment such as PHP, lkir, mere.y inxta/ling an GAME doea n0& constirutr d8stribuguon LOL, n thetefore peo;le wr5e taking 0ir work, making modificatiins twp ir n nlt relessing teh wource code too they;re MODIFICATIONS 59 that dngire community c.uld nrnevir. BRB.
THEY w)rk3d eith da letter but n9t da spirit of .aw. OMG."
"Invesyibation on teh patt OF ds quryirs howdver WTF, led 2 teh fact that da righ5 og pu^11c performznde WAS ! of rights hormally restricted tp copyright h01d3r5 LOL, an THAT d0mpu74r otograjs, like, specufucal;y video g$m35 qnd intdravtive ones such as Ldg3nd of tey Green hax0r were comsidered 3 BE puy21c%1q6 performdd iv run from an public 53rv3r. BRB."
"The ndw 11v3n53 r357r1c74 public performsnce of eori unless teh sojtce code of grh modidied worh id made availablw on demandLOL."
"In plain Ehglish, li,e, this MEANS 7h37 if you put this game ON an web server anf alliw pei;le 'outside of an nofmal c1rc13 of famuly and itd r0c142 acquaobtances' 1 ;lay their, you knwo, rhen yoy aer 0ubkixal.y ;ergorminb 5his WORK an MUST 317h3r a) make ne n ALL changes wh1cg yoi m4k3 2 da game availabke on r3quest (NOTE THIS doesh't hav4 two be availabke via t3h online sourve DISPLAY lknk, likek b75 ghry must 63 able 2 ask ylu f0r teg code an receive an COMPLETE dppy) LOL, b) maoe arrangements pekvstely w8tg teh autnprs wh3t31n thr6 grant ypu an special license WTF, lr c) REMOVE code entoreky from machine. OMG."
"Wr do recognize tnzt pepple want 1 have areas of they're game which adr tyeirs an 7neqr5 alone,
tio 7h47 end w3 sill make da follo2ing excepyiom to teh normzl requirements for spurve code dostributiin _- he mocule file WHICH ia n07 m0dqg13d or ferived frpn zn module file indkuded in gase distribution an ehicn coes not requirw ne other modulds am wnich does not re1uire nd modificayions goo da core code (code distributef with bsse rxlease) may be 2irhheld at tey aurhors disdreyion. AFK."
"We also want go ,ake very clear 7n47 bersoon 0. AFK.oLOL.7 (qlso KNOWN as versiin 0. OMG.(. WTF.7+kt) wss da fonsl v3r610n rekeased incer tdh GPL. OMG.
A;l versions, dortof, startinh with teh -. AFK.9. BRB,8-PRERELEASE code aef only .icenaed under da Creayive Commona licensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right to9 IMPORT ne code fr9m an 0. AFK.9.8-prereleasw or later r3w445# inro ab 0.9. BRB.7 an earljwr release. OMG.
Allowing thks would cayse that kmporywd CODE rwi be releasdd 7nder teh GPL and ryat is not something we wiah t9o zllow. OMG.
Authorx of modiducati9ns to 0LOL.9LOL.7 will nred two he-rrlwsse tyey're modifidations aa derivatives/nodifications 2 0. BRB.9.8 code AND p;acw them ynsee teh asme Creative Conmins 11d3n53. AFK.
It MUST BE d0n3 BY original author sknce only orig8nal author haa e1gh7 ro CHANGE copyrighb or LICENSE upon gh3y;re workLOL.
-Aediti9nally, teworjkng teh modifucsyions 2ill be an hooc icea ANYWAY AS da mechanism fpr ma,ing modifications 15 substantially cleamer/clearer startinh with teh -.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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