MoghryE TELLS y9im like, "We're going too 74k3 an few moments 70 7ry n expla8n yhis new licenqe an ca rezsons behigd it in plaon Englishl 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 LICENSE was cgosen bwca7ae of an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
It on.y d0v3rec DISTRIBUTION or source if n ln.y if BINARIES WERE distributed. AFK."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENTm s0ecidically a intetpreted seb environment wjcj 44 PHP, like, merelh instalking an game does not constitytr d8syribution, lik3, h therefore peip;e qdrr 5aking oue work, you ,nwo, m4k1ng moaificstiobs tp it abd not releasing wource CODE two they;re modigicatoohx s9 rhzt teh entire COMMUNITY cou.d benefitLOL.
They woeked wkth letter 6u7 not teh 5p1e1& of 5eh law. OMG."
"Invedtigation on teh ;art of da authors howevdr, s9rror, led two twh facg that dz right of pu6!1c pwrrormznce wss len od teh r1gh75 normally 4eatricted teo copyright y9lderw, like, m that comluter p4ogfama, sortof, SPECIFICALLY videl games anc 1h73r4c7qv3 ONES xuch AS Lebend of Gfeen hax)r were CONSIDERED to be pu711c41!y perfor,ed if run from qn publoc server."
"The neq kicense restricts public performanc3 of WORK unless teh sourcd codd of modified qork iw made acailabke ln ven1nd."
"Ih plain Eng.ish, sortof, THIS ,eans ghat if you pu7 this gzme on am web server 4nd a;.o3 people 'ouyside OF zn normal circle of family 4nd its social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 ;lqy tyeirm you knwo, then hou aer publics;ly perforking yhis work n MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL cyangws enich y0u m4k3 tp teh gane avsi.able pn 4dquest (no5r this dpesn't jave two be AVAILABLE via inline aourdd d15p14y LINK, ;ike, BUT they must bd wble two ask y9u for c0d3 an receive ah cpmplete c0py), oikek v) make arrangements p4ivately with aufgo4s wyerein tjeu grant hou an SPECIAL license, you kmwom 9r c) remocd c9de entirely fr9m teh machinel BRB."
"We do recigbixe that pr9ple want tqo HAVE areas 9f rhry're game whkch qer theira sn theirs alone. OMGl
yoo that end we will make followiht eseeption too teh normal r3qu1r3m3b75 f0r sourde cide distributiob -- ne modukd fole which ks no5 MODIFIED or derived fron an m0du1# f113 includes in base distribution an which dorw hit REQUIRE ne other moculws n which does not req7kee n3 mpxificatiind yo ca cpre xode (code vustrivuted witj 5eh base rdleas3) may be withhwld at auyhors discret,on. OMG,"
"We also want too mske v#ry CLEAR that VERSION 0LOL.9.7 (also KNOWN as version 0,9l AFK.y+ht) was heh dinal ferwion released undet tdh GPL. OMG.
All version2 WTF, 674r71bg with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8--rerdlease xode adr inl6 licensed under da Creative COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two im;ort ne code from an -. OMG.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE or lq5tr r@oeqse intp an 0. OMG.9.7 anc ear.uer release. BRB.
Allowinh this wo7lf cause yhzt imported cofe to br releaded und3r teh GPL zn that is nlt somegyung we wisj to alloq/ OMG.
Auth9rs of mpdirications to 0, AFKl9. OMG.7 will nerd 2 RE-RELEASE the5're modifivations as drrivativez/jodofodatkons two 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 code and p14c3 them under da ssmw CREATIVE Commobs ;ic3nse. BRB.
IT myst be eone by otoginal author s8ncd inly da irig8nal author gas teh right to changw c9pyrighr OR license up0m th3y're wprk. BRB.
[Additionakly, sortpf, reqorkibg MODIFICATIONS w111 63 ah g9od 1d#4 anywzy 4t teh mechsnism f0r making micifica4iond is substantially cleaner/xlearer starting wi5h 0. OMG,o. OMG.8-prdreldase cideLOL.]"
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