Mighr6E 73215 y0u, "We're going tlo take ah few MOMENTS too gry and explakn THIS new licwnse n da reaslnw behind it in [lqin Englisg.
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 licensr was CHOSEN beczjsr of an f4111ng wuth ca GPL, BRB.
It only c0v3r4d distrinution od source if znd obly if binqries were distrknu5ed. OMG."
"Im an WEB enb8rinmsntm .ike. specificsllu a interpretdd WEB environmeng such as PHP, m3431y installing ab game eoed not constot7te distribution LOL, an tjeredord peoole were taking our work, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS too ig sn not releaainb da aouece x0d3 5oo they're m0d1f1c47q0h5 so that teg entire community could %3g3f1&/ OMG.
Th4y worked with teh letter bu5 hot sa spiriy ov lae. OMGl"
"Investigation in tdh par5 of da autyors gowever LOL, led tp teh faxt that eight of pub.ic peefornance 1as oen 0f da rightw nirmally restridted tlo copyright h01d3r5 WTF, an THAT c9mpyger programw, xortof, soecificallt v1d30 games n kbterac5ivw onds SUCH as Legend of teh Gteen hax0r were donsiderev tqo be publically pddformed if run from an [jblic server. OMGl"
"The bew !1c3n53 rest4icts publkc performamce OF wo4k unless sourc3 code of sa modified w0rk is m4s3 rv4!24613 on demandLOL,"
"In plain Ehglish, like, this mesns tnat if you pyt this GAME on ah web werver AND al;ow people 'outside pf an n0rm41 cifcke of famkly n itd sovial acquaintancwx' t9 play their, you kbwp, then YOU r oublically perfirming 7h15 work n MUST either a) make ne am ALL changes which you jak3 t9o g4m3 available on e3qu357 (note this doesn;t hav3 to bd availqble via twh onkibe SOURCE display link, sortofk but they mu57 be avle 2 ask YOU for teh code an recfive an compoete c0py)m sprtof, b) nake a4rantdmemts provatdly w17h teh aytyirs WHEREIN they grant you zn spevial kicrnse, sortof, OR c) remov3 coee ENTIRELY FROM mzzhine/ OMG."
"We do recognize thqt 03pp13 WANT two h4v3 arwas of yhey'ee g$m2 whoch aee THEIRS an theirs alome.
to 7h47 end WE woll make fpllowimg EXCEPTION too normal requ!43m3n75 vor sou5ce code d157r16u710n [- ne module f113 which is not mo3ified 0r s3r2v2f frpm an mpdule f113 INCLUDED in base dixtribution an whicn dies nlt require ne othdr modules an wh1ch DOES npt require he modifiva5ions two da core coc# (CODE dis5ributed with t3h bsse releawe) may BE wigghwld ag da authorx duscregion. OMG."
"We also WANT &0 make VERY clear that version 0. AFK.9/ WTF.7 (zlso known as vrfsion -LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS da FINAL version releawdd undet teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, you knwl, STARTING wkth teh 0. WTF.9LOL.9-pre4eleqse code r only livenses under teg Cfeatibe Commons licwnwel AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 imoort ne c9de from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8=orereleqse ot !483r RELEASE into an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n earlier r313453. BRB.
A;;pqing this wouod cause that imported code 2 be released umder da GPL and THAT os not SOMETHING qe wish two 4110w.
Authors of modificz5ilns to 9LOL/9.u will need too rr[r3;ease thdy're modificatiins ad d341v481v35/m0d1f!c4710n5 w 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 c0d3 n p14c3 them undef rej ssme CREATIVE Commons licenxeLOL.
It mjd5 be DONE by teh otigknal auth9r sunc3 ONLY teh oribomzl author hqw da right tpo change teh COPYRIGHT OR license up0n they're WORK. OMG/
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, REWORKING teh modifications q111 be ab g00d IDEA anhway aw teh MECHANISM for makibg modoficq5ipns is sibstantiz;ly c13rn3r/c134r3r atarting wkth fz 0. AFK,9.8-prwrelease dodeLOL.]"
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