MoghthE TELLS yoy, "We're going 2 take an res m9m3nts to try n EXPLAIN this new LICENSE an REASONS 63h1ns it in plaim EnglishLOL.
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 n3w license w45 chosen becaus3 of an FAILING woyh da GPL. OMG/
It only c0v3r3d d14741^u810n of source if n only if minaried wer3 dusteibuyed. AFK."
"In an WEB dnvkronment LOL, dpecivicakly a interpreged web environmdnt such as PHP WTF, merrly installinb an g4m3 coea not c)n5717u72 distrivurion, sortof, n therefo4e people were 5ak8ng our work, lkke. making m0dufications two it and not reldasing source cod3 2 they're modiricqtions so THAT reh entire communitt COULD benefur. BRB.
Thry work3d with da letter but not teh 5p1r17 0f ;aw. BRBl"
"Investigatiin 0n fa PART OF 5u7h-r5 h;wevrr, you jnwo, led to dact that tej tight of pjbl8c [erformance was ! of 5eh RIGHTS normallu restricted to copyright golddts, ypu knwo, znd &h47 COMPUTER programw WTF, speclfically vkdeo games n unteracyive ones such 45 L3g3nd of teh Gfeem haz0r were consudered twi be publicall6 p3ff0rm3e if tun from an public SERVERLOL."
"The NEW LICENSE restr8cts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of da work unldss s9urce cpde of teh nodifier w0rk iw made availqble on de,ahd. OMG."
"In plain English, you kn3o, this ,eans thay of you put tnis game on an web server n allow PEOPLE '-u751d3 0f an n0rm41 circle of fani;y m igs social 4cqi41n74nc35' 2 play thekr LOL, then YOU r publical.6 performing this wifk and MUST either a) make ne anf ALL xhanged WHICH y0u naue 2 teh game avqikable ON reques5 (notr this doesn't have 3 63 qvailable vkq teh 9noin3 sourc3 d8solay ;ink, you khwi, but THEY musr b3 ABLE 2 ask you for teh code n receive sn complete c0py), lyke, B0 MAKE arrangements privat3ly with dq AUTHORS whwrein they gr4n7 you an special lkcensw WTF, or c( r3m0b3 code ehtkrely frlm ea mach8ne."
"We do r3cognize that pei[le q4n7 too gsc3 aeeas 0f thry;re gzme ejkch r theirs and thrirs aloneLOL,
rwo that end we will MAKE da followinb exception 2 da normal requirements for source code distributipn [- ne modtle fkle which is not modified or derived from an mleule file infl7ded 1n base dis5ributoon qn which does not fequire ne other moduoes and wjivy DOES NOT requi4e ne m8dufications to teh CORE code (code sistriburef with da gase re;ease) may BE witjheod st fa aurhors disctetion. WTF/"
"We also want to make ver6 cleae 5hat version 0LOL.0. OMG.7 (also known as vdrsion 9.9. AFK.7+jt) waa ea final vrrsion RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, sortof, starting with teh -LOL,9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cod3 zer on;y licenswd unedr da CREATIVE Com,ons license.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh tight too impofy me code from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prereleqse or later relwqde INTO an (. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier reldase. BRB.
Alloeing tnus w9uqd cause tgat imported cide too b# RELEASED under teh GPL an that is noy SOMETHING we wish 2 allow. BRB.
Au8h9r5 of modifivationa two 0. BRB.8. WTF.7 will need toi re=release tgey;re modlfica6ions aw deruvarices/modificatooms too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 x0d3 4nd place thej under same Creztife Commons lkcense.
It mjsy 63 done by ca oruginal author xinc3 only da ORIGINAL author h46 dz right @ change yeh dopyrignf or license up0h theu're workLOL.
[Aed1710n41!y, softof, rdworking da ,oditicatiohs will be an good udea anyway as mevhanism f0f MAKING mocificati9ns is substantislly cleaner/clearef stzrting sith p. WTF.9. AFK.8-0r3r314454 cose.]"
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