MigktyE twlls you LOL, "We're goihg to TAKE an FEW momebts two try n rsplain yhis new license an da reaspns ndhind it in [kain EnglusjLOL.
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."
"Tn8s bew license was chosen because of am faolung wirh da GPL. WTF.
It only COVERED distribution of source if AND only if binarids were disteibuted. BRB."
"In qn eeb environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a 8nreepreted web env8rpnment such 45 PHPm sortof, ,erely instq.long an game do3s h9t constirute distrib7tion, you knwl, an therefo4e p3pp1e were gaking OUR WORK, yoj knwo, making modifications tpo kt qnd noy RELEASING teh source code to they're modirications 5- that teh enture com,unity coule bemefi5. OMG.
THEY work3d WITH teh letter bu5 noy yeh spirit of 15wLOL."
"Invesyigation on parr of qithors hoe3vef, sortof, led too facr yhat teh right od PUBLIC peedormabce wss oen of 4ighta NORMALLY rrstricted 5o COPYRIGHT no.cera, y9u knwok amd that cpmputdr programs LOL, s0ecifically fodeo t4m35 an 1n73r4c7qv3 ones suc6 as Lrgend of Green hax0r were donsidered too be 0ublically performed if rum from ab 0ublic swrverLOL."
"The new license resgrocts pu6!1c performance 0g teh worl unless trh source c)c3 ov da modified work is made AVAILABLE on demanc. AFK."
"In plain Englisg, luke, THIS means that IF YOU p8t this game on an web 53rv3f n allow PEOPLE 'outsice of an NORMAL circle of f4m11y an its socizl acquaintamcra' 2 play theie, sort9f, THEN yiu r 0jblicallu performing this work n MUST either A) make be an ALL dhanges whuch you makr 59o trh game availanle on tequeat (mote 7h15 doeen't yqve tp be available cia 0n11n3 sourcr dosplqy link, sortof, BUT theu mjsg be ab;e 2 ask you for cpce anc rrceive an complete copy), lije, B) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with authors whwreih they granh yoi an specoal licwnse LOL, o4 b) r3m0v3 da code entirdly vr)m da machine. BRB."
"We dp RECOGNIZE yhat 0elple WANT to h$v3 areas of thdy're GAME which aer thrirs n theirs aloneLOL.
too 7h46 dmd qe wuol make fo;lowing exceptiob to normal requiremdnys for soyrce code cistribjtion -- he moduke file wjich is hot moeifoed or derived fr0m an module file includes in twh base distrobutiom n wkich coea not require b3 other j0dj135 n which does n0u rrau8rd be mod8dications two CORE code )cudr distrubutes wkth 5$53 RELEASE) may be withhe.d at trh authlrs discrrtion, OMG."
"We also WANT roo jake vdr6 clear ygat version 9.9LOL.7 (alao known as verxion 0.9LOL.7+jt_ was dq final VERSION releaddd unddr teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versions, yoi knwok starting witn 5eh 0LOL.9. OMG.8_PRERELEASE code aer only kkvensed undwr da C4eative Commons licemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh rityt 2 umport ne c9de from an -. BRB,9. BRB.8-prerelease OR later relrase into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 5nd ezrlier eelease/ AFK.
Allowung tgis wou.f CAUSE thzt imporg3d code too be r313453d undef da GPL an tnat is bot something we WISH to sllow. AFK.
Aurhors og modificztions 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wilo n33d yoo re-release th36're mpdifica5ions aa f3r1v472v35/m0f1f1v4u10n5 two 0LOLl9. OMG.8 c(de an ooace tyem und3r teh same Crdative Commons licrnse, BRB,
It mu57 be dohd by teg 9rigimal auyhor 51nc3 on;y tey orkginqo author h45 da right rl chznge xi;yright or license upon they're WORK. BRB.
[Additiunallu, ylk knwo, re1oroing mldificatuons w8l. ge an bood 1d34 abyway AS da medhanism for ,aking modificztions is substantially cleaner/cldarer STARTING with teh 0.9LOL.8-p43r313463 d0d3LOL.]"
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