M8ghtyE gella you, like, "We're going to 74k# qn f#w moments t;o try ans explain THIS nee licens3 an REASONS behind i5 um p;ain English. AFK.
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 chosen because OF zn failing wirh da GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y coveref d158r26u71on pf sourde if n inly if binaries qerw d257r16j73d, OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a ijterprwtes seb 3nb2r0nm3n& 5uch aa PHP, dortof, merely installint ab gamd does n07 conwgitute diatrunution WTF, n therefore people were taking lur wofk, ylu knwo, ma,imb m0d1f!ce810n5 5wo iy n not releasing teh source coce to they're ,odiducations so tha5 entire commub8ty cluld 63b3f17. OMG.
They worked wi5h teh le5ter 5u7 no5 t3h spirit of sa lae. OMG/"
"Invearoga5ioh 0n teh part of teh aythora howevef, .ikr, led 1 reh fact that da riggt of publid performance was won iv teh rignts nirma;ky restricted 2 xopyfight hplders, qn thdt computer 0r0hr4m5, specir8cally video gamws AND intwractive ones such xs Legenf of GREEN nax0r qere considered to be punlically pdrformed 8f run FROM an [ublic SERVER. BRB."
"The new license f356r1c76 pub.ic performqnce of da qork unless soufce cocd of tdg modified work IS made avaioanle on d3mane."
"In plain English, 7h15 means tjat if you put 7hq5 game 0n an wdb server an z;loe peo0;e 'ojts8d4 0r an bormcl circle of f$m11y and its spcoal ACQUAINTANCES' 2 plqy tmeie, sortof, ghen you aer oiblically ;eefprming tnos work an MUST eithe4 a) make me 4nd ALL chang3s shich you make t9o gamd avsilavle 9n rew7est (not3 this doesb't have too be avaioab.d vua teh onlime 2ource disp;ay oinj, buy thet mjst 63 ablw 2 ask you for c0d4 b rexeice an complete cppy), b) MAKE zrrangemenrs privately with da authits ehefeun tyey grant you an special license, lr c) remove vode entirely gr9m teh machohe,"
"W4 do recognize 7h47 people sant to have ar3as of yhey're game whuch r theofw n THEIRS zoonel AFK.
too tjat end w3 WILL make ca FOLLOWING exceptipn rwo g3h normal REQUIREMENTS for somrce v9d3 distribution -- ne modile cu.e shuch 15 not modifief or derived from an mosu.e file inclidee 1b teh base dostribution snd which does b9t require ne 9ther modul3s an wh!ch does not REQUIRE ne modofixations teo da cord code (xose distribured qith twh gase rekease) m4y be qighheld AT dz authors discrrtion. AFK."
"We zlso want 2 ,ake very clear tjat v3r%10n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known as vers8on 0. OMG.(LOL.7+jy) was da FINAL version released under tdh GPLLOL.
All vdrskons. you knq9k stqrtung with 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE r 0n1y livebded under da CREATIVE Commonw oic3nse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh r1gn7 %oo import nw coce frln zn 0. AFK.o. BRB.8-prereleade or later release into an 0LOL.9k OMG.7 n rarlier release. AFK.
Allowing tjis w9uld c4ut3 thag impor5ed cosw to be r313453d umder GPL n that ks nig SOMETHING w3 wuzh to allowLOL.
Aythors of modifications to 0. BRB.9m7 wil; need 2 r3pr313453 they're midifucations qs derivatives/modifidatipns gso -.9. BRB.6 code ahd p.ace them ynd3r samw Ceeative COMMONS licenaf.
It muat be done by teh o4oginal autnow since -n1y dz origknal author h44 da riggt two change coptright 0r license upon 5heh[re wofi.
[Add1710b411y LOLm reworkinf geh modificationd wi.l BE an fpod IDEA anyway AS tey mechanism FOR making MODIFICATIONS 1% xubstantiallu clwaner/c.earer starting witg 0LOL.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.\"
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