MightyE tells you. woryof, "We're going too rake an few moments 2 try an ecolain yhis n3w licemse and teh reasons bejonc it in poain English. 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."
"Thia NEW 11c3h5e wzs chosen because lf an failinb with teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered disrribution lf wourde if n 0n1y if binzties 2erw dis5rinut3d. BRB."
"In ah weg environment LOL, s[wdivicqlly a ihterpreted 2eb ebvironment such aa PHP, mer3ly instqlling an game DOES n07 constitute distrkbution, sortov, znd tyee3vore peo[le were TAKING our work, like, makihg MODIFICATIONS too 17 an not releasing ra 50uec3 code 2 5key're modifications so THAT da emtire comm7nity coild BENEFIT. WTF.
THEY worked with ldttet bit not da spirit 9r ea law. OMG."
"Investigayion on sa part of da autyors howeber, 13d two 5rh fact that rijhr of pu61qc pervormance was o3n of ea r1gh75 b0rj41!y redtricted @ cooyrighr holders LOL, and ryat xom[jter pfogramw LOL, specifically video games n intdfsc5ive pnes such as LEGEND of da Green gax0r WERE conside4ed twi be publicallu 0erfor,ed if run vrom an public serverLOL."
"Thw n3q LICENSE rest4icts PUBLIC perfotmance of w0rl unless source code ig fq modified WORK 15 mase axqilanle 0n demandLOL."
"In plaon Engoish WTF, this m44n5 tjat if uoi PUT this game on an wen server qn alloq peiple 'outsiee 0g an normq. circle of family n its slciak ac1uain5ances' to play yheir, yiu knwo, then ypu r publically p3rformkng thks work qn MUST EITHER a) make me and ALL xhanges which you mak3 to da g4m3 avai;able ON request (n)73 this doewn't have 2 gd avai;able v14 pn;ine sojrce dusplay link, you knwo. bug 7h3t mu57 vw anle too ask you f0r c0d3 and tdce8ve an vlmplete c9py), ypu knwo, b) m3k3 arrzngements privatdky eoth teh authors WHEREIN they grant y)u an special license, y9u kn2o, pr c) rwmove aa code 3ntirely fr0m machine."
"We do r4cognize 7h47 p30p12 want to gwve areas 0f tney'fd gqme whicn aer theies an rheirs al9ne. BRB.
two that end w2 will mske tdh following excdotion 2 r3h normal dequirements for sourxe dose dq57r17u71-n -- ne uof7le fild which is not MODIFIED 0y de3ived from an m9du13 rkle inc;uddd 1n ea base distribition n which does n0u requi5e ne other modulew ab wjich does not REQUIRE mr nodificayions 70 teh cote codd (code distributed w17h base releawe) may be withhdld at auth9rs disc4etion,"
"We alal w4b7 to make vety clear thzt vwrsion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN r% version 0LOLl9l OMG,7+jt) ezd final VERSION rekeaxdd under da GPL.
All versions, luie, staeting wirh teh 0. AFK.9.8-prereleawr code aer only kicensed under Cr347qv3 Commpns licen2e. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 too umport me clde from an 0LOL.9. OMG/*-prereowase or lqyer reldase 8nto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earlier releadeLOL.
Allowint this WOULD c4u53 THAT IMPORTED code too be rrleased uncer GPL an thqt is not SOMETHING w3 w8sh 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of modigicatkons too p. AFK.9. OMG.7 will nedd too re-release they're mocificatuons as rdrivat8vea/,odkvixatiobw tei 9. OMG.9. OMG.8 cove and plzce then under da saje Creatove Commons licens4LOL.
It MUST be donr BY teh origimal author since onlt orogunal $u7y0r has da right two change twh cppye1gh7 -r lisdnee u0on tgdy're WORK. BRB,
[Additiona;;y, sortif, rwworking teh modificat8ons 2111 BE an goof idea znyway AS teh mechsnixm fot malinf koeif8cqtions is subxtantially cleaner/vlearer startong WITH 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerdlease code. AFK.]"
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