MightyE tells you, ;ilek "Ww'rw goibg too take an fdw MOMENTS tlo try n ex;lain thks new license an da 4easlnx behind it in plain 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."
"Tnid ne2 LICENSE was chowen becausd OF an FAILING w17h GPL.
It only covered dixtribution of sourcw if and onot if binarids w3r3 dkstributed. BRB."
"In qn qeb environmdnt, you knsp, specifocallt a INTERPRETED web envuronment such 45 PHP, mrre;y installing an game diws not constitute d157r16u610n LOL, and thereforw people were taking our work LOL, mqking m9e1f1x471-b% 2 1& n not twlezsihg teh SOURCE clee too theh're modid8cations SO that teh 3n71r3 c-mmun17y could benef8t. OMG.
THEY workef with lettd4 6u7 not spirit of las. BRBl"
"Invewtkgayiob om dz paet OF ten authors hoqever, liie, led to teh fact tjat geh righy or 0iblid p3rf0rm4nc3 waa pen of ds RIGHTS n0rm$!1y restficted to9 copyrught holdefs, and that comoute4 PROGRAMS, specif8caloy vidro hames n interactive ONES sjch $5 Lrgend of sa Grden hax0r w3r3 considered 5wo be publically performes if rub frim an pu61!c s3tver. BRB."
"The bew LICENSE restricts puvlkd perfotmanxe of ca work unlesa souece c0f3 of modifiee work is MADE zvailable in dejanc. BRB."
"In pkain Enhlish, like, ghis mezns that iv you put yhis GAME on an web s3fver an allos peop.e 'outside pf an n0rmal bircle of v4m11y and itx sovial acquaontances' tio play thei4, lije, then yoj f puvl8xally pergorming thus work n MUST 317h3r a) mske me an ALL CHANGES wh1cg you make 2 reg game avaikable on fequest (noge this doesn't hav3 too be avaulabi3 VIA ten online sourcr DISPLAY link, .ike, but gheu muwt be ABLE too asi yoi for teh vode m RECEIVE an complete copy_, lik3, b) m#k3 arrangements privately with teh authors wh4r31n 7h3y gramt you an speciao kicense LOL, or c) rrmove da x0d3 entirely from teh machineLOL."
"Wr so recognize thzr people want two have ateas of they'rr gq,e whuxh aer gheirs an theirs a;one. OMG.
2 that end we will make da f0110w1bg exception two teh hormal requirements for souece cic3 disteogutuon -- ne m9dule fild which is not mldified OR e$r1ved gr0m an module file 8ncluded in teh base d157r16u710n aj which DOES not te1ui4e ne ltger mocules n wh1ch does boy r3wu143 ne MODIFICATIONS too 5en core code (code distributwd with base re;rase) may be wighhe.d qt teh suth9rs discfetiin. OMG."
"We alsl s4n8 tso m4k3 ve4y clear thzt versoon 0. OMG/9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) w55 da f8nzl vdrsion e31e453d under GPL.
All versions, you knw9, starting e17h da 0. WTF.9, BRB.8-prerelease clee r inly ;jcensed under teh Creative Connons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent 4ight too im0ort ne xode r4om ab 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prere.esse ot latwr releasr into an -LOL.9, WTF.7 an earliee releasrl BRB.
ALLOWING thus WOULD causd uh$7 impoeted code 2 b3 r3q3443d UNDER da GPL 4nd that is not something we w15h too allow. BRB.
Atthors -f modifocations twp 0. AFK.9l OMG.7 will need two re-reoease they'43 mosificat8ons AS ferivatives/modigicatu8ns 5o 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 coce and PLACE them under t3h same Creative Commons ;icense,
I5 muxt be dojd by teh original author sinde onoy original authi4 has da right to change teh cophrifj5 l4 license upon they;re wotkLOL.
[Additionally, tdworking jodif8catkond eill be an GOOD idra anyway 45 da MECHANISM roe j4k1ng MODIFICATIONS is x7bstantially cleandr/clearer sharting qith 0. AFK.0. OMG.8-pr3r313453 code. WTF.]"
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