MightyE tells you, yp& knso, "We're gokng ywo 4ake an few momwnts to try and explain this nee licebse n grh geasons behins it in plain 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."
"Thia n3w 11c3n53 wss choseb because og an failing s17h teh GPL. AFK/
It lnly covered cistribution of slurxe 1f abd onl6 ig BINARIES were distr8vutes. AFK."
"In an 2eb envirlnment, s;dxifical.y z 1n73rpt373d web envirpnmrmt 5uch AS PHP. merely installing an gaje does h.t donst8tute distr8buyion, you knwo, m therefote pe9ple wdre 73i!ng o7r work, MAKING midifications 70 it an not releasing teh source coe3 go th3y're modofycatipns s9 ghat tey entire community COULD BENEFIT. OMGl
They WORKED woth teg letter nut not t3h spurit pf da laqLOL."
"Incestigation pn da par5 9f 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER LOL, oed too da fact tha5 right od pubkic performance 2as 1 of ribhts nor,ally e357r1c73d 70 co[yrigjt holders, hou inwo, and tha5 cpmputet programs WTF, s[exofically video gsmes qn interactive lnes SUCH as Legens OF da Green hax-r were c0n51d3r3e too be publucqlly pervoemec if rim from an p7blic servetl"
"The new ;icensd RESTRICTS public pdrformance OF da WORK unlrss trh sourcd code of MODIFIED WORK is made AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"In plaon Englisg, tou lnwo, this meqbs that if you p7g rhos fa,e ob an web SERVER and allow people 'outs8de of an nirmsl dircle of fa,ily an ITS SOCIAL acquaintances; too play their WTF, tjem you aer publically 0erforminy rhid work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL chqnges which you make to teg g4m3 availzble on reqjest (NOTE tjis doesn't have 2 be availzblr vua online SOURCE display link, ypu knqo, but THEY must be ab.e two ask you dor t3h dode n rwceive an complete cipy0, s9ryof, b) m4k3 arfangements provately with sjthoex whdrein they gramt you an apecial kicense, or c) remoc3 tey xode 3n71r315 FROM machin3. BRB."
"We do recogn8ze that people waht 2 have areae of they'4e game qjivh aef the8es and 5heirs alone. AFK.
to ghat end we will make teh fok;pwing exc3ptiln top da nlr,al requirements for source code dkstribution =- he midule file whicj is nlt nodified OR derived drom an module fole includef 1n da base disttibut8on n which d[es not require nr other modul4s n whicj DOES not teajire ne mosidications 70 teh core coer (cod3 distributed with teh base fel3ase) may br wityhslc at AUTHORS disctetionLOL."
"We slxo want too make fery clear gha5 version 0LOL.9LOL.7 9alsi KNOWN as versiln 0. AFK.9.8+jt) qas final verzoon released uneer teh GPLLOL.
All verwionx WTF. 5&4r71ng wigj tdh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerel3ase c0d3 aer pnly licensed under teh Creative Cpmmons licensdLOL/
We EXPLICITLY deny da fight 1 import nr clde feom an 0. AFK.9.9-pr34313453 ot 1473r release ibto an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n earkier relesse. OMG.
Allowibg thos wo7ld c4u53 that importws code to be relezsed under da GPL and THAT 15 npt something we wish t9o zllpw.
Authlrs of jodificationw two 0LOL.0. OMG.7 w111 need 2 re-release yhry[re ,kdificatkobs as derivatives/m;difica5ions 70 0.9.* cpde n poace them undrr tej samr Ceeativw Commons lic3nseLOL.
It mu57 BE done by ten original author since only orkf8nal zuthor has teh right too chang4 dq xip6ritht OR license upon thry'rd work. BRB.
-Add1819n411y, redorkong modificztions w111 ne qn bood idwa anyway 45 teh m5chrn15m for makimg modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleatwr starting eith teh 0LOLl9. WTF.8-prereoeasr xodr. OMG.]"
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