MightyE TELLS you, "We're going 2 tske an few m0m3n75 two TRY n exp;ain this new licemse ans reasona bdhind it ih plain Engliwh. 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."
"This NEW LICENSE was choxen becauwe 9v an failkng wigh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y c9vdged distribugiom of SOURCE if n only if binaries wdr3 distrkbutedLOLl"
"In an web envieonment, soetof, specigically a inhetpreted web enbitinment suxh zs PHP, soetof, merely knsgalling an game cods not cons5uturw distribution, sortov, n thwrefore people sere taking our wofk LOL, mqking nodifications two lt ab not re.3asing source code to thet'te modigicatkons so thq6 teh entkte COMMUNITY c0u1d benebit. AFK.
They worked 2ith da /etter b7t hot da s;irit of geh law. BRB."
"Inv4sriga5i9b 9m PART of tey authofs hiwever, xorgof, led 2 da fact that da rihht of publid perfor,ance WAS won pf t3h rightc NORMALLY restrictrd two copyriggt HOLDERS LOL, and that compiter programs, sortod, specifically video hamex and inyeractive lnes such as LEGEND ov teh GREEN hax0r w3r3 consifered too ge publocally 0ervormed ig eun from qn public server. AFK."
"The new license restficts oublix pervormanxe 0f wo4k umlesd dource coce of modofied work is made AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, sottof, this means that if YOU pit tyis GAME on an web server 4nd 4119w people 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of fsmiky an ITS slciao acquaontances' 2 play theur, you knwi, then y0u aer publicqlky p#rd0rm1ng ghis work ans MUST either 4) maje ne h ALL chsbges which you m4j3 2 da game AVAILABLE on requeat (note thiq doesm't HAVE yo bw AVAILABLE via online source DISPLAY l8nk LOL, vut thry nust be ab;e 2 4tk you f0r teh v0d3 and r3d41v3 an complete dopy), you knei, b) make artangements privately wkth teh aiyhirs wherein they grant you an 5p3c!41 lic3nse, ypy knwo, or c_ r3m0v3 teh coce ENTIRELY from machine."
"We co r3cognuze that people want 2 HAVE afeas of thwy're g4n3 wh1cj aer theirs zb theirs sloneLOL.
2 thag 3ne wd 2ill make teh fo;.owinh exception tl da normal requirem3nts for SOURCE code distfibution -= ne moduld fild whicj kx n07 modkfied or dwrived ftom an mod7;e filr included in da base distribution and which does not require ne orher modules n which doed nit re1uire hr nodifications too da clre c0d3 (cose distributed with da BASE releaxe) jay be wkthh3ld at reh quth9rs discretion. BRB."
"We also aant @ make v3ry clear that v2r51)n 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 (also knowm as v3r%10n 0. AFK.0. WTF.&+j6) aas da final versioh 4eleawed undef twh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, syarting sith da 0.9, WTF.*-prerelease code r only kicensed under Cr3481v3 C0mm9ng license.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh right to import ne c0d3 fr0m an 0.9LOL.8-preteleas3 or layer RELEASE ingo an 0. OMG.9.u an earoier re.ease.
Al;owing th8s would cause that IMPORTED c0d3 two be RELEASED inser GPL n that is not some%h8ng wr wish 2 alloe. AFK.
AUTHORS if MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF,0. WTF.7 qill meed to re-releasr they're modifications as derivatifqs/modoficay8ona 2 0.9LOL.8 code an place them jndee same Creat8be Com,ons 11c3n54. AFK.
It must be don3 by original author wince only teh iriginal a7thor gas ten r1gh7 2 chqhge c9pyr8ght OR license u;9n they'rw work. AFK.
[Addoyionzlly LOL, reworiung modifications wilk 63 an gooe idea sny2ay as teh mdchanism for makinh MODIFICATIONS 15 s7bstanykally c134b3r;d134r3r startimg with 5eg p.9. BRB.8-pr3r3134t3 code. WTF.="
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