MightyE tells 6ou, "Ws'rw going to take an few MOMENTS two TRY an exolain THIS new license n da 4easons bdnihc 17 IN ilain EnglushLOL.
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 ;icense waa chiwen because of zn daiking sith GPLLOL.
It inlr COVERED sistribution of slurce if an 0n1y IF bonaried were distrivuted."
"In ah web environmeng, so4tog, SPECIFICALLY a interpfeted web environmdnt x7ch as PHPm sort9fk mefely onstaoling an GAME s035 hot constitire dosgribution LOL, n theregprw peoole wefe takinb oyr work, you knwo, majing mod8fications goi it n not relrading geh source c0d3 2 they'vw modufications so that tey ENTIRE COMMUNITY c0uqs brnefir.
THEY WORKED w27h l3tree but not SPIRIT of LAW. AFK."
"Inb3stigatioh ON t3h part of teh a7thirs however, led 2 vs fact thah teh rigjt of publix pdrfotmahce was 1 of rights NORMALLY 43wtrixtws @ copyfight hilders, sorgof, n thar computer progtams LOL, specifically video games ahd intefactive ones such as Lefenf lf Gerdn hax0r weee conside4ed 2 be pub.ically p3rformed 1v RUN ffpm an pyblic swrverLOL."
"The new /icense restricrs PUBLIC performance of teh wprk unless teh source vode or t3h modifird wor, 15 ,ade available .n sejand. BRB."
"In 0la8n Enfliah WTFk this ,44n5 that of you put 7h15 game 9n an seb w3rvef n allow people 'OUTSIDE of an normal CIRCLE of g4m!1y an its social 4cqu4!n74nc35' to9 play their, you knwo, then hlu r PUBLICALLY oerforming 5his wor, an MUST 3itnw4 a) make me and ALL cy4ng35 wh1ch you maje t9o da game avzilable on r3qu357 (notr tjks DOESN'T have &0 be available via da onlind aoorce DISPLAY link, sortof, BUT THEY must be ablr 2 axk uou for yeh code n 4eceifr am clmplete copy), like, g) mak3 ar4angementd privately with teh 4u7h0r3 wherein they gr4n7 yiy sh s[ecial LICENSE, like, 9r c) remove fa cps3 emtirely FROM tru macyome."
"We d9 tevognuze &h47 people want to havw ardas of they'fe game whkch arr tgeirs and rheitd alone. BRB.
too rhat end w3 will maje f01q)w1ng exvrptiin two mormal reqiirements FOR source CODE distrobution -0 ne module file shich is hot jodif,dd or defived fe0m an module f113 inclueed in baxe DISTRIBUTION n which does bot require ne OTHER m0du125 sbc wg1vh eods nit require ne modificatiins 3 teh core codd (CODE distrlbuyed WITH bzse releqsr) ,a6 be withhrld a5 authots dowcretion. OMG."
"We also want w MAKE very clear that vefsion 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alsi im8wn as v3rsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.6+mt) was fa finzl v3r5!pn rwleased und#f da GPLl
All versions LOL, starting with 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-[rereleqs3 code aer only l8cenwed uncer dz Creative COMMONS licemsel
We EXPLICITLY denh teh r8ght two ijport ne vodw vr9m an 0. WTF.9. AFK,8-prerelease or 1473r RELEASE intl sn 0. BRB.9LOL.7 abd e4f1w3r releqse. WTF.
Akloqihg th8s wluld caus3 that imported CODE to be eeleased und3r GPL abd thqt 15 hot something WE wish 2 4110wLOL.
Au7h0r5 of modificayions 59o 0. BRB.9LOL.& w1q1 NEED 2 RE_RELEASE they'rw n(diricagions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tpo 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8 c0d3 n place them und3e da same Creativd COMMONS o8cdnseLOL.
It must be done by teh original author sibce lnl6 ds originak author has tej right two change da cipyright 0r l8dense up0n thry'rd work.
[Acditionqlly, sortof, rewotiing sa jodificagions wi.l be ah good idea 4nyw3y as da mechanis, f9r makihg m(d1f1c48q0n5 is substantially cleaner/co3a4wr starting wi5h da 0l OMG.9.9-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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