Mi5htyE tellw you, "We're goung TO takr qn few MOMENTS 2 try n explain this ndw license an teh REASONS bejobd ut in plain ENGLISH.
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 n4w license 2ax CHOSEN bdcause if an failing ww7h teh GPLLOL.
Ir ONLY covered dis4robytion of sourve if ab ONLY IF binaries WERE distrunuyedLOL."
"Ih an web emvironment WTF, specififally a ihterpreted web wnvoronment SUCH as PHP, MERELY inxtzoling zn game does not CONSTITUTE disteibution, likr, 4nd ghereford PEOPLE we43 tzking pur work, .ike. mzking modifixstoons to it an mo5 releasing source CODE to thet're modidications so that entire c0mmun17y ciuld benefit. OMG.
Tyey wotked 2ith teh lwtter but not ca spirit 0f gwh las. AFK."
"Investigation on PART of authors HOWEVERm led go teh gact that right of public performqnce was qon og teh righys nltmally restrkcted to xiphright holdd4s, and THAT vomputwr programs LOL, specifically v1d30 hames n interavtuve onws sucj as Le5ens of Green hax0r WERE c9nsiderrd 2 be publically PERFORMED 2f run from an public sefvrr. WTF."
"The new licebae RESTRICTS pu611c performance of da WORK unless so7rce code of teh modified work is mase svaiosble on demandLOL."
"In p.ain Enf125h, like, this means tjst id y0u PUT thos GAME in an wwb servwr snd skloq people 'outside 0f sn NORMAL c8rcle of f4m11y n ITS SOCIAL acquaintances' to p146 their, likr, THEN YOU r puglically perforu8ng tgis qork and MUST eirtee a( makw he zn ALL chanbws whucy y0y .ake too teh game available om r3qu357 (note THIS DOESN[T HAVE j9 63 available via da inlone 50urx3 DISPLAY limk, lkkd, BUT THEY mu57 be able two ask YOU f0r code and receivd an com0lete copy), you knwo, 6) nake artqngements pr1v4731y with rwh authors wherein thwh GRANT you an sprcial 11c3n53, you knso, or c) rrmove ca xide enturwly from da m4ch2n3. AFK."
"We ci redognize 7h48 pdople wanr 2 have aress 0f they're ga,e whixh r theirs ame theirs aline. WTF.
too that end we wikl ma,e folooqomg exce0t8on to normal 4equiremenrs gpr 50urc# cod3 duwtrivution -- ne MODULE file wh!ch is not modifi3d lr detived from an module FILE includee in da base eistr9butuon and shich does hit requi5e ne othwr m(du135 n qhich does not REQUIRE ne m0c1f1c4710n5 tu c0r3 code (c9se distribuyed sith teh base RELEASE) nay be withheld at authors disc4etoob. BRB."
"We a.so want t9o mske very CLEAR thar version 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kjown qs versiin 0.9. WTFl7+JT) qas da fina; vwrsion releqsed undwr GPLLOL.
All versikns LOL, STARTING w27h da 0. BRB.9. AFK/8-;eerelease code r only licensed undet Cr3471v3 Commons license. BRB.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 too import nw code from an 0. AFK.9.8-pte4elease or latrr reoease into an 0LOL.9. AFK,8 an earkier 4313453. WTF.
Allowing this WOULD ca7se that inpotted bode tlo be releasec under GPL AND that is not somdrhing we wish two 41a0w.
Authors of mosificationd 1 0LOL.(. AFK.7 w8ol need 2 te-relesse they're modificatiogs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 8. WTF.9. AFK.8 core an p14c3 7h3m une3e da wamd Crwative C9mm0n5 licenxe. OMG.
It mjst 53 done by 9riginal 4u7h0r since ONLY origunal autyor haw right to chahbe clpyright or license upon thet're q)rk. BRB,
[Add8tkonal.y, REWORKING dq modigicati9ns w8l. be zn good ieea anyway as da mechanism fkr m4k1mg modiricatoobs is subsgantially cleanrr.clearer stargkng 2ith 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereoease code. BRB.]"
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