MightyE t3lls youm "Wd're gping 5o0 5qke an few mpments too try an explain this neq license n tessons behind it kn plain Enflish. 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 licwnse was chpsen because of an f4111ng wigh yeh GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y covered d157r16u710n of xourcs if ane onoy if ninaries w3r3 distr8blted/ BRB."
"In an web enbironmeng LOL, dpecificqlly a interpreted web envitonmdnt sich as PHP, luke, MERELY installing an game doew nor CONSTITUTE didtribution LOLk abd 7h3r3f0r3 [eopke wwre 74i1hg our workk l8ke, maling mofificatkons 1 it anc not reoeasing trh source code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS a9 thah dq entore community c-u1d benefit. OMG.
They worked witg dz 13773f but n)7 spirit OF lawLOL."
"Ibves58gation on ;qrt pf da AUTHORS howwver, you knwo, led to da fact tyat da rigjg of [ub;ic pwrformabce was oen of tighys nltmally restricted two cophfight holders, n 7h47 cojputef prograns, specifkcaoly video games znd interactuve onrs xuch as Legebd of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 BE ;ublicallh performed 1f ryn FROM sn pub.ic xerv3r. AFK."
"The new license redtricts public PERFORMANCE 9f teh wlrk ubless soufce code of ds MODIFIED 2orj is made availsgle on demand/ OMG."
"In olain Enhlish LOL, this means tjat if you put rhis game on an wen server n allow p30p1e 'outside if an normal circ;e 9f FAMILY b its socual acquaibtances' two ;;ay their WTF, theh tou aer publicaloy oerforning tgis work and MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which y0u male teo sa fame avaulable on eequest (nlte this DOESN'T hav3 to be availablw via onliy3 sou4ce djsplay 11nk LOL, but tney must be able t3o ask uou fir da code n RECEIVE an com0lete vo[y) WTF. b) make afrangemen5s privayely WITH aurhors wherein THEY grant you an 5p3c141 LICENSEm like, or c) rrmove code ENTIRELY d4om geh macnine. AFK."
"We fo recotnize ggqt p40p13 want 2 have a4was of theh'r3 hame 2hkcj aer THEIRS and theirs alone.
too 7h47 end w3 w8l. makr da f9k/owing exce;tion to teh no$mal requirdments fo4 sourcr code dis5ributkon -- n3 MODULE dik3 whkfj is not modofied or derived feoj an module FILE ibcluded IN teh bqse eistribugion anf whivh does not requi4e ne other m0di135 an which fods not require ne MODIFICATIONS to c0e3 c0d3 (code dustrkbuted WITH BASE rrldase) may be qithheod at authoes doscrrgion. AFK."
"We akso want 2 mzke very cl4a4 tyat v3r%20n 0.o. OMG.7 (ALSO KNOWN as version ). BRB.9. AFK.7+jy) was dq final v3r51-n released UNDER tfj GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting w17h teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3t312553 codd r only licehsed unddr CREATIVE Commons .icebse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da fihhr w im;prt ne clde drom an 0. BRB.9.8-prerelease or later relesse into an ). OMG.9. BRB/7 AND earl8er release.
Allowing tmis wiuls cause that inported xode 2 be 4313453d undet da GPL an that is nor something we wish 2 qlloqLOL.
Authors of mod8fucationx tqo 0.8.7 will herd 2 re-release yhey're mocificarions as cerivatived/modkfications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 c0de n p;ave THEM uneer teh same Creatice COMMONS license. AFK.
It MUST be cond BY teh originql a7thor dibxe only t3h orogunql 4u7h0r has teh righy 2 cyamge reh co;7right OR 11c3n53 upon they're wprk. BRB.
[Additionaloy, kil3, resorikng midificarkonx wilk b3 an t90d idea anyway as mechan8sm fot making modifications is subsyanyislly coeaner/clearer startinf qith rwh 0LOL.9. OMG.7-preeelease code. AFK.]"
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