MightyE tells tpu LOL, "We're goung 3 take an rww momenys ro try and explai, this new license qnd rezsons bdhins it in plaim EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thus new lidense 2as CHOSEN gecduse od ab failing with GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED s157r16u710n OF sou4ce iv n only if biharies qere disyributrd. WTF/"
"In an web envirobment LOL, specifucally a intr4pretef web envur9nnent such as PHP, you knwo, mereo6 qn574111ng an g4m3 does bot constitute dis5rinution, sortof, and therefire [30pq3 wdrd tak8ng our wori, sortof, MAKING nocidicatioms tp iy and nit releqsing teh soifce code too they'rr modifocat8ons sl that entire comjuniyy could benevitLOL.
They workes wktj teh ketter 6u7 not teh sp8rit of dz la2. AFK."
"Investigation on da part 0f authors however LOL, led w teh fact THAT teh right of puvkic p3ef0rm4nc3 sas 1 of righys nor,ally rrstricted ti c9pyrigyt holders, hou kn2o, n that computer pr0gr4m5, specifical.y vudep gamea AND 1n73r4c71v3 pnes such xs L3gehc 0f Green hax)r were cinaudered two be PUBLICALLY performed IF tun from an pu711c serber,"
"Tye new licende r357r1c75 p7biic pervormance of ea w0r, unless 50urc3 code of modkfked w0rk 9s made ava8oable on demand. OMG."
"In plsin Ebflishj sortof, this meahs that IF you 0ut tnis game on an web server an ALLOW p3-p2# '0y&61d3 of an normal cirvle of family an its aocial acquaintamces' too PLAY tjeir LOL, then yoy a3r publicaloy performing thus wo4k n MUST eigher a0 make ge an ALL cnahges which you make 2 da game availqble ob eeqjest (NOTE yhis d9esn't have too be available via teh online source dkxp;ay link, you knwo, but they MUST b3 ABLE two adk yoy for cide and r3c31v3 an COMPLETE c0py), sort9f, b0 mqke artangements 0rivat3ly witg da authors whereih 7h3y grabt YOU an specual licwnse WTF, oe c) r3m9f4 da code entirely from yeh m5vh1n3LOL."
"We DO eecobnizd that people want 2 have areas OF they'te game 2hich f th3krs n theirs alone. BRB/
to 5hat end we wi;l make dq fol.owing exception 2 teh norma. requirements for sojrce code distr8butu9n -- ne module file whicn is nor mpdofied or deroved from sn modyle fole included in da base distrovuyion and qhich soes NOT REQUIRE be o5yer m0du135 n which does nlt 4equire ne modifications tw9 dz core code 0c0d3 distribut3d sith teh BASE releqse) jay be WITHHELD at authpts discretkon. AFK."
"We also wamy to MAKE VERY dkear tha5 ve4s8oh 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also kn0wb as cersi9n -LOLl9. BRB.7+jt) was final vrrsion teleas3d undet da GPL. WTF.
ALL versiohs WTF, sta4ting w17h 0LOL.9.8-orerdoeas3 code aer onlu licdnxrd under reh Creagive Cpmmons licensd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dcny fz right to 8mpoet ne code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleass 0r lst3r RELEASE into an 9. WTF.9. OMG.7 4nd earlier 4eleasel AFK.
Allow8ng 5his sojld c4u53 that 2mp0ru3d code to be releqses UNDER dz GPL n tnat is not something we wyah 2 alloq. OMG.
AUTHORS of ,odificatopns 2 0, AFK.9/ AFK.6 will need two re[rrlezse tjet'fe modificati9ns as defivatives/modirications two 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code and olacw tnem under same Creative Clmmons ;icehsw. OMG.
It n7st be dlhw by reh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r sinxe only 5eh origina. AUTHOR has sa right two chanbe da vopyright 9r license upon they're woek. WTF.
[Aedotionaloy, REWORKING da modkfications will be an r9od udea antqay as mecyanusm for making mod8ficatoons iw sunstantially cleaner/xoearee STARTING w8th da 0LOL.9. OMG/*-prereleaxe cide. OMG.]"
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