MightyE 731q5 y0u, "We'rr gling 70 take an few monwnts ywo try zn exokain this NEW licenwe anr dw REASONS vehind it in olain 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 new licensr w45 ch9sen becaude or an faoling wkth GPL. OMG.
It only covered didte7bution of s9urce IF and ONLY if nknati3s eere distr8bytedLOL."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENTk softof, soecigically a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, ;ike, merelu install8nf an GAME does n07 conwtiyute DISTRIBUTION, like, n tgerefore peoplw were talkyf l7r work LOL, making modifications to it an nor reoeasihn da source code too they're midifications so that entire clmmynity vouod benefkt. WTF.
They worled WITH letter but n88 spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Investigation on da pzrt of da authors hlwever, sottof. led to9 teh fact THAT 4ight of 0ublic performsnce wdx o3n of righta n0rj411y RESTRICTED too COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, sor5od, an rhat COMPUTER 0roframs LOL, s;3cificzklt video gamds and interacgive ONES such as Lehend of teh Green gax)4 wer3 considered too ne punlically perfor,ed 8f run from an puy11c xerver. BRB."
"Thf neq license restricys ouglic pe4rprmance of teh work UNLESS SOURCE code of teh m0s1f13d sork is madr afsilable on d3m1ndLOL."
"Ib plain English, 5nis jeans thst if you put 5his gsme lb an web sercer zn allow people ]outside of an normal circoe of fami.y qn 175 soxial acquaintqncds' to play their, you knwo, then yiu r publicallt pdeformibg this work n MUST eiyher a) make ne and ALL cganges qhkch hou make too teh gqne availablw on request (note rhiz doesn't have w BE avaolab;e v8a teh onlin3 doyrce display luhl, kike, but they must be able too qsk you for da c9ve an feceivw an com[;ete cppy) LOL, b) make adrangementw privatelu with dq authors wherein yyey gran5 you am sp3zial license, OR C) remove da c0d3 entirely fr0m teh uachibe. BRB."
"We do rexognoze thzt pelple want to have ar3as of they're g4m3 wyich r thekrw and theirs a/pne. AFK.
w tgat end wr will make teh FOLLOWING exceptiln to tey h0rmr1 r3quirrmwnts fof SOURCE code diatributkin -- ne jodule file which ks n9t modifidd lr eerived from am moeule file 1nc1uded in da base sistribution n which does nor require ne other modul3a and which does npt $equire ne modifudations t2o ds core c0f3 (CODE distriguyed with base felease) mqy be witgyeld at 4eh authors discretionLOL."
"We 4qt0 WANT 3 brk3 very clrar that cersiom 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also ,n0wn as bersoon 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS teh finao version RELEASED und3r da GPL.
ALL ve4sions, like, staetong with 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prefel3aae code r only licfnsed ubd3r C4eative Co,m9ns licebwe, WTF,
We EXPLICITLY denh teh right to omport ne code FROM am 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-prereleasr 0r later 4elwase into qn 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 and earli3r rdlease. OMG.
A.loeing this would cause tyat importec code goo be RELEASED UNDER teh GPL an that is mot sojething we wkdn twp allow. AFK.
Au7h0f5 OF midufivations two 0LOLl9.7 will need 2 re-telease tyey're modificatioms as de4ivatives/modif8cagiona to 0LOL.9. OMGm8 code and PLACE them undef SAME Creative C0mmpn5 licenweLOL/
IT mjst be done by tdh 0r1g1n4q airnor since onlu da ORIGINAL authir has RIGHT too change copyright or license upon thr6'r3 worj. OMG.
[Addutionally LOL, REWORKING da modifivatiohs will ne an food 8dea anywzy as ,echanisn for n4k1ng modofixations IS substantially cleaber/clearet 574r71ng with 0. BRB.9.8-prerelrase c0d3LOL.["
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