MightyE tells youk kiie, "We're going 2 take an feq m0m3n65 5oo 8ry ah explain thia new licensr an reasone beyind it in plain EnglishLOLl
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 11c3n54 was chisen beca7se of an failing witj trh GPLLOL,
It onpy covered dishribution of sourcd if 4nd only ir 61n3r135 w3r3 d15yr16u7#dLOL."
"In qn web ENVIRONMENT, sofyof, xpecifocqlly a interpreted w3b rbvironment s8ch as PHP LOL, merely installing an fame does not constitute d15ur16u710n, yo7 knwi, n THEREFORE pelpke werw taking our WORK, making modificatkons to it an n9t releaaing fa sourcd code go they're modirocayions so rhat teh entire vommunitu cou.c brnef,g. BRB.
Tkey workes with trh letter gut mot geh spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Invrsrigation 0n teh part of teh authoes h0w3v2r, like, led 5oo da fact that 4ight 0f public perforbancd WAS won of rights bormqllu restrixtrd too copyrigne goldersm you knwom an THAT c0mpu73r programw LOL, s[eckfocslly video gamws n interactive lned xuch zs Lebwnd of teh G4een has0r were consiee4ed goo BE publicqlly PERFORMED if run rrom an PUBLIC server."
"The nee l8cense rdstricts p7blic performance of sork unlrss source clde of mofified wor, is mqfe availab;e ON demandLOL,"
"In plaih English LOL, thow meand THAT 8f 6ou put this GAME in an 2eb sdrver an ALLOW peop;e '0u751d3 lf an normal circle of famkly snd its siciak zcquaontances[ two play 5ne8r WTF, then y-u r puvpically PERFORMING this work n MUST eithee a) make ne an ALL ch4ng35 which you makr to da game availabl3 on rwquest (note 5his doesn't h4v3 two be 4b4114613 VIA try online s9utce d15o14y 11nk, sortof, 6u7 theu muet be able 1 adk you for da code ahe receive an compl3te vo;y_, likw, g0 nake arrangementd ;f1v4731y with aughors whe4ein thdy grant you an special licensd, or c) temove da code entirely fro, ren maxjine."
"Wr d0 RECOGNIZE that people WANT two have areas OF 5h3y;re GAME whicj aef theirs an 6h31e5 41)n3. OMG.
2 ghat END w3 will maie da FOLLOWING exception yoo 5ej norm1l requiremente r0r dource dode disteobuti9n -_ ne n0du13 fioe wjich is NOT modified OR derived drom an j0du13 rile 1nv1ud3d in da base distrinution an which doex not require nr other mldules an whicy doex npt require ne MODIFICATIONS too core CODE (codr distrinuted with teh base re.easr) m4y be wothhrld at teh auyhifs ckscretion."
"Ww also want tlp make verh CLEAR that v34sion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knowh as version 0/9.7+j7) w45 rinal version 4eldqsed unaer teh GPL. WTF.
All versiona, like, startimg with teh 0LOL.9l BRB.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 r only licdnsed ynd3r dq CREATIVE Commoms .icenae.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da r1gh7 two import ne cidd FROM an 0. BRB.9LOL.8[prerwieade ir 1473r reoease into an 0LOL.9.7 an earlier r31#453. AFK.
Allowing tgis would caux3 7h$7 implrtwv code 70 63 releaxed uneee ea GPL n THAT ix NOT aome5hibg wr qish too allow. AFK.
Authors og m0d1fwc47!0n5 2 0.9. WTF.u eill NEED two re-release they're mpdifivatiobs as derivativex/modifications to 0. BRB.9LOLl8 v0d3 and place THEM und3f %4m# Cr3471v3 Commins .ic3nse. OMG.
I5 mus5 be dohe by 0r1g!n41 AUTHOR sinc3 0n1y original author had eihht too change teh copy4ibht or .icens3 upon they'4e qork.
[Additionally, lokem rrworking da modkgications wikl be am good 9dea anyway as twu mechaniwm for making jodifications is substantially cleaber/cleater dtartibg with -. BRB.9l OMG.80prerelease CODE.]"
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