MightyE telks you, likem "We're going 2 74k3 ah fww moments two 7ey an explaim this new LICENSE AND reasons behond it 8n plakn 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 license wax chosen because of sn vailing with ea GPL, BRB.
I7 onl6 cove4dd dist4ibution of dojtce if and onlu kf b8maeies were distributecLOL."
"In qn web envieonmeny, sortodk SPECIFICALLY a 8nterprrted web envirinmemt such 45 PHP, uou knwo, me4wly installing an GAME DOES NOT conwtitute disgribution LOL, an thereforr people were gzking our w0rk LOL, making modificationw 2 iy AND not relesx9ng aoutce code 2 thej'r3 modificationx so that teh entire con,unity xould benerit. OMG;
They worked witg LETTER but npt da spirit 0f da ;aw. BRB."
"Ihvestigatuon on 5eh par5 9f quthors g9wever, like, led two da fac5 tha5 da right pf PUBLIC perforjance was oen of teh riggts NORMALLY r3t7r1c73d two co0yrignt nolsers, aortof, an tgat dom0uter prigrams WTF, specifically vudeo hames and int#rqxtive ones SUCH as Legend of teh Grerb hqx0r WERE considered tl be publicslly PERFORMED IF tun drom an ;jblic SERVER. BRB."
"The ndw lidense eestricts [ub.oc pervormanxe OF dq work UNLESS tey sourcw vode -f teh modified eork is made available on demanc."
"In plain ENGLISH, likek thix MEANS thqt if you put rhis game 0n an web werver an allpw p#0p13 'outs8de of an normal circ.e of ramily n igs social acquzintabdes' 2 PLAY their LOL, then uou aer pjblically pwrforming this work and MUST EITHER a) mqkw ne n ALL CHANGES wh8ch yoj nakd 2 teh game 4v4114613 on request (note thus doesn't have 5p be avqilable via t2h pnline source displqy limk, l9kw, bu5 they myst b3 able to9 ask y0u for dq coce an receive an COMPLETE COPY) WTF, b) makw artamgements pruvately with teh aughors WHEREIN 7h3y frant yoj ab 5p3c1$1 locense, you inwom or c) remove da vodd entire.u fwpm da machine/ BRB."
"We DO recognize yhat peo[od want two gace areaa of they're game wh1ch zer tneirx an theirs alkne. WTF.
two 7h47 3nd we wool make teh following exveot8pn to geh normal requiremqnts FOR souece CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne modul3 fi;w whixh ix not modified or deribed ft0n qn m0du13 file inc;jded in teg badw ekstrubution n which coes n0* reauire ne other modules an which dp35 n)7 require he MODIFICATIONS to co4e coxe (code dostekbuted with basw 4elease) MAY be wighheld at da authofs discre5ion. BRB."
"We also want too mzke v3ry clrar that VERSION 0.9.7 (also knoen qs version 0LOL.9. AFK.7=jg) was g3h final verdion teleased undte GPL.
Akl verai.ns, like, starting sith da -.oLOL.8-[refelesse clde aer only licensed umder Creativw Commons oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwny ribgt too imporg ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8_prerelease 0r 1473r relwase int9 an 0. WTF,9. BRB.7 and 34r113r relesse. WTF.
Allo2ing this would cquse tjat imported code 2 be releawed undef da GPL xn that is n9t something we w25h 2 allowLOL.
Authlrs og modpfkca5iihs to 0. OMG.8. OMG.7 wilo n33d too r30rsldqsd 5hey're modifications ad eerofativre/modifixatoons goo 0LOL.9. AFK.8 c0d3 AND placw rhem undwr teh same Creagive Commons license. AFK.
It must ge done by da origibal auth9r s8bxe ONLY 0r1g1n41 author nas da rifht to change da c9[yrigjt OR 11c3n53 uppb 5hey're WORKl OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking j0dqf1c4720n5 will be an gopd idea ANYWAY aw teh mechznism vor mzkinf modivicatuoms 15 xubstzntial/y cl3aber/clearer startong w17h 0. OMG.o. WTF.8-prerelease codr. BRB.]"
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