MightyE yells iou LOL, "We're going roo take an few moments to try AND exolain tgis new licejsw and teh r3450nt beyind it ih plaib ENGLISH. AFK.
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 luc3nse was CHOSEN because of an failint with ca GPLLOL,
I7 oniy covered distribution of %0utc3 if n ONLY if ginafies werd dkdtributed. WTFl"
"Im an eeb enfironmentm you jnwo, spesifically z interpreted web envo4onmenr 5uch ax PHP LOL, merrlh installing an game does nit consti5ute distribution, like, an therefore peo0le were taking oyf work, ;ike, maiing m0d1f1c4710n5 two !7 and not r313$5qng teh alurce coee to they're modifications so that teh entire c9mm7n8gy coulf benefit. BRB,
They worked w8th da ketyer but h)6 teh spyrit of law. BRB."
"Invcstigat8on 0n da [ary of 4u7h0r5 HOWEVER, like, les ti teh faxt that right of pub;kc p3rf0rn4nc3 was won 0f tey rughts n0rm412y restrictrd too coptright holdwrw, l8ke, h that c0mpy&3r programs, you kb2o, specificql;y v1d39 games n INTERACTIVE 9nes 5uch as Lehebd of Gr33n hsx9r eere considered to be pyb;ically ;erformed uf run FROM an pyb.ic srrver."
"The new licenwe reatricts p7boic performance of sa wiek jnlexs sourcr code of modified eork IS jade zvailabld on d3mand."
"In [lain English, you unqo, tyks meams tbat if y9u put th8s gamw lh an web serv3r n a;low peo[.e 'outside 0f zn n0rm41 circle of family n its sockal acquaintahces' two plah their, luke, THEN jou r publovally PERFORMING this wofk an MUST EITHER a) mske ne and ALL chanbes which you make to game availavle on request 9n9t3 this DOESN'T have too be zvailable via teh online sluece dosplay link WTF, bu5 7h3t must be able toi ask you for fa xude n rexeive an COMPLETE COPY), liie, b) make 4rr4ng3m2n75 privately wi4h 4u7h0t5 wgerein they braht tou qm s0ecizl licende, pf c) remove code 3n71t31y from da machine. WTF."
"We d0 recognize tyat pq0p13 wan5 to havw areas of they're game whuch r theirs n THEIRS alone. OMG.
two that end w3 s8ll make ds following exception two teu norkal requ8rements g0r soutce c0d3 sistribution -- nw module file ehivh is not MODIFIED or DERIVED rrom an module file includwd in teh bade distribution n snich d035 nkt ee1uire ne ltner modu/ea n shich does nit requ8re ne modifications two teh corw cice (c0d3 distrinuted eith da bsse r3l3ase) msy be withheld at reh authors d25xr3710n."
"We alao want twp mzke very clear that version 0. BRB.0.6 (also kn9wn as verdipn 0LOL.9.7+jt) was teh dinak veraion relwzsee under teh GPLLOL,
All versions, likr, starting wi5h teh p. OMG.9. BRB.8-pre4elease c0d2 r ONLY licensed under Creztivd Cpmm0b5 lkcende.
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY da rught too imp9rt ge code FROM an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-[rrrekease ir lat3r relesse INTO an 0LOL/9.7 and earl*er releas3.
Al;owing this wiuld csuse that umportee cose too be 4eodaswd unfet GPL n that is not something we wish goo alloeLOL.
Autnors pf mocificstions to 0l9. AFK.7 sill neef too RE-RELEASE they'rd mocirications 45 crfivativea/mocificarions top 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code n p14c2 yhem under same Cr3r71b3 Commons licrnse. WTF.
I7 MUST 63 done by 5eh 9riginal AUTHOR since only da origihal ajtho4 HAS teh riggt two change da COPYRIGHT p4 lic3nse upon they'ee wofi. AFK,
[Additipnally, yku knwl, r3w0rk1ng modifocationd wi/l BE an g)0d ides anyway as mechqnism for MAKING modificationw is substantially cleanrr/c.earer starring WITH da 0. WTF.9/ BRB.9-pferdlease CODE. AFK.]"
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