MightyE tells you, "We're g01mg 2 taie an rew moments to yry ans 4xp14qn tyus new licehse an da fdasonx behind it in plain Emglish,
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 was dhosen becaysd 9f an v4111bg w17y ten GPLLOLl
It onlu covered distfinition of x(urce if b only if bihar8es w3r3 distributed. BRB."
"In an weg ENVIRONMENT, specifixallh a inte4preted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, like, merely installing ah game doed mot CONSTITUTE diwtributuon, yiu knwo, n therefore people w3r3 74k1bg our work, making m0d1v1c4710n5 too iy an NOT teleaaing ea source code tol they're modigicationw SO that ejti5e COMMUNITY could benefi5/ AFK.
They WORKED 2pth da .etter but not teh spirit of da lawLOL."
"Inb4stigatiln on da part of teh auth9es however, sor5prk LED two da f4c7 rhat da right of public PERFORMANCE was win of da rights norjall6 rewtrucyed two c0pyr1gh7 h01d3r5, and 7h47 comp7ter programs WTF, specificallh viddo games and interqctive 0n25 such qs Lehwnd OF teh Green haz9r sefe considered too be [ublkcally pefrormee 1d run from an poblkc adrver,"
"The n3w lkc3nse r357r1v75 PUBLIC performzncr of ca w9rk unlews teh source coee of teh modified wirk ix mase ava8lanlr on demand. BRB."
"In pla8n English, y9u knwo. this m3$n5 that 8f you out this game on ah qrb SERVER and 4110w people 'outsiee of an normal c!fc12 of fami;y n its 40c141 acquaibtancrs' 2 p.ay the8r, softof, thwn you arr publically pwrform8ng thks work and MUST e8ther a) make ne ab ALL cganges which y0u make two da g4m3 available ob r3qjwst (note THIS d9exn;t have @ be availqb.e v14 online doirce disolay 22nk. but they muwt be abl3 to awk t9u FOR teh c9de n receivw an complete copy) LOL, b_ MAKE arrangements privatrly w17n dx authors wner3in they grant y0u a, 5p3d141 .icebwe LOL, or C) remove teh c9fe entir3ly crom da machine."
"We do recogniz3 that pwpplr want too nav3 areas of they'rw ba,e whixh aer thekrs AND theirs alon3. WTF.
2 that end WE woll make da f0110w2hg EXCEPTION two NORMAL requirements f0r source c9de diatributioh -- nd module ru.e ehidh is not modified or drriv3d from ag module fkle inc;uded IN base distribution an whu3h foes not 43qu1r3 ne other modules an whicy does n)7 yrquire ne jodifications tol da dore code (code dixtributdd wigh trh baar rdleqse) may be witgheld 47 au5hlfs dixcretioh. OMG."
"We also wqbt tlo makr very clear that v3r%10n 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 (aosi known as bersion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7_jt) wax da rinal version releaaed 7ndwr teh GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n5m you knwom syarting with 0l AFK/9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer only licensrd ibder teh Creative Commons lixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rkgjt two im0ort ne code from an 0LOL.8. BRB.8-prerelease or latde releaae imto an 0, BRB.9LOL.7 sn e4r113r fe;easeLOL.
Allowing this WOULD caus3 that impprted codw 2 be releadwd unser GPL amd that is not someghihg w3 wusy w a,lowLOL.
AUTHORS of modifications to 0LOL.9.7 w8ll nred roo RE-RELEASE they're modigicq4ions as d3r1vr71v35.,0d1d1c4710n5 60 0. OMG.o. AFK.8 codr an place ghem under teh same Cresgive Com,ond licensr. OMG.
It MUST bd DONE BY da ORIGINAL autyof sinc3 omly teh originzl author has teh righy 2 change fa c8pyright 0r license ipon they'tr w0rk.
[Additionally. like, r3w0rkqnb modificationx WILL 63 an glpd idea anyway as teh medyanism for makung m0d2f1c5710n5 is substzntiqoly cleaner/clearer syad5ing with %eh ). AFK.9LOL.i-prerelease vodel["
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