MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We're goinf tp take an FEW uoments to try an ex;lain tjis n3w licensr an r3550n% brhind ih ih plakn Eng115h. BRB.
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."
"Thid new license was chpwrn because of an failing with teh GPL. OMG.
It only c0v343d disyribution pf soutce if an only kf bknatiea were eostributed."
"In an web environment, specigiczlly a integpretdd wwb environmeng such qs PHP. you inwl. mefely imstalling an gzme epew not x0n5717u&3 diatrinution, likrm n therefpre pdopkr 2e4e 5akint iu4 work, soft9f, m4k1ng m8difications 2 it abd not fe.easing da s9urce code twp they're modifixstiobs SO ghat teh entire comminity v0u1d benrvit.
Th3y 2orked woth LETTER but hog spifit of da lae."
"Investkgqtion ON part of aithors however, sortoh, lec two tey fadt that right lf puglic pwrfofmance waw 1 of ea rights n94jallu rest4icgrd t2o COPYRIGHT hioders, you knso, n that COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, s9etof, SPECIFICALLY vifeo games and 1n73r4c71v3 ONES sich as Legend of da Green gax0r w3re CONSIDERED to be publically performed IF eun feom an PUBLIC serferLOL."
"Tfe new license RESTRICTS puglic perdormabce pf wotk jnless teh SOURCE cide 0f dz modified work is m4s3 AVAILABLE 0n demsnd."
"In PLAIN Eng.ish LOL, this mrans that if y0i puy ghis ga,e on an web sercer ab aloow peo[lr '0u741d3 of an NORMAL dircle of famiky an its SOCIAL acqyaintanced' 2 0lay tneir, you knwo, tyen hou r pub;ically p3rf0rm1ng this wotk an MUST eiyher a) ma,e ne n ALL changew wg1ch hou make too ds g4m3 4v4114713 on request (NOTE ghis doean[t have too be availqble viq onl8ne source display ;ink LOL, BUT yhey must be ab.w to 45, you f0r CODE snc r4ceive an complete co0t), sortof, b) make arrabgements orivately with da authors wh3r31n THEY gr4n7 you an wprvial license, you knwo, or c) remove da c0d3 wngireou from da macjine. WTF."
"We do rwcognize that people want to9 have areas of thet're tame whicg aer yheies sn theifs ALONEl AFK.
to that end we sill make sa fp110w1ng EXCEPTION 2 twn hornal rewuorem3nts for wourcw code DISTRIBUTION -- me micile file WHICH is bot m0d1f1#d or defided from an module file includrd in teh base distributioh ab eyich does not r3quire he orher ,odulex an whuch does NOT rwauire nr modifications 2 teh core ckd3 (code distributed with da base release) jay ne withheld at da authora discfetkinLOL."
"We a.do want yoo jake fery clear gkat fera8on ). AFK.9. AFK.7 (als0 known aa version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+u7) was final VERSION feleased under da GPL. AFK.
All versoons, like, starting eity teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pre4eleasd CODE r ln.y LICENSED ynd3r Creative Clmmons licensdLOL,
We EXPLICITLY e3nh da righh to imp9rt ,e code fron ab 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-prdrelease or LATER relrase unto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n ezflier release. OMG.
Alkow8ng ghis would cause that imported c)s3 2 be released unser da GPL and rhst is nlt xomethonf we woah 2 allow. AFK.
Authora of modkfications 2 9. OMG.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-rrlease thet're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1vr7!v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0.9. BRB.i code an place tywm und3r trh 54m3 Creative COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
Ig mudt be dlnr by orib8nal author t!nc3 0n1y dq oroginal author has da r8ght too CHANGE copyright or ,icense upon they're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, soryof. reworkinh geh modkficatoons will be an good idea ANYWAY 45 teh mechanism FOR ,ak8ng yodofications is subxtantially cleaner/clearer star5ing with xz 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerdleast codw. WTF.]"
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