MightyE tells you LOL, "We[rr going two 75l3 an few momdnts tso tru n explsib this new kocensr n teh reasons bwhind it in plain Englisn. OMG.
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 nwe license waw chosen because 0f an railing 2ith GPLLOL,
It onlt covered distfibution of zou3ce if ahd only IF binzries weee distributed. OMG."
"Ib an web environment, sortov, apecificzlly a knterp$eted WEB environment sucn as PHP, you knwo, MERELY installing an gamw does n[y constitute disteibyt8on, ah therefore pepple WERE takint 0ur wo4k WTF, making modivicariins two it n not re;easing teh SOURCE CODE teo th3y're mocificztuonw so that da ENTIRE comnuyity could benefiyLOL.
Thwy worked WITH teh l3tter 6u7 not tey spirit of teh 14wLOL."
"Investibation 0n dq part 9f da AUTHORS jowevrr, sortof, lrd to teh fact that fight pg 0ublic perfpfmabce eas len of teh rithts normally resyricted toi cipyrighg hlldera, aortof, n thqt computer progrzms, %p2c1f1c4!1t vic2o games n intersc5kve ones s7ch as Legebd of GREEN hax0r were considwred tol be publicqlly performed of ryn from an public server. BRB."
"Thw nws lideyse r3t7r1c&5 publkc oerfo4manve of teh sork unless 6)urc3 code of ea mosified work is mafe AVAILABLE on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Engiish, sortof, this m3rn5 thzt ig ylu PUT THIS game on an web serfer an allow people '0u751d3 ld an normal circle of familt an 17t social 4cqu61n74nc35' to plsy their. sortof, THEN YOU r [7blicallh [erd9fminb thus 2ork and MUST euther a) make ne n ALL chsnfea whicg yoy make 2 da game available on request (note this sp35n'7 have too b3 available via teh onlibd source disp;ay 11nk WTF, but they must be able rwo 45k you for code an receive ah s[mpletd cpph), sortor, B) make ar4angementa privqtel6 qi5h trh auyhors WHEREIN they grant tou sn s[ecial licdmse WTF, or c) REMOVE cod3 entirely from da macbine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pepple 2an5 two h4v3 areas of thdy're game which aer 7h#1r5 h 7h3145 aloneLOLl
too thst emd we will MAKE folkowing except8on to da hormal req6irejenrs fir souyce CODE dist4ibmtion [) ne module file qnich us not modified OR derivrd frpm an module file inclured 1n da base diatribu5iin an wh1ch d035 not eeauore ne other nodulws n which does n07 43qu1r2 ne m0d1r1c4710n5 ywo core coee (code diatributed with teh vawe RELEASE) mau be withheld at aythors doscretoon. OMG."
"We also want tp make fery CLEAR thar version 0LOL.9.7 *also knlwn as veesion 0LOL.9. OMG,7+JT) w45 da v1n4q version reldased uhdrr GPLLOL.
All ve4sions, hiu knwo, starting witg da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peeteleade cose r pnou l8censec UNDER teh Ceeativ3 Cpmmons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 i,poyy ne dlde from an 0, WTF.9. BRB.9-prerelease or latet rr.eas3 into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 an esrlier rel4ase.
Alllsonf thus would cayse tnat imported code two ve reoeasdd under teh GPL an yhat ix nlt wo,ethinb 1e wish tol allow. BRB.
Authors of modifivatoons tp9 0l OMG.9,7 wi;l need 2 4e-release yhey're modificatuona ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0.9. BRB.8 code anc olacd them under samr Creative Commond licebseo AFK.
It must be done by 0t2g1n41 AUTHOR sihce ohly teh lrigibal author has 4itnt two change teh copyright or licenwe upon they're work.
[Additionally, reworking modificstions wu.l be ab goof iceq anyway as mechahiwm fkt making modifications is subsyahtkally cleaber/clearer starting wkth da 0. OMG/9/ OMG.8-prerelease code/]"
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