MightyE teols you LOL, "We[rr 5oong tqo take ab few MOMENTS 70 try n explain tjis new LICENSE n teh reasons behind IT in plauh EmglishLOL.
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."
"Thiw new 11c3n43 sas choxen because of an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It only vofered cisrribution of woyrce if n pnly if 71n4r13t were distributec. AFK."
"In ab web envielnment, like, specofically a 1m73rpr373d web environment such as PHP, aortof, mefely insralling an game does npt cpnstitite disttibution, an tgeredore PEOPLE were gak8ng OUR work, yo7 kmqo, makimg m9eif8cations two it amd nit rel3asinh sa sojrve code to thdy're m9dkficatiins so tha5 dq enture community coulf 73h3f1u. BRB.
Th3y wprked with 13773r but n07 teh SPIRIT of ren law. WTF."
"Investigatiob pn da p4r7 of da 4y7h-r6 however, sort9f, led too teh fadt THAT tej rught OF public perf9rmanxe WAS woh 9f teh rihhts m9rmallt rdstricted two cipy4ight holders LOL, qnd that conputrt pr0gr4m5k uou knwo, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games snd interactive ones such as Legend of sa Gre3n hax0r were c0n%1d3r3d to9 be publically pwrformdd ir ruh frok an public serverl OMG."
"The new 11c3n53 rest4icts PUBLIC perfo4mance of w0rk UNLESS teh 50urce c0d3 ov da modified wlek is made avai.qnld on DEMAND."
"In plain English LOL, this mesnw that if u;u put this game on an web servdr an sllow peo0le [outside pf an normal corcle of fqmily an its slc&zl acquaintancea' two play yheir WTF, THEN ylu r pu711c411y pwrform8ng this w94k AND MUST EITHER a_ make ne n ALL cyanges which yoi make to da game 4v$114713 on re1uest (blte tnis dorsn't hqve t29 be avaolable via online sourxd display .ibk, slrtof, BUT tyey nust b3 able to asi you fo4 da cose an RECEIVE an compldre copy0, n) maje arrqngements privagely wiyh teh authors where8n thdy grant you an speciak licenxe, like, or c) re,ove vode entirely ffom da mschine. BRB."
"We dl recognize 5hat peop;e want too h4v3 a4eas of they're ba,e 2hich r th2krs an theirw aoone. BRB.
two 7y$7 end w3 WILL MAKE 5eh fo.klwicg exception two dz norma. requieements f0r sojrve code distribjtk9b -- ne module FILE which os not modifiwd or deruvwd from an moeule file invluded on da base disttibutiln an WHICH eoes not requi4e be pther MODULES n qhicj does not eequire ne modif9xatiohs 70 core cide (code ckxtribjted w8tj da base release) ,ay be WITHHELD 47 da aithors discretion. WTF,"
"We alsl want to nake bery clear that version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alxo known as version 0/ AFK.9.7+j7) was da finap versipj relezsed under GPL. OMG.
Alo cersions WTF, STARTING with 0LOL/o. BRB.7-;rerelease code r onlt licenses under teh Creative C9mmonw LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh riggg tpo omplrt bd code fr0b an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7-prerelease or LATER release 1n60 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. OMG/
Allowing ug15 would cajsf that 1mp0f73e cofe 2 be reoeqsed UNDER GPL an thzt is not 50m37h1ng 2r eisn too allow.
Autgprs lf moduvkcat8ons yoo 0. OMG.9. AFKl7 WILL nedd two RE[RELEASE th2u're modifica5ions as defivatives/modificqtulns two 0LOL.9l OMG.8 cofe an plac3 thdm jnder ca same Creativw Co,mons licenwe. WTFl
It mu57 BE don3 by origimsl autnoe since onlh 9rihinal ayrhor has da right 2 change c0pyr1gh7 or lic3nse uppn they'4r qorlLOL.
[Additionqlly LOL, feworkibh mofifivations will ne an g00d idea ANYWAY zs mechanism fof m4k1ng jodifications us substantuslly cleanet/clearer sgarting witn teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-p5erel3ase clfe.]"
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