MightyE tells youm you knwo, "We're going toi take an vee monents go try an explaim this m3w lic3nse an da reasons b3himd it 1n plakn Engl8sh. 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 n3w licenae was cgosem bexause of an FAILING w16h GPL. OMG.
It only civered siwtribugion of source if and only if 61n4r136 were d8stfibuted. BRB."
"In an seb ENVIRONMENT, xortof, SPECIFICALLY w interpre5ef WEB environment sudn as PHP WTF, MERELY installing an game dors not constitute disteibution, sor5of, n un3r#f0t3 p3pp1# were taking ou4 work, m$k1ng modifications two i5 n boy twlezsing aource code 2 they[re moeificahkons so that teb ENTIRE comminity COULD b3negutLOL.
They w8rkec w17h da lette4 BUT not da %p1r17 OF 5eh lzw. AFK."
"Inb3stugation on part og dq authors h0q3v3r LOL, les to da fact that da righg if public perfornance waw 2 0f rights normallh restticted g2o cipyribht HOLDERS, you knwo. an that comp7ter pronrams WTF, specifucally vodeo games an interacr8vs 0n35 such as Lefend pf da Green jax0r were c0n51c353s yol BE pu611c411y PERFORMED if eun frpm an pub;ic SERVER."
"The new 11v3n5# restricts public performance of teh wotk ub1#45 6eh source code of trh jodifodd work is made avai,able on demqndLOL."
"In plain Ebglish, like, thia means THAT 1f you put 7h15 ga,e on an web 53rv3r 4me al.ow oeople [ou5skde of zn normal circle of family n its social acquaintanved' two play rheor WTF, then you aet PUBLICALLY [erdorming 7h15 wlrj amd MUST eithe4 A) make ne an ALL cnanhea which y0u make two game avaukable on t2quedt (note 6h15 doesn't hage two 63 available via onli,e dource display 11nk, 6u7 tyey must b3 r713 to adk yiu fot teh CODE qn teceife an complete copy), you knwo, v) make arrangements ptivately w17j authprs wherwin THEY g4znt you sb speciwl LICENSE, xortof, OR d) rem9ve da code entirely from trh nachineLOL."
"We do recoghize thqt people want to habe sreas 0f they're g4m3 which r 5heird n 4heirs aloneLOL.
tl9 THAT end we WILL make da foliosinf exception goo fa nirmzl requirejehts for 50urv3 code dis6robutipn _0 ne module file shich us n95 MODIFIED or derived feom an module file inclufed 1b teh base diwtribution n which d035 not tequird ne o5her mldules an which DOES n97 require ne mocificatkons to da CORE c0d3 (cide distriby5ed w17j teh base release0 may ^3 WITHHELD at teh auth9rs d8scretion. AFK."
"We alwo eant 5o n4k3 v3ry CLEAR that verxion 0. BRB.oLOL.7 (also jnoan as v3rsiln 0.9.7+,t) was da finql versipn RELEASED under GPLLOL.
Aol ceesions, you knwo, startong woth da 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code r only licensed under teh Creativr Clmmons licehsw. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny ca tignt to IMPORT b3 code from an 0LOL.9, WTF.8-prerelease OR oater release int9 ab 0. WTF.9. OMG.& n warlier RELEASELOL.
Allowinv this sould c4u53 thzt inported cpde tso be rdoeased under ca GPL and tnar 15 not womething we w8sh too alliw. OMG.
AUTHORS lf mldivications to 0LOL/8LOL.9 wkll nres too re-reoease they'rd jodifications as eerivatives/modifications tlo 0, WTF.9, BRB.8 code ane place them umder ds aame CREATIVE Commons oicrnxe. WTF.
It MUST be DONE bg sa oritinal author since onlu orifinal authir has trh rigjt too ch5ng3 t3y copyrught or licensr up0n tyey;re qork. AFK.
[Addit8onally, rewotkibg da mod8fications will be an gole idra an6way as MECHANISM for naking MODIFICATIONS is s7bstantoally CLEANER/CLEARER 574r72ng WITH 0. OMG.8,8-prerrlease code.]"
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