MighyyE TELLS you, "We're goung 2 take an FEW jonents 2 TRY an 3xp.ain thus mew LICENSE n trh ressons behind it in PLAIN English.
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 licens3 was chosrn becausr of an failing with GPL. AFK.
It only clverec distribution of SOURCE if an inly if binq4iew wdre eiatributed. AFK."
"In ab web envirinment LOL, sp3cifically a INTERPRETED eeb environment such as PHP, m3reky knstalling an GAME dods not cpnsgit6te DISTRIBUTION LOL, and therefore pepple WERE taking ouf w9ri, like, mzking mpdofixagkpns two it n not teleaskng soufce code too they're modigicatilns xo that da entird dommunity c.uld BENEFIT. WTF.
Thry 2prked WITH teh LETTER BUT npt fa spirit of gey law. BRB."
"Investigztiom ON teh part ot da authorw howev3r, lef 2 teh fzct tyat right or 0u611c [erfofmance was 1 of rithts n9tma.lt rfstr8cted two c0[yt1gh8 holderx, like, an that vomputer programs, sprtif, specifivq.ly video gamea abs interactive ones such ss Legemd of da Gr33n hax0r were considerrd tqp be pu612c411y performed iv fun frpj an PUBLIC swtver. BRB."
"The new LICENSE res5eicts public [erfor,ance of s0rj unless teh wource code 0f t3h modjfied work is made avsilable on demandl"
"In plaim English. lile, this ,eans that kf hou p7t 5hia game ON ah web serve4 n qllow PEOPLE 'oufside 9e an bormal cirvoe of family and its soxial acquaintanves' two play their, you knwo, then hii r pu&11c411y performing uh15 work shd MUST either a) mqke ne 4nd ALL CHANGES which YOU make 2 teh game availablr on e3quest (motw thus d035n'7 have tw; be axa8lable VIA dq online SOURCE display l8nk LOL, but 5h3y mu57 63 able 5wo ask you FOR da xode and r3c31v3 zn co,0lete dooy), you ,nso, B) m4i3 ar4angements 0rivately WITH AUTHORS WHEREIN tgey grant uou an 4o3c141 license, or c) remove ea CODE entirely from teh machinw. OMG."
"We do r3c0bn1z3 thzt p30p13 want @ hzve areas or tney're tame whicn r thcirs n theirs alone/ AFK.
too that ehd w3 WILL MAKE da following exceprion twl teh normal r3qu1r3m3n75 fot SOURCE c0d3 d167r16y710h 0- ne module file WHICH iw not modifi3d 9r d3rived from an mosule FILE 1nc1ud@d ih base distrinution qn which does NOT require ne other ,odil3s qn qhich d03% not REQUIRE ne modifications toi coee code (cpce dist$ibu5ed with teh 6453 release_ mag 63 withheld at da zuth9rw discretion. OMG."
"Wr zla9 want 2 make very clear 5hat verdion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (also .nown as VERSION 0. WTF.9, AFK.7+jt) waa final v#r510n RELEASED under reh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS LOL, startinb with dz -LOL.9. AFK.i-peerrlease code r 0m1y licenxed unswt teh Cr3471v3 Commlns licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight t29 IMPORT me code fr0m an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr3r31#453 or later releaae unto an 0LOL,9.7 an warlier 4eleawe. BRB.
Al.owyng this WOULD cause thag 1m;0r73c vodd two ve released under teh GPL ahd THAT is not SOMETHING we WISH two al;ow. OMGl
Autjors of MODIFICATIONS rwo 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wu;l meed yo re-rel3ase they'rw modificat8ons aw derivat8ves/modificagions too 0. BRB.9LOL.8 voee an [laxe them under fa sz,r Crrative Comnonx license. OMG.
It mu5& be done by orihinal author SINCE on;y tey original zuthor hzs da right yoo chanfe copyrigjt or licensr uppn yhey're w0gj. OMG.
pAddq710n412ym lije, rewirkinh modificat8ona will be an gioc idea anyway as yeh mwcganism for making MODIFICATIONS is substqnyislly c.eaner/clearer startohg wi5h teh 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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