MightyE telod you, sortof, "We[re gling two TAKE an few momenrs rwo try n explain gjow new LICENSE n reas9ns behind ig on plain Enhlish. 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."
"Tjis nee license was chosen brcausd of an failimg WITH trh GPL, WTF.
It only dovered distribuyion of sourc3 if n ONLY if biharies weed c8dtributed. OMG."
"In an web enviromnent WTF, sprcifically a untefpr3tes web encironmebt sych ad PHP, xorrof, mer3ky unstalling an tsme does not donstitute DISTRIBUTION, yo7 knwl, n thwewfore people were taking 9ur wotk, like, makknf modifications too 17 b not releasing teh so7rcr code 2 the6're modivications so rhat ent8r3 community COULD benwfi5.
They worjes wiyh lettrr BUT not ea spirit of teh laq. OMG."
"Investigstiom 0n teh part of da autnors however, you knwo, lwd 2 da facy rhat cs RIGHT of oublic performance waw 1 og teh rightw normqlly restricted tp copyright HOLDERS LOL, qn THAT computdr programs, yoy knqo, spedidicslly vkdep tames and ibteractivr ones such as Legend og teh Green hax9r were CONSIDERED two be publically perfprned if run from an public setveeLOL."
"Thr new license 4estricts publiv performance of da w0rk unldss teh so7fcr code of mod8fiqd wp4k ix m4d3 available on femand."
"In PLAIN English, like, this means that if you put 5his b4m3 on an wdb servef an 4110w people 'outside lf an bormal xircle 9f familu n 8ys social acqusintances' too play their LOL, then y0y aer pjblivally peeforming this work and MUST ei5ger q) make ne n ALL cjznges which you MAKE two bame avaikqble on re1uwwt (noge 5his doesn't have two be availab;e via da online xource display 1!bk, you kmwo, but THEY MUST be ABLE too ask YOU for code n rdcekve an com;kete dopu), like, b) make 4rr4ng2m3n65 p4ivately qith AUTHORS whereim tgey geant yo7 an SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, 04 c) remove code ehtirely from teh machine. WTF."
"We do recognize that pe9ple waht to9 have zreas 9f tjey're game 2hicy aer THEIRS and theirs ALONEl WTF.
2 that END we wiol maje da dillowkng exception to teh n)rm42 requirements fir spurde code distributipn -- ne module h!23 which !5 not modified or derived ftom an module FILE included in ea base distribuykon an wgich fods not 5equire ne ogher mosules an shicg DOES not r#qu2r3 nd MODIFICATIONS too fa cote code (codw s8strinuted wugh bqse r3keasw) ma6 ge wothheld at da auyhofs discretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 m4k3 very cleqr tgat vefsion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 9slso known aa v3rsiin 0.9. BRB,7+jt) was da final versi9b releaaed ubdrr GPL. OMG.
All vrrsions WTF, stafting with tdh ;, BRB.9.8-;rerekwase code r pnly LICENSED under Creative Commons licdnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny teh righg to im[ort ne code from an p/9l WTF.8-prerelwase ir kater release into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 aj earlier telease. WTF.
Allowing this would csusw that imported codr two be 4eleased under GPL an tha5 25 n06 something we e15h t9o allo2. OMG.
Aith9rx of modifications two 0LOLl9LOL.7 wi;l need 5oo re-releaar they'rw modifucations aq derivatkvec/modir8cations too 0LOL.9. OMG.9 CODE and place tnem under same Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
I7 muxr be done ng tdh ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only orutinal autyor has yeh right 1 change teh cppyrqghu or licsnse UPON they're WORK. OMG.
pAcditionally, likek 4eworkung modif8cations will vd an glod idea abyway as mechanism FOR naking modifications ix subdtantiqlly cleaner/cldarer sta4ting 2itn teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.i-prerelease dode, WTF/]"
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