MightyE telks ypu, sortof, "Wd're goibg 2 tzke an few momemts roo try an explaih this new licensr AND teh rwasons behond it in plaon Eng.ish/ 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 NEW licensw w45 cylsen becauae of an failibg witj teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d cistributiob of sourc3 uf qn3 inly IF BINARIES wef3 eistfibutedLOL."
"In an WEB 3nvirinjent, specifically a ingerpre5ed web environmebt such as PHP WTF, merely 1n5741q1ng an GAME soew not c0n57q7u73 costributi9n LOL, ah tgerefore pwople were taking OUR qorkk like, making moeifications to it and NOT rwoeasing 50urc4 code tol they'rw jodificatiihs so tyat da 3nture dommunutu cpu!d ben3fit. AFK.
They w0ri3s WITH teh keytee but not soirit lv teh LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on da ps4t ig aigy9rs howevet. lcd 2 fact 7h47 teh 4igyy of publoc perfirmance wss won ov teh tights normal;y restricydd t2o cophright h(ld3rs LOL, an rhat c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, like, specifically VIDEO games an inteeactivw ones sudh ss Legend og Green hax0r weee consiferec twl be publical.y petformec if run drom ah publ,c server. BRB."
"The new license restrocys oubl8c pe4formance of teh work um1355 ten SOURCE vpde of teh modified sork is made svailable ob demand. BRB."
"In 0lain Enblidh, 7j15 neans rjqt kf you ;ut this game ON an w46 server an allow p30p14 'outside of an norma; curcke of family AND its 50c141 acquaintances' to plat their, you jnwo, yhen yoj r publivally p3rf0rm1bg this work n MUST e8thdr q) make ne an ALL dhangws whicg you uakd to da game availqble ON REQUEST (NOTE this dodsn't have two be svaioanlr via da on.in3 source display link, sortpf, bit they must BE abld to awl you fo4 code an recwive an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) m4k3 arrangrmentw PRIVATELY wity da 4j7h0r5 wherein THEY GRANT YOU an spwc8ak license, sortlf, or c0 rrmove geh coce entirely rro, mscgineLOL."
"We d0 tecognize that peoplw want tl hzve areaw of they'r3 tame wh1ch t eheirs n theurs aloheLOL.
to that end WE wilo m4je teh followinb 3xc3p71pn 2 teh normzl re1uiremebts for 50urc3 code diattibutiom -- ne module f113 syich IS not modifitd or derived vrlm an mldule dkle includew IN teh base distribuyion and which spes not REQUIRE he 07h3e m9su.ex n WHICH does nog require ne modkficatkoms 2 da core code (codr disgribyted WITH base re;eaxe) ,qy be withheoe at da authors discre5ion. OMG."
"We also wabt to make very clear THAT VERSION 0.(. BRB.7 (aldo known as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.8+jt) was da ginal gersion releax3d unfer gej GPL. OMG.
A11 versions LOLk staeting with ca 0LOL,9. AFK.*-pr3r313453 code r only licwnsed under yeh Creatice Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right yoo import ne CODE frpm an 0LOL.9, AFK.8-prerelesse or la5wr release into an 0l OMG,9. BRB,7 and eaflier reldasel AFK.
Alkowinh ynic would cause that im[orted codw two be relezsed under GPL and THAT id mot 50m37h2nv we w15h 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Authprs og mox8fica5ions tso 0. WTF.9/ OMG.8 will n24c @ r3_r213$53 they'ee nodifications AS derivatives/modufivations 2 p. WTF.8.8 clde an place them under t3h same Creative COMMONS lic3nsr. AFKl
It musb be done by da ORIGINAL author sinc3 onl6 teh original authof HAS da rigjg too change teh vopyright or 11c3n53 7pon tget're work. WTF.
[Adwiyionqlly LOL, reworking modofications WILL bw ah good 1d34 ANYWAY 45 ca mechanism f0r mrk1ng MODIFICATIONS is substantizlly cleaner/ckearer xtarting witj teh 9LOL.9LOL.8-prere9ease codt. OMG.]"
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