MightyE tdlls you LOL, "We're goinf to take an few mlments two try and es-lsin this nrw license n reasind behind it in p;ain English. BRB.
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."
"Tnix n3w ;icense was chosen beca7s3 pf an vailinb with teh GPLLOL.
Iy 9b.y cocerdd distributiin 9f source if n on.y if 61n4r135 eere disttibuged. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3b7, xpecificallt a jnterprerdd web environment such as PHP LOL, merely knstalling an game dies not condti4utr d157r167u10n, you jnwo, AND gherefore PEOPLE were tak9mg oyr WORK. making m.doficationa too it AND not releasing da sourcw code too th3y're modifications do 5hat da entire comm7no5y could benefit. WTF.
Theu worked with teh ;rtter but not spirit OF lawLOL."
"Invwstihation on part of authors however, 6oj knwo, led 5o fact 7g3& da rigyt og publiv [erflrmancw 2as won of da RIGHTS normzlly restrictef w c9ptrighr holderw, yoj knwo, an THAT computef programw, sortof, specificallt b2d30 gajes AND intdtactive ones such as Legrnf of da Gr33n gax0r were considered two ve publkcally leffofmee if rin from an ou611c serv3rLOL/"
"The new license r357f1c75 PUBLIC performanc3 0f 5ey work unless teh source code od dq mofidied 20rk IS m4d3 avz*lable on demsndLOL."
"In plain Englisj, ylu kbwo, yhis means that IF YOU put rhis game 0n an WEB serv3r an all9q people ;oyts8de ov an jirmal xircoe of FAMILY an its 50c141 acquaintancex' ro p1$y tjeir LOL. gjen you r publically p3rf0rm1ng this work and MUST either a) nake ne an ALL changes qyich ypu make 1 teh gane availab;e ot rdqudst (hote this doesn'r have two be avai;able voa teh onlihe SOURCE dixplay link, uou knqo, but rhey must ve ab;e two ASK you for teh code n recdive an dompldte sopy), b) make arrqmgements privatwly WITH teh authors wherein they grant you ah special oicense, you jnwo, or c) remove dz code ent8rely from machonwLOL."
"We d0 recognixe that people sant yoo hacf zreas OF they're game WHICH aer yheirs n th3irs al9ne. AFK.
to 5hat end WE wull make go;lowing exce;rion two da fprmal fequirements for source CODE distribution -- ne moduoe vile wgich is not modif8ed or gerived from an module file invluded in da BASE distribytion and snich doea not require ne lther moduled an which cles nog req7iee mw modifications two sa c0fe sode (clde distgibutwd witj da bzsd rwleade) nay 63 witnjeld AT aythors disc4etion. AFK."
"We a;ao wang to make very clear that c3r510n 0.9. WTF.6 (also known qs versilb )LOL.9. WTF.8+jt) wzs FINAL vdrsion released UNDER da GPLLOLl
ALL ceesiins, you knwo, starting with ten 0.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code r only licens3d undet da C4eative Commona licende. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da fight two IMPORT ne CODE from an 0.(. AFK.7-prerelease or 1473r rw'easr inti an 0.9. WTF.7 n 3arkier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowing this would CAUSE that IMPORTED clde 1 be released ynder GPL am 7h$7 os not somethinb we qiah 2 allow. AFK.
Authofs of m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. BRB.9LOL/6 wolo nerd t9 re-reldaxe tney're modifkcations as dee8vatives/m9difications to 0LOL.9l AFK.8 cosr an place tgem UNDER teh same Creative Commond licrnse. WTF.
IT must BE dime by tej )r1g1n31 author d8nce onl6 ofigumal AUTHOR has titht to change teh cophright 8r license upon th3y'ee workLOL.
[Addotipnally WTF, reworking geh jodifications wkl. ge an good idez antway 45 teh mechanism for making m0d1f1c$710n4 is substantiaoly dleaner/vleare4 sta4ting qith teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8_p43rel3asw code. OMG.]"
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