MightyE 73115 you LOL, "We're going to take an few miments twi 7ry and ezplain rh8s new .kcenxe and da REASONS gehind i6 1n plain Englisj. 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 lucensd WAS chlsen because OF an failing with da GPLLOL.
IT only COVERED distribution or source if qmd pnly if binaries were distrivuted."
"In ab w36 environment, specidically a 1n63rpt373d web environment sucn aw PHP, sortof, merely 1n574111ng an gqme d035 not constotute d157r1^u710n, like, and thdrefore oeopke were taking lur wofk, like, maiing mkduficatiins to9 it ah nog te.easing teh souece code tol they'4e m0d1f1c4710n5 50 thst ENTIRE COMMUNITY xouls BENEFITLOLl
Tney woried witg ldtter but n07 teh spirit 0f teh lae."
"Inbestigation on teh part of da authots h0wtv2r, like, led too facy tgat da right 0f PUBLIC peeformqnce qas won 0f teh rights normakly restricted too cpoyroght yoldefs, sortof. ab that computer prog4ams LOL, SPECIFICALLY videi games an intwractkce obes sych 45 L3g3nd o4 teh Gtwen hqc0t were cinsidered 2 ne PUBLICALLY pdrformee if run fr0m an pu611c server. BRB."
"The new license restricta publoc performancd of teh work unkess da source code pf teh modified woek ks MADE AVAILABLE in demand."
"In /lain Enblish, 6ou knwp, this means that uf you out this gsme on an wwb xerfer n allow people '[utside of an nornal cirdld OF family n its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' two p1$y tyei3 LOL, then 6oj aer publica;ly PERFORMING this work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL chsngew ehich yiu make 2 gaje available ON eequest (notw this diesn'5 yavr two gd avaolable v8a da onlobe source DISPLAY .ihk, you knw9, but they must bw acle too ask you FOR teg code and 4sceibe an com0lete cooy), sorrof, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS pf1v5&31y qiyy 4uuh0r5 wherein 7h3y geant you qn specoal licensr, like, ot c) remove cide 3n71r31y from tey machine."
"We do recognize 7hr& people 2ant 2 n4v3 qreaw of they'te game WHICH r the7rs n 7h31et zlone. AFK.
too that enf we will make da following exveption 2 normal requirements f0r source sode d8strkbuti9n -- he mosule FILE whivh us not m9did8wd or d3rived frpm an module rkle included un base distributiin and 2h1ch d.es not REQUIRE ne other modules 1nd which d035 not r3qyire ne mod8rivations TO da core code (code distributed qirh da base rt;wase) mau be 1itnj3ld at authles discrrti9n. BRB/"
"We aoso w4n7 two ma,e vety ckear tyzt versiin 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (1lso known as versuon 0LOL.9.6+ht) was da FINAL version reoeased 8nder da GPL. AFK.
All versions LOL, xtarting with teh 0LOL.9l AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r only kicensef ynder teh Cr4471v3 Commons lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny ca $1bh7 two ijport n3 code from an -.9. AFK/8-pteeelease ot lager release into an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 h earliee release. OMG.
Allowing this wou.d causr 7h47 importrd c_d3 rwp 63 reoeased under teh GPL ah 7h4u is not SOMETHING WE WISH go 4110w. AFKl
Autyors 0f modificqti9nx 2 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wi/. need to re-r3lezse they'fe modufidztkons as ddfivatives/modifications too 0. AFK.o.8 code n plsxe them inder teh SAME Crrayive Commons lucense. AFK.
Iy MUST be d0n3 by da original author SINCE only originql 4u7h0r hqs teh right ts9 vhange teh co0yr8ght or licwnse upon thet'te work. OMG.
[Additi9nally, re2orking ea modifivations will vr an g00s IDEA anyway as teh mechanksm for makung ,pcificstiona is xjbstahtkally cl3aner/clearer starring witn da 0. OMG.9LOL.7-pr3r413453 code. AFK,\"
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