MightyE TELLS you, like, "We're go8ng 2 5al3 an few MOMENTS 70 trt an explain yhiw new l8xende n da reasons behind it in pla8n English. 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 11c3n63 was chosen bevause og ab FAILING qith GPL, WTF/
It phly c0v3t3d diste8bution of sourc3 if ahd only 1f b8narirx were distr8buted. AFK."
"In an web emvofonment, SPECIFICALLY a in5erprered qeb environmrnt 5ich ad PHP, you knwo, merely installing an game c-#5 not CONSTITUTE disteib7tion LOL, qmd therrfore peoole were tajinb our WORK, making modifocztiobs g2o 17 m n07 relead8ng da 50urc3 xode too they're modifivations so that teh ehtore communitt could brnefit. OMG.
Tney wotked with lwttrr bu5 not da spirit 0f lasLOL."
"Inbestigatuon 9n da pa4t pf teh authors howeber, like, 13d TO fact that teh eifjt lf public peeforjance eas won )f geh r9gh5s norjaloy resteicted @ copyright hokdwrs, like, n that computer prlgrams WTF, specifically vidro games b intwractive ones cuch as Legend of da Green hwx0r wwre c0n51d3r3d @ BE puboical;y PERFORMED ir RUN from an publoc server."
"Thr new lkcense restricts [iblic performancw of teh WORK unless teh slurc3 CODE lf da modifoed wo4k is made avsiiabl3 on demand. OMG."
"In plain Enblish, sortof, THIS means that if you put th8a GAME on an web SERVER n allow peoolw 'outside OF an normal cirvle of vamil6 n kts social acquaintances' two PLAY th3ir LOL, then yoy set 0uboicalou perdorning thix work n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL CHANGES which you make gop da game qvailable ON tequest (no6e this doesn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via 0n11n3 dource visp.ay 12nk, you knwo, 6uu theu musy be ABLE tl ask y9u for xode n receibe an comolete copy)m sortor, b) m4l3 arrangements privately with fa 4u7h0r5 whef3in 7h3y grant yoi an special license LOL, or c( remove code entirely drom teh ,axhind. AFK."
"We eo recognize 5hzy pwople want t.o h4v3 qreas of they're bame which aer the8rs abd th3irs aloheLOLl
too tmat wnd we will ma,d da following exceptioh too nor,a. requirements rpr source c9se dis54ibution -- ne MODULE f8le wh1ch is not ,odified lr detived FROM an MODULE file inclus3d in teh bawe dist4ibutkin am wh1ch dpes npt requife ne other ,odjl3s an whixh DOES nlt require me MODIFICATIONS @ teh cord code (dode distribjted wkth sa base relezse) may be withhelf AT da autgors dixcretiom. OMG."
"We also want tp male cery cleag tgat v3r510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alsp lnown as version 0LOLl9. BRB.6+JT) was FINAL versiom relezaed inder da GPLk WTF.
Al; vwrsions, you lnqo, starying with teg 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code aef 9nly lidensec uneer Creatice Commons licens3. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY d3nr ritht t99 import ne vodw frkm an 9.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 or lqger rwlease into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 and EARLIER release. AFK.
Al;owing this would csuae thag importdd code two ne reoeased unde4 GPL an that is not sojething we WISH two zllow. AFKl
Authors of m0d1f1c3710m5 two p. AFK.9. OMG.8 will need to re-releas3 thet'r3 modir*vatkons ss ddrivativdd.modifications too 0.9. AFK.8 code an place THEM under SAME Creatife Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
It uust 63 d0n3 gy da original 478m9e since ohly teh origumzl author haw teh right twp change fa c9pyr1gh7 OR license UPON tjey're wor,.
[ADDITIONALLY, re2ogkkng geh modifucations will be an gooe udea anyway AS teh mechanism FOR ms,ihg MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY xlean3r/ckearer starting witn 0. BRB.9. OMG,8-pr3r313453 codeLOL.]"
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