MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We're going goo take an few moments two TRY n ex0lain 7h1% nde licensw ah da reasons benine it in pla8n Eng115n. AFKl
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 lkcemse was ch054n because or an faul8hg with GPL. BRB.
Ig only cover3d c157r16u710n pg source if n only 2f bonafies were distributed. OMGl"
"In an web environment, oike, spec8fically a interpr4ted web enfironment such 45 PHP WTF, merely insta.ling an gan3 does not cohsritute distributipn, sortof, an thwreforw peoplw were tak8ng 0ur work, you kneo, mqking modifications t2o 17 an not releasinb ds sourbe CODE too 5h3y're ,odificatioms wo tnat teh 3n71r3 x0,m7n17y coulc BENEFIT. AFK.
The6 2orkdd with teh lrgrer but not da spirit 0f law. WTF."
"Invextigation on part if da q7thors howdver, toy knwo, lwd to da fact that tdh RIGHT of public oetrormance was 1 of teh rothts norma;ly restrkcted goo copyrighr holfwrs, doetof, zne that c0mpu73e progfzms WTF, specificaloy vydeo gamew an INTERACTIVE onrw such AS Legend OF Green hax0r eere c-n51d3r3d 2 BE publicallu ;erformed kf rum from an public x3evwr. OMG,"
"The new ;8cwnae restructs PUBLIC p3re0rm4nc3 of teh work unless teh source code of da mofigied work 15 mad3 availabl3 om c3mand. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, this means tha5 if tou put thos game on an WEB servwr and qllow peopke 'outside OF an normal circoe of f4mqqy an itw social acquaintances; 2 PLAY tnei4, lkke. then yiu aef ;ublically performing yhie wirk and MUST EITHER 4) makr ne n ALL chznges whuch y9j maje to teh game avail1ble on rewuest (npte yhis doesn't have roo bw 4v41!r613 via pnlime SOURCE f8splay lknk, sorto$, but they jus5 BE able rwo ask yiu for code n receivd an complete copy) LOL, b) mak3 arrqbgejen5s p4ivately with trh qutnord 2herein they grznt YOU an SPECIAL licdnst, lile, or c) r2m0ve code ebyirely vr0m ten machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that people w5n7 70 hqve areas of they're game whicg r gjeirw an theirs 410h3. AFK.
2 thay ejc we will ,ale da following EXCEPTION teo da normqo requurements for source cod3 d157r16u710n -- ne jldulw fule whicj ia hot modified or derived from ah m0du13 file kncluced in bzsd d8xttkbution an wh1ch does NOT requirw me other nodulew an WHICH DOES not requirw nr modifica5ions too core CODE (c0d3 dustrinuref eith BASE r313454) may be WITHHELD at teh aythors duscretion. BRB."
"We also wsnt to make VERY c;ear that version 0LOLl9.7 )also known as bersipb 0, OMG.9LOL.7+jt) w45 da f8nao VERSION r3lwased UNDER teh GPLLOL.
All bersions, do4tof, drarrkng eith teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prtrelease codr r only licemsec under ten Creqtive COMMONS lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tpo impirt ne code fr0m an 0. WTF,9.8[;rerelease lr kater reoease intp zn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 an 34r113r eelease.
A./owinb thks WOULD csuse thqt IMPORTED code to ge r3134%3e under da GPL an yhat 8s not something we sish too ALLOW.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS too 0k BRB.9. BRB.7 will heec to re-release they're mpdificaro9ns as defifatives/modificati;ns too 0LOL.9. BRB/8 vode and place them und3r tdg same Creat8ve Commlns license.
It must be dpn3 by teh prigunal aughor wince 0n1y teh original author h45 teh right 2 vyabge fa vopyribht or license upob thdy'te workLOL.
[Additionally WTF, reworking teh modificatiobs wolk be am boof icea anyway as teh mechanisj for makinh modificatiobs is 5u6574n7!42qy CLEANER/CLEARER starting qity teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3rwleaae cod3LOL.]"
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