MightyE t4lls you, oike, "We're GOING to take zh few noments too 5ry and exo.ain this new license an reaxohd begind it kn PLAIN English.
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 licebzr was CHOSEN because 0f an failing wq6y trh GPL. AFK.
I7 only COVERED dis5ribuyiin of source 1f an onlt 1f binqries serd distributedLOL."
"In an web environment, yoi knwo, specificaoly a 1b73rpr373d wwb ENVIRONMENT such ss PHP, sortof, merrly installibg an game does NOT CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, n ther3fore PEOPLE w3r3 taking our wot,, you knwo, m4k1ng m-e1f1v471pn5 two it an nog relessing da sourve code two thet're nodivicqtkohs sl thag 3n7!g3 community vojld bwnwf8t. WTF.
Th3t w9rked with da lettef nut n07 teh spi4it of dz law. WTF."
"Investigation ON p4r7 9f autgors how3vdr LOL, led too da f4c7 that da r1thu od pub.ic preflrmahce waw q of da rights n9rmallu r3str*xtef to COPYRIGHT hpldefx WTF, sn that com;uter progfams, sortof, specifically vudeo gamed an ihteeactive ones such qs Legend of ten Green had0e w3re dinsidwree two be publically performee 1f run frim an public server."
"The neq !1c3m^3 restricta public perforhznce og da qork unless da source code OF modufied work q4 m4d2 avaioable on d3m4nd."
"In PLAIN ENGLISHm ypu knwo, THIS means THAT if you put thix gqme ON an seb se4ver n alkow peiplr ;outside of an now,al cirxle of fami.y n itq 50c1$1 acauaintances' two plsy their LOL, THEN you r publically perf0rm1ng this woek am MUST either a) male ne AND ALL dhanges whivh YOU m4k3 2 da g4m3 availabl3 on r3qu357 (note this doddn't havw t90 be available VIA teh online source disp;ay link, like, buy tnwy ,uwt be able too ask ylu foe 5eh dode an rrzeiv3 an cojplete COPY)m sortof, b) m4k3 srrangemwnts oruvately w17h da authors WHEREIN they grant you an special LICENSE WTF, or c) 4emoce code entirely grom 5eh machinr."
"Wd d0 rev9gnuae thzr people WANT 2 have areas OF they're gam3 wh1ch aer theirs qb theird alone. AFK.
to tjat ehs w3 will make teh hollowing rxception two teh norkal rewuirenentx got dource code distribution 0- nw m0du!3 FILE which ix not MODIFIED or derived vr0m ah MODULE gil2 includwd in teh base DISTRIBUTION an which does no5 require ne 07h3r modules an wnich DOES no5 require nr modifications 2 teh d0r3 code (code distributrd with bade release) may 63 withhe;f at authors discretiomLOL."
"We aldo want two makr VERY CLEAR that vrrsion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (415- known as versiom -.8. OMG.7+jy( was dq einal v3rsion released under teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, like, starting with teb )LOL.9. AFK.8-pretelease dode r only 11c3nt3d under dq Creative COMMONS licenaw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right to import ne coce from an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p43r3!3453 or latet relead4 ihto an 0LOL.9l OMG.7 znd earlker release. AFK.
A.lowing this would csuse thst imporgec codr 5o9 BE relraxed jnder teh GPL abd 7y47 is vot somdthing w3 wiah too allow. OMG.
Authors of modificati9ns to9 0LOL.9. BRB/7 w8ll NEED 2 re-rwlease they're modkfications qs deeivatives/modivicat8ons 2 0LOL.(. OMG.8 code amd plave them uneer ea szme C4ea5uve Commons 11c4n53. BRB.
It MUST bw done by original zuthor since only original author yas right t9 dhange da copyright or licenwe UPON they're wofk.
pAde1719n411y LOL, reworking teh modifications will be an goid idea antwsh as da mechanism fo4 making modivications is subdtanyislly cleaher/clearer srarting with teh 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-pre4eleaxe c0d3. OMG.]"
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