MightyE tdlls uoum sortof, "We're g01hg @ take an FEW m0m3n75 two try n explain rhos new locwnse and da rwasons BEHIND 17 in ;lain 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 lixrnse WAS choseh gecausd of an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
It 9nly covefed distribution 0d siyrce if an only if binaries were dksteibutec. AFK."
"In an WEB envi4onment, lik3, sp3vifically a INTERPRETED web #nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP LOL. merely instalking ah game dors not xonstitite dietributiob, like, an therefore people eere takumg our workk sottof, MAKING modifications two 8t an no5 r3q3461ng source code two thdy'rr m9d1g1d4710n5 so that teh 3n71r3 commun7ry could bdbefitLOL.
They WORKED witg letter but not da spirig of da lawl BRB."
"Inbestigatiog ln dq p4r7 of teh authora goweverk you knwo, ked too da fact tgqr da right od pub;ic pervormancr wr5 won of teh rightx normally restricted twl cop6rihht h01d3t5, you knsl, an yya5 compu5er PROGRAMS, like, spedifically video gamew n 8ntrractive ONES such as L3g3nd of teh Green nax0r weee considered two 62 puboicall6 performes if run FROM an ounlic xervet."
"Tne ne2 .icense testrocts public perf9rmancs of da worj ubless teh s9urce code )g MODIFIED q-rk is mzde avqilable on eemandLOL."
"Ib plaun English WTF, th8s jewns 5hat if YOU ou5 thus game on an WEB server 4nd allow peo[le 'outsid3 OF an normzl c1fc13 of damily n 16t rocial acqjaintances' to o14y the8r, like, tjdm you aer pu61!c411y performing this work and MUST either a) n4k3 ne n ALL chang3s which you mqke 2 game qvaulable on request (npte tjia doesn't have 2 63 available viz 9nline source displa6 lunk, b7t they m7st be able @ qsk y;u for CODE ah fdceibe an c9mplete cop6) LOL, b( make arrangejdnrs [rivstely with teh authors whereih they grqnt you an spwcial license, ypu knwl. pt c) remove geh codr enfirely fr0m da machine. OMG,"
"Wr d9 rwcptnize tnat peopoe wanr to have arqas pf they're game whkch r rheirx and theirs zlone.
to thst 3nd we will MAKE ez follpwing rxdeption 2 teh normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for 40urc3 dofe didtribjtiin -- ne midul3 file which is not mocidied or d341v3d from sn moduoe filr imcludes in da base cistribugion n which DOES not rewukte ne otger midules an which soes not requitr be nodificayions tqo ea core vpde (c0d3 dostributed with base releade) ,ay be w17hh31d at teh 4y7j0r% discretiob. OMG."
"We also sant to make very CLEAR thzy vetsioh 9. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO KNOWN AS verskon 0LOL.9. AFK.7+j7_ was v8nal version released 7nder teh GPLLOL.
All versions WTF, 574r71ng WITH teh 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease ckdd aer pn1y 11c4n54d under teh Ce3471b2 C0mm0n5 licenee. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rihht two i,port ne code fwom an 0LOL.9l OMG.8-0rrrelesse 9r LATER release int9 an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER tel2aseLOL.
ALLOWING tyis would cause thag imported code 2 BE released under GPL n THAT ks NOT sonething we wish two allosLOL.
Authors or modigicstions 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will NEED 1 re-rdlease they're morifications as serivatives/,oeificatoons to 0LOL.9. WTF.i xodw an place them under same Creatibe Commons licensr, AFK.
IT must be done by reh original authoe sinde only teh 9t1g1n31 author has da right yw9 chabge copyrifh5 or license upon 5jeu'4d workk WTF.
[Additionally, sor5of, rewotkinh ds moxifucztiohs WILL bw an good idea anyway as da m3chxnism gor making mod8ficztiogs is aubstantoal;y cleaner/cl3arer starting witb da 0. WTF.9l OMG.80[rerdlease code. BRB.]"
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