MighttE tells you LOL, "We[rr going 2 tale an few miments two try ah explaun this n3w lkcense n reasons cehind it 1m [9ain Englisg. BRBl
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."
"Thia nrq ;icense was cjosen becahse of an failing WITH teh GPL.
It 9n.y coverwd DISTRIBUTION OF source 8f an only 1f BINARIES w3r3 dq57r16u73dLOL."
"In qn we6 dnvironment, specifically a imtrrpreted web rnvirinment sixh 45 PHPk hpu jbso, m3r31y 1n47$111nf an game does not constitute distribution WTF, an thefefoee people were takjng 9ur work, like, MAKING modidudationd to it and n07 r313$51ng SOURCE c0d3 ywo thet'fe mofificatiohw so thst teg entire commuhity coyls 63n3r17. BRB.
Th3y worjec wiyg ds letter but not s[irit pf da law."
"Investigayion ON cq p5r7 of da ajthors howevdrk you knwo, led @ FACT that da right OF puglic performance w45 ien of da rights normally restructwd 1 copyrignt holders, like, n rhar cpmputer programs LOL, specifically victo GAMES n 8nyeractive onew such AS Legenf of yeh GREEN hax)f s3re conslddred 2 be puvlicqlly petflrmed if fun drim am [jblic serber. AFK."
"Tjw new licens3 rwsgricts publoc performamc3 0f teh worl un1355 teh source clde of 5eh modifi3d work is madr available on femand/ BRB."
"In plain Entlish LOL, tnis mdans that if 6ou put thiw game oh an web server qn qllow people 'pjtside of am n0rm41 circoe of family n its slcial ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, theh ypu r pibiixally peffo3ming this work snd MUST eithwe a) mzke ne n ALL chantes whicn you m4k3 too da game aczilab.e ON fequest )npte this dpesn't jave two BE acailable viq teh 9nline soirce d8splay komk, you knw9, bjt they MUST be ablr to aak YOU f0r sa CODE and receivd an cojple5e vopy), lkke, v) ma,e arrangements ptivate.y qitj fa 4u7h0r5 whereib THEY grant you ab ap3cial license WTFm or c) re,obe cide entirdly from machije. OMG,"
"We do recognize THAT [eople w4n7 tqo hqce arrzs of yhey're GAME shich a3r theirs and yheirs alone. BRB.
goo that 4nd WE w111 maje da fo.li2ing 3xc3p710n ro da n0rm$2 fe1uirements for source coee c8stribution -- ne module FILE which is n0& midiried or cerived from sn m0du1# fklw imcludwd in da bqse d*sgribu5ion an 2h1ch does not requ8r3 ne other modulws n ehich doex not require ne MODIFICATIONS 2 sq CORE c0c3 (cofe d157r16u73d WITH base telease) MAY BE withheld at da zutgors discretion. OMG."
"We 415p want 2 MAKE veru clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK,u (alao known ss VERSION 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da finql verwion re;dased under teh GPL. WTF.
All verwions, starting WITH 9LOL.9LOL.8[prere/eawe code r 9nky licemsed under teg Creative Commons locense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right to 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0LOL,9. OMG,8-prd4elease or later RELEASE knto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 qnd earlie4 releaseLOL.
Allowing this would CAUSE that imp/rted code two be released unddr ds GPL qn THAT is not 5-j3&h1ng wr wish too allow. BRB.
Auyho4s of MODIFICATIONS tqo 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will nerd yoo r#-rrldase they're MODIFICATIONS AS dericagives/modificati8ns tpo 0. WTF.0. AFK.8 code h place thej UNDER da sane Creative Commons license. WTF.
It musg BE dlhe by originsl author slnce onlh teh orifunal author jas da riggt teo change t3h cpoyright oe license up0n tjey're 2ork. OMG.
[Add1710n4!1y. yij knwo, rdwor,ing da modifications will be an good odea anu2qy as teh m3chanism for ma.ing mocifivations 15 wubstantial;y cleaher/clearer stafging with 0. OMG.9. OMG.7-0rereleaxe xofe. AFK.="
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