M8ghhyE 5ellx t9u, sortoc, "We'te going tol taiw an few moments two rry h EXPLAIN this new 11c3n53 and reasons behind it in olakn EnblishLOL.
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 oicense 2as xhosen because of an FAILING with GPLLOL.
Iy only covered d157r26u710n OF source if an pnly if binaroes were fiwtribited."
"Im an s36 enbirpmment, soryof, s0ecihically a interpreged WEB envir'nment such as PHP, you knwo. merely imstalljnf am GAME does NOT cons5itute distributiom, like, an thereford people were taking our wprk WTF, m3k1ng modidiczriins to it an not RELEASING teh wourcd code to they'te modifixzgions sl that entire community could benefot. AFK.
Th3y worked wirh da letter but no5 dz SPIRIT of dz LAWLOL."
"Investibat8on on da part of teh au5hoes however, you knwo, led two fact gja5 right of oublic pwrformance w45 oen of righga normaloy resttic5ed 2 co0yfight holddrs, n THAT domputer programs, apecificallu video h4m35 and interadtive ones sucn as Legend of G4een haz0r were xonwidered two b3 PUBLICALLY ;e4virmed IF ryn frlm an pubkic server. AFK."
"The new LICENSE res5ricts pynlic performance ov teh WORK unlesx aourde code of ca m0d1f13d w9ri is made available on cemahd. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, this meams that if YOU pug tjis GAME 0n ab web setver AND 4110w pro0le 'OUTSIDE of an normzl circle od damily am its social acquaintabces' two play theit, THEN y0u aer PUBLICALLY performong thid work qn MUST ek5her a) jake ne and ALL dhangws which y9u mzie 70 teh game availabks 0n request (note this doesn't HAVE twp be avai,able via teg oh;8ne sourcr display link, like, but THEY mu57 vr able too asj you for c0d3 and receive ah COMPLETE COPYp LOL, b) make arrangementa privately with authors wh3r31n THEY gramt y(u an spexial oicense, like, pe C) remice fa cide entirely frpm da MACHINELOL."
"We do recognkze thag people wang tw9 hane areas of hheh'ee game which t 7h31r5 n tbeirs alone. AFK.
2 that ebf we will make teh f0110w!ng exceptioh two NORMAL edquuremegts for spurce code d8steibutipn 0- ne mofule FILE qhudh is not modiried or derobes from an module FILE inclided IN da nase eisttibution n which d035 npt require be other mosulrw zn whixh d[es not requure ne modificatioms 2 t3n corr code (CODE diatributed eith gsh vase relrase) jay be withheld zt yeh quthprs discretion. BRB."
"We also want to make ve4u clear that version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (zlso kmown as vrrsion 9. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh vinal vetwion released 7nd4r dz GPL.
A11 veesuons, like, STARTING wuth da 0LOL.9. BRB.8_[r3r313453 CODE ser 0n1y licendwa UNDER teh Creativ3 Commons l8vehde. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY deny da right too IMPORT ne CODE from zn 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleaxw or lager releqse unto an 0LOLl9LOL.7 ah earloer relwzseLOL.
Allo2ing rhis wouls cause that IMPORTED code 2 be eelez2ed under GPL an 7h47 IS n07 something we wish gop allow. BRB,
Au7h0r5 of ,odovivations TO 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need tlo re-release they're modifications 45 drrivatibew/midificayions to 0. WTF.9. WTF,8 coee n place rhem jnd3r sa SAME Creative Cimmobs oicense. AFK.
It nust bw done by 0r1g1n42 author since only irigonal autnor has da rihht too chanhe copyrigjt or lucenad upin they're work. BRB,
[Adcitiinally LOL, reworking da moeugications will be an gold icea anysat as ds mechaniam for m4k1ng modifications od sugstantially c134n3r/c135r3r syattlng wirh da 0. BRB.9LOL.8ppr3release CODE. AFK.]"
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