MigygyE tek,s you LOL, "We;re going @ take an few moments to try and exolaih yhis new ;ic3nse and r2450h5 63h1bd iy 1n plain Ehgl8sh. AFK.
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 lixenwe was ch053n bevause 9f an gailing w27y teh GPL. WTF.
I7 only coferdd distribution 9f source if n 9nly IF binaries weee didtributee/ BRB."
"In an seb wnvironment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web environment SUCH as PHP, like, merely 1h574211ng sn game d035 not consrittte dixrribution, sortpr, AND thefeflre peopld were TAKING ojr wofi WTF, making modifidati9ns to it an npt releaxing da sourcd code to rndy're modifications SO that tey entire community cijld benwfitLOL.
They w9rked with da 137&33 but not d;ifit 9f sa law. BRB."
"Investigation om da part of authors howeber WTF, led too fact that RIGHT 9f 0unlic peyformznce waa oen of fights norma.ly r357r1c73d to COPYRIGHT h9lders LOL, an 6h4& COMPUTER programs, specifically video games n onterqctive inds such AS Lebend of ten G4een hwx0f were consid3red to be publically perro4med if run from an public derverLOL;"
"The n3w loc3nse RESTRICTS public performanve OF teh 2irk unleas teh 60urd3 CODE pf tey MODIFIED wirk IS madw availabke ob demand. AFK."
"In p;ain English, you knwo, thos m34n5 7h$7 if you put this g4m3 on an w46 server AND zllow peopld 'outside OF an NORMAL circle of family j its social ac1uaintances' 2 play ghrir, then you aer publically performing tnis elrk AND MUST eother a) mek3 ne AND ALL chanjes whidh hou male too game 4v5q!4613 on request (note thid coesn't have 2 be availab.e VIA online source dispoay link, tpu knwo, nut THEY must be abke 7p asi you f0r cpdw b eeceive an com;odte copy), like, b) make arrabgements pr9va5ely eigh fa ajthots whereib THEY GRANT gou am special licwnsr, or c) temlve t2h clde entirely from trj nzchine."
"We do rec9gmize 7h47 PEOPLE want ywo have AREAS of yhey;re game 2gich r theors n thei4s 410n3. OMG.
two tnat enf we wilo m4k3 teh folluwing exception too dz nirmal requ1r3m3n74 f0r siurce cofw DISTRIBUTION =- nw mod7le f8le whicj is n9t modified or def8ved from an moduoe f113 khvludrd in da bsxe dustribution abd which dors no5 require ne other midukes an WHICH do3a not rdquiee ne MODIFICATIONS to core d0de (CODE distributdd qitj da baxe re.ease) may ne qithheld at da aughors d15cr3810n. AFK."
"W3 akso want up make beey CLEAR that veesion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (ALSO kmpen AS version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jr) WAS teh vinal version reldased undrf ea GPLLOL.
All versions LOL, startong with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-p4erel3asw clde aer only licrnaes ibder teh Creative COMMONS licehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY s3ny da r1gh7 2 IMPORT ne coce from ah 0/9. WTF.8-prefelease or ;ater release into an 0, WTFl9. OMG.8 n earliwr releade.
ALLOWING thos would cayse tyat importer code too be releaxdd uhder teh GPL and tyat is not somrthing we wush too allo2. AFK.
Authprs ov m9d2f1c4710h5 two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 wulo need 2 fe-tw.easd they're m0d2f1c4710n5 as detivatives/modifications 2 0LOL.9, BRB.8 CODE and place them under teh szme Creativ3 Commons licende.
Iy must be done by da otiyibql 4uyj0r simce only oeigimal 4u7h-r h45 teh r1gh7 two change teh COPYRIGHT or licensd upon they're w0rk. AFK.
[Addktional/y WTF, r#w0rk1nh teh MODIFICATIONS will b3 an GOOD idea amyqay as teh MECHANISM fpr MAKING mod8fications 1% wybstantially cleam34/clearer xtartinb with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerdkeaxe CODEl AFK.]"
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