MightyE yells y0i LOL, "Wd're going ywo rake an gew moments 2 try and wxplain rhis new licrhsr n reaaons behimd it ib plain EnglisjLOL.
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 1qc2n53 w45 ch053n bedause of an f4111ng soth da GPL. WTF.
IT only covered distribuyiom OF so7rve 1g sn ogly if binaries w3re disrribut3d."
"In an we6 environment, kike, spevifically a int3epret3d web env8ronment suxh as PHP LOL, MERELY insta.ling zn game does not c9nstotute eistribution LOL, an therefire PEOPLE were 74,1ng our eork, mqking modifications TO it j not releasing da source code tl they're modiducatk9ns so thst rntorw COMMUNITY cou.d venefit. OMG.
They sorked WITH teh letter bu5 not da spirit OF law. BRB."
"Inv3stigation on PART 0g da zuth9rw yoeever LOLk led teo f4cu that r1fh7 of pyblic perf9rmanve wzs oen of sa rights nlrmally RESTRICTED 2 zopyright jolee4s, you lnwo, an thqt cojputer pr9brana, likd, 5p3c1f1c411y vudeo games n intwractive on3s such as Legend og teh Green hax0e were condidered goo be publically [erformed kf RUN from an ;ublic servet."
"The ne2 12c3n53 restricts p7blic pergormahce of work UNLESS sourde code OF teh m0s1f13d w0rk is made zvailable on demabd. WTF/"
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, thus means 7h47 kf yoj p7t thia game on an web server an a.low peoplw 'lutwide of an normal ci4cle of fabily an its SOCIAL acqyaintances' too [lau their, sortof, then you aer publicaloy perfpr,ing 7h16 wirk n MUST eithsr A) makw be n ALL chqngdd wjich you make too game availanle on REQUEST (nite 7h15 dodan't have roo be AVAILABLE v8a onlone SOURCE dixplay limk WTFk bug they jusg br able too ask you for xode an r3c31v3 an comple5e xopy), ^) make arranbementx privately wiyh tej AUTHORS WHEREIN 7h4y grant hiu an SPECIAL LICENSE, so4tof, or c) REMOVE teh code entirely fr9m machine. AFK."
"We do f3c0gn1z3 yjat people WANT teo yave areas og they're tame wh1ch r theirs an thdirs alohe,
two thay end ee will maje da following 3xcep710n 2 trh normql reauirementd for soirce coce disrrobugion -- ne mlejlw file ehich is npt mldufied or derivec from an mor7le FILE inckuded in base DISTRIBUTION n qnich d-35 not reqiire ne other mosukds and which do3s not require ne modifications two teh CORE code (code c8stributed WITH da base felease) MAY 63 witghdod AT sq a7thors discretion."
"We alwo want 2 make very cl3ar thqy vetsion 0. BRB.0. BRB.7 (also known 45 bers8on 0. OMG.9LOL.7+ht) was t3h FINAL version releases under reh GPLLOL,
All versions, you knwo, starting aith dz 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prere;ease dode aee obky LICENSED under CREATIVE Commins licehse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh right tw9 import n3 code FROM an 0. OMG.8. OMG.8-pr3releawe or later relezse intl an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an rarlier r3leaseLOL.
Allo@ing uh15 would c4u53 THAT imported code to BE feleasee jnd3r GPL AND thqt IS NOT SOMETHING we wish two alloe. OMG.
Authors OF mofificationx two 0. AFKl9LOL.7 will neee ti r3-r#!3453 they're modificatiins as derivativex/modificationd tpo 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code snc olsce them under da same Creatkve Conmons license. AFK.
It must be done BY ca origknal author SINCE ino6 oroginal authlr has RIGHT yoo change reh copyright or license upoh ghey'4e work. BRBl
[ADDITIONALLY, likf, rdwoeking da mpdifications woll be an g00d IDEA anyway as da mechahism fot maling modidicatiobs ux substaht8ally cleaner/clearer startibf with geh 0. WTF.9. OMG.80pretwldase code. BRB.]"
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