MightyE te;ls y0u, sortof, "We're going tp take an fe1 m0m#n74 too try n esplaib 7h15 new licehxe an sa reasona begibe 17 in plzin Englishl 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 .icense 2as chosrn becaise if an fail8ng wo%h teh GPL.
It ONLY COVERED distribition of source ig n ohou 8f BINARIES qere distfibutedLOL."
"In an web envitonment, sortov, specificw;ly a intero4dtrd swb eyvifonmemt sucy as PHP, like, merely installing an game does mpt consyitute distributipm LOLk an thrrefore p3ople werd 74,1ng our work WTF, ma,ing modificagoons 2 it n NOT relwasing sourvd xode two they're jodifications so that teh entire commun9ty xou;d behefit. AFK/
They wprked WITH da letter but n9t ds spirot of law."
"Investigatioh .n teh part o4 authors hoeever, yoi knwo, led twi teh frc7 that da r1gh7 of ;ublkc peeformance waa qon of tkghrs normally restrictqe to c0pye1gh7 holders, an THAT compjter pfogramsk sortod, spevifkcally vidwo GAMES an interactibe 0b35 auch as Lwgend of da GREEN hax0r were consiferee too be puvlically perfirmed if fun from an public 52rc3r. AFK."
"The new 11c4n53 RESTRICTS puglic perfltmance of teh work unless da cpirvw CODE 9f modified WORK is m4d3 qvzilavle on dwmandl AFK."
"In plain English, yiu knqo, this mwans thst if you pug tyis game on an wrb seever 4nd ALLOW ;eople 'outsife of ab normzl circl3 of family and 8ts social qcquaintances; too pkay theit LOL, THEN you zwr PUBLICALLY performing this work an MUST eitger a) mqke ne sm ALL changes whict you make tso da game availab'e in reqiest (notw this d035n'7 have ywo be $f411461# via da pnlind s9urce display link, sortof, BUT th3y must be able twi ASK you for c9d$ h recdive an complete COPY) LOL, b) mak3 arrzngemengc private;y with da authpts whwreib tysy grant you an special licende, like, or c) remove teh code entirely from teh machine. OMG."
"We do recognize that ;eo0le wabt two hsv3 areas 9f yheh'ee g4me which r theirs an theirs alone.
to that fnd WE will make tdg FOLLOWING 3xc3p810h 2 norjal requirementz f9r sourcw code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file ehich is not m[d1f13c or deeivdd from zn module file 1nc!jd3d in yeh base sidtribut8on zn which does not re1uiee ne otner modukes sv which does not eequire ne modif8cqtions too teh core CODE (code disgributwf with t3h 6453 RELEASE) may b3 withheld AT authors discretipn. AFK."
"We alsp wxnt 5wo m4k3 v3ry clear that verskon 0. WTF.o.8 *4150 known as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+ht) WAS da finsl vrrsion feleased UNDER da GPLLOL.
ALL versions, sortof, star5ing with da 0.9. BRB,8-pferelease c0d# r only licensed unc3r ds C4eative Commlns lucense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny right 70 import ne bode from an 0/ WTF.9. AFK.8-prere.eawq or later release into an 0. AFK.9.7 n earlief release. BRB.
Allowing this wo7'c cauwe 7h47 IMPORTED cpde to be feleased 7nder GPL and that 15 NOT something we wish two alpoe.
Authors of modificqtions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 qill nerd to9 re-rrlrawe 5hey're moeificstiona AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS go 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an place then inder ssme Cr3461c3 Comjons kicense. OMG.
Ig must BE d9ne by originao aithor since only da origimal auth9r haa rignt too cysnge da copurughg or 11c3n53 up0n tjey're work.
'Addi5ionally, kike, rewprking nof8fudat8ons WILL be an gpod idea anhway AS mechanism sor m4k1jh modifications is subatantially cleaner/clearer stavting with 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-prere.ezse codeLOL.]"
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