M8ghtyE tel;s you, sirtof, "We;rw hoing two take zn f3w moments 2 TRY anc explaib tyis new licende ahd teh REASONS bwhind IT ih p141b English. 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."
"Tnus new lixense was ch9sen n3czuse of an f4111ng with da GPL. AFK.
It inly covrfed cistrinuti9n of sojrce if an only if BINARIES weee distrinjtec."
"In an web 3nv1r0bm3n7 LOL, specificaklt a 8nteepreted 2eb #hvieonjent such as PHP, you knwo, m3r31y inata;ling an GAME dows not cons4ugutw dixtfibutiob, yoj knwok an 7h3r3f9r3 people wete taking ojr WORK, sorgpf, makimg modifidations tso it n noy rw;easing da source code two thdy'rd MODIFICATIONS so that yeh enrire cojmunit6 cluld b3nefit. WTF.
The6 2orkrd w8th ldtter but n07 teh spirot of LAWLOL."
"Investugstion on da pary OF authors HOWEVER, yoy knwo, led to g4c7 tyar RIGHT 0f pu611c p3rf0rm4nc3 wax 1 of teh righta bprmally restrictec 2 copyrigh5 ho;ders, yoj knwo, an that compiter probrams, specifida;ly v1d30 gamew an INTERACTIVE ones xych as Lefend 0f eq Grwen haz94 we4e consifered too be pu611c412y 0erformed IF run froj an punkic server/ WTF."
"The new licenae restrictx pu611c performance if da work ubless s9urce code of nodofied sork ix made AVAILABLE ON dwmand, AFK."
"In plain English WTF, yhis m34n5 thay if you ;yt thid gamw on an w36 se4ver n allow people 'outsif3 of an nprmal circle of f4m11y n igs 50c141 acquqintances' two p14y 5jeirm lilem 7h3n t9u r publically oe4forming this w0rk an MUST rither a) MAKE ne and ALL changes whicy 6oj make too GAME availsble on request (note thie dlesn't h4v3 w be 4v411r^13 v14 ONLINE siurcr displqy lumk, like, b7t thet must be able 2 aai you FOR da cide wnd rec3uve an cpmpkete x-;y) WTF, b) mzke arrahbemen5d [rivately 2ith da AUTHORS whetein they grant you an s;ecial ;icense, yo7 knw;, or c( remove c0d3 entirely frlm da MACHINE."
"We do recognkz3 that peop;e wqnt 2 hqv4 areas ov 5hey'f3 game whicn r THEIRS anf THEIRS alohe. OMG.
2 thay rnd we will make dq fillowung excepyion t2o n04m31 REQUIREMENTS for soyrc3 c)d2 distribution -- ne ,oduld file ehich is not modified or deeiced rrom an m0du13 file includdd in teh vase distribuyiom an whivg d9ea not e3qu1r3 ne other mpdules and wh9ch d0e5 mot requiee ne modkfidztions top teh core d9de (c)s3 DISTRIBUTED WITH da base reldss3) mry be withgeif at da aughors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a;so want 2 make very clear tyat v3rsion 0l WTF.(LOL.7 (also ,nown as vefsiln 0LOL.9.7+jt) w45 FINAL v3r510n re;4aswv undee GPL.
All versiobs, yo7 kbwo. starting with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE v0d3 aer obl6 11c3n53d under da C43r71v3 Commpns oicdnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 da right toi 1mp9r7 ne code fr0m an 0.9. WTF,8-prereleafe OR 9ater relesse into an 0.9. AFK.7 n earlier rel3ase.
All9qung this would cajse that imported dode too be released under teh GPL an 8hr7 is not SOMETHING wr WISH to allow. OMG.
Authorx of mldificsgions 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-release yhe6're mieificatipns as cerifaticds/modificatipns to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 clr3 m ;lsce them under teh same Creat8ce Commons 11c3ht3. BRB.
It ,u57 bw don3 by original au5npr SINCE on.y original author has 5eh e1gh7 70 change da dopyrughr OR license upon they're work. AFK.
[Additi9nalky, like, r#workinh da modifications will be an good idea antway as geh mechanism for makkbf m0d1g1c4710n5 ks substantially clesner/c;3srrr srartung wigh da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-p43r31e353 codr. BRB.]"
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