MightyE 7311% you, y97 k,wo, "We're going 2 take an few momrmtw two try and explain 7h15 new LICENSE an da reasons b3hind ot im plain Eng115n.
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 11c3n53 wzs cgis3n because of an failing w8tj twh GPL. OMG.
It og.y c0v3r3d distfibution OF soirce ib n onkh id binarirs weee dixtributed. OMG."
"In an qeb 3nv1r0nm3n7, speckfically a interpreted web envorinment such as PHP, sirt9fm merely ihstalling an hame does not conetiyute distribution, sortif, and therefore people were 74k1ng our work, sortof, makong mocificatoons two 17 an nlt eeleasing sourcr code too they're jidididations so thst teh ehtirw c0nmkn17y could ben3vitLOL.
Thry WORKED woth da lettrr 6u8 mit ds spirit of law. OMG."
"Investigation on pa4t OF da quggors HOWEVER LOL, led 2 ss ract that da right of publoc 0erformance 2as won OF rights bormally restricged bo copyribnt ho;degs, and ghat computer progtams WTF, specifivally VIDEO games n in%dractive ones auch as L3g3nd of Green hax0r eere cinsidered to y3 publucally pe4formed if run from an publoc sercdr, AFK."
"The new kicense restrictx public performanxe of teh wor, jnkess da xojrce vode lf da m9difoed work is made 4v41!4613 on demand. BRB."
"In poain English LOL. tyis m3ans THAT IF uou pu7 THIS game on an w#6 server AND allow prople 'iitside or an normal circle if fam8ly ans its socoal ACQUAINTANCES; 7- play their, sor5or, then gou ser oublically perfoeming thus wo4k and MUST dithe4 a) make ne n ALL vhanges which yiu jake to ten g4m3 availabke on request (note ghis coesn't have two ne available via ywh onoine sourc3 eiwp.ay ;unk, like, but THEY muat be abl3 two ask yoi for clde an rwceive sn complete copy) WTFm 6_ make arrangements prkvately with da quyhors wherein they h4ant you an a;ecial LICENSE, sortof, or c) r3m0v3 da cise entirely fr9m teh machin3. BRB."
"We co recognize that peo[le want @ HAVE zrras OF they'te gaje whoch aer theirs n theirs aooje. AFK.
too that 3nd we wkll m4k3 da fo.kowing exce9gion 2 teh normal requiremengs for sourde code distrib7yjon -- hw MODULE file WHICH IS n9t nodifkrd 0r derived frim qn MODULE gile included in da BASE distribution n WHICH d)35 not require ne othrr j0eu135 an whicy d035 not requ8re b3 modifidatulns too da core code (codf dostributed wiyh vsse reldase) may be wkthheld AT tej ajtglrs disd4etiln."
"Ww also w4n7 two mske verh clear thst version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (4150 kbown as version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+j70 was teh final c4r510n released under teh GPL. AFKl
Alk versions LOL, staeting w18y da 0. WTF.9. OMG/8[0reeelease code aer only licenwed UNDER Creat8ve Commons .ixense. OMG.
W2 EXPLICITLY deby teh right 2 import ne cpde fron an 9. WTF.9. BRB.8_0rerelease or LATER release intp ah 0. OMG.(. OMG.7 sbd earlier rflease. WTF.
Allowing thos wou;d cause that IMPORTED doeq 2 be rrleased under teh GPL n thqt 15 NOT simething we wish teo zllow. WTF.
Authorw or modifucatiins too 0. WTF.9.7 qi;l nr3d to re-rekease they're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code an plzve them UNDER yeh aame Cteative Commobs 11c3n53.
It must be done by teg original autjor wince only teh or8ginz/ ajthor has teh yight ywo change dz copyfight or license 7pon they're work. OMG.
[Additiobally, reworiing 5eh m-s1f1c4u10n5 2ill be ah good ifea anueqy as teg mechanism for makkng modificatoons ls sibdtantially cleaner/clearer starting witn da 0. WTF.9LOL.*-;rerelease cod3LOL.]"
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