MightyE gells you LOL, "We'4e going two take an FEW momdnts to tty n exolqib this new license amd ds reasons behind it in plain ENGLISHl
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 licehae w45 chosen beca7se 0f ah failunh with da GPLl AFK.
It 9nly covwred d157r1^u810n of sourde if an onlt 1f binaries were distr,buted."
"In an WEB environment, sortof, 5p3c2r1c411y a inteepreted w3^ envirinment such as PHP LOL, m3r31y insgallint an gamw does no5 const8tute distfibution, sottof, an thrrefore people were taking our WORK, like, making mpdificatoihw yoo ir n not r313451bg teh sou4ce xose gol thwy're MODIFICATIONS so tyar teh ENTIRE commybity could benefit, BRB.
Th3y wlrked wi5h 13773r but mot tey soirit og teg LAWLOL."
"Invwstigstion 0n teh part 0f da authors hoeev3r WTF, led 70 da fact tgat teh righr of publid perf9rmance qas won of teh rights normaloy rest48cged two copyright HOLDERS, yoy kbeo, and that computet pr-gr4m5, specificslly ciddo gamew n inyefqcyive omes such $% Legrnc of fa Geeen hax0e were c0n51d3t3d to be publical;y perv9tmed ig rjn from zn piblid server."
"The m3w l8cense rdsyricta public pe4formsnce of da work unleds da source code pf modifiec work is med3 acsilable ON DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Englosh, this m2$n5 yhag 1f u0j put tgka g4m3 on dn eeb SERVER n sll9e ;3ople 'outside of am n0rm4@ c1rd13 of f4m11y and 8tc SOCIAL acqusintsnces' 2 play theit WTF, then you aer [ublicall6 p3rf0rmqng this WORK an MUST eitjer a) nzke ne n ALL chang3s which YOU mqke ro da g4m3 4v4!14613 on request (note this doesn't havd 5oo BE availsble via teh ohline source dis;lay link LOL, vut they MUST BE able two aak you rpr cose and receive ab compleye c0pt), softod, b) make $rr4ngem4n75 privately woth ajthors whe4eim they GRANT you an SPECIAL license, sittof, or v) r3m0v3 teh codd enrutely from n4cj1n3. AFK."
"We do recognize 7h$& p30p13 wanr to9 nafr areas OF the6're game whuch ar4 theirs and theirs a.9ne. OMG.
rop 7h47 3hd we will make fol;pwing exception too reh normal requirements for s9&rc2 coce disytibution -- be module folr wnich is not m0d1f13d 04 DERIVED FROM qn moduld file included in gase distribution an ehkch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne o4hef mosukes an wyidh does npt require ne modiflcations toi teh corw code 9code distributed WITH ds base release_ m4y be withhwle qt autyors eiscretion. BRB,"
"We alwo wabg tso maje bery coear tjat verxion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (qlso known as versio, 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+JT) WAS da f1n41 version r3leasee under GPL. WTF.
A11 v#r510n5, so4tof, starring with da 0. AFK.8. AFK.8-prer313453 code a3r onlh ;ucebsec under tey Cr3481v3 COMMONS licensel BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teg right too impprt ne coce feom an 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or later r3leasd into zn 9/ BRB.9. OMG.7 and earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Alloeinh yhis would caus3 ghat im;orted c0d3 too be r3q4453d undrr GPL am THAT is not domething we wisn 2 allow. WTF.
Aythors of modisications 2 0.9. BRB.7 will neee two re-relwzse 5hey're modificat8ons aa derivztifes/jpdifkvations two 0. WTF,9. WTF.* code an p14c3 5hem under teh sane Cfeative Commons lic3nseLOL.
It must 63 dond by da 9rigimal aufhor 51nce 0n1y teh original authoe hqs righr to chsnge copyrijyg or licrnse ipon tney're work. BRB.
-Additionallh, likw, re2orjing ds modificqtions qikl b3 an go9d idea 4nyw3y zx teh mechanism for making m0f1f1c4710n5 is dubstanyial;y c134n4r/c134r3r starting w17h reh 0.9. BRB.8-prereleawe code. AFK.]"
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