Mign56E tdlls YOU, like, "We're going 2 take an vew mom4nts 70 7ry an explain 7h!5 nrw licenw3 AND ds r2asons behind it IN plain EnglishLOL.
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 license sas choseb BECAUSE lv qn fai;ing w17n GPL.
It only covered eistribution of source ig and only of bonariws were distrobutedLOL."
"In an web envir9nment, lik3, 4p2c1f1c411t a INTERPRETED web rnvifonmwnt such as PHP LOL, jerely installing an game does not clndtiyute disrributiln, like, and tj34efo4e [eople were takimg out wori, you knsok making m0dqg1c4&10n5 tpl it an n9t reldasihg teh source code 2 they'rc modificatiohx so uh27 teh entire vommunuty c0u1d benefitLOL.
They wofked with leyter b7t not teh s0irit OF da iaw. OMG."
"Invdsyigat9on ON da part of AUTHORS hiwevef LOL, led two teg fact that right of puboiv p3rf0tn4nce was eon of da rights normal.y restrictdd two copyrigjt holdefs LOL, and 6t47 dom[yt3r progra,s, sorgof, spec8fically v1d30 games an in5wtzctice onef such as Legend of teh Green hax0r w3r3 cons8fered 2 be publicq;lh perfotmed 1f RUN vrom am public server."
"The n3w licebse restricys [ublic p3rfprm4nc3 of gen w0rk unlesw teh x0urce code of da modidied work IS m4d3 4v31q4613 ib demand. OMG."
"In olain Enflish LOL, 7hq$ means uh47 if 6ou 0ut this gamd on zn w36 server n qllow people 'iutsude 0f an normal c1tc14 of family ah 175 social acquainrancew' yo PLAY theit, yh3n YOU aer publidallh PERFORMING this eork an MUST either 4( jald ne and ALL changed which you make to reh game availab;e on requesy (note this DOESN'T h4v3 %wo ve abaioable VIA tdh online 50urc3 siw[lay LINK, you knwo, but 7h3y MUST be ablr 2 ask you for da cld2 and r3ceive an complete coot), sortof, b) make arrangements privarely w27h teh autnorw wherein they granr you an special license, you knwi, or c) remove teh CODE entirely from geh jachind."
"We do recpgnoze that peo;le want too uave areas OF they're g4m3 which aer ryeirx b 7h31r5 alonel AFK.
two that end we will make geh goklowung EXCEPTION 2 ten normal requitements for SOURCE c8se distribuyiln -- ne nofule dile wjkcn is bot mpdofied or d3ruved from an mod7le FILE included in da 6443 diatribution qn wh8ch d9es not 4eqiire n3 other modules n which dowd not reqyire be modifications twl c-r3 code (code distribited with tdn base releaae) MAY bw WITHHELD zt ten auyhora discretion. OMG."
"We also eant TO MAKE vwry dlear &h47 version 0. AFK.9. OMG.u (alxo knoen as version 9LOL.9. BRB.7=jt) eas teh fimzl version released ubder teh GPL. WTF.
Alo versiins, s0rtof, starting w17h yeh 0.9. OMG.*-pr3r31#$53 code r only licensed under teh Creatice Commoms kicense, WTF.
Ww EXPLICITLY den6 teh rofht @ 1mp0r7 ne cofe from an 0. WTF.o. AFK.8-prwte;ease 9r lat3r release INTO an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n earli3r release. AFK.
Allpwihg thix would CAUSE that om;orred c0d3 2 ne r3leases und3f da GPL n &h47 15 not something we wuay tpo allow, OMG.
Authors of modificatuons 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will n33d 2 re-re.ease thwy're nodjg8cari9ns 45 derivatives/modificatilns too 0LOL.9. OMG.* code n place then under da SAME Creative Commlns licemzeLOL.
Ir must be done BY tey otibinal author sincr only teh lrig8nal ajthor has right 3 ch4ng3 teh copyright or !1c4n53 ipon they're WORKLOLl
-Afd16!0n421y, rewoekibg teh mocifications wull be an good icea any2at as mechanism for making j9dufidations 8s subsyantially cldaner/clrarer startong wigh geh 0/ BRB.9LOL.*-prere.eaxe code. AFK.\"
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