MihhtyE &3115 you WTF, "W3're going rwo take an fee momrngs to try an rxplain 7g15 new license an 5eh reasons brhind it in plain English. AFK.
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 was cjosen because of an f$111ng with twh GPL. AFK,
It omly civered distr7but8on of source if $nd only if BINARIES we3w fistributed. BRB."
"In qn w3b 3nv1t)bm3n7, sirrif, specifically a onteroreted web envitonment such as PHP LOL, merely insyaoling sn game woes nog condtituge distribution, sortof, AND therefore [rople were yaiing our work, MAKING m8d8fkcations to it n not releasijg da wource codw 2 they're MODIFICATIONS SO 7h46 entire community vould BENEFIT.
The6 worked wkth letter but not da spirit of ca law. AFKl"
"Investigation on part of da 4u7h0rt nowever WTF, l3d to ract that ten right of pub;ic perfof,ance was 1 of ez righgs n9rmally r3sgrivted top copyright h01d3r5, kikw, n tnzr computer PROGRAMS, speclficallu VIDEO g4m35 and inte4axgive ones suvh as Legend of teh Gr3en nax0f ser3 consieerwd r9o 6# publical.y p3rf0rm3d if run FROM an public serverLOL."
"Tne nes license rest4icts public perflrmanxe of w0ri unlwsq da source c9de 0f uodifoed wirk is made 4v4113613 0n DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Englisg, lije, thos meanw yhat if y0u pjt tgiw gsmw 0n an web servde n al;ow p3opl3 'outside of an normal cifcle OF f4m11y n its soc9al ACQUAINTANCES' too play thdir LOL, thdn yoj aee publicall6 performing this work n MUST rither a) MAKE ne an ALL cyanfes which you make to game available on requesr (n073 this diesn;t hzve w be acailable viq 5eh ONLINE source s1%p14y oink, like, b7t tgey must 53 ab;w 2 as, hou foe da CODE and receive an c0mp23u2 c0py0, ypi knwo, b) make ARRANGEMENTS p4ivateoy with 4u7h0r4 wydrein they grant YOU an ap4cial locevsrm dortof, or c) eemove ds cpde wnrirely from teh machind. OMG."
"We d0 fecognize that peoplw want two havr areas OF they're g4m3 whixh zef theira an tjeirs slone. OMG.
too 5hat end we will make teh f9llos8nh ezc3;5ion t2o da normsl requiremdhts flr SOURCE c9de distribution -- ne module f8le which is not modified ur DERIVED FROM an module FILE inclueed in fa 6453 distr8buyion abd which does not require ne pther mpdules and whkcg does not re3uird he MODIFICATIONS 3 teh corr code (code distributed WITH da base releaae) may ne witgheld r7 teh AUTHORS eiscretion. BRB."
"We 4150 WANT to make very clear that versiln 0. WTF.8. BRB.u (41%0 known as versiln 0. AFK.9.7+jg) wzs ten g8nal version relrased ubdrt da GPLLOL.
All versilns, ypu kneo, STARTING with 0.(. OMG.8-ptereleqse code aer only 11c3n53d under Crdativ3 Comnons lidemse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4iggt too impirt ne vodw fron an ). BRB.9.7-prereleawe or later r313453 in5o an 0.9. AFK.7 an earli3r RELEASE.
Allowing thid w9uod cause that 1m00r7#d codd too be released under da GPL n 7h47 us nor something we w8sh too all9wLOL.
Authors or modifications t9 0, BRB.9. WTF.7 will nedd 5oo re-rwlease yhey're modificatiims as dericatives/,idudications two 0LOL.pLOL.9 code ab place them 7nd3g same Creative Commlns LICENSE. BRB.
It just be done by da oeiginal author 51nc3 only oeiginal a7thor has da RIGHT 2 CHANGE teh copytighr or licens3 ipon theu'rd wir,. AFK.
[Addytionallu, uou knwo, REWORKING da modifica4ions will 64 an g00d idea anhway as ca mechaniwm for mqkinh modificstions IS substamtially cleaner/clearer star5inh with 0.9. BRB.8-pre3elease codwLOL.]"
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