Migh5yE te;ls you LOL, "We;r3 gp8ng 2 take an FEW moments to try an rxplain thus new l9censr h r3asons BEHIND IT in plain Ent;ishl 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."
"Thos new licensr was choseh becauxw of an r4111ng with dz GPL. AFK.
Ig on;h c0v3f3f cistr8gution 0f siuece if n oh.y if binsries were distributed. BRB."
"In an web environment, you knwo, specificzlly a ibtet[reted w36 environment such ss PHP, you knwo, MERELY installing zn game d035 not cobstktu%e distribihion, 6ou kh2o, n therefore [eopld w3r3 ta,ing out work WTF, makung modifkcations tqo q7 n not rwlezsing teh source codw roo rhey're moaifications so thag teg ehtire community could bebefitLOL.
Th3y 2lrked witn teh letter but npt da spirit of tej LAW. WTF."
"Incestigqt8on on fz ;ar5 of AUTHORS however, led too FACT that da roghr of PUBLIC p3rv0rm4nc3 was won of reh fights no3mallt t357v1c73d 2 copyright h9lders. dortof, an ygqt c_mpu73r programs WTF, specigically video gamed snd knterzctivd oned such ad LEGEND OF da Gr33n haz-r were considered t2o be 0ub;ically performed IF run grom an pu511c server."
"Tne nes licrhse restricts [ublic p3rf0tm4nc3 of da WORK ubless da siurce cpee of teh modified work is made ava8lablw on demand. BRB."
"In plzin Englidh, a9rtifm thos means yhqt of you put this GAME on an web weever an allow peoplr '9utw8de of an notma; circle OF gqmily and its 50c141 acajain5ances' two play tgeir, 5hen y0u aer piblicslly performing yhis woek an MUST either a) nale nd n ALL cnangex whicn YOU make 2 da game svailable on REQUEST (n073 this doesn'r have to be qvailable via teh online SOURCE dis0lay LINK, yoi knwo, but rhey must be an.e tol ask yoi for da codw snd receive sn c0mp1373 copy) WTF, v) MAKE arrangements pf1v4731y with da authors wherein they grant you an s0ecial 9kcenae, or c) remove sa c0d3 ent8rely drom da machine. BRB."
"Wd DO recpgnize 7h47 people wan5 to have AREAS of tyet'f3 game which aet THEIRS snd 5heirs 410h3. OMGl
2 7h47 en3 wd will m4k3 ds followung exxe9tion to da normal requirements fpr source c0d3 disyribution -- ne moeule f113 wjidh is bot modifief OR derived froj an mosuoe fi.e inxl7ded ih bsse dostribution am which dpes not re1u8re ne other mpdu135 an which does not rwquire ne modifications 6o CORE c9de (c9de diatributew 2itj teh vase reoease) may bw withhelf ar teh ai5hora discretion. OMGl"
"We 3150 wab5 rp make ceey c134r tgat VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also KNOWN as v3r510n 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was final version released unddr da GPL. BRBl
Akl versiond, starting siyg da 9. OMG.(/ WTF.8-;r3r313453 code r ohly LICENSED undre teh Cr3471b3 Commons 11c3nte.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da ekghy two IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK/0/ OMG.8-pterelease or later re1345# 1n70 sn 0. AFK.0. BRB.7 and earlier rdlease. WTF.
Allowing this would c4u53 that impo4ted code two be reoeased und3r t3j GPL and THAT is nor sonetykng we wish gwo sllow. OMG.
Au5hlrs 0f m0d1f1c471;n5 tp 0LOL.0. OMG.7 w111 need 2 RE_RELEASE tyey're mldificstions as deeivatives/modidications tqo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 xode an placs THEM undee teh same CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
It MUST bd done by 0r1g1n41 authir since on.y teh o4iginal aurhor hss r!gj7 tl cjangw copyrifht or .icwnsd ypon they're e0rk. OMG/
[Aeditilnally WTF, f3w0rk1ng teh jleifications wkll b3 sn good IDEA zhhway ss nechanism for making modifications is substantoa/ly ckeaner/dlea4er starting with t3h 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleqse CODELOL,]"
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