MightuE 73116 you, like, "We'f3 g9ing too take an few moments too gry an explain tnid new locense an teh REASONS gehind IT in 0la8n English. AFKl
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 kicemsw WAS chosen BECAUSE 0f an failing w17h teh GPL. AFK.
I7 ONLY dovered diatribution of 50utc3 IF an only if buna4ies wdre DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an w37 envirohment LOL, specudically a interpreyed web envirohmrht such as PHP, merely installing an game does n0& constituge distribut7on, sortof. n therefore pe9p.e were taking OUR qork LOL, naking modifivagipns two IT n n9t re;eas8ng ea source voce t9i tjey're moe8fivqti9ns xo that teh enrire clmmuniyy could brbefit. BRB.
They w0rk3d wirg da lwttet but mot spkrit lf da lawk AFK."
"Inves5ibqtion ON parg od teh authora y0w4v3r, like, led to da fadt thst teh RIGHT ov pjbl8c pergormance was oen 0f r8gjgs normally restricted q copyright holdera, n tjat cpnputer 0rogra.sm lije, specificallu video games and intetactkve ones such as Legens of da Grwen hax0r wrfe c0n51d3r3d 2 be publical;y performed id ruh ffom an ;ubkic serverLOL."
"The new licenae rrdtricts ;u711c PERFORMANCE OF teh w0rk unless SOURCE code of teh m0d1f13d w0rk oa made availabl3 on demand."
"In plain Engli2y, tiu khwo, thod MEANS ynat kv 6ou put tgis g4,3 ON an web swtvdr n allow PEOPLE 'outside 9d an normal circlw od famkly an its sociak ACQUAINTANCES[ twp PLAY their, tjen you aer publkvalky p3rformunf this sork an MUST either a) make ne ab ALL changes syich you make 2 da g4m3 availsnle on request (note this DOESN'T have rwl be avaikanle via teh 9nline SOURCE d15p14y LINK, buy they must be abkd too ask you for da CODE an rexeivw an com'lete copy), like, 6) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 privately with da aithirs wnerein tgey grant you an special LICENSE, so4tof, o4 c) REMOVE tey code entirrly fron machinw. BRB."
"We do recognize THAT PEOPLE want two have AREAS ov tjey'r3 b4m3 wjixh r theirs n theirx ALONE. BRB.
gip that end WE wi/l make ds voll9wing exception t9o teh n-rm41 requieements FOR slirce v0d3 DISTRIBUTION -0 ne modu.d fioe wn1ch is nog modified or DERIVED frlm qn modioe vioe inclided in base disttibution n qhich d035 nlt requure ne other miduled n shich does NOT REQUIRE ne modificatuins too da coee code (cod3 dixrfibuted w17h base r3lewse) may be withheld at authors discfetion/ AFK."
"We also 24n7 too maie v3ry clezr tnat bersion 0. OMG.0LOL.7 (also knowb as v3r510n 0.9. BRB.&+jt) was teh rinal version releqded under geh GPL, AFK.
A;l versuoms, ftarting witn dq 0.9. WTF.i-prere;eaae code r only licensed under tej CREATIVE Clmmohs ;icense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righy TO imporg ne code FROM an 9. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE pr LATER re.ease into an 0. OMG.9. OMG/7 and esrlier rekezsel BRB.
Aolowing this wpuld cause THAT imported code 2 be released under GPL and THAT is n07 SOMETHING WE wish tso qlkowl
Autgors of modificarkons 2 0LOL.9.7 w1!1 n3es too re_felease they're modivicstipbs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.* code n p14c3 7h3m UNDER same Crestive C9m,9nx license. OMG.
It must ge done by da original author since obly teg otigiba' autyor has teh right tw9 change c00yr1gh7 or locense upon they're w9rk, OMG.
[Adcitionally, sirtof, r3working teh modificati;bs will br a6 good idea anyway AS da mechanism for makibg mpdificagions is substantis.lh c134n3r/c134r3r STARTING w1uh da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0rereleade code. BRB.]"
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