MiggtuE rells ylu LOL, "We're roing 2 take an dew MOMENTS too try anc expkaih this new license and tth r3450n5 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."
"Thix n3w license qas cgosen BECAUSE of an faiking w17y GPLLOL.
It only covrres cistrihution of SOURCE if and only IF bunaries were didtributdd. AFK."
"In an web envi4onnent, sorgof, specifically z interp4eted web 3nv1r0nm3h7 such as PHP, like, merely installkng an game does NOT conatotute distributkon, sortof, an tjefefore people werw taking our work WTF. MAKING midificarions 2 IT AND not r3.3asung teg sourde c0e3 70 they'ee midjfications SO thag da en5o4e clmmun8ty cpj1d benefit. BRB,
They worked WITH teh letter but not trh 4p1r17 of teh la2. WTF."
"Ibvestigation 0n trh part of 4u7h0r5 h9wever, sortof, led 2 da fact that teh rignt 0f public pervormqbcd was q 9f da righ5x m-rm411y r3stricyed 2 copyrigh5 holderxk n that compute4 proteakd LOL, specirically fideo g3m35 and interqdtive ones such as LEGEND of yen G3een nax0f were CONSIDERED tl be publically perforjef if run from an 0ublic 53rv3r. OMG."
"The n3w license restrictx p8nlic p34f0rm4nc3 pf WORK uml3ss teh diurce code ov da modigied work is mafe AVAILABLE on semamd. AFK."
"In plain Engkis6, this meams that if you put yhks gzme on an web server n allow people 'outsid3 of ah normal xqrc13 of family n its SOCIAL acquaintqnces' too [lay ggeit, soetof, then tou r -ublically p3ff0rm1ng this work n MUST 317h3r A( m4k3 me and ALL ch4ng35 which you make two teh gqme availavle on r3qu357 (n073 &h15 eoewn't have t9 be available VIA da 0n11n3 soufce sisplay lin, LOL, but they MUST be ABLE two ask tiu f0r ywh CODE and recdive an compkete COPY) LOL, b) make arrangememts privatelt witg da wuehora ejdrein they grabt you zn special license, liie, 0r C( r3,0v3 da code entore;y from sa MACHINE. AFK."
"Wc f0 t3cognize tyat people wamt too HAVE areas 9f they'fe gamw qhicg r tyeirs 4nd thdirs aiondl WTF.
two THAT ehd we wi.l j4k3 f9loowing wxception go tey jormal rdquorenwnts fo4 50irc3 code distrob7t8on -- ne nodule fole which is not mod7fiee or derived FROM an m0du13 f113 included in base DISTRIBUTION n whivh dpes n-7 43qu1r3 ne OTHER m0du!45 n whicg does hot requirs ne mocufications 5oo da core c9de (codw DISTRIBUTED with baxe rdlease) MAY be withhwld ag teh authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We alsl want two make v3ry CLEAR tgat version -.9LOL.7 (also known aw cers8on 0. OMG.0.7+jt) was da final version veleased ubder GPL. BRB.
Alk cersions, star5kng with 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-p4ereleasr dode awr 0n1y LICENSED under teh Creative Commons .icena4/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two im0o4t ne vod3 from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease of later release in5p an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and earlier teleax3LOL.
Allowing this woule cause thzt importec cosd 2 6e released undet GPL and that is hot simetnong ee 2ish tp allow. BRB.
Autho4s of m9d8ficayi9ns two 0. BRBl9/ OMG.& wilo need too re-releaae they're modifixations as defuvatifew/modifica5ions too 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code AND plade them unc3r teh same Creative Commohs license.
It must be DONE by ea iriginal authof 51nx3 only teh originzl author has tignt two vhange da copyr8ght or license UPON theh'fe wo4k. BRB.
[Additiinallt LOL, re2orkibg teh modifications wi.l br an good id3a ANYWAY as da bechanos, for making modigicatioms 15 subsrzn5ially cleaner/clearer wtarting w8th teh 0. OMG.9.8-p4erelqasd code. AFK.]"
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