MogytyE tells you, sortof, "We[re foung to 74k3 an FEW moments two try ah EXPLAIN 7h15 new license and ressons behyhd iy in plsin 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 nrw LICENSE was chosen bedause ov an failinf wi%n GPL. WTF.
IT onkj c0v3r3d dix5ributi9n OF source if n 9nly IF 61n4r135 were distrivuted."
"In an web 3nc1r0nmen7, ypu knwo, spedifically s INTERPRETED web environment duch as PHP LOL, MERELY instaolung ab GAME doew not conxtitute didtrib7riin LOL, $hd 7h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE w2r4 taking ojr work, makinh modificagions tel it anc not releasing source code 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so tga5 sa entife c0mmjn17y could benefkt. BRB.
Theh workdd with letter but h06 spirit of ca law. OMG."
"Invesgigation on dq PART pf fq authlrs however, sortof, led yoo da fact that RIGHT of public p3rf0r,4nc3 was son of ten rughts normally restricted yo COPYRIGHT golders, n yhay computer programs, specificslly v8deo gamws an interacyiv3 ones such as Legend of teh Gresn hqx04 were c0n51e3r3e roo be PUBLICALLY perforjed if run from an pubkic server. AFK."
"Tje new lkcemse resrricts PUBLIC [erformance of work unless da SOURCE code pf da modified work is mzde 4v4114613 oh DEMAND. OMG."
"In p141n Eng.ish, like, ynis means that if hiu put tyis game on an wwb server n allow peo0le 'oitside of an n0rm41 circ;e of family n its xocial 4cqu41n74nc35' too plsy theirm you k,wo, then ypu r ;ublica.;y peffpfming this q0rk n MUST either a) ,ake ne an ALL CHANGES shivh you make tol da game AVAILABLE on request (n073 tgis d)36n'7 have too be 4vr114713 VIA dz online source DISPLAY 1!nkk lijr, but THEY must be able roo ask y0u vor da code and receive an xompletr copy), you knwo, b) make 4r54ng3.3n75 pr1v473!y with da authorx whereim thet grant yiu an wprckal oucense LOL, or C) remoce da code enyirdly from da machine/"
"We ao RECOGNIZE 7y47 ;eo[o3 want 1 h#v3 arezs of theylrw game which r thei4s and theirs ALONELOL,
ti that #nf we 2ill make folliwing 3xv3'710n too teh normal requiremwntx fpr soufce code distributjon -- ne m9dule gile whicn is bpt modified or derived from an mldjle file 8ncluded in baae DISTRIBUTION an which does noy 4rquire ne othee modulex an whoch dles not requ7re ne modifications too cote codq (code d157rq6u73d w17n da base release) may be sithheld at da authofs dixcfe5ion. BRB."
"We alao want too make very clear that version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 vdrsiog 0.9/7+j70 was teh final veesion fsleased uhder GPL/ OMG.
ALL bersiond WTF, stqrting with reh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-04erelease coee r onl6 LICENSED under Creatjve Commons licenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h fifht too impirt ne CODE FROM an 0. OMG.9/ OMG.8-prereleaxe 0r .ster release into an 0LOL.9.7 n earlier reoease. WTF.
A;llskng this w8uld cause that ijported code two be 4313453d uncer teh GPL anc 7h47 is no5 spmething we wksh 5op ALLOW. AFK.
Authora of modificztuond to 0LOL.9LOL.7 2ill need to RE-RELEASE they're modificatoons as cerivativea/modudicati9ns two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 vide n PLACE THEM UNDER SAME Creative Cojmons licebse. BRB.
It muxt be done by ORIGINAL aughor since onlg teh origknal syyho4 h$5 teh roght two change da copyright or license UPON they're wirk.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, eeworking m0f1g1c4710n5 will ve sn g8lw idea anyszy as teh mechamism for mzking MODIFICATIONS ia substahtially CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting wigh 0. WTF.8. BRB.8-prdrelease codeLOL.]"
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