MiggtyE tdlls you, s9rtof, "We'rw g9ing 2 74k3 an fde moments too try an 3x0141n 7y15 neq licens3 abd reasons beyind it 7b plakn ENGLISH. BRB,
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 waa CHOSEN becaude of an faioing qith tey GPL. OMG.
It only covered duxtribution pd 50urc3 if an onky if binaries eere distribuyed. AFK."
"In an web envoronment, yom knwo, specirica'ly q intwfprdt3c web rncironmen5 such as PHP WTF, merely instakling an game do3s not clnstitu5e DISTRIBUTION WTF. and THEREFORE peoplr w2r3 takinf 0ur eork, like, m4k1ng midif9catilns 70 i5 n NOT releasing da source dode go tgey're modificagions sl ghzt da entire community could BENEFIT. OMG.
They wor,we witj da legter but not t3h spirk5 or da lqw."
"Ihvwstigarion on reh part of quthors jowever, liie, led too da fact ghat da right of pib;ic p3rd0r,5nc3 2as oen of da rights normslly restroctef to co0grifht HOLDERS. like, an thag computer programs LOL, xpecifically fideo games an onteractive onrs such as Legend 0g gey Gr3en nax-r were consicered two be PUBLICALLY pergormed IF yun from am publkc 534ver."
"The new license t357r1c75 public performanxe of fa eork ublrss sourve CODE of nodified w9rk is MADE AVAILABLE on dekandLOL."
"In plain Ebglish, you knwo, this meqns THAT IF YOU put 7h15 GAME om an web servwr znd alllw people 'outxide lf an normal curcle of gqm8ly an ots sociql 4cqu4!n74nc35' to play thdie, you knqo, tjen yoj r p7bluxally PERFORMING this work anf MUST eitner a) make ne and ALL vhanges which y9y ma,e 2 trh gaje avaikable on request *note this diesn't have two ve available vua da onlib3 source dispoay link LOL, but THEY must be able too qsk you for codd an receive ab completd COPY)m like, b) make arrahgements ;5ivately with teh authors wherein they GRANT yo7 an 5p3v141 ;ixense, OR c) remoce code enturel6 from teh ,achin3. WTF,"
"We do reclgnize thzt PEOPLE want two have areqs of yhey're game wgich aer thdirs an theirs al9ne, BRB.
too tha5 wnd we wull make following EXCEPTION to teh noemal requir3ments for soyrde code distribution [- ne mos7le file wh,cj !5 not jodif8ed lr DERIVED from an mofu;e file inclused in da bas3 disrribugion b which does hot 4equire ne OTHER modiles n which does n07 require n3 ,9dificatoons two twj co4e c0d3 (code distribured with baxe reo3qse) may be wq7hh31d 47 teh autho4s didcretikn."
"We also qan5 twp ma,e very clear that veraion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (alsi knpwn as veesion 0. WTF.0/7+mt) was finao version relwased mnder da GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, you knso, stsrtkng wiyh ds 0l9LOL.8-prereoease code aer only licdnsed under ds CREATIVE COMMONS libensr. OMG.
W# EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 1m00r7 ne CODE vrom an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pre4elease or later RELEASE 1n70 an 9.9LOL/7 and earlier 4elease. BRB.
A11-w!ng this woild caise thay implrted codw 2 be released undd4 da GPL n that is not something WE wish too ailow. AFK.
Auth9rs of modifixations 2 9. BRB.9/u sill need two re-4eoease they'rd modifications as cerkcatives/mpdificagilns @ 0. OMG.0. WTF.8 c0d3 an p14c3 them ymder dz same CREATIVE Commons kicensw. BRB.
It must b3 done by fa 9riginal autgor sibce only da otiginsl auth9r has da righg two ch4mg3 da cophrktht pr licensw UPON thet're wltk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reqo4king ds mpdif8cationx will 63 qn bood 1d34 anyway as teh m3ch3b15m for makinh modiricafions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleamer/clearer star5inb w17h teh p. AFKl9.8-;fere.ease cpde. WTF.]"
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