MibhtyE yflls you LOL, "W3're going too ga,e an FEW momen%s 2 TRY and 3zp!41n tyia new livense and reasons behind 17 in 0lain Englisj. 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."
"Thiw new license qas ch053h bevauss of an failing w17h gwh GPL.
It lnly xovered distribuyion OF soutce 1f an 9nly if BINARIES w4re dis%ributed."
"In an WEB environment, like, specifkcallu s untetpeet3d web envitonjent such 45 PHP, you lnwo, mereky INSTALLING an fame does not donstiyute distributipn LOL, amd therefore PEOPLE were twkihg OUR work, wortog, jaking modificagions too 17 and not rdoeasyng sourcd coee tso they're MODIFICATIONS si that teh entife community coyls benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked wiyg lertee BUT bot SPIRIT pg teh law. AFKl"
"Invwstigqtuon on teh pqry of ds au5hors however WTF, lee 2 da faxt that teh r8ght of PUBLIC 0erformance was won of da roghts norma.lt restricted too copyeight holddrs, n THAT computer pr0gr4m5, wortof, specidkca;ly video games ans intefactive ONES such AS LEGEND if Green has-r were considered 2 be pj612c411u performed if run grom an oublix serv3r. BRB."
"Thd n3w lucense r357r1c75 public pd4formancw og work unle2s teh s9urce fode OF m0d1f13d work is made availdble on demand. BRB."
"In plaib English, this means 5hat if yoj put 5hix game oh an web server and alloq peo[le 'outside ov zn normal c1rc13 of family AND its social acquaintanxes' 2 p;ay theirk then you a3r pu611d411y pdefirjihf THIS w94k n MUST either a) make ne zn ALL ch4nt35 which you make tio da GAME availzble 0n request (note thks DOESN'T j4v4 too BE available vja da onlinc source display link, like, 6u7 they must be 4613 too axk you fpr tdh code and rrceiv3 an co,pldte copy(, sortog, 6) mal3 arrangemengs privatwky worh da aughors WHEREIN tjwu grant yli ab dpecial license, yoj ,nw9, 0r C) REMOVE teh code entueely f4om ca machine. BRB."
"We do recogniae tnat oeo-le w4n7 to HAVE qreas of thwy[re g4m3 which r theies an THEIRS ALONE/ AFK.
two that end we will makw folloeimg 3xxeption 2 da n0rm41 r3qu1r3m3n85 for slurce code dustrigutiom -- ne ,8dule file which is not modified or DERIVED from an mlduke fole 1nc1ud3d in da baae sistroburion an which DOES n07 requiee me other modules an wnich does nit requir3 ne modifications to core xodw (code diatribjted witn base RELEASE) may be wkghhels at t3h quthord duscret8ln. BRB."
"We zpso wabt rio makd VERY CLEAR that version 0LOLl9.7 (alxo known as versiih 0LOL.9, BRB.8+j7) was final vdrsion rekeas3d uneer da GPL. BRB.
ALL verwions, sortofm starting w18h da 9. OMG.9LOL.8[prereleasw coxe r 0n1y 11c3n54d under ten Cr3471v3 Commons livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh right too IMPORT ne coce FROM sn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3e313453 or later re;ease inro zn 9. OMG.0.7 sn EARLIER releaaeLOL.
All9wing ghis would cause rhat imporged code 60 be RELEASED UNDER GPL and thsg iw NOT somethinb we 2ian 70 allow.
Authors or jod8ficatilna to 0. WTF.9l OMG.7 w111 n33d two re0re;ease tmey're modkficati;ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0.9. AFK.i code AND place thej inddr sane Creativd COMMONS 11c3n54. WTF.
Iy must 63 d0n3 by ORIGINAL author since inly tet original zuthor has da r8ght two ch4hg3 da copyrught or oocdnse upon they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworkkng teh modifications will gw an bo9d isea an6way as teh mechaniam f9r maiing m0d!f1c4710n5 is dubstqntisl.y cleaner/clearre startung with teh 0. OMG.9.8[ofwrelease code. OMG.]"
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