MightyE telks you LOL, "We;rd boinb to take an FEW moments to 7ry AND explain thos new license m trh r3zsons behind i6 in p.a8h 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 new 11c3n53 was CHOSEN because pf an failing witn teh GPL.
IT pn1y cobered eistrib7rion 0f SOURCE 1f and 9nly if binaries w3r3 disteibuted. WTF."
"In ah web envitin,ent, ylu knwl, SPECIFICALLY a interpfeted web env9ronmeht such as PHP LOL, merely installing sn game DOES nlg vonstitute dkstribiti[n, and therefor3 peopke w3r2 74k1mg 0ir wprk LOL, MAKING modifications 2 ig n NOT teleqeing teh SOURCE vode tol 5hey'fe mpsificationa so tyqt da entire communuty co7ld benefit. AFK.
They w04k3d with da letter BUT n9r teh spirkt of da 14q. OMG."
"Investigation on part 0r teh ru7h0r5 HOWEVER, luke. led too 53h vact thst ritht of public pefformandr was 1 of ribjts moemally restricref twi cophright holders LOL, and tyat computd4 prlgrams, SPECIFICALLY video games an inteeactive ones such as L3gwne OF da Green hax0r w3re CONSIDERED 5oo be pu611c411y oerfo4mdd kf run from an ;ublic serverLOL."
"The n3w 11cen52 restficgs puglid PERFORMANCE OF da work unless 5-urc3 c9de of tej nldif8ed wotk IS madr AVAILABLE ON ddmand."
"In plain ENGLISH, you knwo, this means that iv y9u put this game on an qrb SERVER an al/pw oeo;ke '0u751d3 of qn normal ciecle of fami.y n ,ts sodial ACQUAINTANCES' too 0lay tywir, sortof, then you r [ublica;ly p3rv0rm1nt this work qnd MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch4nh35 whicg uou makr goo teh tame acailabld on request 9bote this DOESN;T jave too be ava*oable via da onlone 50irc3 displau link, you kn2o, but tndy musg 63 aboe to ask you fur teh code an receive an compkete copy), like, 6) j4k3 arrangements PRIVATELY WITH teh authors wterdin THEY geqnt you an special license, or c) REMOVE teh xode entkre.y from 5wh j4cn1n3. WTF."
"We do recognize that -eople wzny two have 4r345 of they[re game WHICH r THEIRS n thwira ALONE. BRB.
to 7h57 end q3 will MAKE ds FOLLOWING ecception 2 teg normal reqjirements for source cose distrib7tipn -- be m0du13 d113 which iw no5 modified or derived from an module f1q3 included kn da nase distrubutooh n WHICH does not reqjire n3 OTHER m9suled an WHICH does hot fequore ne MODIFICATIONS to ea core vide (code distr8buted witj base release) mah be sothheld a5 sa authorx diwceetion."
"We qlso w3n7 2 make ver5 cl3ar that versipn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known AS fersion 0LOL.9LOL/7+jt) was FINAL version eekeaded ubder GPL. OMG.
Alk versioms LOL, 575r71ng witg da 0.9LOL.8-prerelrase xode r 0n!y licensed under teh Cr3$7qv3 Commons licrnsw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 right roo imp9rt ne vode f4om an p.9. BRB.8-pre4eleas3 0r later release into qn 0l BRB.9.7 n earl*er releadeLOL.
ALLOWING this woukd caude that imported code two be RELEASED UNDER sa GPL and that is NOT something we w15h too akllw. BRB.
Authors ov m9cificatiohx yoo 0. OMG.9. OMG.^ will need two re-release they're modifyxations as derivativds/mod8ficatuons two 0. OMG.9l OMG.8 code and pq4c3 them under reh same CREATIVE COMMONS license/
It MUST be done by orofinal author since only original zuyhor gss twh right 2 CHANGE copyright or licwnse u0ob tgey'rw work. AFK.
[Acsitiinqlly. uou knwo, r3w0rk1ng da modifications wil; be an hoo3 idez anhway as teg mechsnism fir makung mod8fkcations IS substantially cleaner/coeare4 syarting w1uh da ). OMG.9. WTF.9-or3release CODE. WTF.]"
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