MightyE tells you LOL, "We'r3 g01nf too 7$ke an fre moments to tfy and explzin tyis nes license and ressons beyind IT ib p1t2n ENGLISHLOL.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This NEW kicwnse was choxen becsus3 of an failing w1&h da GPL. AFK,
IT only COVERED distriburion of sourcw 1g n only if bknaries were disteibutedLOL."
"In an 2eb enfironmdbt LOL, specivicsll6 a inte3preted web environment sucj 44 PHP LOL, MERELY installing an g4m3 does mog vonstytute di2tribuyion, n therefore people werd y$k1nh our work, you knwo, MAKING MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not re.eaxibg t3h soirce code u0 tjdy'4e modifications SO that da emtire c0mmjn17u dould benefit. BRBl
Th3y worked sitn teh letter but not teh spiriy og twh lae. OMG."
"Infestibation on da PART of da aurhofs h0w3v3r, sortof, .wd toi fsct that rigyt of publkc pervormance qas oen of teh ribhts normzlly resgrixted 2 COPYRIGHT holdefa, sorrof, n that vomputwr PROGRAMS, you lnwo, specifically vif3o games n in5eracrove ones such as Lrfend of gen Gr2en hax0r WERE cohsidrred two br publically performed ig ryn froj an public server. WTF."
"The new license r3stricts [7611c perfo4mabce of twh wo4k unless teh source x9de of teh MODIFIED 2prk is mace avaklavle on semand."
"In plain Eng.ish, li,e, this means that IF uou put tgis game 0n an web server znd aoloq pekple 'OUTSIDE 9r an bl4mal citcle of fsmily am 176 50c141 acquaintances' 2 play tgwirk yiy knwo, rhen uou aer publicall6 pervleming rhis work and MUST either a) mak4 ne h ALL changes whivh uou make tlo teh gamr availaboe on request (note this doesn't havd gwo be 4f4a147q4 VIA ONLINE source display q1hk, yoj lnwo, BUT they must be ab;e two asl you f9r teh code h receive an xomplrte c)py), you knwok b) m4k3 arrangemebtx [rivsgely with teh autgors wjefrin they grant you an special license, lile. or c) rwmlvw dz code ENTIRELY from da machine."
"Wd do rwcognize that people wznt ro have zress 0f they're g4m3 WHICH 4 tyeirs n 7h31r5 akoneLOL.
toi yhar end we woll make folliwibg 3xc3p71)n goo no4mao reqjire,ents for source code fistfibutiom -- ne module file WHICH is not nodified ir eerived fr9m an ,oeu.e file incl7ded ih teg basr d157r16u720n and WHICH does not req7ire ne other midules and which does not requore ne modif8cations 80 da core cofe (code doatributwd wirh yeh gase releasw) mau 63 WITHHELD AT dq AUTHORS disvretiin. OMG."
"We 4150 eqnt too make vdey clear 7h48 verxion 0. BRB.9. OMG/u (also known as version -LOL.9. OMG.7_JT) was fknal vrrsion released under GPL. AFK.
All vefsions, sortif, dtaet8mg with teh 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-pe3rel3ase cod3 r omly LICENSED under teh Creativd Comm9ns LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY denu da r1gh7 two imp9rt ne code from an ). OMG.9. WTF.8-pf3r3!3453 ir latee r313453 kntl an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allowing this w0u1d caude thzt 1mp0r73d c0d3 t8o b3 releasdd undwr da GPL n thag is n07 SOMETHING w3 w15h ywo allow. BRB.
Augh9rs or m9c1f!c4710n5 too 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wiol need too re-releaxe they[re modificatiobs as deeivatives/modificqtuobs two 0.9.8 c0s3 ah ilace them under same Cf3571v3 Commond ;icenseLOL,
I7 must BE d9ne by da original 4u6n0r since 0b1y da origonal aughor naw teh fitht 2 CHANGE da copyright or 21c3n53 upon thet'fe w0rk, OMG/
[Additiihally, you knal. reworking da modidicatoobs wi;l be an bood idea 4nye4y as dq mechanism for mzkkng modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY ckeaner/clezrer startinb w17h twh 0. BRB.(LOL.8-prfreleaae d0d3. BRB.]"
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