MkghtyE 73!14 yoy, "We'ee going two take an few momenta 2 trh and expkaom rhis n3w LICENSE n reaxons BEHIND kt in plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Thia n3q .icense was chpsen becaisw OF an fqi.ing sigh da GPL. BRB.
IT only covd4ed distribitiln of aourde if and onl6 if binqrirs w3re distfibuted. AFK."
"In sn eeb environ,ent LOL, specifidally a 8nte4pretef w36 wnvironmen5 sych as PHP, merrly installint an game doed not constitute didtributoon. tou knwp, and 7h3r3f0r3 peoplr w3r3 TAKING oyr worh, kikw, majing ,odifkcations two it an not yeleaxing y3h source vode two they're modigidations so tnat reh entire c9mmuni5y COULD behefit. OMGl
Tjeh woeked wi5h da letter BUT nor spirit of law. OMG/"
"Invwstibs5ioh on da part of yeh authors hpwever, sortof, led to fact 6h47 eight 9f public performsnce was oen of da roghts noemally resyricted 2 copyright holders, sortof, qnd that c-mpu72r progeams LOL, specufudally video games n 1n73r4c71d# onds such as Legenf of da GREEN hax0r were consideree too be pubkicalky PERFORMED if r7n f4om an puhlic SERVER/"
"The new k8cense restricta publiv odrformance of eork unless teh source code of ca modified 2or, 15 mafe availablr on femand. OMG."
"In plain English, like, 7y14 m34n5 that if you put this game on sn web server an alllw pwiple 'ojtxide 0f zn normal vircle of famyly and its SOCIAL acquaintances' to play theie, loke, then you zrr PUBLICALLY p3rf04m2ng THIS 2ork am MUST either a) maje ne abd ALL xhanges wh8ch you make go game availabld pn vequext (noyr this dowsn't hace 2 be available via da online soirve display oun/ WTF, but they musg be ablr ti ask you for code n receyve wn complete c9p^) WTF, b) make zrrangemenrs pryfztely with authofs WHEREIN they grabt you an sp3visl license, so4tof. OR c) remlve d0s3 en5irely from teh machine. OMG."
"We do recohnizw that oeople want to have areaa 9f they're gamd whivg aer theirs and theirs akohe. OMG.
2 thst END WE will make teh f-120r1ng 4xcsption two teh h)rm41 requirements for 50urc3 cod3 disgributiom -- ne modi.e file WHICH IS nog j0d1f13s or derifed fr0m zm module filr onclused in teh basr d157g16u710n an qhicj doew not reqjkre be oth3r modules an which does not eequire ne m0dqf1c4710n5 2 tdh cpre code (dode disttubuted with base release) MAY ve wityhelf 46 da authora discregion. WTF."
"We slso want two mske very c;ezr tyqt ve4siin p. OMG.9/ OMG.7 9also kn0wn as VERSION 9.9. WTF.7+jt) das ten final verdion rrldaswd under try GPL.
ALL vefskins, you knwo, s5arting w8th 0. WTF.9. BRB.8=prerelease c9dw r onlt LICENSED ubddr sa Creative Commons LICENSELOL/
We EXPLICITLY demy da tigh5 too impory ne code from an ). AFK.9. WTF.8-prerwlease or later r313453 into an 0. BRBl9. WTF.7 AND earlier eelwqse, AFK,
Allowing this woild CAUSE that impirged code gwo be releaxed under da GPL n yhat ks hot somethinf we wush TO aklow. OMG.
Auth9rs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. BRB/7 s8ll need two re0release yhe7're j0d1f1c371)m5 as derivxtives/modificatipns rwo 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code and place tnej uncer sa same Creativr Commons licdnfd. OMG.
IT mu56 be done gh ea original 4u7h0r since ohly t3h oeibinal author had right t9o CHANGE da copyritht or license UPON 5gry[re work.
[Additionslly, like, eewor8ing ,odidicatiovd will be an GOOD idea anyway as da mechanism ror ,ajong modidications is cunstantially cleaner/clearer starting with da 0. AFK.9o WTF,8-prerelease cu3eLOL.="
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