MightyE tel.s ypu, sortor, "We're toing too 74k2 am few moments 2 try xn ex;lain thiw n3w licdnxd n reasons benibd it in plain Engoisk. 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."
"Thiw NEW licensd WAS CHOSEN bevause ir am fziling sith GPL. AFK.
It only covered cistributiom 0f wource if and only id nknaries were dkstribytes."
"In sn web environment LOL, 5p2c1f1xr11y a inyerpreted web rnbironment sucn AS PHP, nerely INSTALLING an bame does NOT CONSTITUTE dustfibution WTF, am thereforw peop;3 were taking our work, ylu knwi, jaking modifivationa ! it n not relezsint spurce cose 7) they'te modifications sl that yeh enrire commyni5y dould benedktLOL.
They wofjef WITH teh letter 6u7 n9t teh spirit of dq lsw. WTF."
"Imvws5igatuon on teh part of authora hoeecer, you knwo, led tei fact that righy of PUBLIC performamcr WAS won or roghtd nprmally RESTRICTED two dopyright hllders WTF, and yhat c0mpu73r ptohrams LOL, s0ecificalky video gam3s an interactive ones sucm as L3g3md ov teh Gteen gax0r werr consid3ree tol BE 0ublically performdd if run from an public server. BRB."
"The new licehse restridts )uboic perfotmance 9f work unless teh SOURCE coee 9f teh ,-d1f13d w9rk IS madd available on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, sortif, this means 7y47 if you put this game on an web sercer anf allow peo[le 'ougsiee of an normal circld lf FAMILY AND 17% 50cq41 acquaintances' to [lay ygeir, you knwo, then you r puglicqll6 performint 6h1r work and MUST eighw4 A) maje ne n ALL cgang4s wjicy you make 2 g4m3 avsilavle oh rrquwst (NOTE this DOESN'T have two be avqilable vua da onlinr source displah link LOL, but thwy muat be abke too ask you for ea code and RECEIVE ab xomplet3 COPY), you kbwo, b) ma.e aerangem3nts privately with ea ajtjors where8n they grant you an special lic3bsw, or c) remove yeh CODE entirely from ds ,zvhinel OMG/"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thag pep0le w4n7 twl hafe qreas of they're gam3 dhidh aer theirs n thfirs alone, AFK.
two THAT END we will make teh following 3sception too NORMAL requiremehts for soufce code distribu6ion -- ne MODULE fkle which is not modifi3d or derufed from an module f113 included IN base diatfibytion m which does not r2qu1r3 nw lther modules an wh!ch does not rrquire ne modifocatiobs two core dode (code distributed with base release) MAY 63 withhrld ag zuthors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We zlso 2ant too makw v33y c.car rhat versiin 0. OMG.0LOL.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0.9. AFK.7+JT) was fimal version eelrased under GPL.
A;k versiohs, you khso, starting with teh 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerwleasd code r only licensed under Cteativ3 Comnons locrnde. AFKl
W3 EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT two import ne coee fr9j an 0,9. OMG/8-PRERELEASE or later release unti sn 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 n earlier RELEASE.
Allowkng this wo7lc cause thst IMPORTED code 2 be teleased und4r teh GPL and that is mot spmehhing WE WISH two allo2LOL.
A7thors of modigications yo 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will neef to re-re.ease th3y're modigications as deeivstived/modifkcations 1 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code and plave 7h3m under da samr Creatibe Commons license.
Ig must be dim3 by reh originql a7tjpr sknce inly teh orug8nal AUTHOR hss r1gh7 2 change fs xopyroght or licemse upon they'4e WORKLOL.
[Afcitionally, eeworking modificatkons w111 BE an bood idea anyway 45 teh mechanism for majing modificationw 8a substqntially cleam3r/clearcr startibg eith 0. BRB.9.8-PRERELEASE c0d3. OMGl]"
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