MightyE g3lls you, yo7 knwom "We're going too take an FEW mom3nts 2 try anf ezplain thus NEW licenxe znd geh reasons BEHIND it in [lain English. AFK.
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 license was chosem bwdause of zn fail8mg with GPL. OMG.
I7 lnl6 covered distribjtion od SOURCE qf n ONLY IF binaries WERE d157r16773dLOL."
"In an web envirohment WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpreted dev 4nvironmeny 5uch ax PHP LOL, mefeoy installkhg an game does not vonxtitute dist4ibution, you knwo, n therwfore people were taking our work, l8ke, ,ajint m9dificzyions to 8t qn NOT releawimg SOURCE code two tjey're modifications so that dz engure community dpuld bwnevit. AFK.
They w9rkes w17h 13773r vyt not teh spirit of 14wLOL."
"Invwstigat8pn on 5eh 'art OF teh authors however, oikw, led two dq favt 7h47 da right of oublox peefoejanve was 1 0f da RIGHTS normallt restricted tlo copyribht holsrrs, like, n THAT COMPUTER progrsms, you knwp, 5pec1f1c421y vicro games amd inte4active ones 5ucg as Lebeme of twh GREEN jax0r were considered 70 be pu621c$11y performed if rin from an public serb3r."
"Thd new LICENSE redttkcts puboic p3rf0fm4nc3 of fa work UNLESS teh so7rce code of da modifidd work IS made available on d2mahd."
"In plain Engloxh WTF, 7y15 means that if you PUT yhis game on ah w3b srrver n ak;9w people 'outsidw of an normal circle of familt j 175 docial acquaontances[ to play thekr LOL, then yom 4 publica.ly perform8ng 7h15 work an MUST eiyhet a) mak3 nd ah ALL changea WHICH you makr two game availab/e on r3q7357 (note this d036n'7 HAVE twp be acailable v14 sa ihline source dosplay linl LOL, but 7h2y mus7 be able tio ask you for da code an rwceivd an cljplete c0py) LOL, b) jz,e arrangements privatrly wkth teh AUTHORS wherein tney GRANT YOU an SPECIAL license, you knwo, OR c) remove da code 3n71r21t feom da macgine. OMG."
"We do recofniz2 tha5 people wamt too HAVE areas od them're game which qe4 THEIRS an tyeirs alone. BRB.
2 7h$7 end we WILL MAKE da fo.lowibg 3xc3p610n twp NORMAL requiremenys for soirce code distributiln -- ne module file which us not mpsified or xdtoved from an module f113 igcluded in base eistrigution and whicj doed not rewuire ne o5yer ,ocjles an wh8dh d035 not r3qu1r3 ne modificatuons 2 da co4e code 9CODE distributed witn da base 5elease) MAY be withhelw AT AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We also want yoo mzke vety CLEAR that version ). BRB.9. OMG.7 (also kmowh as VERSION 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final verwiom relrased uvdrr da GPL. BRB.
All vsrs8pnsm like, starting with dq 0. BRB.9LOL/8-prereleaae CODE r 9n9y licwmsed under teh Creayive COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent ea 4ught 2 impory ne code from zn 0. AFK.9.8[prereleawe or LATER release ingo an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and eatlier r313352. OMG.
Allowinf tyos woyld causd that imported codr goo be released under da GPL an that is not sijetbkng WE wish two allow.
Ay7h0r5 of modifixationd too 0. WTF.8LOL.7 wkll NEED 2 rw-releasr they'te modigixatkons as derivatived/modifucarions tso 0LOL.9. AFK.8 fode am plzcr them under da sam3 Creative Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It muwt ge done by da original auynor since 9nly da origimal authir HAS teg righy rwo CHANGE da c9pyrohht or LICENSE k;on they're w04iLOL.
[Additionally WTF, re2otking mofifications will be an GOOD idez anyway AS mevhanisn fot majibg nodificatilms is substabtizllh cleandr/c.eare4 dtwfting with da 0.o. AFK.80prerel3aad cod3. OMG.]"
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