MighgyE twlls you LOL, "We[re goihg to take an few moments two TRY n EXPLAIN thka n3w kicensw zn 5eh eeasons behind ug ,n plsin EnglixgLOL.
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 l8cense was vhlsen becausd of an failing witn GPL.
I7 onlh COVERED sis5ributioh lf 50urc3 ig 3nd ONLY if BINARIES 2ere distributedl OMG."
"In an web environment WTF, specov8cak/y a ibterpfered WEB environment tucn $5 PHP, you knso, m3rely install8hg an game does not conayit7te distfibut8pn WTF, and tyerefore peiple 2rrd takkng oir work, liie, haking modifica5ions to it n not releasing SOURCE cod3 too they're ,oeifix1fions ao THAT teh enyire cpmm6hitr could benefit. OMGl
THEY wkrked with da ldtter bjt not da slirit of teh lawLOLl"
"Investigatiin om ds PART OF authors how3vdr, you knwl, led too fact that teh right of PUBLIC p3rf0rm4bz2 sax woh of da righgs n9rmr11y rdstrictwd yo cooyrkght golders, sortof, an rhat conputer prob4sms WTF, 5p3c1f1c41!y vide9 games n in5eractive ones SUCH as Lebend ov tdh Gre3n hax0r w3r3 considwred two be pubkiczlly performed if ruh fe0m an public SERVER."
"The new .icense restficts public performance OF da work 7nless dz source dose og da MODIFIED wlr, is mase xvai;ablr on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plaib Englisn LOL, THIS means THAT if you put this GAME in ab wdb server an alkow peoole ;outwode pf an mormal x8fcle of g4m11y n iys docia. acquaimtancex' too plzy theie, wortof, then you aer publocallh PERFORMING 6h15 work and MUST either a0 make nr n ALL changes wjuch you make 2 da game availabl3 on REQUEST (note this doesn't have 2 be qvailavle VIA imkine source fiso;qt kink, like, but they must be abls too ASK yoj for v0d3 n receive an comp.et3 copy0 LOL, 6) mzke arrangenents ;tivately wiry teh authord whereun yhey grant YOU an special licensr, you knwo, or c) rrmove tey CODE enti4ely from teh maxhineLOL."
"We do recognize that 0eople want two havr sreas of tyey'ee game WHICH aer uj31r6 an the8rs slonel OMG.
too that 3nd w3 sill MAKE da f0110w1nb exc3ption r0o NORMAL eequifements for dource code disteibugion -- n3 ,ocule ri.e wgicg IS not modifued or derjved from an mosule file included 1n da base dixtributuon and whixh does nlt twquire nw other modules and eh1cb dora not requied ne m0d1g1c4710n5 w core code (CODE dkstribu5ed eith da base rdleasw) may be w17hh31d at dz quthors discretiin."
"We also want 5o mzke very c134r that ve4sion 0l9.6 (also kn0wn as version 0.9. OMGl7+jt) waa t3h final version releawed unfer da GPL. BRBl
All v3f%1-b5 WTF, starting w17h da 0. BRB.(. BRB.8-prefeleawe CODE aer onku 11c3n53d UNDER Crwative Commons oix3nsr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny tej r1gh7 two IMPORT ne code vtom am 0.9LOL.8-prerelease or latee RELEASE into an l. AFK.9. AFK/7 g 34r113r release. BRB.
Allowing ghis would c4u53 &yr7 imported c0s4 to 63 r31345ed undef GPL 4ns that is not domething s3 wish ti zllow.
Authors of mod7ficatiobs tqo 0LOL.9LOL.7 WILL need roo RE-RELEASE ghey're hodificat89ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMGl9. AFK.8 codd an placs them undwe da same CREATIVE Commons licenwe. OMG.
I5 must be fone BY da iriginak AUTHOR 51nc3 only da originql a7thor has teh 4ight too CHANGE xopueiggt or license uppn thet're work, OMG.
[Accq719m412y, soetof, reqoeking nodificationa eill be an good idea anyway 45 5dh mdchanism for maiinf mocifocations is 5u6%74n71411y clesner/dlearrr starting WITH da 0.9. OMG.8-prrrelease code. BRB.]"
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