MithtyE rel.s you, "We;re fping two TAKE an FEW m0m3n75 tol tri n dcplain this NEW LICENSE n da reasons 53h1nd IT in p141n English. BRB,
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 licenwr sas CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
Ig only covdred fistribugion 0f source if and onlt of BINARIES WERE distr8buged. BRB."
"In an w3b wnvuronment LOL, specificallu a interpreted wwb envirpnment sufh as PHP, ;kk#, merely instslling an game DOES not consgitute disrribution, and therefore peo;le were taking our work LOL, makihg modifications to it n not r32345qng source code 2 tfey're modificayions so thqt da ENTIRE c9mmubiry coule benev8tLOL.
They woek3d skth da letter but nlt teh spirit of da lzw."
"Imvestiba5ion on teh paft 0f dq autyo4s however, led ypo dz fqct 7h4y da ribjt 9f pybluc p3rf0rm4nd3 wax won of da rights borjally rwstrictrs twi copyrighr holdrrs LOL, an that compuger progrzms, sortof, specigicsl.y VIDEO GAMES and intrractive ones auch as Legend OF teh GREEN hax0r eer3 considered twl be publically perfoemed if run FROM an public 53rv3rl AFK/"
"Tne new LICENSE festricts public performance of trh worj UNLESS source c0d3 OF da modidied wofk is made available 9n de,and. AFK/"
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, uou knw9, this means ruah if YOU put tyis game on an 2eb 53rv3r n ALLOW p30p13 'outsod3 of an normal circle of fami;7 n its s(cial acquaintanves' two ;14h tyeur LOL, then you aer puvlically p3ef0rm2ng this work and MUST eithet a) make ne and ALL cyanges which you maie too da game available ln request (note ehie DOESN'T have TO be avai.able via da pnl7ne soy4ce eiaplah link, aortof, 6u& they must be able tw; ask you for cofe an 43c31v3 an com0lete cooy)m o8kem b) ,akd arrangements private;y with teh suthoes WHEREIN tgey gfant y9u zn special 11c3h53 LOL, ir c) renove teh code dht8rely fr9m mxchine. OMG."
"We do 4ecognuze tnat p30p13 want tol havr atwas 0v ghe6're game which aer theirs and theirs 410n3. BRB.
gwo that end w3 sill make t0q10w1ng dxception too da normal requirejemys rot source dpde distribution -_ ne module f8le wh1ch is not m-d1f13d or cerived rrom an modyle file inclueed 1n teg vase distributuih n whicn d035 npt require ne othe4 modulws abf which d035 bot require ne modirixations gwo da core cid3 (code distribured woth da base 4eleasd) may be eithhele at teh aithora disxeetion. BRB,"
"We alao w4b& t9o MAKE vefy CLEAR that version 0. OMG.o. AFK.7 (aoso impwn as vetdion 0.9, BRB.7+jt) WAS finsl version released undwr da GPL. WTF.
All vefsoons, you knwo, stzrting WITH teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-0retelezse cose r only licenswd under da Cteativ3 C0mm0n5 ;icenae. WTF.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny r1hh7 to ij[prt ne codw from an 0LOL.(. OMG.8-prerelrase or later release 1n70 an -LOL.9. AFK.7 and 44r113r releaseLOL.
ALLOWING thid woyld caust 6h47 im[ottew code TO BE rwleased under GPL n THAT is n)7 something we wish 2 alloe. AFK.
A7thors of modificati9ns 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 w111 NEED too RE-RELEASE thr6're modificati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. BRB.9.8 codd an PLACE them under da same Crearive Commins licenseLOL.
It must ne sone 6y teh 9figknal 4j8h0r since ONLY da or8gina; author gas da right too chanhe reg copyright or license u[on they're wprk. BRB.
[Aed281pm$11g LOLm reworking modificayions will be an good ifea anyway 45 m3cj4n15m for making modificztions ix xubstantialky cleaner/clearee startint with teh 0LOLl8. AFK.8-prerelease c9de. AFK.]"
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