MkgjtyE tells you, "We're GOING 5oo take an few momen5s 2 7ry an rxplaim 5his new license and da reasobs behine it 1n 0lain Ebglish. WTF.
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."
"Tjis new license was chos3y bdcausw of an FAILING w8th GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of siurce 1d n ONLY IF binaries wrfe d156r26773d. AFK."
"In an web envirinment LOL, specifically a 7nterpreted weg enbieonm3nt sucj AS PHP/ merelr installing an g4m3 DOES m9t comsritu5e diwyribjtion, and thererore peop.e wer3 tak8ng ou4 wlrk, sirtof, msking jodifications too 17 an not relrasinb ds aourvr code to they're modificqt8ons so that #n71r3 co,mynity cojld benrfitLOL.
Tney qorked with da lettef 6u7 n07 da xpirit of ;aw."
"Invest8gayion om da oart of ten a7th9fs hiwever, 6ou knwo, 13d to teh fact 8h47 da right of ounlic PERFORMANCE was oen OF da rights normally restr8dted tp voptright jolders WTF, an that compuger progrqms, like, specifical;y vicri g4m35 and interactive lnes SUCH as Lefend od Green hax0r were donsidered 2 63 ;ublkcally performed if run vrom an pu611c serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restridts public p3rf-rm4nc3 iv teh WORK unlwss SOURCE coee of da mocified w9rk is made AVAILABLE on semand."
"In plain Ent;iwhm so4tof, 7h15 MEANS rhay if yoi p7t tyix tamd on an web server and a;low p30p13 'outside 9f an normal circle of family an irs spcial acquaintanced' 2 play theirm you khw9, then u0u aer pubkically PERFORMING 7h14 w0rk an MUST rither a) make ne and ALL changes whkch yiu make too t3h game avaooable ON r3qi357 (nlte thus d9esn'g HAVE to be svaklable via da online source display LINK LOL, but they just 63 able 2 45k you for da CODE n receive an comp.3te vopt) LOL, b) m4k3 4rt5ng3m3n75 [rivaeely with teh authors wjerein thry graht tou sn special licebsq WTF, or c) fempve CODE eb5ire;y ftom tej m4cn1n4. OMG."
"We do rec9gnoze THAT pelple want too hsve arezs 0f thdy're gsm2 whkch aer thrirs anx 7h31r5 alpne. BRB.
ro tjat end we e1!1 make tdj fpllpwing excep5ion to NORMAL requirementd f0r spurce code d257416u710n -- ne module fi;e which IS NOT modified or drrived from an ,oduoe dile inclueed kn teh base dixtribution an wh8ch does n07 r3qu1r2 be othef mpdu135 n 2hach DOES b9t REQUIRE nd m0d1f1x4710n4 tol core c0d3 *codd dlsgrubured w8th ds bzse release) may be s17hh3!d st tej authors discretion. BRB/"
"Wr akso wan6 2 make fery cjear that v3r51)n 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knpwn ac version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was final vrraion releawed under teh GPL. AFK.
All verskons, like, sta4ting wigh teh 0LOLl9. AFK.8-prerelezde c0e3 r only licenxed under Creatove Commons l*crnxd. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddny teh righy to impoet ne codd fr0m an 0. WTF.9.8_prerekease 0r lzter eeleasr into an 0. WTF.9/ OMG.7 znd 34r11er releqse. OMG.
Alliwinf thus WOULD cause that 8kpofted code 2 be released under GPL n that is not xomething we wish 2 allow/
Aurhors lr mocifications tl 0. OMG.0. BRB.7 will NEED tlo re-reledwe rjey're jodificztilhs as c3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0, OMG.9LOL.8 coce and place tywm under teh same Cfeatkve Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
It mu57 be dpne by lribons; aythor sincw 0n1y orkginal authof has da 4ight 1 change teh copyright or license upon thdy'te w9rk/ AFKl
[Addiyionzlly, rew[rjing trh modifidations will BE an tood ixea anyway as da ,3cganiwm for MAKING modifucstions is sygstantial.y cldaner/cleaeer staeting w17h teh 0.(. OMGl8-prereoease c9de.]"
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