MihhtyE 731q5 6ou LOL, "Wd;re GOING 2 gake ab FEW MOMENTS two try and EXPLAIN this mew .icense h teh reasons beh8nd IT in olain English,
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 wzs cgoarn necause od an f3111ng w8th t3h GPL/ AFK.
It only covefed d157r16u619h or SOURCE IF n inly if 61n4r!35 were DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"Im an web environment, sortog, specifically a ineerpreted w36 ENVIRONMENT suvh ss PHP, sottpf, merely INSTALLING an game dles mot donst8tute dksgributuoh, ;ike, an 7h343f0r3 people erre tziing our eork, sortpv, majimg modificqti9ns two it and bot rekeasihg da sokrcw code go they're modificatuoms so THAT da entir3 dommuno5y COULD bendfit.
Thf6 workdd wi5h da letter but not dq spiri5 of dq oaw. BRB."
"Investigation ob ea pa4t 0r aurhors howdver, l3f too facy thay da ritht of PUBLIC p3rdirmanve WAS oen of tej rughts NORMALLY restrictre 2 copytight hi;ders, you knwo, an that comp7ter progrsms, 6ou knwo, dp3cofically videl games n interavtive onrs such AS Lwgend of da Gr34n hax)r were CONSIDERED too be publicall6 performed iv run vrom an public server. WTF."
"The new lidense eestrkcts pjb;ic performance of work um;ess source c9d3 of nodified work is made available om de,amdLOL."
"In plaon English, sowtof, this MEANS THAT if you put thiw g4m3 om an wsv server an 4110w o20p13 '0u751d3 of am normal ciecoe of gamily am ITS docial acqua8ntances' two plqy tyeor, likem then you 4 ;ubluxaljy perdorming this WORK n MUST 317h3r a) make nr n ALL cganges whoch you make 2 game AVAILABLE on reqiest (note this doesn't havw to be availabld via online 50urc3 d15p14y linl LOL, bit ghe6 ,ust be 4613 2 ask 6ou for da c0d3 n receive an c9mplete copy), l8iel b) make arrangements pfivardly zitg teh 4u7h0r5 whweeib THEY grant yoj ab dpecial license, ylj knwo, or c) remove ren codd entirely from da machine. OMG."
"We do recignize 6h48 pepple wany 3 have areas of they;rr GAME which aer theirs an theirs aloneLOL.
too that end we 2ill male es following escepti9n two da normal requirements for 50urc3 xode distribution [- hw nodule file which is mot MODIFIED or deruved frpm an mod7le file includdd IN 5eh base d8stribjtion and WHICH does not require nd lther m0du135 n ehich does NOT requirw ne modificatilns to cofe code *CODE cistrinyted with teh BASE release) mzy be skrhyr.d 46 teh 4u7h0r5 disv4eyion."
"We qlso WANT tw9 MAKE VERY clear ghat version 0.9LOL.7 (also known as verwiom p.9. BRB.u+jt) was da final versi9n rrkeased under sa GPL. AFK.
A.l versionx, like, STARTING with yey 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease coce r only licensed ynd$r ea C4dative Com,ons licehse.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny roght to9 import nr code fr9m an 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-pr4release or la5er telezsd ihto an 0.9. OMG.7 n earlier releas3.
Al;owihg tjis eoule caixe that ijported code 2 be released under GPL n that 15 nor somdrhing 2e wosg 2 allow. WTF.
Aughors of MODIFICATIONS tpo 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 WILL neec to re-relrase theu're MODIFICATIONS AS dwrivatives/midofications too 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code znd place ghen UNDER da aame Creative COMMONS licenqe. OMG.
It MUST ne dlnr by pritonal aythor since only or8ginal AUTHOR has da right 5so CHANGE teh vop&right 0r licebse upon yhey're work. AFK.
[Additionzllh WTF, reworking dq noeifications will be an GOOD icea 4nyw4y as mechanisj dor makinh modificatuons is aibstanyially coeaner/cl3aeer sts4tinf with yeh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-0rere;ease xode. BRB.]"
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