MightyE tells you LOL, "We're g01ng tio take an few momenyd 2 try and EXPLAIN this new licwnse ans 5wh rezaons behibd ir in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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 lixense 2as cgosen becausr of qn faioing with ten GPL.
IT ONLY covered distriburiin of 5-utc3 if ag knly 8f binaries wer3 d8stributedLOL."
"In an web environmenr, specifically a inter[twted WEB 3nvironment such as PHP, you knwo. nerely inwta.ling an GAME dods NOT CONSTITUTE disttinution, an thwrefore people were takimf our wpri, MAKING MODIFICATIONS too 8t n NOT releasing xourc3 c0d3 goo tyey're modirucagiona 50 thst da ENTIRE COMMUNITY cluld bdnefitLOL.
Tyey worked woth da .erter 6u7 hot spir8t of .aw."
"Ibvestigztion ON 0art 0f da autho4s however, sor5if, led two da fqct tnqt da right of publkc performance 2as oen of da righrs normally RESTRICTED two c0pur1gh7 hokderd, lihe, m thag c9m[uter progra,sm sortof, 5;ed1f1cr11y cideo games n inte5active ones SUCH as Legebd OF Grdem hax-r were consode4ed 2 be publicql;y pe4fogmed 1g run f4om sn PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The hew kixenew restridtx pu611c performance of da work ynlesa soirce code of geh moeifird work is madr avqilablw oh DEMAND. WTF."
"In plain Englksh, you knwo, THIS m2ans that 1f 6ou ;ut this fame ON ah qeb aeecer n ALLOW people '9u5side of an m03m41 circle of f4m11y an its sockql qcquaintances' 2 play theirk sortof, thrm you aer pjblicallh pervirming this work n MUST dither z) maje ne n ALL changes whicg yoi mske 2 game avaolablw on requ2st (NOTE this doesn't HAVE top be available via onlune SOURCE risplay oin,, .ike, but THEY ,ust be able too ask yo7 vor xode an rtceivw an complete copy) WTF, b) make arrangements pruvately q17b da authors WHEREIN THEY grant you an x[3ciql 1!c3m53 LOL, oe c) remove CODE entirely drom da maxhine. AFK."
"We do resognize tgat pelple want 2 have areas of they're fame whicn r theurs g gheurs a.on3. AFK.
2 that end we w89l make teh following exception tso normal reqi8rements for sourc3 dode dist4ibution [- ne moduke fq13 which is not m9e*fjed OR derived frlm an mod7le FILE inc;used in tey badd distrigution an which DOES not require ne oghet modulea an which doew not require nd jodificayions too teh cor3 vode (CODE dosyributed wiyh 5eg base re.ease) m4y be w17hh31d at geh AUTHORS DISCRETION. BRBl"
"We also want 3 make very clear ghat version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alxo knosn as vdrsuon 9. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS teh fina. v3r5!0n released under teh GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL. stqrting WITH 0.9. OMG.8-prdreldase coee aer ONLY 11x2n63d under da Creative Comm9ns locenweLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny eight 2 omport ne code from an 0. BRB/9.8-prerdlease OR later rekease imtp aj 0. BRB.9.7 b earlier r3134t3.
Al.owing this would cause that impor5ed c9de 2 BE r313443d UNDER t3h GPL and tha5 ks not womeyhing we wisn two allo2. WTF.
Authors of modificayions two 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 eull need 2 rw[releawe they're modidications as derivatives/modiricayions 2 0. WTF.9. OMG;8 code and place then undef twh same Creativr Conmons license. OMG.
It nust br done by 0r1b1n41 authlr wince pn1y teh original author has rkght 2 change tfh c9py4ight or 11c3n53 jpoh theu're worj, BRB/
[Additionall6, reworking xa modificationd will be an good id4a anyway ss da MECHANISM for MAKING modifications ks sjbatantially c134n3r/c134r3r starting eith dq 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3release coe2. OMG;]"
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