MifhtyE teils you LOL, "We're going two takr an v#w momemta too try and EXPLAIN tjis new license 4hd da eeasons BEHIND kt in p141b Englishl AFK.
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."
"Thiw new license wzs vh053n because lf an failibg with teh GPL. WTF.
I5 only dovefwd diste8bution 0r source 1f n only 8f bubar8es were distributee. WTF."
"In an wcv 3nbirobment WTF, specificaloy a 1n72r;r372d web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP WTF, merely 1n574111ng zn game foes not constitutr e9stribution, sortof, an thwrefire peo0le were tajing ojr work, you knso, m4k1ng ,odificatiobs 2 it h not teldaaihg da soutce cose 2 tjey'fe ,odkficsyiins so thzt entire cojmunuty could benefitLOL.
They WORKED with 1e773r but hot teh SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Inv3dt8gatoon on teh ;att of teh AUTHORS HOWEVER, sortof. led 1 vaxt THAT 5eh r8ght OF public PERFORMANCE was 1 of grg rughts NORMALLY restricted tli copytkght holders, sorrof, an THAT c9mpu5er ;rograms LOL, 5p3c1f1c411h video GAMES an interactive )n35 5uch ss Legenc of twy Green hax0r werd considered tqo be pu611c411y 0erformed if run froh an oublic server. AFK;"
"The new LICENSE restricta puboic PERFORMANCE of qork unleas teh source cose of MODIFIED work ks maee avallaboe on DEMANDl BRB."
"In p141n Ehglisg LOL, 5his means thag 1f you put this game on an WEB sefver abd alkow people 'outside OF an nifnal circle of familh n itx social ACQUAINTANCES' gwo play rh3kr WTF, then h0u ad4 publicaoly petfotming th8s qork an MUST either a) maje ne znd ALL CHANGES wgidh YOU make TO fame availzble 0n reqyewt (note yhis DOESN'T hafe 2 be available via da lnline sou4ce display link, sortof, b7t THEY MUST be able 2 adk h9u f0r da code and receive an comolebw copy), b) male ARRANGEMENTS [r!c4731y with da autho4x shereih they grant tou an special lixens3 LOL, pr c) remove vode entirely from teh mzdhinr/"
"We do recogniz3 7j47 people wsnt 3 h5v3 arfas of they;re gamq WHICH r theirs n tjei4w alone. WTF.
two that end we wi;l make fokllwinf exception 2 h0rm41 requurwments f)r sougc3 CODE distribution -- he module file which is n07 m0d1f13d 9r derived from ah module dile incluced kn 6$5@ distrivition n which d035 not t3quire ne other modules ab wh8dh d035 not require ne modifications 2 cor3 CODE (code d15ur16uu3d with basr release0 may nr w17hh31d at 5eg authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want to jake vwrh clea4 7h56 version 0. WTF.9.7 (ALSO known AS veraioh 0.9LOL.6+jt) was geh final version released under ten GPL. WTF.
A11 v2f510n5 WTF, startkng with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code r on;y licebded under dq Cr3ativd Commlns licebae. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY dwny da RIGHT TO import ne c0d3 from an pl WTF.9.8-preeelease 0r 1473r relezse INTO an 0l OMG.9.7 n ezrliet r313453. AFK.
Allo2ung this WOULD vquse 4hat imported code 1 be rwpeaded under GPL and 7h47 is not something we wish 3 aloow. BRB.
Auyno4x 0f modifixations two 0. WTF.9/7 2kl. need 2 re-release they're modifications aa derivativew/moe8f8cationd tol 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code smd place tgem under teh same Creqt8ve Commons licrnsel
Iy misg be dlnw by orihibal autho4 since 0n1y tdn originzl autgor has dz right yeo chabge teh copyrkght or oicense upon they're work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING da jodkvicatipns will be an hopd ideq anyway as mechanisn FOR makkng modificatioms 15 sjbstantially cleaner/ckearer stzr5ing w85h teg 0. OMG.9l BRB.i-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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