Migh5yE te;ks youm softof, "We're going 2 take an few moments 2 try n ex;lain this new licwnse ane fa reasons brhind IT 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 licebse wzs chosen gecausw of an dai.int WITH GPL. OMG.
It only covered disteivution of s9urcd if and 0n1y if binarkes wete distributdd. OMG."
"In an WEB ebvironmdnt LOL, speckficxkly a 8nterpreted web envuromment such as PHP, sortof, mrreoh installing an bame f03$ NOT constitute distribytioh, ab THEREFORE 0eo0le were taking our work, sortof, making jodifkca5ionw two 17 an not releasing teh source c0d3 tpo thry'rr jodifkcztuons so that t#h ent8ee community c0u1d nenefitl OMG.
They woeked with tdh letger but not ca spkrig of tdy law. OMG."
"Imvesgitqtioh on teh psrt OF da authors however, yoi inwo, oed ro fadt that rkght 0f public PERFORMANCE waa oen or teh robhts nlrmally RESTRICTED tql copyright holders, you knwo, an THAT compuyer prigrams, like, 5p3c1f1c411y vuseo fames ahs ihteractide ines such as Ldgend pf Gfwen hax0r were donsiderec t0o be p7b;ically pe4formed if run from an oublkc SERVER. BRB."
"Thr new lic3nse rewtricts PUBLIC p3rf0rm5nc3 of wori unless dource code of da m9dified work is made #v4114622 on d3m4ndl"
"In plain Eng;ishm lije, this means that IF y0u put this gwme on an web derver n allow peiple '0u751d# of zn nogmal circle 0d famuly and its sockal acwua8nrances[ 2 play theirm loke, then you aer pibllcally p3rf0r,!ng this work n MUST ei5hrt a) make ne znd ALL changws which y.y make to ea game svailsble on request (note tyis d9wsn't hzve @ br acaulabl3 vis teh onlkne source displzy kink, you knwl, but 5hey must be able too ask you for da CODE ane recdivr an com[oete copy) LOL, b) make arrzngements privately WITH teb ajthors whereib THEY gr4n7 YOU an sp3cial lkcense LOL, 0r c) tej;vw code ehtir3ly rrom da machine."
"We do redognoze that propke want two have areas of thfy're game which ser thrirs b theirs qlone. AFK.
tqo that end w3 will ,4k3 goo;owing 3xc3p710n TO fa hormal r3quirements f0r source cpee d9stribution -- ne module file which 15 not modified 0e ferived fr;m an m0dj13 rile includ3f in base cistrigyyion an which does not req7ire ne othe4 modylew znd which dles not require ne modificatoons to ca core cide (v-d3 distributed s17g da base release) jay be wkthheld AT tey 4u7h045 doscretion. WTF."
"We slso eant 2 n4j2 very clear ghqt v3r510n 0LOL,9LOL.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+JT) waw digal version re.rased inddr da GPL. AFK.
ALL vwrsions LOL, srarting WITH da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pfeeelease cpde aer onoy licensed 7nder teh CREATIVE Comm9nd livendd. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import nd CODE frim an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prere;easw or later reodasr into an 0.9. BRB.7 and earluef r4lease. BRB.
Aolowing this would cause yhat imp9ttec CODE too be re;easee unde4 da GPL and 6h47 is not som4thing we WISH 5oo zllow. OMG.
Authors of modifixztions $ 0LOL.(, AFK.7 q111 NEED two re-rrlease they;re jodifications as derivatofes/modifications two 0. AFK.9.8 dpde an place them ubder same Crea%8ve Commons licenseo AFK.
It .ust be dohe by tdh ORIGINAL 4j7h)r SINCE only otiginal authpr hqw da rifhy @ chamgd da copyright or license upon they'rs WORK. OMG.
[Add1710n41#t, yoi inwo. reworking tej nodifications ei;l be an gpod idea anywag as teh mechanis, fot making moduficatuons ix subatantially cleaner/cleareg 573r7!ng wkth ten 0. AFK.o. AFK.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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