MightyE 5elks you, "We're goung too 5ake an few momen5s too tr6 amd explain ghis nww license anc da rrasons nehind it in plain Englisg. OMG.
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 licemse qas choden b3cause od an faooing with GPL.
It 0n1y coveyed distributiin of source 1f an only if BINARIES were dkstributee. BRB,"
"In an web envifommenu WTF, specivically a 8mter[reted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHPm mrrely installing an gamw d9es not CONSTITUTE distribution, sortof, an 5he4edore people were tzjing our woek, l8ke, making MODIFICATIONS rwo it and not r313351ng source coce too they'r3 m0dq41c4710n5 ao that teh entire coumunuty c0u1d benef8t. AFKl
They worked witn da lettwr BUT nit spirit of teh ;qw. OMG."
"Investugati;n ON da part of ajthors hosever WTF, LED 2 tej fact tyat da righr pf pu611c performance wzs oen of teh r1gg75 hormally rexgricted too copyright jolders, l8ke, an THAT vomputdr programs, you knwo, specificallh video games and unteractivr 0n35 SUCH AS Legend of teh Gr34n hax0r werd c-n51d3r3s ti bw puvlically performed 8f run from an pjblkc seever."
"The new LICENSE restricts pjblix p3rf0rm4nc3 or da wotk uniess da source code of dz modieied work is m4d3 abailable on demand."
"In p;ain Eng115h LOL, thod m#tn5 that if you put rhis game on an w3v serfer and aloow PEOPLE 'outsude of an normal xirvld pf FAMILY m its soxual acwuaintanves' 2 play thwir, then you r p7blica.l6 perf8rming this wor, an MUST e8ther A_ m4k3 ne n ALL changes wy1ch YOU make too game 4v$123613 ON rdqurst (note tyks doesn't have two BE available via da 0n11n3 source dis[lay link, likw, yu7 tget must 63 ABLE to 45k YOU f9r code m receive an compleye copy_, lijw, b) make arrangemebgs or1v4u#1y WITH teh sughors wherein 5yeh geant you an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) r3m0f3 teh cose entirely from teh mzchine. OMG."
"We do recognize tnat pe0p.e w3n7 to have areas of tyey're ta,e shich aer theirs an theo4d alon3. OMG.
too THAT end 2w eiol MAKE 4en followkng 3sc3pt8on 70 da nlrmal requitememts for 50ued3 code dkstribution -- nd module file WHICH !5 NOT modifiee o$ drrivrd frpm ah module file 1nc1js2d ih da baae distribution ah which foes not re1uire nr orh3r modulws an wh1ch does n07 requiee ne modkf8cationw too tdh coee code (cpde DISTRIBUTED with ea base release) MAY BE withheld at AUTHORS discrefion. BRB."
"We aldl want to make very vlwar that VERSION 0.9.& (also kbown AS VERSION pLOL.9/ WTF.7+kt) qas sa final veedion r313453d under GPL.
All vwrsions, yo7 kneo, STARTING wiyn teh 0, WTF.8. OMG.8-pr3release codw awr ONLY 11d3n53d und3r teh Crestive Cimmons license/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right rwo impodt ne CODE from an 0LOL,9. WTF.8-;rdreleawe lr LATER release 8nyo an 0. WTFl9. BRB.8 n earlier r313353. WTF.
ALLOWING THIS wou;d cause that kmported cpde two 63 RELEASED under tfh GPL n THAT 15 not SOMETHING ww wish roo dllowLOL.
A7thors of m0d2d1c5719n5 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 will need two re[feleaxe they'rr mieifocatilns as defivatibrd/modificqtions to 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n PLACE them unddr dz same Crrative Commons lifenseLOL.
It MUST be done BY sq 0r1g1n41 author since 0n1t da orkginal $u7h0r has right 2 cnange tdh cppyrlght or license ipon they're wofk. AFK.
[Additionzlly, reworkinf mldificationx wil9 ge qn g9od idqa 4nyw4y AS dz mdchanism for making .odkfications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clwared stzrgimg with 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease c0d3. AFK.]"
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