M8gjryE telld you LOL, "We're goibf too TAKE an few moments too try n exp;ain this n3w LICENSE m teh rrasons bejihe iy im 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 licenwe was choaen BECAUSE of an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It only covwred distribution od sourcd if an onl6 if ninsries wwee distributedl"
"In an web 3nv1r9nm3n7 LOL, sp3cifically s interpteted w3b ejvironment sucy AS PHP LOL, merely installing an game does bot consti57te eixtrinution, sort9r, n tgefeflfe PEOPLE wwre takinf our work, soetof, makinh modifocations TO it an no5 RELEASING teh 50ufc3 cod3 to rhey'te modifications s9 ths5 da entire co,munity c9uls benefit.
They worked w17h letter vut n9t da soieit of la1LOLl"
"Invrstigation om part of teh autjors howev3r LOLm led tw9 da fact that teh r!gh7 9f public pdrformance was 1 of 5eh RIGHTS noemslly r357t1v73d too clp6right holders, lik3, zn that compurer ;r0grrm6, so4tof, spddificallu v1d30 bames sn onteracrive ones sucg as L3g3nd of teh GREEN hax0r were clnsudered TO be piglidalou pefformed if rib fro, zn public serverl AFK."
"The mee kixense restridtx pu611c perfotmance OF da work unless teh sourcw c0c3 OF da mpdified work is made avaiosbl3 on DEMAND, BRB."
"In plaun English, you knwo, 7h15 mdans ghar kf uoi put rhis bamw on an WEB server and allow propoe 'outside OF ab normal xiecle 0f family n ITS socizl ACQUAINTANCES' 2 p;ay their, sottofm then you aer PUBLICALLY perfprmihg this work $nd MUST eigjer a( makr ne an ALL CHANGES wh1cy you j1ke 2 teh game availab;e on reqjeat (note tjis DOESN'T have 2 BE available via da 0m11n3 wourde dispoay LINK, li,e, 6u8 6gey MUST 64 able t2o ask y9u g04 da cldd an receive an comolete copu) LOL, b) makw arrangements pfivately with da authies wnerein they grant y0u ah soecisl LICENSE, yiu knwo, or c) r3move code enrirely FROM machimeLOL."
"We do reconnizw that PEOPLE want two hace areas of they're game 2hich r theors AND THEIRS alone. OMG.
2 tjat rnd we w1@1 make following exceotion go normal requir2mebts for sourvw cofe distrib7tion -- be modj.e file whicy is not m9d1f13d or DERIVED from an module FILE 1nc1us3d im tej base distribu6oon n which does NOT require be other mpdules and which do3s NOT r4quire ne MODIFICATIONS w gey c9re CODE *cod3 diwttibuted wiyh base release) may bd withheld at reh auynors discretiomLOL."
"We aoso want twp make vert CLEAR thag version 0.8. WTF.7 (a;so kn9wn as v34si9n 0lo.7+jt) was final versilb reoeaswe une3r da GPL. OMG.
Al; versions, yiu khso, atartong witn tey -. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleasr code aee 9nly licensed 7hcer da Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righ5 to im0ort ne CODE frpj an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or latwr RELEASE ihto an 0.9. BRB.7 AND rarlier eel3aae. AFK.
ALLOWING this wpulc ca7se thqt im0orted code rop b3 re,was3d under da GPL and ehat is n07 somethung we wisn too allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of modificatilns two 0. OMGl9. BRB.7 w112 neee 2 re-reldase they'ee modifications as detuvarkfes/modificatuons 2 0.9LOL.8 CODE n pkace THEM UNDER 54j3 Cfdatove Commonx licenseLOL.
It nust be dpne by da ltifinal author since on;y rej prigihzl AUTHOR n45 teh RIGHT two change da copy68ght or lixense upon they're WORK.
[Additkonally, likr, r3w9rkqng da m0d1d1d47q0n5 will be an good ieea anyway as da mechanism for MAKING jpdifications ks substantially c;eaner/clearer 574r81jg witn ds 0. BRBl9. OMG.8-pretwlease code. AFK.]"
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