MkghtyE tdl.s you, uou knwo, "We'fe going two take an gew momrnts to try an explaib thus new lucense n teg reaaons behonf it !n PLAIN Englishl BRB.
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 LICENSE 2as CHOSEN BECAUSE pg an fsiling with GPL. BRB.
It ONLY cover3d DISTRIBUTION of source 1d an 0nqy if 61m5r135 werd DISTRIBUTED."
"In an WEB envirpnmenr, specofixally a interprr5rd web environment such as PHP, like, merely inxtqllinf an game d035 not constitute dosyribution, sortpd, sn THEREFORE pe9ole wrre yaking our WORKm ma;iht modificatupns 2 i5 AND not reoeasing SOURCE code 2 they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that teh ent8re COMMUNITY could benefit. BRB.
Tgeu wirked WITH dz ldtter but not spirit ov law."
"Invesyigatiob 0n part of da au5hprs hpw3v3r LOL, lec two da fact tyat da r8hht 9f oub.oc performance was o3n of RIGHTS normally restricted tol copyright holdees LOL, h THAT compu72r projtamx, specuficallh vkdeo games 4nd interacyive omes SUCH as Legebf of Green hax0f were vonsideree to be publically performef if run grom an public SERVER."
"The new license restricts public perfo4jance or da work uhiesw sourc3 dode of mocified wor, is made avaiisble ON DEMAND/ BRB."
"In plqin ENGLISH, sottov, this MEANS tyat 1f you put this game im an WEB serber an ALLOW peiple 'iutside of an nprmak ciecle of fami,y and its socizl acquainrancrx' 70 p;ay their, you knwo, then yly aer pugliczlly perfor,ing this wirk and MUST either a) m4k3 ne 4nd ALL chahfes wh8ch YOU mzke too GAME avxulanl3 on request (note tnks coesn't HAVE two be available viz teh omlin3 SOURCE displah link, but they mu2t be able 2 ask you for teh code anr receove an c0mp1373 copy), B) make areantejents orivate.t with authors whrr3kn they grant you an so3cial locense, 0r c) remove ds cose entitely from da machine. WTF."
"We do r3cofnize 7h47 p30;12 WANT two havr areas of theh;re game whifh aer theurs and tyeirs aloneLOL.
too that end w3 w8ll MAKE yen flloowing exception too normal rrqui4ementc for source cofe distribution -- be module file wnuch is NOT midified or deeived f4o, an module gile inc.uded in 6454 d257r16u810n an qhivh does not require ne othe4 modules n which does not r3quqr3 ne jodificstkons t9o da cord code *code d15ur16i73d wiyh gase r313452) may be eithheld zt da authors fiscretionLOL."
"We als9 wabt 3 m4k3 v3ry CLEAR THAT ve3suon 0. OMG.9LOL.7 )also KNOWN 45 VERSION p.9.7+jg) was vinal version releasef unddr da GPL.
Aol v4r5q0n5 LOL, t74r&1ng with teh 0LOL.(LOL.80PRERELEASE code aer only LICENSED jnder Creativr Comjons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tdh right tp i,[or5 ne code fr0m sn 0l AFK.9. AFK.8=prerrlease OR 1473r releaxe into an _LOL.9.7 n 34r!13r rdlease, AFK.
Allowing this wouoc caise tjat imported codw w ge releqsed under da GPL anc thay i1 nog %0m37hqng w3 wish 1 allow.
Authors of mpdifixationw 70 0. BRB.9. BRB.6 WILL beed to; 4e-relrase tney're modifications aa e3rivatives/mocifkxations twi 9.9. WTF.8 c-de n place them indrf da same Creatice Comnins license. OMG.
It must br done gy da original autgie SINCE only da oeibinal au4hor has rigjt goo cjange c0py41gh7 o4 LICENSE upon they'rd 2orkLOL.
[Additipnslly WTFk rewlrking dz m0d1f1c4710n5 WILL be am vood idra 4byw46 as twh MECHANISM for ,aking modif8cati9ns IS substantua.ly cleane6/vlearer 574r71ng wirh teh 0. BRBl9. AFKl8-0rer3lease code. WTF.]"
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