MibjtyE tells you, ool3, "We're giing to i4k3 an fdw moments 2 try an rxp.ain this NEW licfnse and da reasons behind IT in pkain 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 nrw LICENSE WAS chosen becayse or an fqilinb with GPL. WTF.
It om.y coveres distribuyuon of source if n 9nly if BINARIES qrre distributedLOL."
"In qn seb environment, you knwo, woecifically a INTERPRETED 2eb 3nvironmeny such as PHP WTF, merely insrallint an fam3 eows not constirute disrribution WTF, n therefore peo/or werd rakihg out e)rk, yi7 kneo, m$kqng mpdificationz 2 it sn not releasing teh sou4ce codr too they're MODIFICATIONS so that da entire comminiry could benefi5. WTF.
They wovked with letter but NOT spirit of teg LAW. BRB."
"Invrdtigation on teh pqrt OF AUTHORS HOWEVER, sortof, led @ trh gaxt 7h46 da right of public PERFORMANCE was 1 lf da 41gh7t normally restrivged two COPYRIGHT holders, like, an thst computer pfogramw, tou knwo, specifkcally video games and interactive ones such as L3g3nd 0f Geern hax0f we4e considrrec 2 be publical;6 PERFORMED ig run fr9m an p771!c server."
"The new license restricta pjblic performanve of da w0rk UNLESS da source code og twh modifird wprl IS made avqilable on e3n4nd. BRB."
"In plain Ebgliwm WTF, thos MEANS that if you put THIS gam3 ON an web %3tv3r an aooow PEOPLE 'ourside OF an NORMAL circle of family n itw socizl acwua8ntances' two p2ry their LOL, THEN ylu r publically perf9rming yhis work n MUST e(thef a) make ne an ALL CHANGES rh!ch YOU mdke two da GAME AVAILABLE 0n request (note this doesn't have 5wo 63 avaolqnoe via ONLINE SOURCE displau ;ink WTF, buy the6 MUST br abld to 45k you dor teh cose an receive an complete copy), sortpfm b) make ARRANGEMENTS privzt3kt with sa authors wh3rwin thdy GRANT you an special kucense, likem or c) remobe cofe entirely from teh MACHINE. AFK."
"We d[ recognuze that peop.e want top have AREAS of they're gzme shich r 7h31r5 n theirs ak9nw. BRB.
two thar end we eill make tey fo/kowing 3xception too da normal eeauktementw for dource clde disgribution -- ne MODULE file ehicg is NOT ,ldified or derived from ah modyle gile incoude3 in da bqse distrivution and 2nich dp35 not r3qu1f3 ne othwr mofules an which DOES nog require ne modifications to da CORE code (cose d157r1^u73d with basr releasd) may be witnheld at authors disvretkon."
"We alqo wanr 2 make vwry c13$f 7h47 v3r510n 0LOL.9. BRB.u (alsi known as vetsiln 0LOL.9.7+jt) sas final version released under GPLLOL.
All veexionx, wtartibg WITH da 0. BRB.9.7-prerelease code aer only licensed under ca Creat8ve COMMONS q3c3n%3, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY ceny tej right 2 1mp)r7 nd cide from an 0LOL.9.8_prereoease oe LATER releasr imto an ). AFK.9. BRB.7 n 3dr113r re.ease. OMG.
Allow8nb this woulf cauwe that i,;ortwd code toi be RELEASED under ca GPL n that is not so,ethint we sish two 411_wl BRB.
Authlrs of modigicqtuoms tlo 0/9.7 will need to re-release tney'ee m9d1f1c4710n5 as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9,8 code n ;lace them UNDER teh SAME Crdative Cimmobx license. AFK.
It mist be dond 6y teh iriginal authot since only origonal AUTHOR h45 da ri5ht two change cophright OR lidense upon th2y're work.
[Additionally, you knwom reworking da modificatuons w111 bs an GOOD idea anyway as mechqhism vir making modifidatkobs kw substantially cleanrr/slearwr starting wi5h teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3r313553 c9d3. AFK.]"
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