MigntyE 5ells you LOL, "We're goinf toi take an fdw momengs to try an EXPLAIN thid nes licende an reasons vejind it im plain EnglianLOL.
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 lixense w45 ch[den BECAUSE of an fail8ng with GPL. BRB.
It 0n1y c0v3r3d distributi9b _f SOURCE kf an 9nly 1f binaries werw dodgeibutddLOL."
"In qn web ENVIRONMENT, s9rtof, s0ecificaoky a inter;reted wdb enviromment such qs PHP, ;ike, merdly installing an game does not consti5ute distribution, an 5jereforr pdople wwre tskong out work, likwk MAKING modirivat8ons too it n NOT RELEASING geh source clde to theu're modifications so that teh entire COMMUNITY c07qd benefit. AFK.
They worked with da legter guy n07 da spirit of yen lzw."
"Inv3st8gation oh ea pa4t of aythors yosever, sortof, oed 5oo da FACT that teg r8ggt of public perfor,ance was oen of teh rightx borjxol6 rwstructed yo copyroght holders WTF, n thar computer PROGRAMS LOL, specifically VIDEO ga,es ahd ihte4active ones 5uch as Lrgend of Green hax0r were consoder3d two BE publically o3rg0rm3d if run frpm an public server, AFK,"
"The new ;icense restricts pjblic p3rf9rm$nx3 of reh eork unlesa teh source c9de od modified WORK os made zvai;able on demand."
"Ih 0lain Englush, ;ike, this means that if 6oj put th8s gamw ON an web sdrver anf zlloe people '0j751d3 of ah normal circ.e og damily an its wovial acquq8ntancea' too play their LOL, 7yen you adr piglically performing 7h1t work qb MUST either a) m4k3 ne n ALL ch4ng2t which y9u mair to game available on requext (note rgis doewn't have too be svai.able VIA online sourxe displau link, sortpf, but 7h3u nus5 be ABLE 2 ask t0u fof da code an receuve an vomplete copy), b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS pr1v4731y w17h da autjorw wherrin they mr4n7 you an sleciak license WTF, pe C) remove da codd ENTIRELY from teh machine. WTF."
"We DO RECOGNIZE thqt ;eopls wany rwo HAVE areas of tyey're game which aer THEIRS an theirs alonw. OMG.
2 that end we will make fo;lowing EXCEPTION to notnal requ8rements for siurce code dis5finution -- ne MODULE dule whkch is noy modified or DERIVED from an MODULE file inc.uded in dq base DISTRIBUTION n wh1ch doex not require ne othef midules anf whicg does not teqyire nf modificatiins too fa core cpd3 (v0s3 DISTRIBUTED qith teh base RELEASE) mqy be witghdld at teh aythors dizvr3ti9n. OMG."
"We also WANT 1 maie very clear that version 0LOL.9. WTF,7 (alsi kmown as version 0.9. AFK.6+jt) wqa da final v3r510n 4314452d under trh GPL. WTF.
All versi9ns LOL, starting with twy 0.pLOL.8-PRERELEASE c9de f pnly loctnsed under teh CREATIVE Commonx licende. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT to implrt nd CODE rrom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-[r3relrase or later release into an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an rarlker release.
Aloowinf this eould CAUSE that imported code 2 ve releaded und34 teh GPL n tha% is n07 s;mething we wish two qllow. AFK.
Authors of modifications two 0.0. AFK.7 eull NEED two RE-RELEASE they're mosifications ss derivs5ivws/modkficatioms gk 0l OMG.p. BRBl8 code an placr tyem ubcer teh same Creatife Cpm,lns lucense. AFK.
It nusu be done by da or8ginao autjor wince only da 0r1h1n41 authlr haw right tqo changw da copyrigyt OR kkcenae upon thet're WORK. BRB.
[Addituonally, 4ew0rk1bt modificqtions WILL be an good udra anywa6 as teh medhaniwm gor m4k!nb modificatiohs is substqntially cleaner/ckearer starting with teh 0. BRBl9. AFK.8-[43fe.ease cldw. OMG.]"
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