MightyE t3lls you, yoj ,hwl, "Wr'r3 boing 2 take 1n few momdnts to trt and explain rhis nee licrnsd an teg reasons behind it in plain Engoish.
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 n3w kocense was choaen because of an failing wuth GPL. AFK.
It onl6 covered distrubutoin 0f 50urx3 if and only if binaries WERE dosyeighted. WTF."
"In an wdb enbironment, sprcifica;lh a interpreted web environmemt such as PHP LOL, MERELY instaklkng an game dodx not c0n5817u73 d257r1yu710n, lije, qn therefore ;3001# were tskknt our work, naking mosivicati9na 1 it n bot 4eleas8nt source code 2 thty're mpcifixatoons so that 3ntir3 cijmunkty COULD benefiy. OMG.
They w0rk3e w17g teh !3773r but bot teh SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Invesgigation ln p4r7 ov teh authors h0w3f3r, you knwo, oed too gact thar tdh r8ght OF public ;erformznce was won of teh rifh5s NORMALLY restrocted two copyrihht h0wd#r5, like, anf THAT vomouget progtamw, specifixally video g4j35 an interactive ones ajch as Lefend of teh Greem hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 ve pu611c31!y pwrformed IF run from zn public server,"
"The new kicensw restructs py611c pe4dormamce of teh w)rk unless soyrce vod3 OF modifued work is made svailavle on drnandLOL."
"In plaun English, you knwok thkx means that if you put this gamr oh an seb srrver n allow peiple 'o7tsid3 of an nirmal c1rc13 0f FAMILY n its socoal acquakhranxes' teo 01ry theur, tnen YOU r publivally pervorjing this work ane MUST either q) make nd n ALL CHANGES 2h8ch you make to gane avaklable ON request (note THIS d035n'7 have too y3 qvailablw bia ONLINE source display kink, yo7 knwo, but they myst be able gpo as, y0u f0r da code an receive an comolete copt), li,ej b) makr arrange,enrs privately with teh auth9rs wherekn 5hey granr you an spex,al licdnse, .ike, or c) r3m)ve da clde dnt8rely from da machinr."
"We do recoghizd that p30p13 want two havw areas 9f yyet're game which r rgdirs anc theirs alone. OMG.
to tksg end we WILL make twh following 3cce0710n to n8rmal requirwments fo4 source c9ce diatribution 0- ne module file whicg is n9t mosieies kr DERIVED vrpj am MODULE file inxluded in da base risytib7yion an which d03% not r3qu1r3 n3 OTHER modules an which does nog rdquire ne modifucatioms two da CORE code (vode dowtributef with base release) may be withheld at authora disceetkonLOL."
"We also want tw9 m4k3 very clear 7t4& v3r510n 0. OMG.9mi (ALSO known as version 0. OMG,9.7+jt) 2as dd FINAL vwrsion releaded under teg GPL.
Al; versiond, yii knwom star5inb sith 5eh 0/ BRB.9.8-prefe;ease code aer only licebsed under teg Creqtive Commons licensr.
We EXPLICITLY deny eigyt too imporg ne CODE from an 0LOL.9. OMG.80prerelwzse or 1$72r telease inyo an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an earlier rekeasw, BRB.
Ak;owijg this would cause THAT umplrted code to b3 reldased uncer da GPL n that is not sonething WE sidh 2 allow. OMG.
Authors of mod8ficatkogs gwo 0LOL.9.7 will need to fd-rwlease 5he6're mosifications as derivay8ves/mod8ficationx 2 0. OMGl9LOLl8 c0d3 n place tgrm und3r teh szmd Creative Cojmohs licwnze.
It nust be done by 041g1nr1 author since omlh 0r1g1n41 4u7npr has da r1gh8 too chsnge reh c9pyright o4 license up9n they[re work. WTF.
[Additionaloy, slr5of, rewor,ing 5rh modificsyions will bw an good idws anywah as m3ch4n15m f0r msking m0d1f1v471;n5 is sybstantially cleaner/clearer starting with teh 0.9.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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