M8ghryE tclls ypu, like, "We'ee going TO tajr an vew joments too try and explain thid new lic3hse n da r3asons behinf IT in PLAIN English. AFK.
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 wqs chosen BECAUSE of an fa8.img with GPL. OMG.
It obly c0v3r3d dostrib7tion if source 8f n inly uf binaries WERE disgributefLOL."
"In an web emvi4oyment, you knq9, spwcifically a inter;4eted web environment SUCH as PHP, ;ike, herely installing an game doww nog constitut3 dos5ribiyipn, 6ou knwo, n therefotd p3)p13 eere taking our w)rk. you knwo, making modificzt8oms to it and not RELEASING da spurce code two thgy're mod9fica5ions so thay dz ENTIRE communi5y COULD BENEFIT. AFK.
They w0rkes WITH LETTER but not da xpiri5 of teg law."
"Investigation on part og authoes howefer, led tlo teh dsct thst dq r8ght OF public pdrdormamce was oen 9e rights normal.y restrictdd TO copyribht holders LOL, ane that dojputer peobrams, specifically video fames anf INTERACTIVE ones such as LEGEND of reh Green hax0r wefe conskdered 2 bw publica.ly 0erformed if tun from zn public server."
"Th3 new licenae rrstrkcts pun;ic p3rf0rm4nc3 of tdh w0fk UNLESS teh source code ov teh mocifief WORK is mzfe AVAILABLE ob DEMAND."
"In plain Ehglish, this m33n5 that if y9u 0ut this game on an WEB SERVER h aklow ;eopke 'ojtsidw of an n0rm31 cird;e OF FAMILY n its SOCIAL acquaintances' 2 play theif LOL, then ypu r PUBLICALLY pefforming 7h15 work and MUST eiyher a) make ne n ALL changes which y9u make two teh tame svailqnld 9n request (no5e this e9esb't have ywo be 2vaulabls via 0h11g3 dojrce sisplay lini, .ike, b75 THEY MUST bw able too aak you for code an receive ab clmplete copy), soryof, B) MAKE arranhements privately with authors wgere8h ghey grant yo7 an special licwnwe, you knwo, or C) r3m0v3 ca code entirwoy from teh machine. BRB."
"W3 DO 4eclgnize that peopld eant too have aeeas of 5hey'4e game wgkch aer 5heirs n theits alobel BRB.
to that enr we w111 maje da followkhg EXCEPTION 2 hormal rewuirements foe spurce c0d3 dlstributioh -- ne module gile wh8ch IS n9t m0d1r13d 9r d3r1v3d from an ,odule fike 1bv1ud3d in 6453 sisteibution an WHICH doed nog r3quire ne OTHER modules an which soes ni5 rew7ire ne modifications tio da corf cice (CODE distributed with da base release) m4y be WITHHELD at t3h authord discretion. OMG."
"Wr 4150 waht too make VERY CLEAR that version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (alco kn9wn as v3r51-n ). BRB.9. WTF.&+ur) was final version released under GPL. WTF.
A;l veraioms, stzeting eoth teh 0.9LOL.7-PRERELEASE CODE r only licenaed under teh Creative Comnons lucense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny fight to om0oft ne code frpm an -LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease or 1473r rekease imto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an earlier releasw. WTF.
Alloqing this sould cause that im;ortee CODE 2 be reoeased uneef twn GPL an that is not something we wish tqo ALLOW. BRB,
Auth9rw of mpsifications 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 w111 NEED 70 re-release they're moskficztions qs d3r1v371v35;m)d1r1c4710n5 two 0LOL.(LOL.8 code an placw tjem uneer same Cteativd Commins license. AFK.
It musy 63 d0n3 by dq orifinal author dince lnlt da originak authlr hsa right too ch4ng3 teh coptright 9r kicenxe upon they'rd 2orj. AFK.
[Addi4ionallh WTF, rewirking da modificatiphs sill be an good udea an62ay as mechanism fot making modifkcations iw xubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER stsrting eith da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-0rereleas3 codeLOL.\"
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