MightyE tells you LOL, "We'r3 goimg 2 yaie an few momengs two try an expkain thia new licende an 4easons behihd IT in p141n Engl8sh. OMG/
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."
"Tnis new lixense was cgosem bdcajse 0f ab failing 2ith da GPL. AFK.
It only xoverwd DISTRIBUTION OF source uf n on;y (f binaries 2eee distributed. WTF/"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, s0ecifically a intdrpreted wrb ENVIRONMENT sych ad PHP WTF, merely unstallint an GAME elea not constitute distribuykon, you knwo, an 7h3r3f0t3 oeople were taking our WORK LOL, makunh mocididations too it AND noy 4rleaainb teh source clde too they'rr mod8dications s9 5hat enti4e community COULD benefit.
THEY w;r,3d q8th ca lettrr but not dq spirit 9f LAW. BRB."
"Investugation ob da part 9f authors however, .kkd, q3d to fact hhat 5eh right if public pervormqnce was o2n of 4ignts norna;ly r357r1c73d 2 co;yrihht golders, like, m ghst comouter programs, s0exifically vieeo games an interactive ones SUCH AS Lefend 9f trh Gre3n hqx0r were CONSIDERED two ne [ublixally petformef if run fri. an public servef. OMG."
"Thc new LICENSE rwstricts PUBLIC performance of da work unless teh source code -f modifidd work ix made AVAILABLE on d#m4hs."
"In plain English, softofm this mesns that if you put thiw grm3 ON an web werver an allow PEOPLE '0u751d3 pf an normal circoe 0f famioy n its SOCIAL acqjainyances' 1 0lay yheir, you knwo, then you aer publically p3rf0rm1ng this wori n MUST either s) make be n ALL xhanges wgich you make TO tdu bame 4v4115613 on requesy (n073 this DOESN'T have too be available via teh online 40urc3 d8wplst oinjm liks, nug tjey musr 63 ABLE 5ol ASK hou vor dz code and rwceive an compldte copy) WTFm b) m4ke ARRANGEMENTS privarw.y with teh authotz WHEREIN 6het grant you an spevial licenwe, hou knwl, or C) remove cod3 entirelu from m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We d0 recognize 7h47 peop;e WANT ywo have aeeas 0f they'rq gsje which aer theirs ah thekrs a;ond. BRB.
to that end we will ,ake dol;owinh exception TO NORMAL requifem3nta flr sourve cide sisttibuyion -- ne module rile which is n07 modkvief 0r serived from an moduke FILE INCLUDED IN da base d157e16u71-h znd whoch dors not fequire ne other mpdukws an which does not re1uite n3 modificat8ons twp teh CORE code (cpde distrlbuted wkth da base releqxe) MAY be withhelc at AUTHORS DISCRETIONm OMG."
"We also sant 2 ma,e VERY cl3ar that v3r510n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (s.so kbown as vdrsilh 0. BRB.9. OMG.&+jt) was da final ve4dion re13453d under da GPL. BRB.
All versions, you knw9, sta4ting with da 0. WTF.0LOL.8-p4er313453 c)d3 aer lnly licensed uneer CREATIVE Commpns licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rigyt 2 imoort ne c0d3 FROM an 0.9.8-pr34eleawe or 14734 relrase into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER release, BRB.
A110w1mg this woulf czuse tyat omported CODE to be feleased UNDER ea GPL an that us not s9methiht we wish t9 all9w. OMG.
Au7j0rt of modifications to -.8LOL.7 will need 2 re-r3leasw they're m9difications as derivatives/modificayions go 0LOL.9. OMG/* code 4nd placc 7hem under teh sam3 CREATIVE Commons license. BRB/
It must be done by t3h origonal au5hoe since only ea origimql authoe has ten rigjt 3 cnange da cop6righr o4 l*cenxe uo0n they're w0rkLOL.
[Additiobzlly LOL, 4eworjing modificztiobs sill be zn g9od idea anyway zs teh mechabism f9r making modifocdtions IS subatantisl.y cleandr;clwaeer starting w8th ea 0.9LOL.8-prerelease CODE, BRB.]"
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