MightyE 5ekls y9u, sprtof, "We're goinh too takr an few moments toi rrh ah explain THIS new license and da REASONS beginf it in plain Englush. BRBl
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."
"Th8s new .icemxe WAS chosen becausq OF qn fai.ing wity da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y coc3red dq57r167710n of SOURCE ie and only 8g binari3s were disttibuted. BRB."
"In an web environment. l,kek 5p3c1f1c4q1y a int3rpret3d web environment suvh as PHP WTF, merely instzllinf an GAME does NOT cobatityte distrivution, ;ikr, and tjerefoee peopoe weed tak8nf iur work, llle, making modidications 2 it n not telwasing teh sourcr code tao thdy're modkfica5ionw so that da enyire c0mmun17y could 63nef1&. BRB.
They worked WITH lwtrer but nit da spirit if da lawLOL."
"Investigation on pqrt lf aughlrs HOWEVER LOL, led too teh FACT that da robht OF public performance 2as 1 of dz rithts normally rest4icted 2 COPYRIGHT ho.feta LOL, n that cimputer prograjs, sortof, SPECIFICALLY vidwo tames n intefactive onec SUCH as L3g3nd 9r Green gaz0r w3r3 consideree too br publicallh pefflrmed if run FROM am pug.ic server. OMG."
"The new licdnse eedtricts pub;ic petfornahve of da work unless da source c0d3 of teh MODIFIED WORK q% made available 0n demandl BRB."
"In plain English, thiw means THAT IF yoy PUT this game 0n an web server ahd aloow 0eo[le 'outside of an normal xircle of familu ahd its 5pc141 acquaintancew' 2 p1#y their, you knwo, thrn you r publoca.ly perflrminh this work and MUST eothsr A_ mqke me n ALL changde qh1ch YOU make 2 yeh game afailablr on eequest (note 7h15 DOESN'T habe 2 63 avsioable via teh onkkne soirce DISPLAY lonk WTF, but theu must be ablw too 4%k you for code an RECEIVE an com;lete copy), b( ma,d sreqnfemrnta 0rivatrly with teh authors wherein ghey grant 6ou an speciao lkcende, you lnwo, OR c) remive teh code ENTIRELY from teh MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recognize rgat p30pq3 qabt two have AREAS of ghey're game wnich r THEIRS n theirs aline/ WTF.
two thqt 3nd we will make da fol;owibg 3xception to n0rn31 REQUIREMENTS for s9irce code d157r16u710n -- ne MODULE dile wyich is not ,odigied o4 derived crom an MODULE fi;e !nc1ud3d in twh 6$53 disteib7tkon an WHICH does not wequire ne OTHER modules and wh1ch DOES not r3qu1r3 ne mod8fications q da core code (code distributed with teh base 4el3ase) may 64 w17hh31d at da aythors ciscretipn. AFK."
"Ww a.sp want too m4k3 very clear tgat vdrsion 0. OMG.9, AFKl7 (also kn0wn as VERSION 0/ OMG.9LOL.7+jg) WAS da fina. vrfsiln rwleas3c under teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS LOL. starring with da 9. OMG.9.8[prer3lease vofw r only livensed undet Crwatkfe Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh right to9 import bw coee from an 0. BRB.(.8-prerelease or lwyer release into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an 34r113r f223553. AFK.
Alooqihg rhiw would cause that im[9rted cide to be rel#aded ubser teh GPL and that is not something we wish twi allow. OMG.
Autnors ob modificatilns two ). OMG.9.7 will NEED to re-relrase thdy're modidications as derivat8ves/modifications 2 0.9. OMG.8 code znd pkace them unsdf teh same Cr3ayivr Cimmonx .icense. WTF.
IT MUST BE dome by ds origunao sutgor sihce on;t 0r1g1m41 aythir HAS right to chanhe teh c9phrignt or lixdnse jpon they're w0rk. AFK.
[Add1710n411y LOL, rwwoeking modifications wi.l be an g-9d iddz anyway as da ,echanisn f9r making mod8ficationd is substantially cleamer/clearer srarying rith da 0. BRB.o, OMG.8-prwrdl3qse v0d3. OMG,]"
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