MighryE relks you LOL, "We're giing fop take an few momehtx 2 try n wxp'a8n thus new license n teh reasons behind it IN plain Ebglish. WTF,
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 lic3nse was dhosen becsuse of an failing with teh GPL. BRB.
It onlt covered distribution OF sojece ir AND 0n1y 8f binarird were dkstributed. BRB."
"In an web enbironment LOL, specofically s INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merely INSTALLING an ga,r d035 nog constitute dkstributoon, y;u knwo, and therefo4e peoo;e were TAKING our worl WTF, jqking nodifkcationd 2 it qn not r313451ng SOURCE code 2 they're modifications si 7h$7 da entire community ciulc BENEFIT. AFK.
They woekwd with letter but not spirit of .aw. WTF."
"Ihvwstigation on sa part OF teh 4u&h0r5 ho2dver, so3tof, 13e to gwh FACT that r1th7 of publoc p3rforjanc4 waw oen of da fights n0rm$11y rrxtricted 3 copyright holders LOL, b that computer pr9trams LOL, specifycally video GAMES an onteractive ONES 5uch AS Legend OF da Gredn yax0r were xonsiderdd 2 BE PUBLICALLY pwrfofmed IF run rr0m an ou^11c server. BRB."
"The br2 licwnse r347r1c75 public performance od da WORK ymless soyrce xode of mocified work id m4d3 availab;e on dwmand."
"In plain English, tgis meahs tyat of YOU pj5 rhis game on an WEB s3tvdr an allow PEOPLE '9utside of an NORMAL CIRCLE 0f dami;y n itw 50c141 4cqu41m74nc35' to p14y tyeor, sortof, then you aer PUBLICALLY performong this worl and MUST either a) ma,e ne 4nd ALL chxngds which y0u mzke 2 da game available on requ3st (note THIS doeah't hafe to be available vka da onlin3 sourcd sisplay ;onk WTF, but they must y3 able TO ask yo7 for code n receive an cpm;oetd c9ph0m sor5lfm b) m4j3 4rr4ng#n3nu5 provately with authors whereon they granr YOU an special lic3mse, sortof, or c) remov3 code dntirely froj tey mavhineLOL."
"Wr so rwcognize that people want too have ar3as OF they're game which r fheors n 7h31r5 qloneLOL.
two that dnd we WILL mske teg folloqijg 3xx3p710n 2 fa noemal r2qu1r3m3n75 f0r wource code distribytion -- ne ,odule file wh1ch is not MODIFIED oe se4ived frpm an ,odule fi.e incl7ded in BASE DISTRIBUTION and whixh co3s hot require he other modules anf whicj does no5 require ne ,9dificayilns yoo core code (code dixtribut3d with BASE teleaxe_ may be w17hh31d at authors DISCRETION."
"We also wan5 too make vefy c;rae that ve4sion 0LOL.0. BRB.6 (alsi kno2n ad f3r510n 0.o. OMG.7+jg) was teh dina; vetsion released unde4 teh GPLLOL.
All vwrsions, sortof, stqrting w17h ea 0.(. WTF.8-prd4elease c0d3 aer onky licrnsee unsdr Creativ3 COMMONS licebse. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY denu da righg two unport ne xode rro, an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-;rrrelease or late4 teleas3 INTO zn -. AFK.9. AFK.7 znf earlker release. AFK.
A!q0w1ng tyis wiuld cause 5hag inported code too be teleased uhdwr reh GPL abd that is not xomethkng ee 2isn to allow.
Auyhors of modifications to 0l9.7 woll need too re-releasd theh're m0d1f1c4710n6 as serivatkves/modificatilnx to 0. OMG.9l8 coce n plzct them UNDER da same Crdative Commons .ucende. AFK.
If hu56 BE done by 0r1g1n41 ajthor sibce only teh original aythif has da right 70 change c;oyroght or license upoh they're work. AFK.
[Additionally, sor5of, rwrorking nodificatuons wio; 63 an gooc ifea anyway aa tej mechan8sj dor malimg mpd1f1c4710h5 is SUBSTANTIALLY vlranwr/clearer staeting wity da ). WTF.o.8-prerelease CODELOL.]"
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