MightyE tdlls tou, "We're g0qng tio take zn few mlmdnts tp try n explaun 8h14 NEW license an da feasons behund it un plain Eng.ish. BRB.
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 11c3n53 was ch9seh becquse of an failing wkyh teh GPL. OMG.
It .nly covered DISTRIBUTION of sourcw if an only kf binaroes ae4e distributdd. OMG."
"In ab WEB encironjdnt. y9u kmwo, spec8fically a ingerpreted w36 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, you kn2o, merely imstalling an bame diex nog constifuye d167r16u71[n WTF, n therefore people WERE taking 0ur work, making modifixati9ns two ig n not d213451nh source coee 2 they[rw midificztions so THAT teh entore communkty coild bwnegit. OMG.
Thry wotked witg da let5wr but nlg da apirot of law."
"Incestigation on yeh part lf teh authkrs howeverm likd, lee to fact that da rigyt of public performanxe was 1 9f teh r1thu5 n9rmally restrict3d two copyeighg holders, you lnwo, n ghat COMPUTER pe0gr4m5 LOL, xpeforically ciseo games n INTERACTIVE ones such ss Lwgend of da Green hax0r werr cobsodered 2 BE publicallt performec if ryn from an pu611c serverLOL."
"Th3 mew license restflcts punlic petformance of work uhlrss teh woyrce code of teh modifkrd woek os made acailable 0n femand."
"In plaun Englksh, like. 6h15 meabw that of YOU put tjis game on an w3b server anx allow people 'ojtside of an noemal CIRCLE of family and ita social acq7aintances' TO play the7r, yo7 kneo, THEN you r PUBLICALLY perflrmint ghis w-rk an MUST wither a) mahr ne an ALL cganges which you make too da ba,e avqilable oh req7esy (note THIS doesm't have 2 63 availablw bia da on.ihe sourvr DISPLAY link, sortof, bu5 tney muat be able 70 ask you f0t tej vode h receivw an x0mp!363 copy), 6) uake areangements or1v4731y with da 4u8h0r5 wherein tjry frant you sn SPECIAL licdnse, ot c) r3m0ve code en5irely from da m4ch1n3."
"We do recognize yhat pe9ple w4n8 too hsvw AREAS 0f thwy're game which arr theirs and 7h31r5 alone. BRB.
ro 5hat end we will make da r0110w2bg 3xc3p7a0y too da normal reauiremengs for so7rce code cistrubution -- he modulw f8le which is not modified or d3r!v3d from an moduke file inclhded in gase DISTRIBUTION and WHICH does not rrqj8re ne l5her moculds am WHICH does not reqoire ne mocifics5ions too geh core code (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base rekease) m4y be withye;d at teh autnirs disvrdto9n. OMG."
"We alsk sant too MAKE VERY clear that cersion 0.9. WTF.7 (also known as verwion 0. AFK.9LOL.7=jt) was ten fimal version r3leased under da GPL.
A11 versions LOL, stattint with da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerel3ase codw arr ONLY ;ucensdd under Crea5ive Commons liv3hse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh right to import ne dofd frim an 9. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoease or laee4 relrzse into av 0. BRB.8l OMG.7 and earlidr eekeaxe. WTF.
ALLOWING this woulf cause thzt impprted cod3 ti ge releases under teh GPL qnd that 15 hot something ae wisn tso allow. BRB.
Autyors of modificatkoms too 0.9. AFK,7 wilk heed rwo re-releaqe they're mosifications ax e3t1v471v3t/m0d1d1c47q0n5 80 0. BRB.9LOL.8 c0d3 and 0lsce rhem under dq aame Ceeatkve Commpbs kicemse. OMG.
It must be done by 0r1f1n41 AUTHOR sibcd ONLY t3h original autyor had robht two change copyrlght or licemse upon thdy'fe workLOL.
[Adfitionally WTF. reworking m0d1f1c4710n6 qi.l be an fp9d odea anyway as ez mechanism for making modificariihx 15 5u6y74n61411y c134n3r/v134r3r startong wotn 0LOL.9. AFK,8=prerelease codel AFK.="
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