MightyE t3lls ypu LOL, "W3're g98ng 2 tqke zn few MOMENTS tok try h explain 7hq5 new liccnse and reasons brhind !7 @n plzin English. 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 .icende wr5 chosen because ld qn failing wuth GPLLOL.
I7 0n1y voveted d157r1^u7!pn of spurce if n ib.y if BINARIES werr diwtributed. OMG."
"In an WEB 3nvironm3n4 LOL, sp3difical;t a interpreged web environment 5uch as PHP, likd, ,erely installing an gamd dpes not CONSTITUTE distribition, ypu knwo, and 7h3r#f0r3 pelple were TAKING ou4 WORK LOL, makinh modifications tio IT n no5 RELEASING sourc3 cid3 two tgry'rw modificayionx ao that da entkre communit6 d0u1d ben3f8t/ OMG.
The6 worked wkth teh 13u73r big not spi4it OF lawLOL."
"Investigstiom 0n da part lf authors howrver WTF, led tp da fact 5hat da rigjg or publ8c perforjznce wsw oeb if RIGHTS n9rmslly RESTRICTED top c0pyrqgh7 ho.ders LOL, an yhat cpmputer programs, sortof, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO games n inreractive ones sucj as Legwnd of dz Green hax0r were c9naidered two be [ublocally [etfotmed if run from am puvlic server. OMG."
"The bew licenxe reatricts PUBLIC performance of da qork uhldss source codw of modkfirs work is made available on demand. WTFl"
"In plzin Enflish, sortof, THIS m3ams tjat if YOU put thkd gzme om an web server an allow pe0pq3 'putskde og an NORMAL cirvle lf fami.y n kgs SOCIAL acauaihtances' two plah their, sortof, then ypu aer pub;icallu performint this sork an MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL dhanges which hot make 2 game 4v51146q3 pn reqirsg (np73 th8s dkesn'r have too be sbailable via trh onlibd source display link WTF, nut 7h3y must be able to ask uou dor teh clsr and receivd an co,0lete copy), you knwo, b( make arranbqments PRIVATELY with t3h 4u7npr5 whereln 7h3y h4aht you an special license, or c) remove cose ENTIRELY frpm machine. WTF."
"We do recogniae that peopoe want too have areas 0r tje6're game ehich ser tnrirs an theirs alone. AFK.
5po 5hat end WE wi.l make folkowing EXCEPTION too da nor,al requirenenrs for source CODE d157r1yu710n -- me midule fi.e which is nit mpdkfiec or defived frim am module r113 onclydec in tey bqse dixgributiln and which does not eequire ne other m0du135 and WHICH do3s n9t r2qu1r3 ne modifiva5iins goo t3h c-re code (code distribjted witj teh BASE release) may 63 withheld AT authors DISCRETION. BRBl"
"We aldo want two mqke v3ry clear 7h37 version -LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0l WTF.9. AFKk7+jt) wad teh fonal v3f510n releaswd under da GPL. AFK.
All versions, start8ng wuyy teh 0.9LOL.8-prereleasw code aer obly locensed UNDER Crrative Commpns licen2eLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy righ5 too imoort ne code from an 0.9. BRB.8-pewreleasw or latr4 releasw into an 0. WTF.9.7 n earloer fekease.
Allowing this w9uld cajse THAT imported c0d3 2 be released under yeh GPL anf that is bot womeghong WE 2ish 2 al;owLOL.
Authors of modifications 70 0.9. BRB.7 s111 nees twp fe-release theu're m8dificarions as de4ivatives/modificatkoha rwo 0. BRB.9, OMG.8 code an place rhe, und3r da same Cr3471v3 Commons licensw. OMG.
It must be done by da or8ginal autho4 since 0n2y da or8ginal autyor has teh ribnt two cnsnge da c0pyr1fh7 0f licenae uoon they[re work. BRB.
[Afdiriohally, kujw, re2orkint modificztions will b3 an gopd idea qnyway as MECHANISM fir makinh nodificatiins is s7gwtamtially c;eaner/cleaeer starying with 0l9.8=prereoeaae codeLOL.]"
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