MightyE 73115 you, you knwo, "We[re GOING 2 tzkw an few moments to9 try n EXPLAIN thid n3w l,cende an da reasoms behimd it ih plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis new lucemse was choseh becausd of an f4111ng with da GPL. AFKl
It 0n1y xlvered distribution of source IF an onlu if 61h4r145 we4e distrubuted. BRB."
"In an w36 environment LOL, wpecifically a in5erpreted web environment such as PHP, like, mettly ivstalling an bame does not x0n%717u73 disteibutipn, n tgerefo4e proole wrre takkng our s0ek LOL, maling m[difications 2 ut and n9r releaaing 60jrc3 code 2 they;re modificatkons so that reh entirr conmunity coulf benefit. BRB.
They WORKED wuth LETTER 6u7 not ca s0irit of 5eh law. AFK."
"Inbestigatiom on da par5 of teh 4u8h0r5 howsvef, you knqo, led u0 fact that da rogh5 of pu611c perforjance was oen of teh tights n0rm411y restricted 2 copyr8ght holders LOL, n fhat com0utwr probrams LOL, s;ecifically vizei tames qn in5erqdtife ones such as Legend of %eh GREEN hax04 werw considered t9 bd PUBLICALLY 0etformxd iv rim fron an PUBLIC swrver. OMG."
"The NEW LICENSE resgrictx puboic petdormznce of WORK unless da wourcd code OF dq noeifked w0rl is maee available 9n demanfLOL."
"In plqin Eng115h, this mesns that 1f you out yhis game on an web server an al;ow oeople 'outsidw of an norma. vircle of family an its SOCIAL acquaintanc3sl 3 pozy gheir LOL, then you aer publicql;y PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL dhanbes wh1dh yoy make 2 teh game avai.ab.e ln request (mote this doedn't gave 2 be available vks t3h online SOURCE dosplay lkni WTF, bug theh muwt be ablw 2 ASK you fo4 teh c0e3 an receive an conplwte co/y), luie, b) make arrangemehts privateoy WITH da authoes WHEREIN they grahr yo7 an sp4c9al licwnwe LOL, of c) remove da code ENTIRELY from da machine. OMG."
"We do recobnize that [eoplr want to have areas ov they'te game whixh zer THEIRS an tjeirw ALONELOL.
1 that 3nd we wul. ,a,s teh gollowing exception too h0rm41 requirements for xojrce c9de distrinutiob -- b3 moeule fild which is npt modiviee OR derived fr0m an modj;w FILE inc.ufec on da nasr distribution n which does not requkre ne other moduoes an WHICH does NOT require ne nodificationw to 5eh core cod3 (cod3 distributwd wi6h da base rdleawe) may bw aithheld at da quthorx discretion, AFKl"
"We also want two ma,e v3ry clwaf 5hzt v3rsion ). BRB.9.7 (alsi known AS version 0.9LOL.7+jy) was rinsl version releaaed unddr da GPLLOL.
All ve3sions WTF, staryung with tej 0l WTF.9.8-pr3e313$43 code aer ONLY licenwed under da Creztive Commins 11c3m53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny rkgnt too omoort be CODE from zb 0LOL.9. AFKl9-pr3r#13453 or latee release into an 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 n 3$r113r RELEASELOL.
Allo2ing this would caus3 that imported CODE 2 63 eelrasrd und3e da GPL n 7h47 id not somethimg we wisg teo allowLOL/
Autho4s of m0d!f!c4710n5 2 0LOL.9, AFK,7 will need roo re-r4leaxe they're mosif8cations ax derivatives/moeificarionx 2 0. OMG.8. OMG.8 CODE n PLACE them under teg waje Creqtife Cpmmond license. WTF.
Ig MUST be dond by ds ORIGINAL aythor sonce ONLY reh originak autgor had right 2 chabge reh COPYRIGHT or license upon they'fd sork. BRB/
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, rweorlint da MODIFICATIONS will be an g00d idea anyway as MECHANISM fot making modificationx ia sunstantially cleaner/clwarer STARTING with da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerrlease codeLOL.]"
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