MiyhtyE tells yoi, "We'fe gouny tp take an few moments gwo try n explain this NEW licenwe and r3asons BEHIND it ih PLAIN Engloxh. AFK,
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."
"Tgis mew license WAS CHOSEN beczuae of an dailing e17h sa GPL.
It only covered dustr8b7giom or source if amc pnly 1f binari3a were distrib8tee. OMG."
"In an web envirommrnt, sortof, specifically a interpretec web envi4inmrht such as PHP, like, mereky 8nstalling an game DOES nlt constitute d167r16u710n, wortov, and thefedore peo;le wree taking our WORK, corgof, MAKING modifucations bwo i5 and nog rdleasing yeh SOURCE xoce too th3y're modifications so that fs 3n71r3 c0mmun17y could benefit. BRB.
Tneu worked woth teh ;dtter but not da xpifit of da laq. OMGl"
"Investigation on pary OF dq AUTHORS yoweverk sortof, ked 2 ract tnat tight 0d PUBLIC perfor,ance was 2 of da rigyts normally restrix5ed to COPYRIGHT hllsers LOL, n that com[uter [rograms LOL, s;ecifixally video games zn interaxtive ones auch as Lerend of GREEN gaz0r wsr3 conside4ed tp be publically p3rf0rmed if run from an pubkic dervsrLOL."
"Thw new lucense resrridts [ub;ic perfoemabce OF work unlexs teh source dode lv modified w0rk is made acailab;e on demand. OMG."
"In plain Englixh, tnis means that if you put this ga,e 0n ab wev serv3r ahc allow oeiple 'outside of an normal circle og f4mqqy am ots socizl acqua,ntances' tw9 plqy thrir WTF, then you aer pu711c411y PERFORMING tnis wirk n MUST either a) make nd n ALL changws qhich you make two tey game avqilab;e on requedt (n073 this doesn't hafe to be availablr via dz onlime source display link LOL, but thdy must be able 2 asm uoi f9r dz code and rdceive an clmplege copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrahgemengs pruvqtely with da AUTHORS whdreih they g4ant you an special ;icenxe WTFm or c) remove dq codw entkrelu ffpm machune. OMG."
"We do 4ecpgnize that peoplw want too have arexs OF theu'rw game wh1xh aer 5heirs and theits a.oneLOL.
too that end we will make folloqing excfption too dz NORMAL fequirem3nts FOR SOURCE code distribution -- ne MODULE file whicj is n07 modifo#d ir derived from an module file includes in base fostributiln an whicy does nit rewuire n3 07h3r mldules and which does bot rwqyire ne m9dificztoons too dz cote cofe (CODE distributed w17h trg 6r33 release) may 73 wuthhels a5 authord discretioh. OMG."
"We als9 want two MAKE vety clezr that c3r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (alsp known AS verwion ). WTF,9. OMG.7+jt) WAS f1n41 veesion r31445#s under da GPL. AFK.
All versiona, you knwo, starying with yey 0.oLOL.8-pr3r213453 vose aer obly licens3d uhder da Crdative Cimmons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impoft ne code from qn p. BRB.9. AFK.8-pr3reoeas3 or lqter eelease into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 snd earl*er rel3ase. WTF.
Allow8ng rhis WOULD CAUSE that imported cod3 2 BE rrleased und3r teh GPL and that ix n07 something w3 wudh to 4110s. WTF.
Authors of modifications tpl p.oLOL.7 wi;l beed to re-release theu[re modificat8ons AS derivativds/modificarions 2 0LOL.9.7 code anf placw yhem UNDER 5eh SAME CREATIVE Cpmmons lkcenseLOL.
It mus5 ge don3 6y da orig8nal 4u7h-r since only oruginzl 4u7h0e has da right 2 change copyeight o4 .icense upon thet're work.
[Adfitiohaloym sortof, rework8nb modifications wilo be qn good idea 4nyw4t as mechanism for making modificatiobs is wuvstant8ally cleamer/clearer starting 285y da 0. AFK.9LOL,8-PRERELEASE cldd/ WTF.]"
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