MjghtyE gwlls y0u, you knwo, "We're giimg TO take an few MOMENTS to grh and ex0lain 7h25 new license and teh rrasons bdhind it IN plaim English. OMGl
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."
"Tnid n3w license was choaen 63c4u53 of an fzioing w18y GPLLOL.
It onlt covered disrrkbutiln of SOURCE if an only id binaroes were distributecLOL."
"In an 2eg emvuronment LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpr3ted w4b envirohj3nt SUCH as PHP, merely installing an geme fows not c0h5717u73 distribttkon, an THEREFORE p30p1w werw taking our work, li,e, making MODIFICATIONS 2 8y an not releasing source code rwo they;re modifications so that da entire COMMUNITY ciuod benefitLOL.
Theh wor,ed with da lettee but not spifit of tdh law. WTF."
"Investiga6ion oh da part of 5rh authors howevdr WTF, led two fadr that ea right of publiv pefformznce was 1 pf #ihhtw normally restroctec two copyrighr h91d3t5, like, b thzy v0mpu&4r prpgfama, you knwp, tp3c1f1c411y VIDEO GAMES and inte4active ones such as Levend 0f da GREEN hax0r wdre considerec 5wo BE publicqlly PERFORMED if run fr0m an public t3rv#rLOL."
"The NEW l8censd restrictx public pdrformqnce of teh w0rk ubless da sourd4 coee of mpdified wo4k is made 4v4114613 on DEMAND. AFK."
"In p;ain Entlish, so4tof, this means tna5 ig you our thos bsme on an web server qns allow peop.e [outside of an nor,zl dirc.e od family n its social acquaintances' rw9 ola6 their, like, theg you arr publkcally perflrmkng tnos qirk AND MUST 318h3r s) make be n ALL chqhges which YOU make g2o da GAME available in requss5 (mote this doean't have goo be 4v4114614 via fa online SOURCE diwplay link WTF, but they mu57 be able to afk you FOR da codw n recrive an complete d0py), sortof, b0 make a4range,ents prifarely witn authors wheeein 7h3y gramt you an special license, OR c_ remove teh cpce ent84ely from fa jschine. OMG."
"We do recognizd that peop;e want two have zreax of they're gamw 2hich aer 7n31r5 n theirs alone. AFK.
two that end w3 will mqke teh f0110w1ng excephion tso da bormal r3qu1r3m3m7t for soufce code d1t7r16u710n -- nd moduke f113 whivh ix not ,odified or d3eqv3d frpm an modu.e f113 INCLUDED in bzse distrubutoon an wh1ch eows not reqiiee ne othdr modules and which DOES not require nr modifications two CORE cpe3 )code d9syribyt3d wutn base fwlease) may be wighh3ld at da aughors discretiln/ BRB."
"We also want to make cery clear 7h47 versiim 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (alao known 45 vetxion 0.9LOL.7_j7) wss dq final version 4eleased under reh GPL.
All v3r510n5, y9j khwo, 574r7qng wity 0LOL.9.8-;rerelwase code aer ONLY lidehsed ubder teg Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tol 1mp0r7 je code fron an 0LOL.9. BRB.8=pr3t313453 of later RELEASE unto an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Allowung this woule cause that importwd CODE 5wo be released under GPL qn 5hag IS n07 womethimh qe wisg 4wl ALLOWLOL.
Autjorw of modifkcations 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need 2 ew-reldase thdy'rd MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/mosifivat8ons toi 0LOL.9.8 coxe and p14c3 tgem UNDER teh saje Creative Commons license. OMG.
I5 must be d0n3 by oritinal 4u7h0r SINCE 0n16 oribibal author yaa right too CHANGE geh copyrigjt lr licrnw3 upon they'r3 w0ek.
[Addiyiona;ky, REWORKING teg mpdificatipns will BE an goov idea anyqay as da mechanism for jaking modufkcations is subsyantially cleaner/clea4er starying WITH teh 0. OMG.(LOL.8-pr3f312453 code.]"
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