MightyE tells you, "Wd're goibb TO take an few moments to tfu n explakh this nww 11c3n53 n da reasons hehind IT in 0lain Eng115h. OMG.
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 licrnse was xhosen beeaus3 of an faioing with GPL. AFK.
I7 ONLY cobered distribitioy of sourcd if 4nd lnly of binafies w3r4 diatrkbuged. AFK."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a interpretee WEB environment such as PHP, l8ke, mereoy 2n574111ng qn GAME does noy consti5ttw cistribution LOL, an theeeford peopoe were tsking iur wlrk, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS to IT AND NOT releaxinf teg source cod3 ywo they;rr mldificatiohs so thzt entire c0mmun17y c0i1d BENEFIT.
They woried qith da oet5er 6u8 NOT reh spirit 9f da law/ AFK."
"Investigation on teh part of tey authlrs however, sirtof, q3d too da fact 5hst da right 0f publoc PERFORMANCE wss ien OF teh r1gh75 normallu res5rivtes 2 c9pyright hl.ders WTF, and that computer programs LOL, SPECIFICALLY viddo games an 1n8er$c71v3 ones sycm as Leg3nd ov Gtwen hax0f were cinsiddred too be publically pe4formed if run from an public swrver."
"Thw n3w licenwe RESTRICTS pu611c pdrformanxe of teh work unless dz source code 0f da modified wirk is mafe zvaklable on semand. BRB."
"In poaib Englosh, tnis means that kr ylu put THIS gamw on an weg serger n allow pelple 'outside of an n9r,al circle of gamoky an ITS wocial acquaibtanxed' to play thwir, liiem then yoj r publically pergorming this work n MUST EITHER a) make nd an ALL CHANGES which uou nakd too teh game ava8lab;e on r3qu35& (note this doesn't have two ve 4v41!5614 via twh ONLINE t0urc3 d15p14y o8nk, sortof, BUT 5hey must bd 4y1# to ask you for teh coce an RECEIVE sn compl3te cooy) LOL, b) make arrangements 0rivare;y with authors WHEREIN tgey frant YOU an spwcial LICENSE, doetofm of c) remove ea cide dngorely from teh machine. BRB."
"We DO recognkae 7h47 oeople WANT tl have areas of they're game egich aer 7h3145 ahd theirs aooneLOL.
t2o that END we wi.l make followinh exceptipn 2 tdh hormao requiremenys for 50urc3 code dis5ributiom -- ne module f8lr whicg IS hot ,osified or detived rr0m an module file includrc IN bade di2tribution n wyich does mot require ne o5her jod7lds an wnich does niy r3quire ne mosifications tio da clee code (cide distributed with teh base reodase) may be withhe.c at aughors dkactetion. OMG."
"We als9 want too make very clear that version 0l WTF.9LOL.6 (ALSO knoan as v3r510n 0LOL.9.7+jt) was da finao vefsion releaced unfef teh GPLLOL.
All v3e510n5, sortof, STARTING w8yh da -. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3re.eas3 code aer onlu licwnsed under yeh CREATIVE Cpmm0n5 license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 3 lmport ne coee from an 0, BRB.9.8-prereleade ir LATER reldade into an 0. AFKl9LOL.7 n eaflier 4elease. OMG.
Al.owing tyis would CAUSE THAT inported cpde foo be rrlezsed under GPL n yhat 15 NOT somdthing 2e WISH yo ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modifucations to 0. BRB.9.7 will nded too re-releaz3 thdy're modivications AS dericaykves/mod8fications tp 0/ AFK.9. BRB.8 code 4nd place them under twh same Cteatife Commons license. OMG,
It uist be fpne BY da orugihal authoe dince only da origina; au5hpr has da rihgy twp cnange da copytigh5 or license ipon thdy're work. OMG.
[Additiona;ly, y9u knwo, t3w0tk1nh da modifkcations wo;l be ah tooe id3a ANYWAY as mechanisj FOR msking modifications is sybstahtially vleaner.xlraret STARTING wirh 0.9. AFK.8-prdrelease CODE,]"
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