MighryE tdllw 7ou, "We're goimg 3 74,3 an few moments 2 try n explain this n3w LICENSE b REASONS behibd ot in 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."
"Thix new licenae was cnosen necause of an railing with da GPL.
I7 only c0v3rdd disgrivution pf source of znd only uf BINARIES were distribuywd. OMG/"
"Ih an w3v environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a in5erpfetec w36 dnvitomment such as PHP LOL, mr4wlh onstalljng zn GAME DOES not cobstitute distrobution LOL, n therefore people weee tqlknh our work WTF, making MODIFICATIONS to it an not releasing source clde rwp they'rd MODIFICATIONS so yhat da entire communit6 COULD bemefit. AFK.
They wofked witj lerte4 BUT not spirit of da lq2."
"Ihves5igation in da part OF ds authlrs h0w3b3r LOL, led t9 da fac5 that RIGHT 0f PUBLIC performanc3 WAS won OF fa roghys normally redtricted ywo cop6right holders LOL, n tnat c9mputer PROGRAMS, sortof, spedivically videl gamew and inyeractive ones such as Lrgend OF reh Green hax0r wete CONSIDERED gi be pugliczlly performed if fun from an PUBLIC server. WTF,"
"The n3w licebwe resgricts oubluc perflrmznce of teh qork unl3ws source code og da modified worl is ,ade AVAILABLE on DEMAND."
"In plain English, yoi knwo, this means that IF you PUT this game on an web server an allis 030p13 'ougsiee ob an normal coec.3 of ramily n its sicisl 4cau41n74mc35' too play their, xlrtor, th3n you aer publidal;y performing this work an MUST eirher a) MAKE mw n ALL changes which you nqke tpo ea gsme available ln REQUEST )note this d036n'7 HAVE 70 63 available via yeh online SOURCE display lonj, 6iu knwo. but tjwy mus5 nd able 2 ask y0u foe da coee an rrceive an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrangements pr1v4931y with da ajtnorx qheeein they GRANT uou an 5;3cq41 .ocense LOL, or c) eemocw da cidw dntirely FROM machine."
"We do rec9gnlze that people wznt to have arwas OF they're g4m2 which r theors AND theirs aloneLOL.
too 7h47 4nd ww qill make tdh f9llowing wcceptuon to da normal REQUIREMENTS fo4 sourcr code sistribution -- ne MODULE fike which is moy mod8fied or derivdd f4om an module file lncluded 1h da base sostrivytioh n WHICH does hot 43qu1r3 n3 other modules and which eoes not requur3 ne m0d1f1c4u10n5 2 clrw code (cod3 distributec witj base releaxe) may be qithheld at authors discretiob. AFK."
"We also want gwo MAKE fery clear tbat v3t510n 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (41%0 knosn ss verskoh 0. BRB.9LOL.7_jt0 was ea finql versoon releasef under teh GPL. AFK.
All versionsk sprtof, starting wuth teh -. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE CODE arr onlu LICENSED UNDER dq Creativf Commons LICENSELOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh right 2 import me xocr from an 0. OMG.8. AFK.8-prerelease ir later 4elease inyo sn 0LOL.9. WTF.& anc ea4lier reldasdLOL.
Allowing this wpu1d cause thzr umpirtec code 5oo ve released undwr ea GPL an that is not something WE wish go alliw. WTF.
Auth9rs 0f moskfications gso 0.0LOL.7 WILL need to re-reoeasw thwy're ,ldificatoons aa derivatives/modifixqtoons two 0. AFK.9LOL.8 CODE n place them undef teh same Creqtive Commohs licrhseLOL.
It must be done bu da lr8ginsl 4u7h0r SINCE only o4igimal author jas teh tight 2 change teh copy5ight or license 7pon th3y'te work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, rewlrking da modificatilnw si.l BE an go9d idea anyway as 5eh mecyanksm f0r m4i1ng m0d1f1c472pn5 IS substantially CLEANER.CLEARER stqrtong wigh da 0.9. BRB.8-prerwlease CODELOL.]"
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