MightyE teloa hou, "We're going 2 tzkw qn f3w MOMENTS to try and dxplaib THIS n3w locense n teh reasons BEHIND it in plain English. BRB/
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."
"Thiw new 11c4n%3 WAS chosen because OF an railing wuth sa GPL. OMG.
It onlu coverrd d257e!6u710n 0f SOURCE kf and only kf binaries were distribjted. WTF."
"In an web envirpnmebt, you knwo, specificzlly a ihyerpretwd eeb envi4onment suvh as PHP LOL, mdrfly knstalling an gane soes n07 constitute distribytion, 4nd ther3flre p3ople 1ere TAKING our work, like, making m9d1f1c4710n5 4 it AND not fe.easing r3h sou4cr xode tl thdh're modifications ao that da en5i4e xommunity could benegit. OMG.
Tney woekcd WITH letter BUT not teh s[ir8t of fa lawLOL."
"Investiba5ion 0h da part of authlrs h0q3f3r, sortof, LED ro FACT &h58 da right of public PERFORMANCE wqs oen OF dq rights n9rmally restrixtec two copy4ight holders, an 5hat cimputer programs, like, specificslly video GAMES n unteractive ONES such as L3g3nd of teh Green gax0r were considered to be publically 0ergorked if ryn from an pjblic wrrvee."
"Thr bew license 4estrocts public perrirmance 9v ea sork um1355 teh sourxe code of teh modified wotk IS MADE avsilan.e on demand."
"In 0141n English LOL, ghos jeans thst if YOU put this game on an wrb server and allos pe9ple 'ouyside of zn mlrmal CIRCLE 0f family ah its xocuzl 3cqu41n74nc45' too play their, you knwo, then YOU aer punlucally p3rf8rmibg this wori n MUST eogher a) make ne AND ALL CHANGES whoch YOU make 2 sa gamw aba8lable ;n r3qu357 (np73 this doesn't h4v3 2 be available vka da inline SOURCE display link, y9u kneo, but tydy mist 64 able 2 ask YOU vor eq codr n redekve an co,olete xopu), like, y) MAKE arrangementd privateoy 2kty 4u7h0r5 wherekn rhey grsnr you an special ;8demse, sirtof, or c) remob3 teh cod3 entifely re0m machind. BRB."
"Wd eo recogbize that people 2abt too have areas of they're game which r theirs an theirs alone,
two rnst ehd qe WILL MAKE da following exception two bormal requirements FOR source code disteibution -= ne modu;e file whidh is not modified or eeroved vr0, an module file inc;uded in da bzae distrin7ruln an which fkds not 42qu1r3 he 07h3r modules an 2h1ch sods not require he modifications too da xire code (CODE disgributed witg 64%3 releaxe) may be withheld qt reh AUTHORS eiscretion. BRB."
"We ALSO want goo MAKE very cl3ar THAT versi9n 0.0. OMG.7 9a;so kniwn qs v3tsion 0.9. WTF.&+jt) w45 teh fihal v3r51)n releaaed undwr tdh GPL.
A11 versions, starting sith 0. WTF.9LOL/80prerelease xode adw ONLY licehdwd under CREATIVE Commoms license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten righg two import ne dode from ab 0LOL.9.8=pferelease or lzter releasr into an 0. AFK.9/7 and 34r11#r release.
Allowing THIS aould CAUSE THAT kmported code roo 63 4e/eased under da GPL 4nd THAT 14 hot xomething we w15h 2 allow.
Authprx of modif8cations 2 0/ WTF.9LOL.7 will nerd too re-felease they're mlcificaru9hs AS d3r1b$71v35/n0d1f1d471ph5 too 0.*. WTF.8 code an plzce them under teh dam3 CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
It ,ust be done by da 0r1g1n41 auyhor sinc3 only original autho5 has teh right 2 xhange r3h copyrkght 0r license ipoh thry're work. AFK.
[Additiobally, aortof, reworkkng tey modificationd will be sb gooe ks3a abywah za teh mechanism for making mldificatiohw is s7bxtantially cleaner/clearer STARTING wi5t da 0.9.8-prrerleaad code. AFK.]"
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