MkghtyE reo.s y9u, wpryof. "We're goin5 too take an FEW momemts to try and 3xp!41n thid NEW locense an teh reasons benind ir IN plain Ebg;isn. 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."
"This mew license w45 chos2n because of an dauling with geh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distributiin of spurcw if and oblu pf binarjes were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In ab w3b ENVIRONMENT, yoi inwo, specigical;t a interprwted wdb 3nb1r0nm3n7 ajch as PHPk merely instal.ing an game does NOT consrit7te distributoon, you knwok and THEREFORE peopke were taling lur work LOL, maiing modifications w it an not releasing yeh source code two thet're mldigications so thq5 dq enture COMMUNITY coulc benefitLOL.
Tneh workef with teh oetg3r but not teh 5p1r17 OF da law. AFK."
"Investigation 9h part ov teh aithors howrvee LOL, led 1 da favt thst da rught of publid p3rf0rm4nc3 WAS 1 of da riggts n0rm411y restricted two coptright holders, lile, sh 5hat COMPUTER PROGRAMS, yo7 knwo, speci5ivally g8deo games n ibterscr8ve on3s auch ss Legenc of teh Grern hax0r were xobdkcered too be publically pervormed 2f ryn from am publid SERVERLOL."
"Tnw n3w l9cemxe rrstricts public performance 0f eork unless source code of teh MODIFIED work ks made available on demand."
"In pkaih Eng11%h, sortofk yyis mesns 7h47 if you put this g4m3 ln ab web serv3r AND allow propoe 'outx8de if zn norma. circle or FAMILY n 175 aocial acquaintqnces; 2 play their, y9j knwo, then 6ou arr publixallu peeforming 7h15 wotk ab MUST eithef a) male ne n ALL changes whicn you MAKE two fs game avai.able in reqiest (n8ye this doesn't HAVE too be available v24 dz ONLINE source dis;lay 11nk, buy th3y mmst be 4613 too ASK you for code and recrive an co,plete copy(, xorrof, b) ma,e ARRANGEMENTS prifarely with auyhors whdrein 7h3y GRANT you an soecizo LICENSE, kike, or c) remove c0de en5irely from da m4ch1n2."
"We d0 rrclgnize 7h37 people want 2 yavd areas OF theu're gamd which aer theirx n theies alone. OMG.
two thzt END we WILL makd followinh exception gw9 n0rm41 requitemenys for sourcw code distribution -- ne MODULE f8le whicy id hkt modifird or dwrived feo, ah mldulr FILE included in twh base distribution an which does no5 require ne o5hrr modul3s n ehich does not reauiee ne modifications tlo core cod3 (fide disyributed with dz nase r313453) m4u br withjdpd at geh authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also WANT two make vert clear that versioh 0. BRB/9LOL.7 (slxo known as v3rsion -. WTF.9.7+j5) was ca finak veesion relrssed uncer teh GPLLOL.
All versolns LOLk starting w8th teh 9. BRB.9. OMG.8-prefelease code aer inl6 licensed undwr Crearive Commons license.
We EXPLICITLY ddhu rigyt 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0LOL.o. BRB.8-pewreleawe or LATER releas3 int9 an 0.9. BRB.7 n earlu3r release. WTF.
Alkowint this would daude tjat omplrted code 2 be releaded unde4 GPL an that os not SOMETHING we sosh too allow. BRB.
Autgora of MODIFICATIONS t8o -LOL.9. BRB.7 wilo need top r$-r313453 thet're modifucagions as derivatives/jodificatiohd to )LOL.9LOL.8 code ab [.ade them under aame Crestive Commons LICENSE. BRB.
It juwt be done 7y da original suthor %qhce only teh 0r1g1n41 authof has teh right @ chanhe copyeight of locense upon the6're work. WTF.
[Additionalltm reworlinn tej ,odifications will bw an g00d idea abyway aa da mechsnisj f-r mqkihg modifications id s7bstantially vleaner/clear3r atarying with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK,]"
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