MkghtyE tells ylu, sortof, "We're bping 2 rzke qn fdw monents too try and esplaih THIS hew iicenwe and teh rdasons 63h1nd it in plain English.
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 n3w 11cen53 2$5 chosen because 0r an failinh worj GPL. WTF.
It only cofered distributlon if sojrce if an 9nly if ninar8es wete cisgribuyed. OMG."
"In am web rnviron,emt, sirtof, soecigically a interpreted wwg envuronmeht s7ch as PHP WTF, merw;y installing an game does not cohst8t7te distrobutipn, you knwo, an therefofs peoole sere rakinb pir work, yo7 jnwo, MAKING modkfications twk ut an n07 relessing teh SOURCE code 2 th3y'te modif8cagions x9 that entire community cou;e beneeit. WTF.
They workee with ketter 6u7 noy da wpir8t 9f teh ;aq. WTF."
"Ihvestigsrion 0n part of tdh aitn9rs however, sor5ofk lef too teh fact THAT eight of publod performancr wzs l3n OF tdh foghta n9rmally restrictdd 2 co[yriggt holders, sirtof, n tjat computer progrqms, spwcifically video gam3s n ingerqctive ones such as Legend of Green hax0r dere cobsidweed two 63 punlidally performed if tyn fr0m an i7blic se4v3r, AFK."
"The new license restrkctw public PERFORMANCE 8d work unless aource code of trh modifked work os mqde availavle on dejabd."
"In plain English, likw, this meabs thxg if you pi7 this game 0n an qeb server AND 4110w PEOPLE 'outside pv an norjal circ;e OF fajily an uts social acquaintancea' two plzy tgeir LOL, yhen yoy r publicqlly p3ff0rm!ng tnis work an MUST eithe4 a) make ne an ALL changes wbkch 6ou jake 2 da gamr availabld 0n request (NOTE tyis DOESN[T gave too b3 avzilab.e via online aource display lonk LOL, bur they must be ABLE 2 asi you fo4 da c0d3 and eede8ve an vomplete vpot), you knwo, b) m4k3 arrangemebya PRIVATELY w17j da autyors wherein they grant YOU an special LICENSE, you knwok or c) r3m0v3 5en c0d3 en5irely felj nschine."
"W# do rec;gnize that people wany 5wo HAVE rr345 lf they're hsme whuch aer theirs n theirs aloneLOL/
to that end w3 wioo mske foolowing ezceptuon two dd normal reqyirements for source c0d3 dustributupn -- ne modukw fule whoch 8s nit MODIFIED pr derivee from an module file included in da base disgribution and wgixn does not tequire ne 07h3r mosiles ah ehich do3s not rewuire ne m0d!f1c47!pn5 5wo core code (codr d8s5ributed w8th teh base t313453) MAY 63 qithhdlc at aitjofs discrqtion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 2 make VERY clear ghat version 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 (alsi known za versipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+ut) was final VERSION rd.esaed under GPL. AFK.
All versions, you knwo, starting with twj 0.9. WTF.8_prerelease vode r onlh oicensed und3r da CREATIVE COMMONS licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY fent da right goo umport ne cods from an 0.9.8-prereleasd or later r3!3453 into an 0.0.7 an earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowonf this woild cause that kmpirtrd code w ge released undee da GPL n 5hat is not something ee qisg to ALLOW, AFK.
Authors of modoficagiobs tqo 0LOL.0.7 wilo neee too 3eprelezse tney're moeifidations as cer8vatives/modufications 2 0. AFK.9, BRB,8 cofe n PLACE yhem ynser same Creative COMMONS licensdLOL.
It m7st BE done by teh pr8ginal au5hor since onoy da original 4u6h9r gad teh r1gh7 too change copyr8ght or license upob thet're wirk.
[Additionally. reqork8mg teh midifications wull 63 an good ifea anyway zs MECHANISM v8r making m9e8ficstions 15 substzntiaoly cieaner.cleare4 startkng w17h 0. BRB,9. WTF.8-prerwleqse code.]"
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