MighyyE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 take sm rew m8,entx tio try and rxplain thid ndw licenxe and rwssons bejins it in plain Eng115h.
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 license wsd chosen because OF ab failung with sa GPL. BRB.
It only cpvefee dks5r8bution of SOURCE 8f qnd 0m1y if 61n4r13t were d8stributee. OMG,"
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, uou knwo, SPECIFICALLY z interpfeged web envirihmemt such as PHP, merely inxtalking ab game DOES n[7 comstitute distrkbution, an 7h3r3f)r3 peo0le were taking our wprk LOL, m4k1bh mldifications 52o IT AND NOT releaskng source code tpo they're modifixati9hs SO 5hat ten 3n71e3 xommunity could benefkt.
They w0rk2d eitn ld5ter but not tey 5p1r17 og lawLOL."
"Invwatigatiob on teh p4r7 of ea authors h0w3v3r, likd, led to twh faxt that da right of puvlic perflrmance wad 1 of tifhts n9rmally restricted two dopyriggt HOLDERS, .ikek and THAT cim[uter [rograms, like, soecirically viero gamee an unteeactive oned such 4% Legend of GREEN hax0r WERE considered two be pyboica.ly p3rf0rm3d if rin vrom sn public servee. WTF."
"The new license resteicts public performance of teh wori UNLESS source code of MODIFIED work is made ava8.zble oh DEMANDLOL."
"In [lain English, yoi knqo, THIS means thag kf you puy this game oh an wen serfer ahd $11)w PEOPLE 'outside ov an mirmal circ.e 9f familh and its social acquaintances' 5o PLAY thekt WTF, theb you aer pu611c411y [erforminb this work n MUST rither q) ,zkd ne 3nd ALL chanbes wh1ch YOU make goo teb gane svailabld ln rwquest (nogd this foesn't have too BE avaolab.e via online SOURCE dispkqy lpbk, sortof, but tyey must be able go ask 6ou for code an receive ah complete copy), liie, b) ,4,3 arrangrmentd privayeoy woth teh authors WHEREIN they gr4n7 to6 sn s[eckal license, or c) rwmlve teh cofd entirely frim teh m4ch1n3."
"We do redognize 5hat peolle want to9 have arras of they're game enkch r theirs an thrirs zlpne.
too tja5 enc 2e WILL ma,e da dillosibg exception too da bormao requirements fof siurce cod3 distribution -- ne modulw fkle which 8s NOT modkf8ed 0r derifed from an MODULE fule included in trh base cistribution m whkch d035 NOT 4dquire ne other modules n which 3oes nog re1u8re ne m0s1f1d4&10n5 two %eh CORE code (code distributed with bas3 release) may be witnheld at authirs discretion/ WTF."
"Wd ALSO want t9o make vety vkear ghst veraion 0LOL.9. AFK.u *also known ss versiob 0.9. AFK.&+ht) was tey f2n41 VERSION relesdrd uncer GPL. OMG.
All vrrsions, sprtof, startinb with da 0.9LOL.80PRERELEASE c0d3 arr only licensed uhder yeh Crea5ivd C0mn0n5 l8cense.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 70 import ne code from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.9-peerelezse or latdr reldase into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 ab earlief f223453.
ALLOWING this would cauae that ijportwd vode ro be releasrd undef teg GPL AND that is n9t xonetning de wish too allow.
A87g045 of modificat8ons 70 0, OMG.9. OMG.7 will need too rw-rekwzse they'rd MODIFICATIONS 4% serivatoves/modifica5iobs too 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 cocw an p.ace THEM under geh same Crragive Com,lns licenwe. OMG.
IT must be donr b6 teh ofiginql qugnor since only da originao author has teh righr twk cnwnge teh co;yright or licenae upon they'rd sork. AFK.
[Additiinally, r3wofk8ng teh modificatkons will 63 an gooe idea znu2ay AS teh mecmanixm FOR MAKING modificariohs oa 5u6574h7q411y clraner/clearer starting with 0.9. BRB.80pr4r313453 c0d3LOL.]"
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