MoghyyE te.lx yoh, "We'fe hling ywo take ah gew momentw 2 7ry an explain yhis new lidense an r3450n5 behind it 7n p.a8n EnglisgLOL.
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 jew license was xjoseb because of an fzi;ing sith da GPLl BRB.
IT 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION ov source if an on.y IF binaeiws were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an w36 wnbironment WTF, dpecifically a INTERPRETED WEB wnvironmeng such 4% PHP, hou knso, merely 8nstalli,g an game DOES no5 cpnstitute d157r16u710nm sortov, n thwrefore p30p13 were taking ouf wprk, sort9f, makinf MODIFICATIONS 2 it n not rdleas*ng soutde code two tgey'r3 modifixations do ghat teh wntu4e communi5y could benffit.
Tney worked witn da letrer but NOT SPIRIT 9f teh lsw. OMG."
"Investogqt7pn on twh part 9f da authors however, led 2 da FACT that teh right 0f public PERFORMANCE was 1 0f da rights n0rm311y fwst4ucted two copyfight HOLDERS LOL, abs thqt com[uter PROGRAMS, u9u knwo, spec8fucally bifeo gam3s ab interactive pnes sucy as LEGEND of teh Gr33n hax0r qere CONSIDERED two be publically perform3d IF run from an publid servef. BRB."
"The new licensw restricts /ublic performance of 5eh work unleas reh 50&rc3 code of da modifidd work is m4c3 acailable 9n demanc. BRB."
"Ib [141n Eng11th, THIS means thqt IF you PUT tgis bame on an web aerver an alliw people 'ojtsic3 of an normzk circl3 of family and its social acquaintancex' to p14y the8r, aortof, tmen yoy arr publkcally perfi4ming thia elrk qnd MUST eirher s) make ne qn ALL changda whicn you ,ake 2 teh game availamle ln rewu3st (note this eirsn't have tw9 be qfai;able via teh online slurce cisp;qy lini WTFk but yh3y MUST be able 7p ask yuu for da code n receive an c0mp1373 copy), you jbwo. b) make arrangements 0r8vately w17h authors whe4eib ghey grant 6ou an s'ecial iicense, likem or c) rqmove ten dode rntirely from machine. BRB."
"W3 DO r3cogniae that [eopoe 2ant two have areas of they're hame which r 7h41r5 an 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
two that end ww soll jake g3h followung exceptiln two da norma; rwquirements for 50urd3 c0d3 dkxtributoon -- ne m0d813 file whoch is not modified or d3r1v3f from zn ,odule file 1nc1ud3d in base dkatribi5ipn and which dles not requir3 ne other kodules n which does not 4equire ne m9dificati9ns two teh zore c0d3 (cose distributed with bawe rrleqse) MAY be wirhh3ld at da sithors d15dt3610nLOL."
"We also wqnt tio make very clear THAT fersipn 0. AFK.9.7 (4150 knlwn AS versi9n 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was da final v3r510n releaded UNDER GPL. OMG.
All versiona, slrtof, STARTING with ds 0. BRB.9.8_prereleasr code aet ohly licdnsed under teh Crea5ive COMMONS license. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY ddny r1gh7 2 8mport ne cide from an 0. AFK.o. BRB.8-prereleasw or latrr r3lease INTO an 0/ OMG.9l AFK.7 an earoier RELEASE. AFK.
Al.owing 7h14 would cause that importef code too be rekeaaed under da GPL an that is n07 somrthibg wr 3ixh 5oo ALLOW. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of modif9sations too 0/ OMG.9LOL.7 w8ll n3ed two re-releaze the6'r3 modiricationd as derivativrs.noe8ficatiohs two 0LOL.9l WTF.8 xode and place them under teh same Creative Commond licenseLOL.
It musy be done BY teh original quthor sincd only 0r1g1n41 authir HAS teh right 2 chanbe copyright oe licenxe upon yhey'r3 work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking 5eh joeifications will be an h9pd id3a ANYWAY as da mwchanoxm for malong MODIFICATIONS is s7bwtantialku cleaner/clearer starting with 9LOL.9.8-pterelease cose.]"
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