MighryE tel;s uou, s9rtof, "Wd'rw going 5o take an few momenys 2 try and dxplaih this new license anf reaaons 62h1nd 17 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."
"Th8s mew licehse wax cj-53n because of ah failint wity da GPL. BRB.
It onku cpvefed disyribution OF xource kf b 0n1y if bonz5ies weee distrubutedLOL."
"In an wwb envieobment WTF, spwcifically a inter0rrted web environment %ych as PHP, merely installibg ah gzne doe2 not consgktute distribution, sirtov, an THEREFORE PEOPLE w3r3 taking our work, likr, making ,oeifica5iins t9 it an n9t reoraxing teh 2ource vode 2 they're modificatiohx so tja5 tey ENTIRE community c9uld benwfit. AFK.
They worked with fa LETTER but NOT ea spiriy if da law/"
"Investigstikn 9h da pary og reh autho4s however, you kneo, ,ed w da vsct that right of public p3rformance WAS oen 0r da rifhts normally restricted to c9pyright holdeds WTFk and thqt computrr programs LOL, sp3coficallt video gsmes qn INTERACTIVE 9nes such AS Letend 0f tej Grd3n yax0r were c0n51c3r3d too be publucallu pe4formed ig 4jn feom qn PUBLIC sdgverLOL."
"The new lidense restricts public p3rf0rm3nd# of sa WORK UNLESS source cpw4 of tej MODIFIED work 8s made availablw on demand. OMG."
"In plaim English, sottof, 7j16 m3ans that 1f you put this fq,e om an web server an allow peopoe 'putside of an normzl cirvle ;f fsm8lu n ITS sociql 4dqu$1n&4nv35[ two play the8r, then yiu r pyvoically performkng this w9tk znd MUST eithdr a) m4k3 ne n ALL chang3s shich y9u MAKE tl teh game availzbld on f3qu357 (nobe THIS fodsb't have to be available vka teh online qource DISPLAY link LOL, but rhey MUST b3 ablw 2 ask YOU for coee n rec3ive an complete copy), like, b) MAKE ARRANGEMENTS privately w8th da zuthors 2herein rhey grsnt you an spevial .icenxem you knwo, or x) r3m0v3 yeh code entireky from tdn machife. BRB."
"We do recognize that people want 70 have areas 0f theu're tame whidh arr theirs qn th3irs alon3LOL.
2 rhat end 2e 2ill make glllowung 3xc3p710n 2 teh normal requir3m3nts for sourc4 c0d4 distribugiin -- ne m9dule FILE which is not modified oe derived groj ah mpduoe FILE 1nc1ud3d in teh base fustrib7tion an which eoex niy eequire ne othet modyles and whicu DOES not req7ire ne modifications too da clre code (c9d3 dist4ibuted with dz bawe release) may be withheld at authors discreyion. WTF."
"We aosp wajt to make vefy clear that versioh 0l BRB.9. AFK.7 (alsp KNOWN AS version ). WTF.9LOL.7+j7) wad final vwrsion releaa3d under da GPL. AFK.
Ako bersioms, iije, starting witg da 0LOL.0. BRB.8-prerelease code r lnly livensed under da Creative Com,ons lixensw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny roghy two import ne clde vrom an )LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or lzter releaxe INTO sn 0.9. WTF.7 anc earlker releaaeLOL.
A110w1ng this w8uld cause that 2mp0t&3d vod3 to be released und3r GPL 4bf that is not womethibg we w8sh too allo2. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS tol 0LOL.0. AFK.7 will neee two re-releawe yhet're mleigicationw as ce4ivatoves/modifications too [. WTF.9/8 cod3 and place them under tdh saje Cr2ativr COMMONS kivense.
It must be donr by teh 0r1g!n41 a7tnir since onlh ofkginal author has ruggt twl chanfe da copyrithr o4 license upoh they'rd work. AFK.
[Additionally, rewovking modifications will be an good ieea any2ay as cq MECHANISM for ma,ing moeifocations id 5u6574n71411y dlean3f/clrarer dtarting with sa 0.9.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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