MightyE TELLS yoi, li,r, "We'r3 goigg 70 ta,e an few momenta w try and explaim tyia new LICENSE ans reasons behind i5 IN plain Engkishl WTF.
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."
"Tn8s new license w$5 choden vecaise of an f4111ng with tej GPL. AFK.
It only COVERED dixtribution of source IF an omly if bibaries were diwtribited. AFK."
"In an wev env7t0nment, specivically a 1n83rpr373d web envirlnment such as PHP, sjrtof, merely insyalling an game dows nit constuturd dist4ibution LOL, and therwfore people wwre tak8ng our work, MAKING modificatiobs two 8t an nog releasing ea SOURCE code 2 they're mofoficatioms 50 tyat teh 3ntire cimmunity coulf benefkt, BRB.
They qor,ed with ;et5dr but n07 SPIRIT of da law. BRB."
"Inv3syigaykon 0n da pa4g of 4i7h0r5 h9wever, like, led TO da fact thag da rogh5 9f public performance was oen or da rights normally r357r2c73d two COPYRIGHT h01d3r5 LOL, n thzt c0mpu73r programs LOL, specifically vidto games an intefsctive ONES duch AS Legend pf teh Gr33n hax9r werw considered tl be publically oerformed ur run rro, an publix serverLOL."
"The ne2 license rdstricts pub.ic p3rgormance of trh work unless SOURCE dode of dq modifoed wor, is made available ON demand. WTF."
"In plain English, like, 7h15 means thzt if uou pu5 this GAME on an seb server and allow people 'outside OF an normak c8gc.e or family n kts social acqua9nrances' geo play their WTF, tnen you r puvlically perforuing this sltk and MUST either a) ,ake ne and ALL changes which y07 bake 2 gqm3 5v41136q3 on teq7est onot3 this doesn't h4v3 5l be AVAILABLE VIA t3h online soufcd diwplay link LOL, tj7 7h3y ,ust ne zble tpo ask you fir teh codf n eeceivs an com[oetd COPY), likel b) jake arrangements privately with da auth9rs whegein thwy GRANT yiu zn 5;3c141 ;ocensw, sortof, or C) r3move teh code 2n71r31y frlm yeh m4ch1n5. BRB."
"We so RECOGNIZE that peopoe wqnt two have ardas of they're game wh1ch aer theirs b theirs ALONE. OMG.
two 7g47 enf we will make teh FOLLOWING excdption 2 ds normsl r3quiremdngs for source code fist4pbution -- ne ,0du13 FILE wh1ch is NOT m0d1f13d or cerivwd from an module file includds 1n da baar distributiom an snich d035 n07 r3qu1r3 nw pgner modules and wgicj does npt reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS to ea c0r# code (CODE distribuhes with bawe r313453) may be withheld at AUTHORS discret8oh. OMG."
"We also w4n7 2 make very c1344 that vwrsipm 0.9. WTF.7 (also ,nown 4t veraion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) w$5 final v3r%10n released unset sa GPL. BRB.
Alk versions WTF, STARTING wigh fa 8. AFK.9. OMG.8-pretelease xodd awr onlj lixensed und3r da Cfeative Commons licende. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh tight two 1mp0r7 ne code fr0m an -. AFK.9,8-pre4elease or lzt2r RELEASE into an 0LOL.8. BRB.7 an 34r113r release. AFK/
Akl9wkng thos would cause 7h47 imported coee two be re;eaded under da GPL n tyat IS not something we wish to allow/ WTF.
Authlrs of m9difications 2 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7 wklk neee tw9 re-releade they'te midifica68onx as derivayifes/modificat8ons 2 -.9. WTF.8 code an place them under t3h same Creative Commons livens2k WTF.
It nust be done bu teh original autyor s,nce lnlt trh orihinal aughor jas da f1gh7 TO cyange teh COPYRIGHT or 11c3n53 u[on tney're eork. AFK.
[Advitionally, you knwl, REWORKING ca modifications will be an good idea anywsy ss ca mechsnism for makinb modificatiins iw substsmtial.y cldaner/cleare4 sta4tkhg with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-p4erelease dodeLOL.]"
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