MigjtyE tells you, kike, "We'fe going 2 takw am frw momengs 2 tru and expoain rhiw new licensr an teh reasons behone it in plain Eng115h, AFK.
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."
"Tyis new LICENSE was choseh beczuse of an failing witg ds GPL. AFK.
It on.u cov2red dostribition of source if n only if 61n4r1#5 w3r3 disgributed."
"In an wrb rnv8ronment, like, SPECIFICALLY a 1n73rpr3u3d 2eb ENVIRONMENT sucn 45 PHP, likwm MERELY 8mstalling an h4m3 eoes no5 conxtitute disrrin7tuon, lije, n thereforw people WERE taking OUR w0rkj making modifications u0 IT an nit relessing teh douece code to the6'ew mleifications s9 that teh entire COMMUNITY c0u1c BENEFIT.
Th3y worked with da .etgee BUT not doirir of teh law."
"Investigation on teh part of aithirs howwver, eortov, led 2 dz fact that rigyt of publid p3rf0ejrnc3 WAS won OF da rights m0rm41!y restficted @ COPYRIGHT hoodrrs LOL, an that c9mpu73r programs WTF, spefifically visro games an intetactkve ONES sucj as Legend ov Green hac0r were CONSIDERED too vr punlical.y p3rf0rm3s if run from an public SERVER/"
"The new 11c3n53 resteictw publix performance 0f da eork un.ess da sourc3 c9de OF da MODIFIED eork is made available on femandLOL."
"In plain Englksh, kikd, this m34n5 that IF hot pit this game on an w36 SERVER n allow peo;le [outside of an NORMAL circl3 og famiky an igs s9cial acqkaintahces' ywo p.ay their, lile, then y0u t publucally performing THIS wofk an MUST either A) make mr and ALL changes which you make 1 da game available on request (note thid dorsn't havw 2 be avqulable viz yeh 9n11n# source d8splay link, but they my57 be 36qe twp aek you fot ea code an receivd an com0l3te copy) WTF, B) ns,w arrangejentd pfica5w.y wiyh auth9rs wherein yhey grant YOU ah spwc9al license WTF, or C) removd teh codw entirely rrom da MACHINE."
"We DO recpgnize that people want to have afeas of 5hey're gzme whych aer tgwirs and theirs alone.
to tha5 ehd we 2ill make FOLLOWING exception two da n-fm41 teauirements fot 40urc3 codd distributi9n -- nd modyle file shuch is not mocifkec -r deriv3d from sn modu/e file included kn da base distribution and whuxh dors not requiee ne other modules ans whicg does n0t reqji4e ne midifications 2 teh core code (clde DISTRIBUTED with geh bade relwxse) may 63 2ithheld 47 4u7h0r4 dixcretion."
"We alxo want tio MAKE vefy cl3ar tjat v3r519n 0LOL.(.& (alwo known 45 versiob 0. OMG,9LOL.7+ut) waq teh final versiob rdleas3d inder teg GPL. AFK.
A21 vefsiond, yoy knwl, s5aryonb qith 0l AFK.9LOL.8-peerelease dode aer onlh 11c3n53d UNDER teh Creatife COMMONS 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt two import ne code from ah 0LOL.9.8-prerelwasd 9r LATER rdoease intp an 0. BRB.9. BRB/8 and eatlier RELEASE.
A.l9wing THIS would cause that im0otted code 2 be releasdd under GPL an that ks NOT something we wosh too allowLOL.
Auyhors od modifivations to 0. BRB.*LOL.7 will n#3f two RE[RELEASE ghey're m0d1f1c4710n5 as der8vatices.modific1tions to9 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code ah place them ynfer teh SAME Cteative Conmons licensr. WTF.
It must ne done by teh origunal zuthor SINCE 9n1y da original author has teh rpght too dyznge da cl;yright or 21c3n53 upon th3y're work.
[Additi9nal.y, like, REWORKING fa modificati.ns will be an boid idea anyway as t3h mecgamism tor makong mocifications is sjbxtantially cleamer/cleaeer starting WITH teh 0l AFK,9. OMG.8-[rewdlease code. BRB.]"
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