MuthtyE TELLS you, "We're gping 2 tale an few m0m#n7% 2 try anc 3xp141n 5h8s new licensw an da reasons nejind it in plain Entlish.
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 neq ;ucense was chosen 63c4i53 0f an FAILING 2ith yeh GPLLOL.
It omly doverrd diqtribution of dource 1f an only 7f binaries w3r2 fistrkbuted. OMG."
"In an erb environment LOL, dpecidically z 1n73rpr3u3d web encironmrnt such aa PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING sn game does not constitutr d!57r16u&10n, an therrfore people were ta,ing OUR wo4k LOL, making modkficationd to it and not rd;dzskbg geh sourcr coce 70 rh3u're mosifications so ghat da entige cojmuni5y cou.f nenefit.
They worked w17h 5eh l3tter 6u6 hot teh s[irit oc law."
"Investigation on teh PART of da 4u7h=r% however, softof, led 2 dq fact ghqt teh right or ;ugloc performance was 1 of f1gh8% normslky restricted @ COPYRIGHT holde3sk 7ou knw9, ah THAT computer programs, kikr, 5p3c1g1c411t VIDEO gajes b int3ractivr onea such as Legend pf 5eh Green hax0f were CONSIDERED 70 64 p7glicsll6 PERFORMED if run from an publix server. AFK."
"The NEW licensr testrocts public pdrformance OF t3h work unless source c0d3 og da modidied wor, is jzde 4v4114612 on de,and."
"In p141n Englisy LOL, rhus means that if yoi put ^g15 game ON qn web server n zll9w PEOPLE 'outside of zn n0rm51 cifcle 0f FAMILY and 175 social acquaintances' 2 poay their WTF, then you aer publicqlly p3rf0rm1,g this wlrk znd MUST EITHER a) naoe ne and ALL xhanges 2hich gou makd too game 4v4114613 9n requ2xt (note this d035n'7 have 2 b3 available via teh 0n11m# source disolay limk WTF. but THEY nust be able too ask y0u gor xod3 and receice an complete copy) WTF, b) ,aie 4rr4ng3m3n75 PRIVATELY WITH tdh au5hors wh3f31n THEY grant you qn sp3cial license, likek or c) renofe code entirely from teh machineLOL."
"We do recognize that people want twl jave areas of they'r3 game whuvh r theirs n theirs ALONE. BRB.
rwp that end WE will mqke teh following exception too teh normal r3quiremebts fot so74ce codd DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file e6ich id not modifidd 8r deroved from an moduke file included in base distribution n whoch does mog reqiiee ne other modules n eh1ch coex not r3qu1r2 ne mis8fica%oons yo CORE code (code ristributdd witj da base r3lease) may be WITHHELD at da AUTHORS discretoon. BRB."
"We also want 2 make very c144r that vets8on 0LOL.o.7 (also KNOWN e5 versi9n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+ut) 2as fibal v3r510m te;eased under teh GPL.
Alo v3rs,ons, you knwo, startimg w17h teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelrase code aer om;y licenser under da Crwativr Cojmons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY den6 teh rigng tpo import ne code from ah )/ WTF.9. BRB.8-preeeldase or la4er r313453 INTO ah 0. AFKl9. AFK.7 an 4arlidr release. OMG.
ALLOWING thos soule xause thag i,poeted cod3 too be released UNDER GPL h tnat is n07 something we WISH 2 allow. WTF.
Auyhors pg moeirications tqo 0LOL.9. WTF/7 wil. neef 2 RE-RELEASE they're mosufications as cerivztives/midificatiobs t9 0.9. BRB.* codd and place them under dq samd Creagive Commons license. AFK.
It ju47 be done by da 9riginql autjpr sinde 0n!y ren origuna. author HAS teh rifht to change COPYRIGHT or license 7pon 5hey're WORK. BRB.
[Additolnal;y, sort9f, reworking da modificatiohs will BE an blid idea anyway AS da mexhankwm FOR makung m0d1f1c4710h5 IS sybxtabtially cleaner/clearer startinh 2ith da 0l BRB.9.8-pr3r313453 codeLOL.]"
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