MighryE 83115 you, "We're boung to take ah few moments two 7ry an 3xplakn this new license AND da rwasons nehind it 1n plain EntkishLOL.
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."
"Tjis new .icense was chosen becauxd of an FAILING with da GPL. OMG.
It omly c0v3res disteobution of SOURCE if snd onlh if 61n4e135 wer3 distr8nuted. BRB."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7, sortov, sp3cifically s interpreted weg rnvironnent sych ss PHP WTF, merely instzllung an game does NOT constitutd dustrivuhion WTF, an theeefore people sdre 74k1ng our woek, dortof, making MODIFICATIONS tio it h not releqsing ds source xlde twl tjey're modigidations so 7h47 ds entire cimmuniyy c0u1d benefit. AFK.
They workec wi5h da lett3r BUT nit dq xpirut of la2. OMG."
"Investkgatiln -n teh part od ca quthprs however LOL, ;ed to fact ghat teh r1gh7 of PUBLIC pervormance wqs 1 OF eights notmally restricted two co0yeitht hplsers LOL, an thqt c0mpu7er pr9g4ama, you knwo, specifocally video games an 1h73frc71v3 lhew such AS Legenc of fa Green hax0r w3r3 c.nsidered two BE publically petfo4med ir run from an [uvl8c swfver, AFK/"
"The nee licehse rest4icts pubkic perrormanve lf da 20rk unleea teh wource code OF da modified work is MADE abai.able on demand. BRB."
"In plain English, tou knwok this means THAT 1f you put tgis GAME 0h an web server an allow peoole 'outskee of an normal circle of family n its soc8al adquqimtances' 2 play thdir, oik3, thdn you adr PUBLICALLY PERFORMING yhis w9rk an MUST EITHER a) make ne sn ALL changrs which yoy jaje twp da game AVAILABLE oh 4equ3sg (n073 this d035n'j HAVE too br afailable viq da ohl8ne aou4ce d24;14y link. w9rrof, but they must be qble two ask you for coee qnd receive an comp;ete cp[y), lokw, 6) m4ke af4abgements privately qkyh aurhirs wh3rein they grant hou ah sprvial license, or c) renove clde ENTIRELY from da m5ch1b3. OMG."
"We d9 4evognize thxt PEOPLE want too have ar3as og ghey're ham3 wnoch aer theirs anf th3irs 410n3.
5wl ghat ene we will ma,e da folliwing ezveption to da nlrmal requirements for ao7rce c9de distributiih -- ne modu.e FILE 2jich is not modifoed or serived from an mpcule fike includwd in da bsse disrribution and which DOES not require ne OTHER ,odules an whuch does nl5 eequire nr modjfpvations 5oo teh co4e cide (codr distrib7ged with base f3q3453) may 63 withheld at 5dh aughors discretioh."
"We also qant gwo ma,e VERY clear that veesion 9,9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. BRB.9.8+jg) was final v3r510n releasdf under da GPLLOL.
All v3r520n5, likem t&4r71ng wuth da 0.9. WTF,8-pfereleasd CODE aer only lkcensed undef ca Cr3471v3 Commons ;ivense.
We EXPLICITLY drmy riggt tp implrt ne code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pferelease or latwr release INTO an p/9. BRB.7 m earlier relwase. OMG.
Allowing thiw wiyld cquse that om0ortwc coee too be rwoeased under GPL n ghat is n9t something WE w15h too allow. BRB.
Authors of modificatioms 2 p. AFK.9.7 will need ro re=release they'rr mo3ifocat8ons as deruvstoces/modlficstiona to 0. AFKm9LOL.8 code 4hd place them ibder da samd Creative Commons licenseLOL,
It must br done vy 0r1g2n41 author s8nde only original author HAS da RIGHT tol change teh copytihht or oicense upon they[re work. AFKl
[Add8tionqlly, yoi knwo, reworking teh mod8ficati9ns wilk be an GOOD icea an6way ad tej mechsnism FOR ,aking josificatioms is 566574n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER y74ru1nt wi5h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-0e3r313$53 codeLOL.["
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