MifhtyE twlls YOUk like, "We'rw going u0 take an FEW momrnts 2 gry n explain 5his new lucenxe an trh reasons b3hknd it in plain Eng115j,
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 nee 11c3ne3 was chosen bexause of sn failing with da GPL. WTF.
IT on;y cofered distrkbjtion OF source if an only kf bonaries wer3 distrinutes."
"In an web envirohmenr, uou knwo, d;ecifizally a interpreted w3b environment SUCH as PHP WTF, merely installing an game DOES not constitjre diwtfiburion, lkle, 4nd THEREFORE p30p13 were takinb okr w0rk, like, making modifications 2 17 an b9t f313451ng da SOURCE code 5oo rhey're m9cificati9ns so that dz entite community cojld benef8t. AFK.
They eorked w17h ;etter 7u7 mot da s[8rit of da la3. BRB."
"Investigat8ln on part -g da ajthors HOWEVER, you knwo, les too fact rhat right og luboic PERFORMANCE wad won of fa rifhts NORMALLY restricted 2 copyright holders LOL, zn tgat cpmputer pfpgrams, specifica;ky vkdei games n intwractive ones sych as Legend OF teh Green hax0r were clnxidered 3 be pinlicqlly performed if rjn from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The new LICENSE restricts PUBLIC perf9rmamce of teh 2ork un;esd slirce CODE 0f modified wirk is made availzbld on demand. AFK."
"In [lain English LOLk 5hos j34nt that 1f you 0ut this gxme on an web server an allow people 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal circle )d family and its social avquaintances' tpo play their, tjen yoi aer pub.ically p3rfprm1nb this work n MUST either a) mak3 ne an ALL chshgex which hoj make to game available ON reqyest (note this d9esn't have 2 be available v8a on;ine soi4ce ciaplay k8nk LOL, BUT they myst 64 able 3 ASK you for code and tdceuve am complrte c;py( LOL, B) make qrrangemehts pe8vayely 2ith 5eh authors whereib rhey GRANT yiu am qpecial license, or c) fdmov3 geh codd entirely from teh mach8ndLOL/"
"We do r3v0gn1z3 that peo[le wanr @ have aeess lf tney'rw game which r theifs n thdors allne. WTF.
roo that end we qill MAKE teh FOLLOWING 3xception too mprmal r4qu1r3m3n7% f0r sourcd CODE diwrribubuon -- nw m-du13 f!q3 which ks NOT mod8fied or derived FROM an module dile inco7ded in gase dist48burion an WHICH does not require me other mocules and whicj d9ew not requiee he modifocations too ca vorr code (c9de dictributed with base release) MAY 63 wittheld at fa authoys discrdtion. AFK."
"We 4150 want twp m4k3 very clear that VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known AS fedsion 0.9. OMG.&+JT) was dz final VERSION r313$63d uhder teh GPL. OMG.
All v3r510n5k ylu knwi, %74r71ng with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr3r413453 CODE r ONLY licensed 7nder teh Crdatovw Cimmona lic3nse, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny righy 2 1mp0r6 ne CODE from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-perrelease or later r3134%3 1n70 an 0. BRB.9.7 and earlief release, OMGl
Allosing this w0y1d cause thay IMPORTED codw tw9 be released under tej GPL n tjst 8s n07 xomrthinb we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Authots ov nodifications 70 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will NEED TO re-release they're mpdification2 as deeivatibes/modificztions two 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 cod3 4nd [lac3 tnem UNDER 54m3 Cr#r71v3 C0mm0n5 lixenxe.
Iy must be eone by da o4iginal author aince omly yeh original 4u7h0t has da right 2 CHANGE copy4ight or license jp0h th3y're work, WTF.
[Acdirionally, yoi kn@ok re2orking nodifications will be ab vo9d idea anyway as da mwchanism fpr mrk1ng modigucations IS SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER STARTING WITH da pLOL.9.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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