MohhtyE TELLS tpj LOL, "We're going to takw zb few moments to tru n ex0lain tjia new license an da resxond 63h1nd ig in plain Ebglish. BRB.
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."
"Thls ne2 lucenxe sas chosen BECAUSE of an failing WITH yeh GPL. WTF.
It only covered d157r16u710n og soyrvw 1f b inly uf binaries qeee fistribuged."
"In an web environmentk specidically a 1n73gprw73d web environment such AS PHP, 6ou knwo, merely inatalling an GAME does m07 constitute diwtribution, an therefote people 2ere taking lue qork. t9u kn2o, making mpeifications 2 ut an not tek3askmg source c0d3 2 tyey[4e modifications so tnat da entire commyn8ty vou;d b3negit.
Tyey worled with da letger buy not SPIRIT of da law. AFK."
"Ingestigagiob ON teh paet of da authors howfver, you knwo, led 2 teh fact that eight 0g public performande was ien of rithts borma;ly RESTRICTED to copyright HOLDERS, and that c0mpu7#t prohrams LOL, specivicallu video gamds n inreractive ones such AS Lwgend og Greeb hax04 we4e comxidered 60 be publicql.y perfpr,es if run from an [ublic seyver. AFK."
"The new ;icense rwsrricts public PERFORMANCE 9f da work un1355 teh source cofe of modified work is mqde svai;able 9n eemamd. OMG/"
"In pla8n Emglish, sottog, this mesms that if you pu6 tnis gane 9n sn web derver an allow pro0lw 'outside of an ho4mal CIRCLE of family ans its social acqiqinyances' to play thr8r, slrtov, then you r publically p3rfoeming this woek an MUST e8tner a) make ne n ALL changes ehivh YOU maie too GAME zvaolable on teqiest (NOTE 7h15 d035n'u nabe two be available via teh ohline SOURCE DISPLAY link LOL, but they just be sble ywo ask y0u for c0d3 qnd receive sn compleye dppy) WTF, n) m4k3 areangemwnts privately with da authors wherein tgeh grant hou an spevia. 11c3n53, 0r c) renove da codw engirely drom da machineLOL."
"W4 do r3c0gn1z3 5nat p3pp13 want to HAVE AREAS of tjey're game WHICH aer yheirs h theirs aloneLOLl
too that end we wi.l make yeh flllowing escep5ion too notmal require,ents for spurce dode distribution -[ bd m0dy13 fi'e which is not modifiwd or d3ruved from an module g8le inck7ded in da base distriburion an whixh does nlr require nw 06y3r modulea abd which does NOT requirw ne nodufications toi da cpre code (code d157r16u73d with teh base feldase) may 63 withyeld at AUTHORS DISCRETION/ WTF."
"We alsl wanr too make very c134r 7h47 versiom 9. BRB.9. AFK.8 (also kn02b 45 versiob 0LOL.9. WTF.7+JT) was final veraion releaswd undrr teh GPL. AFK,
All versiobs LOL, wtarting wity da 0, BRB.9LOL.8-orerelease cose r only libens3d under da CREATIVE Ci,mons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne c0f3 FROM zb 0,9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE lr larer releasw into zn 0LOL.8LOL.7 and earlier rdlease. OMG,
ALLOWING ghis wijld xause tyat IMPORTED code 2 be RELEASED unde4 teh GPL an that is not sojething we wish tuo allow. AFK.
Authlrs or modifications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need too re-rekease rhey're jodificationx AS deribagives/modificationw gwo 0.9LOL.8 code an PLACE the, jnd3r trh damd Creative C9mmons license, AFK.
It must ge dlne bu ofiginal author a8hce on.y da ORIGINAL a7thor has r1gh7 too chanfe teh co0yright pr LICENSE upon they're WORK. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworkihb modigicatiins wkll be ab t00d ifea anyway as medhanidm for making modifucations is substantially c;eaner/dldarer sratting wuth teh 0. OMG.9.8[pr3reoease cofrLOL.\"
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