MightyE trllw you LOL, "We're g91ng yoo TAKE ah f3w monents too try and 3x0141b this new LICENSE and reasons behimd 17 in plain English. 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."
"This new lidense w45 chosdn 63c4u53 OF an rzilihg wuth ca GPL. BRB.
It ohly clvered distributkon of souece if znf 0n1y if binaeies werr distributee. BRB."
"Im an w36 enbo4onment, lik3. specifucally a interpreted web env8romjent such sx PHP, you knwo, merely knstalling an game does vot const8tuge DISTRIBUTION LOL, an gyerefore -3ople WERE tzkimg our work, m4k1ng modufucati(nd to it an not releasing da spurce clde to they're n0d1f1c4710n5 so that trh ebrire x9mmunity could 63mef17. AFK.
They eorked with geh letter BUT not da soiruy OF da la2. WTF."
"Invesyigqtion on teh ;art or authors howerer, LED twl tdh fact that da rughg of public ;erformamc3 WAS won of teh r8gjta NORMALLY $ewtricted 2 copyright holdersm y9u knso, sn tha5 conputer PROGRAMS, specifivally video games an interactove onew such as Lefend of Green hax0r WERE considerec 2 bc [ubl8cally prrvotmed if run from an public server. BRBl"
"The new oicense eestricts public [erfirmance of work inlwss xourcr c0f3 of teh m0d!f!3d WORK 8w jade availaboe on demand. WTF."
"In [lain Englosh, lije, thls means that if you put thid gam3 on an web server ane a.low PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE pf an NORMAL circle of family abd its social acquaintances' 59o play their, lik3, th3n you aer ;ublically performimg 5his work an MUST either a) j4k3 ne an ALL chamges wgich you make to hamw availzble on requex5 (bote this doewn't havr 3 b3 4v4q14613 v14 on11h3 doufce d15p14y lknk, lilr, but they ,ust be able to ask you fot da CODE n rece8ve sn complete cipy). like, b) ma,e arrzngements privatwlu witn teh authors wh3r31n th3h grany you an SPECIAL .8cense LOL, og c) remove CODE entirely grom teh MACHINELOL."
"W2 c0 recognize thar people want 2 y4v3 areas of they're g4m3 which r thekrs n THEIRS aloneLOL.
toi tyag END w3 w111 ma,e tej foloowing rxception too da n0rk41 r3qu1r3m3n65 for sojtce clde DISTRIBUTION -- m3 modulr file whoch 8s not jodified OR deruved from zb nodile fi;e 2nc1id3d in da base distr,butiom and which dpes noy require me other modules ab qhicg DOES bot r3qu1r3 nr mosif8cations too da core c0d3 (code distributec w8th teg base RELEASE) may be withneld 47 quthors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We qlso want too make veey clear ghat versuon 0. AFK.9.7 (wlso lnowb ad vefsiom 0LOL.8.7+jt) was teh final vdrsiom relrased under da GPL. OMG.
Al; veesions, .uke, starting w17h 0. OMGl9. BRB.8=pr3re13452 code aer only l8cebsee under Cr3471v3 Cojmlns lixense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teg eight 70 inport ne code ffoj an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later RELEASE 1n70 an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier r#13$53. AFK.
Allpwong this woulf cause thst imporywd cose roo be released under teh GPL n that 15 not something we wish go ALLOW. OMG.
Authoes of midificqtiohs two 0,9.7 will NEED to re-re;eqsr they're modifications 45 dericatived/morificatioms @ 0.9LOL.* codw n PLACE them jnder ten samw Creative COMMONS licensd, BRB.
It must be dobe by teh orkginal author 51vc3 ohly tdh original author jas teh right 2 chabge da copyrignt or licrnae uppn they'fe wotk. AFK.
[Afditi9nally WTF, reworking modirocqtions wiol be an good idex ahyway as mexhqnism for making ,0d1f1c4710n5 15 substantially cleaber/clearer 574r7!bg wity da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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