MihhtyE tells you, .ike, "W#'re going t9 take sn few MOMENTS 2 try snd EXPLAIN tuis n3w license an 4easins neyihd it IN [lain EbglishLOL.
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 hew license was cgosen because of an fail8ng with da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covefed distrkbutkon pf dource 2f an pnly kf binaries w4r3 distribuged."
"In an qwb environment LOL, specifocal.y a interpreted w37 emvkron,ebt such as PHPm merely installimg an gqmd d9ws not comstitute disttkbution, like, an the4evore p39ple were 84k1ng our eork, xortofk makung modidicztions 2 ig n nog eeleqsong ea source codw two they're jldificationx 50 that teh entire vomm7bity could bwndfot. OMG.
Theu woried w8th teh LETTER 7u7 not teh spirit of dz laq. AFK."
"Investigayion on sa oart of teg 4u&h0r5 however LOL, led too teh fact that teh right pf pu611d performancw was oen of rights normqlly r357r1cu3s 2 COPYRIGHT ho;derd LOL, n tha5 compuger PROGRAMS LOL, specifoczlky video ganes an ijtdractive onrs such as L2gend 9f Greem jax0r w353 considered t9 be publica;ly PERFORMED if tun drom an public srrver. AFK,"
"The new .icense restrivts PUBLIC p3rf0rj4nc3 lf da work unlesw da source coce of geg ,8cified work is madd available on demxnd. WTF."
"In plain English, tnis means that IF you p7t this game ln an 2db srrver snd allow people 'outsid3 OF an no4mal circle od fam8ly an its sod8al aczuaimtsnces' two p!4y their, then YOU e publicall6 perdorming this work zm MUST eitgdr a) make ne n ALL changes which yo7 ,ake 3 g4m2 avaioable 9n requ3st (NOTE this dowsn't hqve 2 be available via t3j onlinw sourc3 displs6 okmk, sortof, but they mus5 ge ABLE 2 asj YOU foe code n RECEIVE an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with da aithorx 2herein thwy grant you am speciql licdnse, you knwo. or c) rdmove teh CODE entor3l6 fr0m da nachihe/ WTF."
"W3 do recognize THAT p30p13 wany rwo h$v3 areas of thdy're game whizn r yheirs an theirs aloneLOL.
2 yhqt end we WILL makd teh f0!10sqng exception yqo da no4nal requorrments FOR source vode diwtr8bytion [- ne nodule file ehich is not m0d1f13d or cerivrd from an module file included in base distribution and WHICH does not require ne oyher modulrx zm wh8ch d0#5 npg reqjore ne modifications 5wo teh co4e code (code xistributwd with tey base rrlease) may be withhelf at teh autu9rs dkscreykon. BRB."
"We ALSO want 2 MAKE ve4h CLEAR that bersiom 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (4150 .nown ae veesion 0LOL.9LOL/8+j7) wzs teh finsl c3rsion rekeased unfer teh GPLl BRB.
All versions, statting with teh 0. OMG.9.8-prerelwase c9dw r onlj l(censed uheer ds Crestive Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny t4h right to 1mp0r7 ne code ffom an p. OMG.9.8-prr4eleaae ot latwr release into zn 0.9. WTF.7 an r4r123r rekdadel BRB.
Allowing this would cause yhar 8mpoeted code two be released under da GPL n that is not somethibg wr WISH two allow. OMG.
Aurh9rx od modovications too 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 woll nd3d two re-telease tjey're modofications aw DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9. AFK.k code n place them under da same CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSELOL.
It musr bd sobe bh teh prigonal author SINCE only 9rigonal a7thor nas teh rignt 6oo change geh copyroght or LICENSE up0n they're work. AFK.
'Assitiinally, like, rewor,ing m0s1f1c4710n5 2ill be an good isea anyway AS da mechahism for m4l1nh modifications IS 5u6574n71411t dleandr/c.earfr starring with da pl OMG.9. AFK.8-preteleasr codeLOL,]"
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