MkfhtyE tr;ls youm like, "We're gopnf 2 take zn dew moments roo rfy an EXPLAIN this n3w license an reaslns begimd 17 in 0lain English. OMG.
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 cy053n ^3c4u53 of zm failing xith GPL.
It only covered distributuob of source if qn on.t of binaries w3f3 disr4ibuted. BRB."
"In an web env1r0nm3n7, you knwo. specifically z INTERPRETED wwb envufonment zucy as PHP, yo7 knwo, ,erelu installinf an GAME does not donstitute d157r16u710n LOL, n therefore ]eop;e wwre eakong OUR wor.m hou inwo, mqking modkfications yo it an mot RELEASING da source CODE ro thdy're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that 3n71r3 c0mm7n17y vpuld 63n3f!7. AFK.
THEY soriec with da letter 6u7 noy teg spirit of da las. AFK."
"Invrstigation on ds part OF dz AUTHORS however, led twi FACT that ritht of public pdegormance w45 oen of da righ5s n9rmally RESTRICTED two vopyright holdrrs, sortof, an that cimputer programs LOL, speciricakly video gamws AND INTERACTIVE onrw such as Legrmd of yeh Green hax0r WERE condidered tpo y3 puvlically [ervlrjed if run froj an p7blic server/ OMG."
"The new licenae vesyticts PUBLIC performqnve of da work un1355 wource code OF trh modufied wori is made available ob DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Englisj WTFi thos MEANS 7h47 if YOU pug this hame on an web sdrfer n aloow people 'ouraidd of an n0r,4! circle of faniou n ITS docial ACQUAINTANCES' to play thdit. wortlf. then you aer 0ublixaloy perfotming this work an MUST with3t a) make be n ALL chahges whuch you make two game qbsilable on requedt (NOTE 7h15 doesn'r have 2 be 4v4124%13 via teh online s9jrce displsy lknk, yiu knwo, bug theu MUST be qble 2 ask you fof c0d3 an r3c31v3 zn co,pletw COPY), you kneo, b) make arra,gehents pribately with AUTHORS wherein they GRANT u0u an specia; licende, oi,e, OR C) remlvd da CODE entireoy from geh macnineLOL."
"We go redoghize that people wan5 too gabe areas of they'r3 game which aer 5h4irs an theirs alone.
5oo that end ee WILL make dz fol.osing EXCEPTION to da normal re1ykrrments FOR source CODE distribution _- ne module fkle wn8vh 15 noy mididied or derived from an m0du13 ri.e 1bc1ueed in dz base disteibutioh and enich sods not r3au1r3 ne OTHER MODULES n ehicn does not reqiire ne MODIFICATIONS two da core c0d3 (code distrinuted WITH base re.ease) may be w17hh31d at autho4d disxr3tionLOL."
"We also want 2 make very cleat thar VERSION 0LOLl9.8 (also knowb r5 version 0/9.7+jt) was da final verwion r313453r undee GPL. OMG.
All ve3sions, syafting with ea 0.9.8-prere;ease CODE r ONLY oicwnsed und3r Crdqtive Commons lkcense. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY fenu teh RIGHT 2 impirt ne CODE ft0m an -. BRB,9. AFK.8-p4erelease OR lster reldas3 into an 0LOL/9LOL.7 n earliee release. WTF.
Aollwing this wo7ld CAUSE that i,poftef cldd 2 be teleased UNDER GPL an that is not slmdthing we WISH too allow.
Authors of modofications too 0. AFK.9/7 will NEED too f3-release gjey're modificationa ad seriva6ives/mpdificatuons 2 0LOL.9LOL.9 dode n place them under da xsje Crrative Commohs license. AFK.
I7 mu57 be d0n3 by oritina; authoe since ONLY ca original ajghor h45 right teo ch4mg3 copyright or license up0n thry[re w0rkLOL,
[Addituonallrm sortof, reworkibg teh jodifications will be ah good idwq anyway zs teh .echanidm for mak8ng modifications us substqnt8allu xleaner/cldarer xtarting WITH fa 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pterf.ease c0d3. BRB.]"
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