MightyE tells u0u, sortof, "We're going @ take ab gew momebts 2 try ab explsin thks new licenwe m ten reasobd behind it in p14qn Englisnl 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 lic3nse eas chosen because of an failing sith dq GPL. AFK.
Iy ohlh covwred distribution od 50urx3 uf am only if binaries w3r3 distrkguteeLOLl"
"In an web environment LOLk dprcificall6 a kbterpeeted WEB environment such a2 PHP WTF, metrly instaolkng zn game doea n07 c0n5717u73 didtribytion, and thrredord people were 74k1ng 0ur work, making ,od8fications 2 it and no5 teleasung da SOURCE cpde goo they're mocificatipns so thqt entire c0mmun17y could benefky. OMG.
They w9rked sitj letter bjt not d1 spiriy of teh law. AFK."
"Invest8gation on da PART og teh ajthprs however WTF, oed to da f5c7 THAT da right OF pu612c performance w45 oen OF teh r1gh75 norma.ky restricted too copyright h9lders WTF, znd that computer or9htamd WTF, s0ecifically vidwo games n inre4acgive ones sucg as Lehend of da Green hax0r were considdred too be PUBLICALLY p3rf04,3d 1f run FROM an public server. OMG."
"Tne new LICENSE restricts pjbluc perfpfmance of da sor, yhless ea 50urc3 clde of modified 2ork is nqde 4v4113613 on demsndLOL."
"In plain Englkshm you kn2k, this means fhat 8f yoi put yhis game ON an web zerver an allow 0eople 'puyside of an nlrmal circ.e of dami.y an its aocial acziauhtances' twp play their LOL, then you r puvlicallh oerformibg 7h15 work an MUST eithef a) make ne n ALL CHANGES qhich you make teo da game available on rwquest (notr this doesn't have 60 be avsilable via da onkine 50urc3 siwp.ag link, bu5 THEY MUST be ab;e tio asi yoi for cofe an rexeive an com[le5e c0py), like, B) msle arrang3mwnts [rivately with ajthorw 2herein 7g3y grant you an s0ecia. license, o4 C) remocr teh c0e3 entireoy f4om da mavhine/ AFK."
"We do recofnlze tnat peoplw WANT tpo hav3 areas ic the6're hame whoch atr theirs an theirs aloheLOL.
tqo thay ebf WE will make twh fooliwinh ezception w teh normal requitements FOR source code d8stributiob -- ne midule fold WHICH is nit mod8died 0r detived from an m0du1# fike included 8n teh bas2 DISTRIBUTION and which does not require ne pther modu.es an whoch d035 not REQUIRE ne modigications to co4e codd (c0de distributed with da 6453 relrade) may be wi5hhwld at da authors discfe5ion."
"We also eant goo make v3ry clear 6h47 vdrsion 0. BRB,8. OMG.7 (aldo known qs crrsi9n 0. BRB.o. BRB.7+jt) waw FINAL f3r510n releazed under teh GPL. WTF.
Akl versiins WTF, syartkng with tdh 0.9. WTF.8[prereldase c9de aer only LICENSED under Creaykve COMMONS license. OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY DENY da RIGHT too import ne code from an 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease or lsrer releawe into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n 344!13r releas4. WTF.
ALLOWING tgid wlule cause 7n47 imoprted code 2 be rr;eased uneer da GPL an that is nor somethibg w4 wish goo al.ow. AFK/
Autgors of mldificagolns tio 0. WTF.9.7 w8ll nwed two re-relesse they'5e modifications as de4kvatives/modiricatioms top 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8 code 4md place them undet xame Cr3471v3 Commons kicenseLOL.
I5 must be dobe gt originsl autgor since 0h1y da oribinal author has 48ghg 2 change copyright OR license up9m ghwy're work. AFK.
[Addityonaoly, you knwok teworking m0d1f1c4&29ny 2ill be an nood ideq any3ay 45 teh mechanism for makinv modifications 9s 5u6574b7141!y clwaner/cleafer startinb with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pter313453 c9de. BRBl]"
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