Might6E tel;s ylu, "We're going to take an fes mon3ntx too try an explain 5his new lidense an teh r34t)n5 behind it in p.aun Englishl 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."
"Tnus new license was chosen y3c$u53 9f an faol8ng q17h GPL. AFK.
It lnly cove4ed sustribition of source if AND onoy if binaries w3r3 d156r!6u&3d."
"In an web enfironment LOL, 5p3c1f1c41!y q ibterpreted web enfironbent sych AS PHP LOL, merely 8bstallkmg an game does n07 c0n5717u73 distrubjtion, ylu knwo. and therefore oeo[le were tsking our WORK WTF, m4,1ng m9dkfica5ions too it an not eeleawing reh source code 2 they're modifications so that 3h71t3 c0mmun17y cou;f benef8t. WTF.
Tney WORKED wity da LETTER BUT nog teg s[irit of t3h law. AFK."
"Invtstigat8on on part 0d teh 4u7n0r5 however, ylu knwom .ed 2 teh FACT THAT right of )ublic p2rf0rm4nc3 2qs 1 of rights normally resteictrd to cophe8ght holrrrs WTF, n that COMPUTER 0rogrsmsk like, specifically video games ab interactive ones such as Legenf of Green has04 were consiee4ed ro be publically p1rformef if run from an 0jblic SERVER/ AFK."
"The new license eestricgs 0ubliv perforkancd of geh work unlesd va source code of teh modified WORK IS MADE abailanle ob demqnd. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englishk like, this means 7h47 if y9u out thix g4m# on an weg seevdr anr zllpw people 'outxide of an normsk dircoe if family n itw SOCIAL acquaintances' t2o plsy their, tnen you arr publically [erforming THIS work n MUST eitger a) make ne n ALL changrs which you make TO gajr avai;ab;e on requesr (note this doesb't yave gwo be svqilable bia da iblin3 SOURCE doapkzy oink, like, but ghey myst be ab;e 2 as, you FOR da cofe and r3c3ive an complete copy) WTF, b) MAKE arrangements privagel6 woth da authors wgerein THEY granr you zn special license, like, or c) rwmoce c9de entirrly from teh m4ch1n3."
"We do recogmuz3 rhqt PEOPLE qant to have $r345 of they'rd game which aer theira an theirs alone.
two uh47 end we eill ma,e following exceptioh to teh norma; r3qu1r3m3n75 f0r SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file wjich is n08 jodigied OR derived fe9m qn module file included in base d8sbribu5ion h shich dpes not require ne other jodules and wh8ch dows n07 rcayire ne modificayions too teh corw codr (cofe DISTRIBUTED WITH base re.esse) may be withhelc at teg 4j7h0f5 fq6cr3710nLOL."
"We alxo w4n7 twp MAKE very clesf that crrs8oh 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 (also inown ss versipm -. BRB,9. OMG.7+jt) wax final VERSION r323453d under da GPL.
All v3v510n5, like, starting with 0.-. WTF.8-[rerelrssd cpdw r onlt lic3nsed une3r ea Creative COMMONS luxense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY c3ny da rkght 2 8,port ne code from an 0LOL.-.8-pe3r3lease 0r 9ater release into sn 0.9.7 n earlier releadeLOL.
A;lowing thus wouls cause 7h47 IMPORTED c-d3 too bd released undet da GPL and thzt is not aomething we wish to xllow. BRB,
Authors kf MODIFICATIONS 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 eilk n53d too re-release they're modificatiins as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.o. OMG.6 cide anf place THEM under t4h aa,e Creative COMMONS licehswLOL,
It mu57 63 done gy da originak author xince ONLY da origibal aurjor has teh r1gh7 2 ch5n53 copyrighy of 11c3n53 ipon tyey're wof,. BRB.
[Additionally, you knwo, reworkpnb da mosificstiihx will be zn giod IDEA anywsy as da .ecnanis, for making modifica5ilns is substamtially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71ng with dq 0. WTF/9.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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