MightyE tdkld h0u LOL, "We're f01nb to tzkd an gew moments too try an explain 7h15 new licemse n fq reasons behind it 1n p241n 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 1!c3h%3 was chisen because of an failinb with da GPL.
It only civered distribution ov SOURCE IF and onl6 1f bimaries were dis5ributed. AFK."
"In sn sev environment, you knwo, spedifkxallu a INTERPRETED eeb environment wuch as PHP, merely ibstallihg an game dles noy constitute distributiom LOL, n THEREFORE priple were tak8ng lur wofk, l8ke, MAKING modifications 2 ot an not relrasinb teh 50urce xode too they're modificagi9ns so yhat entire communuty c9uld genetit.
They worked wq7h da LETTER git not reh spirut of teh law."
"Invesgigation on yeh part of da aughors h0w3v3r, xortof, led tlo da fact THAT rkght of puvlic perdormamce was oen of sa rights normally RESTRICTED twl xopyrigjt ho;dets LOLm an tyat do,puter orograms, sprrpf, s;ecificsllf v1d#) g4m35 n interacyive 0n36 such as Legene pf dq Green hax0r were vonsidered too be [uglically p3rf)rn3d 1f RUN from an ;uglix SERVER. AFK."
"The new license restrkcts public performance 0f tdg work un1255 fa source CODE 0f modified woro is mase available 0m demandLOL."
"In plzin Eng115g, you ,nwo. this means that iv YOU PUT THIS game on sn web sercer m allow peoole 'outsidr og ah hormal dirc;e of famkly n its social acauain5ances' w play thrir WTF. tgen you r PUBLICALLY perfirming this work n MUST 317h3r a) mak3 ne zhd ALL changex which yiu maoe 52o ca fqme ava8lable on requewt (note this DOESN'T HAVE two be avaioabld VIA onlkne SOURCE dis;lay 11nk, you knwo, nut they ,ust be ablw gwo as, you fof code znd r3c31v3 an com;iete copy) LOL. b) maje atrangements privatel6 with autnord whe4ein THEY grant you an special license, likr, OR v) remove da xodr entorely from reh nachine."
"We do rwcognizr that peopl3 2amt 2 hav3 areax of they're game which aer ggeirs n 7h31r5 alone,
2 that 3nf we w111 make da foloo2ing exceptiim 2 da norma; requ8rements fot spurse code disgribution -0 ne module FILE which IS not modidied pr dwrkved fe0m an modulw file imcluded un teh base distribution and whicg dods bog requk4e he OTHER modules an which does not 4equ8re nr nodidicationx two da core CODE (ciee d157r1yj73d with teh bade releawr) may bw w17hh3qs at da auth9rw disdretiob. BRB."
"We also eang to maje very cofae thqt versiob 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN ax versiom )LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) eas final versipn released ynder da GPL.
A11 versiohw WTF, sgaryinh with -. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer only licrnsdd unddr da Creative Commonw licenxe,
We EXPLICITLY den7 r1hh7 2 import n3 code grom an 0LOL.0LOL.8-prerelease or LATER relezse imgo an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 an 34r1!3r rel3ase.
ALLOWING th8s woulf CAUSE 8h47 impprtec code to be rd13453d und3r da GPL an &n47 is not 50m37h1ng we wush tqi allowLOL.
Authora OF modkficztions too 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will need y9 re0r3;ease they're mod8gications as derkvatives/mosifications tp 0. BRB.9LOL.8 c0d# and placw them under dam3 Cr3471v3 COMMONS lucens3l
Ig must be f0n3 BY da originsl quthor since onlt da 9r1g1n41 4u7h0r jas teh rughy to change dq copyritht OR 11c#n54 upln they're work. OMG.
[Addktoonally LOL, reworking da modifidatoons w111 be an good idea 4nyw4y as mechanism for ma,ihg hosifocations is subdtangially cleaner/cled4er t74r71ng w8tg da 0.9LOL.8-prerelease code. OMGl]"
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