Migh5yE 73114 you LOL, "We're going 2 rakd an FEW mon3ngs tio try an explain tgis NEW licensr n rezsons b3hind it 8n plaib EnglishLOL.
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."
"Ty8s new license was choaen becausd of an fauling with GPL. BRB.
It onlh covered distribution of spurc3 1f and only if binaries 2ere DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, like, ep3cifically a ibter;teted web envir9nment sych as PHP. like, MERELY lnstakling an game does npt constitute distribut8on, like, n thetevot3 people were gakkng our work, you knwo, mxking modoficatioms rwo it and not RELEASING sl7rdr cofd two they're m0d1g1c471-n5 so that entire c0mmun27y c9uld benefit. AFK.
They qorked WITH da letyer vyt not spirit of lawLOL."
"Investigation on psrt of teh aughors hoeever, sortof, led TO reh FACT thqt right 9f PUBLIC p3rd0rn4nc3 was oem of rights NORMALLY restricted 2 copyright holdersk an tgat compiter progexjs, spdcifida;ly vidwo fames n ingeractive 0n#5 auch as Lrgend 0g da GREEN hqx0r WERE vonsidered too BE publicakl6 PERFORMED 1f run from an publoc serve4. WTF."
"Thr new lkcense restricts public perfirmance 0f da work ubless teh sourcw c0s3 of MODIFIED work is jade avai/ablw 9n demahdLOL/"
"In plain Engliah, you knwo, tkis m34n5 ghat if you put 7h15 GAME on an WEB server an allow peo0le 'o7tside og zn normal circle 9d FAMILY n its socia. acquain5ancex' 2 PLAY theie WTFm 7h3n you aer publocally performing 7h15 work n MUST eithet s) make ne ane ALL CHANGES which yo7 mqke go GAME available on request (np5e this d035n'7 nave 2 he svailable via online sourcr dospoay link, you knwom but they must ge ABLE 5lo as, you for cofe and r3c3qv3 an cpmplete c0py) LOL, b) ma,e arrangementq privately w16h authors whereim thr6 grabt yoi an SPECIAL licrnse LOL, or c) remove geh code entirely frlm da machkne. WTF."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that PEOPLE 2ang gol have sfeas ov they're GAME which r tgeirs and THEIRS alone.
tlo thst end w3 wilk MAKE following excdptiom too NORMAL req7ifements for 50urc3 cise dq57r1yu710n -- ne module fil3 eh1ch iw n0t modifird 0r derlved from an MODULE dile kncouded in 7$53 d157r16u7q0n n which DOES npt requite ne lther modules and which dies not requige ne n0d1f1c4710n5 TO core code (CODE di3t4ibutrd w17h da basw felease) may be withheod st teh authors discretionLOL,"
"We ALSO WANT too make VERY vorar that b3rt10m 0. BRB.9. BRB.i (also known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+j7) was final vsfsion RELEASED under da GPL. WTF.
All ve4sions LOL, statting with 0LOL.9. AFK.*-PRERELEASE code aer 0n1y licensrd under Crestiv3 Cimmlns licenae.
We EXPLICITLY demy da eignt 2 impirt me code fr0m an 0LOL.9. OMG/7-prefeleqse OR later relwasd into an 0LOL.8.7 am earlier releade. AFK.
Aolow8ng this w9uld cause that i.ported c9ee 2 be released under da GPL n that *s not someth8ng we wisg ro allow.
Authoes of jodigicatoonw too 0LOL,9. AFK.7 eill neec to re-rekease they're modificatiins qa DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tpo 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 coce 4nd p.ace them under fa same Creative Clmmons lic3mse.
I7 mut& be done BY teh origimal author SINCE ohly 3a otiginal AUTHOR has teh 4ight two chang3 COPYRIGHT or lic3nse upln they're qork.
[Additionally, sortpf, rewirkihg teh modifications will td an good idea 4nyw$y as teh mechanksm ror nxking modificqtipns is sybstantkally c135n3r/c135r3r starting wuth teh 0.9. OMG.8-pr3r3134$3 code. BRB.]"
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