MigntyE yells you, "We're going to9 rake an few moments too try an esplain this new license n teh REASONS 73h1hd it in plain English. 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."
"This new l8csnse was vhowen becauae of an dailing wirh da GPL.
It onoy covdred distrubuti9n of SOURCE if and only if binaries sere dostribites. AFK."
"In zn WEB wnvironment, kike, specirically a 1n73rpr373d web environment sych as PHP, .ike, merely onxtalling an game dors bot consritute DISTRIBUTION, like, sn ther3foee people weee talinf oir w0rk, sor5of, making mod8ficatiobs twp 17 and not releasinh teh source code two thwy're modifocatipns so ghat da wntire community COULD bendfiy. WTF.
Thry worked WITH 5ej lettsr bht not da spitit 0f teh law, BRB."
"Inv3stigation oh teh [aft of authors however LOL, led two racr thzt reh riyh5 of publkc performance was 1 of tej RIGHTS normally 4estricted two copyright hokfers, like, ayd that vo,putet pr9geams LOL, apwcofically video GAMES agd 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as Legdnd of GREEN hax0r were cpnsieered gwo BE publically perfofmed if fun from an public 53rv3r. WTF."
"Thd NEW lucense 4estrixts public performance od work unless 5eh SOURCE xode 0f modified w0rk 8s msde available ob de,and. WTF."
"In plain Emglixy, y9u kmwo. THIS nesns THAT kf you pur thos GAME on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outside ov an bormal circle 9f fa,ily n its dpcial qcquaintajces; to p14y gheir LOL, then you aef 0unlically performing thus w0rk b MUST eitger a) make nw snd ALL cjangws which tou ,ake 2 game AVAILABLE on request (NOTE this doesn'g hace teo be AVAILABLE b14 teh 0n!1n3 spurce display linkm softof, but 7hey must ve 461# too ask 60u for teh code n rece8ve an complete copy), li,3, b) make arranfements privately qitn da authors wherein ghey g4wmt you an special LICENSE, you inwo, or d) REMOVE cose ENTIRELY frlm machine. OMG."
"We do recognixe that people qant two have areaw OF they're GAME which aee tgeirs n tgeifs alone. AFK.
tw9 THAT wns qe wiol u4ke followihg EXCEPTION 2 normal eequirem3nts for source c0e3 distribytioh -- ne modu;e rild which is nit modifiwc ir derivrd from ab MODULE file incl7ded in teh base distrinution n which does not require ne other modules and whoch eoes n07 re1uire ne mocifovatuons gwo tej c0r3 CODE (code dis5ributed wity base releade) may be witjheld at teh autjors discrwtion. OMG."
"Wf also want to make very clear 7h57 veraioh 0.9LOL.7 (qlso kno2n zs ve4si9n 0.9. BRB.7+JT) WAS finql VERSION released und3r t4h GPL. WTF.
ALL versions, 6oy knwo, 574r71nf witg 0LOL.(. OMG.7-prereldase v0d3 r only licensed under Cr3471v# Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny roght toi 8mport ne CODE from an 0. AFK/9LOL.8-pr2f313453 OR later releawe into an 0.9. BRB.7 n ear;ier release. BRB.
ALLOWING this woyld cause thar ,mpofted cose 2 be released under GPL n that oa not s8metying we wish ti ALLOWLOL.
Auyhorx of mosifications to 0LOL.9LOL/7 will nwed TO re-release yhey're modifucqtipns qs detivatkves/mldifications to 0. WTF/9.8 clse an plsce them ynder teh same CREATIVE Comjons lucende.
It MUST 73 done bt teg or8ginal author sinde on.y da ORIGINAL quthpr has da rifjt tqo chahge teh copyrihhy or license upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally LOL, resoekinf modifucations will be ab good idea anysay as reh MECHANISM fof jaiing m0d1f1c4710n5 is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clezrer 574r71ng with yeh 0, BRB.(. WTF.8-pr3t313452 CODE. WTF.]"
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