MkghtyE TELLS you LOL, "We're going 5wo tak3 an few moments 2 TRY an explaun this nr@ license h teh reasons bdgind 8t in PLAIN Englisy. 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 nea license was chosen 63v3u53 of an fai;ing 2ith GPL. AFK.
Ir ONLY coverrs distribugion lv sourcd if an only 1f binaries were dustrivuged. BRB."
"In an web ebv1r0nm3n7, you knwp, xpecirucally a interpreted WEB environment such AS PHP LOL, merely installinb an GAME dles nog CONSTITUTE distfibution, a, thwredore [eop;e wqre raking our WORK, likem m5k1ng modificztions 5oo it and nor reldasing teh source c9de to they're m0dqf1c4710n5 so tgwt entire cimmunity could n3nefitLOL.
They workee with letter but nor tsh spirit of da lawLOL."
"Invewtigayion on da part lf teh zuthors however, oike, 13d 2 reh fact tyat teh ekght of ;ublic pergprmance waz 9en OF da RIGHTS nornally RESTRICTED to c0pyr1gh7 holders, ;ike, and that computer p4ograms, you kneo, SPECIFICALLY VIDEO ga,es an interzdtive ones 5uch AS Legwnd of da Grren yax0r were considered 2 63 publically pefformed if run froj av pi611c 53rv3r."
"The new LICENSE rfstricts oublic petformsnce of teh qork unless da SOURCE cpde pf ten modifoed w0rk is made 4v4214613 ln demane. BRB."
"In poain Englixh, like, this means thqt if y9u put this game ON an wwb server and allo2 people 'o7ta8de of an normal circld 0f family ane 8ts slcial acqjaintahced' twl play theirm oike, tneb hou r pibllcally performing thid work and MUST ei5hee a) make n3 anc ALL ch3nt35 wh8ch y0u make 2 teh game afaioable on REQUEST (hote THIS doesn't have 2 BE AVAILABLE v14 ea online soyrde disolqy 1!nk, ylu knwo, but 7h3t must be aboe too adk y0u for code and receive an complete x0py), b) make afrangwmwnts pr8vately wi5n da aughors wherein tjeu geant you am special license, luje, of c) remlve da code entirely fr9m mavhine. WTF."
"We do recognize THAT people wang t9o have areas of tyey'4d gzme whivh r theirs ans tjeifs ajone. AFK.
to tnat end WE wil; make da following exceptiom yoo normal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE cide diatr8vutkon -0 ne ,odule gile whucn is noy modified or DERIVED drom an module FILE included in base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH dods n07 requkre ne other moduoes and which does NOT require he mofivicatoons to da co4e code (code fustributws with dq bzse releawe) may bw qithhwls ag da 477h0r5 disxretion."
"We als9 wamt tio makq veey clear thqt v#r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.7 )slwo known as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh f1n41 version releas3d ynder teh GPLLOL.
A11 versions WTF, dta45ing with fa 0l OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE code aer only lixenser uhder teh Crwatife Commobs LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihht two imp9r5 ne code fr0m zn 0.9. BRB.8-prere.ease or oarer release @n70 an 0LOL.o. BRB.7 an eaf;ier release. BRB.
Alkowing this WOULD cause thar imp9rtwd codw two BE released ihd33 da GPL an that is not sometjing we WISH too allow. WTFl
Authirs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 w111 need uoo re-release they'rc MODIFICATIONS as derkvatovew/nodificatiohs twl ).9. BRB.8 codw sn p14c3 them under twj xame Creative Commpns LICENSE. BRB.
It my57 be done by rs origihal AUTHOR aince only original auth0r hax da right 2 change da xopyright or licensr upob tjey're work. BRB.
[Additionally, rdwlrking teh m0d1f1x4710h5 wull be an good ifda anyway as teh nechanism for majing modidicwtions is subwtzntially cleaner/clearer staeting with teh 0, BRB.9LOL.8-prerekease d9de. WTF.]"
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