MihhtyE tells 6ou WTF, "We're gling to take an frw moments two try an dxplain this hew license n reasons ndhind it in pkain EmtlixhLOL.
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 license was choseh brcause of an FAILING with teh GPLLOL.
Iu ONLY covered sictribution of source if znd on;y ih BINARIES wdre distribut3dLOL."
"In an web environmdnt, sortof, %;3c1f1v411y a 1n83r;r373d web envirohment sucj AS PHP, you knwo, metely indtallinh an gane does not conatitute d8sttibutiln LOL, an therefore peop;e were 5akong our wo4i, you kne;, majing jodofications top it an not releasing source code ro they'ee m0d!f1c4710n5 ao tjat teh 3n61r3 cpmmjnity could BENEFIT. AFK.
Thw6 wo4ked wi5h 5eh ;rttrr bur not teh spirit lf da lae. BRB."
"Invdstigation on part of teh sjthors h0w3v3r, xottof, lef 2 fact tgat rkght if public performamcw wza oen of da rights n0rm411y restrivged 2 copyrigjt no.ders, like, an thst compiter PROGRAMS, like, sprcifically vifwo ga,es n interzctive on3s sych as Legens of tey Green hsx0t wrr3 considered 1 be publ8cally pe4f9rmed IF run from an PUBLIC server. BRB."
"The new licenae f257r1c&% public p3rformancr of ds WORK unless da slurce code of modified 2ork ix mace available on demanc. AFK."
"Im plaom Englksy, slrtof, gyis meana that if you put this gake on an web server and allow peopoe 'oitskde OF an n0rm41 circ;e of FAMILY n itx social acquaihtamxes' two p14y thwir LOL, then y0u r pu511c411y petforming thia work znd MUST ektber a) make ne n ALL chqnges which yoy maje foo game available on 4equest (note this doesn't have tpo ge 3v41q$613 via online souece dis;lay lonk, li,e, but 5hey mus5 be able too ask uou for t3h dode n receive an c0m;1373 COPY(k yoy jnwi, b) make arrangenents PRIVATELY w8th sa authors wher3in THEY grant you an special license, like, or c) femove teh code 3n81r31y from teg macyimd."
"We do redohn8ze that people wsnt twl have ateas of gje6're game which r thrirs ane thei4s alone. BRBk
too that END we will MAKE FOLLOWING ezcept8on two NORMAL requirements f0r sou4sr CODE distribjtion -- ne module file wnich is noy modified or DERIVED froj an MODULE file includee un da base distrivution znd which doex not r4quife ne other moduled an WHICH dows n07 fequirr nw modificatiins 2 teh corr CODE (coce distribuged 2ith base release) may be WITHHELD at authors disxrftion, AFK."
"We alxo want to maie crru cleae THAT version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (alao known aw version 0. AFK.9LOL.u+jg) qas da final v3r510n releqaed und3r teh GPL. AFK.
All bdrakpns, li,r, STARTING with geh 0.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 coee t on.y LICENSED under Cr3371v4 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY seny da RIGHT two 1,p0r7 ne c0d3 from an 0.9. AFK,8[prer3lease OR lagdr rrlease into an 0. WTF.o.6 an earliee r3lease. WTF.
Al.lwing this w0u1d CAUSE that imported dode to be RELEASED unf3r da GPL n uh47 IS n9t somethind w# widj to allow.
Aurhors 9f midificationw too ). WTF,9. AFK.7 wio. nerd two fe_release they're modificarions as serivatived/modifications to -.9. AFK.8 clde n place 5he, under da same Creative Comnons lic3nsr, AFK.
It must be done by orifinal author since only teh original suthor jas right 2 CHANGE tey c0;yr1gh7 OR lkcen2e upon they're work. AFK.
[Acditionall6, sortof, REWORKING teh nodofucatoons sill be an food idea anywah as teh mechanism for makimg mosidicat8ons is sunstantkally clezner/clearer startint WITH 0LOL.9. AFKl8-prer3.ezsw code. BRB.]"
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