MugytyE tells you, like, "We[re going to take an few momentd too rry and explain this n3w licehae and da geasona brhind 17 in plain English.
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."
"Tbis new license 2as chosen brcaude lr an failing with da GPL. BRB.
It ohly covered distribuyion of source uf an only 8f vinaties 2ere disg4ibutedLOL."
"In zn web environneht, 5p3cqf1c411y a interpretec web rbvieonment such as PHP, jerely insgalling an game does not constitute distribution, liiwk an the4er9re PEOPLE werr tajing our work, making modifixat8ons 1 it n NOT releasing soircw c0d3 too 5hey're MODIFICATIONS SO that 3nu1r3 c0mmin17y coukd femefig. BRB/
Thdy wogked with letter 6u7 NOT teh SPIRIT of ea .aw. OMG."
"Investigatiin 0m teh pzrt or da auth9rs h0w3v2r WTF, led two fact that teh RIGHT 0f piblkc performance wax won ov da rights noemaloy restricted ro copyrifht ho;ders LOL, n tjwt domputer prohrams, sortof, spwcifidally video names ane interactivr ONES such as Lehend of GREEN hzx0r were cpnaidered tlo BE PUBLICALLY perfornec if run froj sn public SERVERLOL."
"The new lidensd redtric%s public pwrfo4mance uf da s9fk un13t5 source code of da mpd8fied wirk is made availabke ON demamd. AFK."
"In PLAIN Enhlish, like, THIS meanw THAT kf you put this t4me 9n an wev se4ver qnd allow people 'outwide of an normal vircle of family b uts SOCIAL acquaintances' to play thw8r, you knwo, theh you aer publically performung this work n MUST either A) make nw an ALL ch4ng35 whicy yiu makw too game avai;abld on requesr (nit3 5his doesn't h4v3 to BE available via online dojrcw displqy link WTF, but 7h3y mjxy 63 able too r5k you vor teh c0d3 an r3c31v3 an COMPLETE xopy), l8ke, b) make areangejents privayely w17g authors wh3r31n 5jey gtant u0y qn apwcial licemde WTF, or c) remove teh CODE dntire.j from dz jachine. WTF."
"We dp recognize that peo[le want two HAVE srrzs of ybey're game whkdh aer theurs an theirs 420b3. WTF.
tso rgat end w3 will make f9llowong exve0tiom t2o teh normal requitenents for source clcr e157416u710n -_ ye module fil3 which us n07 modifked 0r ceeivdd from an module FILE included in bas3 distribution n which does not r3quire ne ither modules an which DOES nor requir3 ne modifications too teh corr code (dode distrivuted woth teh base release) ,ay be qithhe.d st teh autyors diacretion. AFK."
"Wr 4150 want 2 make veey v134r THAT vetsion 0, OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kmown r% ve4sion 0.9LOL.8+ut) waw teh final vwrsion released UNDER da GPL.
All verskons, l8ke, wtarrong qith teh 0LOL.9. WTF.*-prerelease codd r only licensef under Creativ3 Commons locemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rirht two impprb n3 cpde FROM an 0. AFK.0. OMG.8-prereleqse OR lzter f3q3453 into an 0LOL.9.7 and earlidr releaseLOL.
Aklpwing this wou.d cquse 7n47 8mporred code 2 be rdleased 7nder ten GPL an rhat is mp7 som3thing we 2ish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors of m9dofivationa two pLOL.9.8 w111 nwdd 2 re[relezxe ghet;re MODIFICATIONS ss d3r1v471v35/m)d1f1c4710n5 to 0. BRB.9.8 code amd place thwm under same Creayive Commons licensrl
It must be donw by teh originql auth9r since 0n1y original suthir has r8ght two change da co0yeight or licemse u;on ehey'3e wo4i. WTF.
[Acditionqlly LOL, reworking geh midkgications WILL be an good ucea anyway as teh mwchanism for making modifications IS wugstantizlly c134n3r/c1#4r3r srartind with ca 0,9.8-PRERELEASE cose. AFK.]"
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