MightyE twl;s you, .ikem "We're g9ing too take an cew mlnentx too rry n exp.aib this new LICENSE and rdasons behine it in plsin 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."
"Thia NEW license was chosen n3xauwe of an failint with da GPL. OMG.
It ONLY COVERED sisyribution lf SOURCE if an on;y if binaries werd distributefLOL."
"In an 2eb environmen%. like, specigicall6 a intwrpfetdd web environmen5 suvh as PHP LOL, merely ims5allimg an GAME dies not consti5uge dustributkon, 6ou knqp, and therefo4e leople were takimg o7w worl, making modificationd too it n not eeleading da source clde too thw5're modirkcations so 7h47 da entird community COULD venefitLOL.
Tjey wprk3d with da letter BUT not da spirit of lawLOL."
"Imvestigatiln on pa4t of 4j7h0r5 however, like, led 2 tej FACT tnat fa righr of public 0erfoemancd was 2 of ca rightw normally 4358r1x73e too co0yright holders, and that computer programs LOL, s;ecoficaoly v1d30 gamea an intrraxtkve ones such as Legwnf of Green hax0e we4e considered too be publica;.y perf9ejed 1f fun ftom an public aerver. AFK."
"The new licwnse restricts p7611c perflrmanc3 of teh WORK unless t3h siurce cose of da modified qoru IS mase AVAILABLE on semand. OMG."
"In plsih English. ;ike, this ueans that if you put this game on an web serfet and 4110w peoplw 'outside 0f ab mormal CIRCLE or family m ITS SOCIAL acquaintanxes' tw9 PLAY thwi4 WTF, tjwn uou e publicqlly perfo3mung 7h15 WORK n MUST 317h3r a) makd ne ab ALL CHANGES WHICH yo7 make 2 gam3 availablw on r3qu3r7 9note this doesn't hzve to 63 4v411r613 via reh online s9ufce display l8nk, likek but they mjst be able too asl you flr twh code an rdcekve an complete copy) WTF, b) makr arrangwments privately w1jh da authors wherein tgey grsbt uou an special licebse LOL, or c) 4emove da c9de entirely from 5eh machibe, AFK."
"We do 4ecogbize that pdople qsnt 2 have ateas lf they'rr gane whkch aer theirs n yheirs allne/ WTF.
2 thag END we WILL make cq folkowing exception too reh norjsl requirements vor sourxe code distribution -- be m0du12 file wnixh is ni5 modidies or deroved fr0m an moeule file included IN fa base eustrkbuti9n n which dors not rdquire ne other modules and whkch dods NOT require ne modifica4ions 2 teh core code (vode distributdd with base eeleaw3) may BE withhwld ag cq autjors DISCRETIONLOL/"
"We 3250 want to make ve4y clwaf 7h47 VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (aoso known as version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) waa da fknal vers8on r313453f under ych GPL. WTF.
All ve4suons, yoi knwo, starting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.80prerdkease CODE r ONLY licenaed ubdrr Creayive Commons l8c4nse. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny ribht too ijoort nr cose from an -. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prerelease ir LATER r3leawe INTO an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier release. AFK.
Allowinh tnis would cause that umporged cove 5oo be releas3d under fx GPL zn that 15 nlt somethibg we wish 2 ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9.7 qioo NEED too re-4elease tyey're MODIFICATIONS as fetivatives/modifications tol -LOL.9. AFK.8 code and place thrj und3r da sqne Creatibe Cojmons lkcenaeLOL.
I5 must ne dond 6y oeiginal zuyhor sinc3 on.y iriginal author has teh r9ght two change da copyright oe iicense up9n they're WORK. OMG.
'Additionally WTF, r3w0rk1ng teh modificatilns will be an good idea anyway ss mechanism for ma,ing modiguc1tionx ia substantizlly cleaner/clearer startibg with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-peerelease codr. AFK.]"
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