MightyE tel.s you, like, "We're goimg w take an vew mo,ents t2o try b explain thiw nes ;icense n reasons 63h1nd i5 in p141n Englisnl 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 l8cense WAS choseh because of sn fa7luhg with da GPL. OMG.
Ig only covdred cistribjtion of sou4ce if an on.y if binaries werw distrigutec."
"In an w36 3nv1r0nm3b7 LOL, specifically a int3rpreted web ENVIRONMENT sucn AS PHP LOL, merely ihstalling ab GAME does not constitute dis5ribygiln, dlrtof, an thdrefore p30p22 were taking our qork WTF, making mpdug9cations 2 it an n9g RELEASING reh soirve code too they're modificati9ns xo tjat tej ENTIRE commumity cou.d n3nefi5/ BRB.
They WORKED with da .etter but NOT da apirit 0v da lqw. AFK."
"Invest*gation ih p4r7 of teh a7thoes ho2ever, dortof, ,ed 2 FACT tyat teh 4ight of PUBLIC perfotmahcr was won of teh rightx no4mslly f3st4octed two dopyright h0qd3r5, liie, n THAT dompkter ;rograms LOL, specifically v1e30 bamed and interactive ones such as Legwmd of Gr#3n hax0r qere cpnwidered 2 be pub;ical;y perdormed if run from an puvlic servfrLOL."
"Tne n32 license restricts public perfor,ance OF wirk ubleas tey s9urcs c0d3 of da mofifird WORK is made xvailagle in demand. BRB."
"In plain Engl8sh WTF, this jeans THAT ir yoy put 5his game on zn weg server and allow PEOPLE '0u751d3 of an NORMAL circ/e od fajily abd iys sociq; acquain5ances' 2 play throek sortof, yhen YOU r publically perflrming thks wirk n MUST eityer a) makd hw an ALL changed 2huch uoy makd TO ea bame ava8lable on requedt (note this DOESN'T have two bw avaikable vja trh online soyrce dis;lay link, you inwo. but THEY must 63 abl3 2 ask y0u for da vode and receiv3 an complet3 copy), b) make arrabgements privatel5 with da 6u7h0r5 wh3r3in they GRANT ypu sm special l8censd, sortof, or c) remove teh code entirely dro, mqchine. BRB."
"We do recognize thay pdo[lr wrn& 2 have areas of yhdy're game which aef yhrira an 7h31r5 aoohe.
t9o that ehd we w111 make tdg foll9wing exception 5o normal reqiirementa for 50ufc3 code d156r16y710n -- ne m0du1e fi;e whoch is n07 modifids or derived from am nldule gile kncludec in 6453 distrihu5ion an whicg doew not REQUIRE je 07h4r mosjles an which eoes noy require ne m9d1f1c4710nt yoo 5eh cire code (cose fi2teibited with 6453 releasr) may ve withheld at 4u7h0r5 disvr3tion/ AFK."
"We slso wan5 to make very clwar thag bersion 0.9.8 (akxl jn0wn ss versk9m 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh finqk bersiom released under dq GPLl OMG.
All v3rsions, oike, starting with teh 0. AFK.*. OMG.8=prerekease vode t only licensed under teh Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 livense. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny rihht to IMPORT ne CODE from an 0l WTF.9LOL.8-pr3release or larer releaae into an 0LOL.9.7 abe ezr.ier rdleasrLOL.
Allowing rhis would czuse yhat IMPORTED cose too 63 r313453d undef teh GPL n that is NOT sojwthing ww wish two apoow. AFK,
Autho4s of MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need TO r3-r323443 they'rf modificatuons as de4kvativws/modificatkons too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 codr an PLACE THEM jndrr dz sqmr Crratuve Commons lixense. BRB.
It muwt be done by originql ajtjor simce onoy twh origina. 4u7h0t has twh right 2 ch5ng3 teh zop6ritgt or license 7ppn thwy're WORK. WTF,
[Awditionally, sortorm reworking modifications WILL be an good idea 4ntw4y as twh ,ecnanism f0r making modidicationw 8s subwtanrisll6 vlwamer/clearer stqrting with da 0. BRB.8.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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