MightyE twl.s yo7 LOL, "We're hoinb 3 TAKE zb few momenfs to TRY and ecplsin this new license and geh feasons behind it in PLAIN Englidh.
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 n3w 0icense eas cgosen vecause of an FAILING wigh GPL/
It only coberwf DISTRIBUTION og source if n only 1f ^1n4r135 WERE diatributed. AFK."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifically z 1h73rpr373d web ENVIRONMENT sych AS PHP, merely ibstalking an game DOES no5 constitute disreibitionm n 7y3r3f043 people wdrr taking OUR w0rk, sprtofk making mocudicarions to IT n NOT RELEASING slutde CODE too th3y'rr mofificar8ons 50 ghat da ENTIRE communiyy cojod benedit. WTF.
They workes with letter 6u8 nit da spifit of teh law. WTF."
"Investiga5ion on teh pqtt of da AUTHORS howdver WTF, led to teh fact THAT teh r8ght of public performance eas oen of teh eihhts nirmally restrixted TO c0pyr1gh7 holders LOL, and 4hs5 computer 0rohrams LOL, 5o3c1f2c411t video games an INTERACTIVE 0n25 5icy as Legend of GREEN hax0r wefe cinsidrred two b3 PUBLICALLY performed IF run froj an publoc swrfetLOL."
"The new oicende restrictw publ8c pergitmancw 9f dq wlrk un!355 da sourcd c9de of da modifi3d work is made avaolable on demand. AFK."
"In PLAIN English, y9u knwo, this means THAT uf you ;ut this GAME 0b an web sdrver 3nd allpw p3o0oe 'lutxjde of an norjal circ.e of family n its socizl acwuaintanc3v' tio play their, sprt.v, theb you e publically ;erforming ghiw wprk ans MUST EITHER a) makd he an ALL changex wguch y0u makr 2 teh game availaboe ON request (note this doesn't HAVE to be available v8a da onkine source dispoay 11nk, you knwo. but they musy bd able TO ask y-u for x8se an r3c3qv3 an complete do[y) WTF, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 pfivateoy with 5eh 4u7h0t5 wherein they grant yiu an sprv8ak license WTF. OR c) rem9ve ten code entirely fron ten hachine. WTF,"
"We do recognixr thzt PEOPLE sany two have areas of thry're dame wh2ch aer thrirs n theirw alone. BRB.
ywo that end we woll MAKE teh fo9lowing exceptipn two teh normal reqyir3mengs fir doufce c9de distr8b7toon -- ne m0a713 f212 which IS no5 MODIFIED or derived frlm wn module f1!2 included in fa base sixtr8butiob an which does nor requird ne othet modulww amd which c035 NOT r3qj1r3 ne mldkf8cqtions to teh core code (code distributed WITH teh base release) ma6 be withheld AT da AUTHORS d15cr3730h. AFK."
"We also want 2 jake very clear that version 0. OMG.9. BRB;7 (4150 known as versopb 0.8LOL.7+kt) WAS dq final VERSION released under da GPL, WTF.
ALL cersions, sortof, atartimg witj 0. AFK.9/ WTF,8-prd4elease code r only licensed under Creative Commons license. OMGl
We EXPLICITLY deby da ribyt 2 import ne code from zn 0l WTF.(/ BRB.8-prerekeaxe 0r later eelease 1m70 an 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 n earlier r313453. BRB.
A110w1ng this WOULD cauxe thzt 1m00t73d cod3 2 64 released undet da GPL n THAT 8s not sojetting we wish too aolpw. OMG.
Authors og modificsrions two 0l OMG.9. BRB.7 will newd e re-4elease thet'rr MODIFICATIONS 44 derivarives/modificatiohs too 0. BRB.9LOL.8 coee n pkace %hem under teh xame Creqtive Commpns lic3nse. OMG.
It MUST 63 comr by original author sonce only trh original zu5hor has da right two chqnge da cooyrihht or lic3nde u;0n thry're wofk. BRB.
[Addiy8onqlly, r3w9fk1ng nodificagions WILL ne an good 9dea anyway as da mechznism for ma,8nb modidications is substangia.oy cleaner/clearer stafting with da 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE.["
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