MifhtyE tells uoum you knwo, "We're glinb t2o TAKE an few momwnts too t4y ab explain tnis NEW locense an teqsons 72hqnd it in plaih ENGLISH. WTF.
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 choswn becausr of an faikinf w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It only cofered distr8bution of 50urc3 if sn only id binarifx w3r3 distfibuted. BRB."
"In an web ehvironmwnt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpfeted web environment such as PHP LOL, MERELY indtall8nb am game d035 npt CONSTITUTE distfibueion, an therefore people q3r3 taiing our WORK, like, making ,odifications 2 16 anv not r313451ng s9urve xlde two they]re MODIFICATIONS SO tyat teh entire comjunitt cou.d benefit. AFK.
They wor,ed wiyh teh 13773r but hot teh spirit pf teh .awLOL."
"Invesyigatiln on teh PART of da authlrs however WTF, led to fact thay da rigyt or public prrformabce sas 1 ig t3h rights normqlly RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 h01c3r5, 69u knso, an that c0jpu73r pr0fr4m5, specifkcally VIDEO GAMES an interactive ones xuch as Legend of Green hsx0r we4e conzideref two ne punlically perfor,3d if run drom an publkc se$ver. OMG."
"The n3e license restricts publ8v 0erformznve 9f WORK UNLESS 50urc3 code og mpdified work is m$d3 avai.sble ob demand,"
"In plain Englksh. foftod, this meams &h47 if yoj put THIS game on an wwb SERVER n 41q0w pwople 'OUTSIDE pf an normzl vifcle of family n 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' two p14y their WTF, then YOU r pyb.ucally prrfofming this wor. and MUST either 50 MAKE be an ALL cnrng35 which you MAKE 2 teh GAME availab;e on request (note this doesn't tave two ve abaikabke VIA lnlone source display lihk, byt they muxg ne ablw 70 qsk you fif eq cofe h r3c31v3 an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrabgdments privatdly wq7h da autgors wheeeun they grsnt you an special LICENSE, or c) remov3 teh cosw 3n71f31y FROM teh mavhine."
"We dp r2c0hn1a3 that people wan5 2 HAVE arezs of they're game qhoch aer theirw b 7h314% aloneLOL.
to that 3nd ww w@!1 make da following exceptioh 2 ds normal requirements for 50urc3 code distribu5ion -- he modjlf file whoch is not mofified 9r c3r!b3d from an mocuoe FILE included in base dostr8bution sn which dlew NOT fequire nr lthe4 modules and wh1cg does no5 requird ne mocifixaui9na too teh co4e coce (voee cisrributed with teh base release) mzy b3 withnrld at teh AUTHORS discretion. AFK."
"We also WANT two make ve4y d.ear 6h4& version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known as v3r510m 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was teh fimal verskon re;eaded under trh GPL.
All versions, like, 5&4r71ng WITH da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code aer 0n1y licensed und2r CREATIVE Commonx lucebse.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rignt to i,port nw code frim an 0. BRB.9. AFK.i-orereoease 0r lz5e4 release into an 0LOL/9. BRB/7 n esrlper rdlease. BRB.
Allowint this would causd tyat imporred cofe rwo be r4leased under teh GPL and thqt is no5 something we eish tqo aloow. BRB.
Authors of modifications tlo ).9.6 2ill need two re-relwas3 they'4e modifidationx as derkvatives/modiricat8ons 5po 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code qh plqx3 them uhder da SAME Cewativd Commons lic3nsd. AFK.
IT MUST be DONE by origina9 AUTHOR 51nc3 only teh oeihina; AUTHOR has dq ritht 70 CHANGE teh cop6roght or LICENSE upon they're workl AFK.
[Additionally, sortifk REWORKING da modifkcstions wilk be wn gold idda anyway as teh mechqbism for m4k1ng modificat8ons IS wybstantially cleaner/dlrarer STARTING wigh 0,9, BRB.8-prerwl3aee code. BRB,]"
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