MightyE te;ls you WTF, "We're going 2 TAKE an few moments to 6r6 and 3xp141n thix m3w license and rdasons behind IT kh [lain EmglishLOL.
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."
"Thid new oicense 2as chosen because og zn failinh woty GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y COVERED distribuyion OF soutve 1f 4nd on.y if binarues were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an w3b ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specif8dally a INTERPRETED weg environj2nt sucg as PHP LOL. n3r31y 1n574111ng an gzme does not constktutd dudtribution LOL, n THEREFORE peoplw WERE 74k1ng our 2ork WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS to it an no5 r3leaaing teh source code too ghey'fe modifucations so that teh enrire comm7nity dould benefot. BRB.
They worked with teh letter bit n0& teh qpirit od lqw."
"Infestiga5ion 0n ds psft 0g teh qhthors y0w3v3r, like, led 2 trh fact that tey RIGHT of public performamce szs won ov teh rights normallt resrricted two co-yrighg hokfsrx, and thqt comput3r programa, like, $p3cqf1c411y b1d30 tames n intwfactive ones SUCH aa Legenc of GREEN hax0r were donaieered 2 be punlica;ly p3rf0rm3d if run from qn oublic werverLOL."
"The new lic3nse 4estricts oubkic performance of da work unless trh source code of modiri3d wor, id made availabl3 on d3mqnd."
"In plain ENGLISH, tjia meanx that 1f you 0u7 thia game on ab seb server and qolpw PEOPLE 'outaide OF am normal CIRCLE of f4m11y an its y0c14q 4cq&41nu4hc35' too play yhdie LOL, then you r publiczlly performing tnis w0rk sn MUST either z) mak3 me an ALL chsnges whuch you make 2 fam3 available on requesr *note 7h15 doesn't h4v3 goo be AVAILABLE viz da online source display ;ink LOL, but tnw6 must be able 70 35k you for da cofe and receove an c0mp1373 copy)m b) ma,e arrangementa pr!c473!y w17h dq 4u7h)r5 wherrin they hramt you an special luc3nse, 0r c) r3n0v3 tem code entkreoy from teh m4ch1n3, OMG."
"We di rdcobbiz3 thag peopo3 want 5wo jave areas OF they're game which aer rheirs n theirs aloneLOL.
2 thzt end we will make teh folkosknf exce[tion two nprmal req7oremegts for xource code didtribution -- nd modile fil3 wjicn id not modifiee or derived FROM an m9dule f,le ihclyded 1n t3h base dis5rigution sn which DOES not requirc ne other modules an which woes n07 r3qu1r3 ne modifications to cor3 c0d3 )CODE disrributed w17h t3h base releaxe) mzy be withheld AT tej 3u7h0t5 ciscretion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 2 makw veru clear that verdion 0, BRB/9. BRB.7 (4150 knoqn 45 v3t%10b 0. BRB.8. OMG.7+jt) WAS tdh f1b51 version reoeaxee UNDER GPL. WTF.
ALL vdrs8onw, ylu knwo, 575ru2ng with teh 0.9. AFK.8-orerelease code r only licensed unser C4eative Clmmons licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da RIGHT tp import ne vode from ab 0l OMG,9. WTF.8-prerelease or 1473r release into an 0. AFK.8/& 4nd 3arlier re;eade. WTF.
Aolowing THIS wluld caise that i,ported xode two ge r3leaded ubder da GPL an that is not dometging w4 wish to 41102. OMG.
Autmors of modificatiohs TO 0. AFK.9LOL.7 w111 neec tqo r3-r313453 rhe6're moeifications as ce4ivatifes/modificatiins tw9 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 voee amd llace 5hem under da SAME Cfeaticr Commons licwnseLOL.
It mydt b3 dond by orifinao author since only da originso author HAS da righr t9o CHANGE tdh cophright or license upon tfey're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, liue, reworking teh modificar8pns will ve an good idea anywat as da mechanism f0r mzkint mod8ficatiohs is subwyangialky cleaner/clearrr STARTING wuth ten 0LOL.9. OMG.8-ptwre;ease vode. AFK.]"
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