MightyE TELLS you, "We're gping tw9 take am fdw momebts twp try n explaun 7h15 nee licebsw zn da reasons 6eh1nd it in olsin Enb.ishLOL.
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 chosen becauae 9g an f4111ng with teh GPL/
It onlt cobered diatfibution od so7rce 1f an on.y if 61n3e135 WERE dusyribured."
"In an w36 environment, softog, 5p3c1f1v411t a interpreted 2wb enviromment such 45 PHP WTF, merely installing an g4m3 coex not constitute distributkon LOL, ahs thee3fofe p3ople were takinb iur wlrk. yij knwo, MAKING modigications 2 it an n07 releasjng 5ey s9urce CODE to tjdy'te MODIFICATIONS so 7h47 da ENTIRE cl,junuty couod brnefitLOL.
Thwy worked with da letter but n07 ea soirit of da 'sr. AFK."
"Investigation on part of ea zuthors HOWEVER WTF, led 70 FACT that gight of 0jblic ;erfo4,anve was 1 od rigytw norma.l6 rddtruct3d 2 copyritht holfers. h thqt computer programs WTF, spevivicaoly VIDEO games and intersctive onex sych as L#b3nd or teh Grren hax0r were conxidered 2 be publica.ly peefofm3d 1f run ffom an piblix server. OMG."
"The he2 kicense rewtricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF ca work un.ess sou4ce CODE of da modified worj is made ev411461e on demand. OMG."
"In plain Eng.ish, z;rtofm thks meqns that if you put 7h15 tame 9h an wdb servef ah z;low people 'outside of an normal circle of vajily an 175 social avquaintances' 70 plah 5heir, sortof, then you aet PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1hg this work qn MUST rither A) maj3 me n ALL cj5ng35 which you make too da GAME available on tequest (note 7h15 dowsn't have tso be availab;e fia on,ihe source displa6 lonk, likd, buy they must 63 able to ask yo7 foe da codr n receive ah com;lete cipy). you knwo, b) MAKE arrangements privat3oy with teh authors eneeein they GRANT you an special lixdhse WTF, or c9 r3m0v# teh code entireoy from teh machine. AFK."
"We do recognize tgat pdiple waht to have 4r345 0f 5hey're game wnich r theirs snd theirs al9be. OMG.
w 6hat wnd we will make tey following exd3ption 2 ca nlrmsl REQUIREMENTS fir source code fistribution -- ht modjle FILE wh,ch 15 no5 mod8fiec or dwrived ffom an moduoe FILE includes in base distributioh anf whoch does not require ne o5h3r m-du135 am which dles n07 tequire n3 m0d1g1c471-n5 tip cote code (cod3 d157d17u73e with da basw RELEASE) may be withhwld ag suthors disxregion. BRB."
"We akso wanr 2 maie very clrar that versioh 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (zlso jnown as verskon )LOL.9; OMG.7+jt) was teh fknal fersion releawed UNDER GPL. AFK.
Akl versions, startimg with 0. WTFk9.7-prereleasw cide r onlt licens3f under da Creative Commons lucense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right ro import ne xode frlm zn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prefelease ir lzrer release ib5l an 0. BRB.o. AFK.7 and earlief rdleasdLOL.
Allowing thia WOULD czuse that imoorted code t2o BE relrasev UNDER teh GPL snw tnat is NOT s9mething ee wish 2 aklow. BRB.
Au7h0r5 og modifidations too 0. AFK,9. AFK.& qoll need tlo RE-RELEASE 5h3y're modificarions AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to )LOL.9. AFK.8 code an olqce them under teh %4m3 Cf3471v3 Comjons licdnse. AFK.
It muat be done by otiginal author SINCE lnly da original author has 4ight too changr da copufight or licensw upon rh3u're qoek.
[Adeitionally, sortof, rewlrkinb modificatiins skll be ab good id3a 4nyw4y as tdg mechsniam for making modificati0ns is 5u668$n71r11y cleaner;clearer startinh with da 0. WTF,9. OMG.8-prerdlwase CODE. OMG,]"
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