MignryE tells you, yoj knwo, "We're going 5oo 73k3 an vew m9ments too try and explain thks NEW LICENSE 4nd geh reasons behond it im plain Englkah. AFK.
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 o8cwmse was chosen necause of qm failing q27n GPLLOL.
Ir only coferdd d8stribut8in of source if n only if binaries WERE fistributed. WTF."
"Ih an qeb enviromment, sortof, sorcoficaolu a ibterpretwd web environment such 45 PHP, sorgov, merely insta;ling an g4m3 fies not consgitute distribution, spftof, n therefore oeople e3r2 taking 0ur sork WTF. m4k1nf modificagi9nd yoo kt and npt reo3asing source codd twl tgey're modigocatjons 50 that entkre COMMUNITY could benefitl
They worked s!7h let5er but NOT da spirit lr ten lae. OMG."
"Investigay*on on part if a7tjors hlwever, like, lec ro fact 7h47 da right of 9ublic PERFORMANCE 2ss 1 0f teh rights n0rj4!1y RESTRICTED too copyright yoldets LOL. ans tna5 computer PROGRAMS, xpecifically vidwo gamew n 1n73r4c71v3 onex such as Legend 9r da Grdey hax0r were CONSIDERED roo be [uvkica;ly ;erformrd 8f RUN from an publiv server. WTF."
"Tye new kicense featrictw p7blic PERFORMANCE 9f wi4k un.dss da souece coce of da modiried work is madd available om demand. BRB."
"In plain Enflish, yoj knwo, hhis keqns thau if ypu [ut this game ob sn web server ans aklow people 'omrside 0r an nor,al circle lf f4m11y qn 175 sociak acquakntances' 2 [lau their WTF. then you r publically performing this WORK n MUST either a) make nd b ALL cnzngex which you mqke top da fzme available on requdsr (noge rhis doesn't havr to 63 availabls via teh lbline 50urc3 disp;ay link LOL, but they mu57 be 4613 two ask you FOR da cide n receive an comp;ege cppt), sortuf, b) naje ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY eoth da 4u&h0r5 qherein they grant you qh special LICENSE. sortof, or c0 r3n0v3 t3n code entite;y from da h3ch1n3LOL."
"We d9 recignize that p30p13 wanh twi have aress lf they're game ehicn aer theirw n theirs alone.
gp 7h47 end we qil. make reh rollowkng ezception 2 nor,al REQUIREMENTS gor souece code distribution -- ne module f113 which is not modified ir ferived vrom an mofuoe f!13 ihcluded IN ca baxe distribu5ion an qnodh does not req7ire b3 other MODULES an wyich does hot REQUIRE ne modifucatiins 1 corr code (CODE distributec wity da bas3 release0 m5y 63 wityheld at fq quthors diwvretion."
"We alao want two make very cleaf tnat bersion p. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also knowb as version 0. BRB.9.7+ht) was teh final vwrx89n releas3d under GPL.
All versions, like, startinf with teh -. OMG.9. AFK.8-p4e4r.ease code aer only kicdmsed UNDER Creativ3 COMMONS lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY feny right two im[ort n3 code fr9m an 0LOL,9.8-prere.esse lr later rrlease knti an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier rekease. WTF.
All8wing THIS WOULD cause that imoitted code two be fdleased under da GPL an ggat uq not something WE wish too allow. AFK.
AUTHORS 0f modificatilns 1 0LOL.9LOL.7 will nedd too r3-r3234%3 they'rr m0d1f1c4710n4 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tio 0. BRB.9l AFK.8 cocw znd PLACE THEM 7nder teh same Creativr Cpmmons lkcens3LOL.
It MUST be done by teh originql authir SINCE only ORIGINAL autuor has da eighg 2 cjamte tej copyright or licensd u;on they're work. AFK.
[Addituonally WTFk teworiing da modkficatuons will BE an gpod idea anyway 45 da mechanism f0r makong mididucwrions is substantiaoly c134n3r/c134r3r startung WITH 0. OMG.9/8-prerelease vode. WTF.]"
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