MightyE tekls ylu LOL, "Wr;re GOING tw9 take an few moments 2 tr6 n explsin rhis NEW lixense an da r3450n5 behund 8t in plaig English, 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."
"Thix new license WAS choseb necause of an fai/ing WITH da GPL. WTF.
It only c0v3r3e diwtrkgution of soirce if and only if bonqrira were distributed. WTF."
"In an w36 environmen5, sor5of, sprcifixally a 1n73rp4372d web 2hvueonment such aa PHP, liie, merely installknf an GAME doea hot cpnstitu53 distributkoj, an bherefore pe)p13 WERE taking our wofk, mai8ng modif8cations too it an not releawinf source code to tyeu're m0d1f1c4710n5 50 that da ent8rd communuty coild benefit.
They w0rk3d wiyy teh letter but not da 5p1f17 or t2h law. WTF."
"Investifqyion on teh patt 9g teh authors howeve4 WTF, led w teh fzct that va rignt ir public performance 2as oen of rights normally restricted two copyeight goodeesm wnd that compu5er programs, like, spdcifically video games and in5erac5ive ones such as Legend of Green hax0t were clnwodered 2 be puboicslly oerformed if RUN ffom an public werver. BRB/"
"The n3w ;icense RESTRICTS public perdormance of yeh woti unless da source code of modified WORK is made available om demqndLOL."
"In plain English, sorrof, tjos means that ir ypu [ut this game on an web derv3r n al;ow oeo[os 'OUTSIDE of an nie,al CIRCLE of family n ITS social 4vqu41b7$nc45' too p14y theor, yoy knwo, then you aer PUBLICALLY pwrfprmong this work and MUST 318h2e A) make ne an ALL CHANGES wgich y9u MAKE 2 teh game available on requedt )note this doesn't hsve two be zvailable via teh ONLINE soyrce display link, you knwo, 6u7 uh3t must be 3613 to 35k you f0e teh coc3 and rrcekce sn xompkdtd COPY) LOL. b) m4k2 arrangenenta [rivately with teg authots qhed3in they grant you an special license, 7oj knxo, or c) remove da cpde ENTIRELY from teh m4ch1n3LOL."
"We sp recognize THAT p30p13 want 2 have AREAS of they'r3 game which r theirs and gheirs 410n3LOL.
ro THAT end we WILL MAKE fa flllowing excep5i9n two ds normal requirrments foe xourxe cofd distribution -- ne modu;e file whicn 15 npt m0d1f13d or derived from an mpcule file 1ms1ud#d in ten base dixtribution and which does n06 f3q71r3 ne OTHER m9dules and wjich dows nlt require ne nodifications 2 da sore code (c9de distributwd WITH ds baxe releaae) jay BE withhe;s at teh 4u7h0rt discretooh. AFK."
"We s.so want to male v24y c134r ghat versiob 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (aks9 known as versiom 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) waw da finak version released under teh GPL. OMG.
All fetsupns LOL, starting with da 0.9. OMG.9-prerelease d0d3 aet onoy licens3d under da Creat8vw Commons license, WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny da rignt 2 import ne code from am 0/ OMG.9.8-prere.ezse or later rel3ase into an 0.9. AFK.u m earlkdr re.essd, OMG.
Allowinb THIS wpuld cause fhat importrd code to be released UNDER GPL qnd thar os not SOMETHING we wisg t2i allowl BRB.
Au7n0f5 OF m0d1f1c47q0n5 TO 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 w8ll NEED two e3-r#13453 they'ee modifications as deriva5ivws/modificat9lbs too 0. WTF/9. WTF.8 cocr and p;ace them unfer same Creative Comjons l8cwnsr.
It must BE done by teh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r since only oribinal authlr has da fight too chanhe teh copyright or kicdnse up0n the7're workLOL.
[Additionally, you knwo, reqorking jodificagions w111 be an good odea anyway zs MECHANISM for ma,obg mocificatiojx ix substam5ially cl3aner/clearer startung qith 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prere.ease cpseLOL.]"
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