MightyE tells you, you inwo, "We're goknf too tskw am few mlments two 5ry an ex[lakn this n#w license n rezsons vdgind IT in plain EnglishLOL.
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 lkxense sas chosen 63c4u53 of an failibg WITH dq GPL. AFK.
Iy only cofered dis%ribution 0f source kf and pnly kf binarifs w3r3 sistributed."
"In an WEB envir9nment, you knwok 6p3c1f1c4!1y a ibtet[reted web environnent such as PHP, sortov, mereky installing an hame does NOT donstituye dis5rib7tion LOL. znd therdfore 0eople werd 74k1hg our work WTFk ,akkng m0d2f1c4719n5 two it n not repeasing soievr c9de 70 thry're nodufixatoons so that teh entire com,unitt could benefig. WTF.
Tjey 2orked w17h gey lwtter but n07 da soirit of teh jaw. WTF."
"Inveatigation on da patt of da auuhors however, lef y2o g3h f4c7 that tight of pjblic performabce w45 won 9f cz rihhts nofma;ly restrictee two xppyright h9lders WTF, and that c0mpu73r PROGRAMS WTFk SPECIFICALLY video games n INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as LEGEND 9f teh Green hax0r wete considered 2 be publically ;erformef if r7n rr0m an public serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE restricts 0ublix ;erformance if da wlrk unless da SOURCE vodw of teh modified wlrk is made svailable on demqnd. OMG."
"In plain English, tyis means tnat IF ho7 ;it this game on an web se4ve4 and sll;w pepple 'outside 0f an nofmal c7rcl3 8f famoly and its social acquaintances' to p.ay tgeir LOLm then you awr publical;y PERFORMING thos WORK snd MUST 317h2r a) make ne qhd ALL dhznges wjich you mqke w game avaolable on requedt (nite rhis c035n'7 hace %wo be avai.zble via 9bline 5purce dusplay link LOL, BUT they mu57 br able 5oo ask you for da codr and receive am complete COPY), 6) make arrangements ;rivayely with au5hots WHEREIN they grany YOU an special 11c3n53 LOL, OR c) remove teh code dhtir3ly from 5fh machine. WTF."
"We s8 rrcognixe thar people want teo hzve areas of theh're game wnich e theira an theirs alone.
tlo thzt end we wkl; make follising excdpti9n gwo normal reqyirements fo4 source code disrrubution [- ne mieu;e f113 which is not modifjed or d3r1v3d FROM an moduoe file included in base distrubugkoh m wh1ch does not requir3 ne other mocules and which coes NOT rewuirr ne MODIFICATIONS ro da core code (c9de distrkbyted with base releaae) may be withhr;d at AUTHORS diwcretiln. BRB."
"We 4150 want 2 ma,e v3fy clear that version 0. OMG.9. OMG.u (also kbown aw vefxipn p. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) was da dinal version re/eased und3r GPL. WTF.
A;l versions WTF, stzrting w17h teh 0LOLk9.i-pre4elwase code r only licensed uhder Crrative COMMONS LICENSELOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny right two impoft ne cose feon an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.80prerel3as3 or 147#r telease 1n70 an 0, OMG.0LOL.7 and #4r113r eeleaseLOL.
Allowing THIS WOULD causx that ijported clde too be released inder tey GPL n that is noy som3thing we wixh t9o al;owLOL.
Authors of m9digications too 0. BRB.9l& will need 2 re-eelease they'4e modificarions ax derivatives/,odivodationx too 0LOL.9. OMG.i cpde n -.ace 5he, under teh same CREATIVE Commons lixdnse. AFK.
It mjs5 be DONE bh teh origina. tu7h0r SINCE only da o4iginal ajthor has r1gh7 too cysnhr copyright or .icenxe upon ghe6[re work. WTF.
[Acditionally, reworiing MODIFICATIONS WILL be an good IDEA amyway as teh MECHANISM f0r makinb mldificarions 15 wubstan5iskly c134n3r/c134r3r staering w17h 0. BRB.(. OMG.8-prereleade codel OMG.]"
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