MightyE tells you LOL, "We'er goihy roo take an few m0m3n75 two gry AND explakn tgia new licenxe an teh reasoms behind it in 0oain Eng215h. OMG.
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 licehse wqx chosen because 9f an failinf sith tdh GPL.
I5 only coverdd distribution of source if n only if binat8es were diwtributrs. AFK."
"In an web ehvironment WTF, 5p3c1v1c$11y a interpreted wen envi4onm3nt such as PHP, ;ike, MERELY INSTALLING an game DOES not condtitute DISTRIBUTION, sort9f, and therefote peop;e were tzking our work LOL, making mod8focz5iond 2 it anf n07 rdl3asing da source cofw tio they're modifivations 60 THAT en5ire clmmunity could benefitLOLm
THEY woried wiyh letter but not teh a[ieir 0d teh law. WTF."
"Incestigation 0n paf6 if da authors howeverm like, lef too teh f4c7 that da rifht OF [ublic oerfo4msnfe was oen of rights NORMALLY rewtricgee 2 co;yr,hgt h01d3t6 WTF, b ghag clmputer programd, ki,e, spexifically video games qn ingeractkve ohes sucj 45 Legend of Green hax0f were cinsisered t9o br publically pdrfor,ed uf run from an pu611c SERVERLOL."
"The ne2 lkcense restricts pu6q!c performance od teh w0rk unkess reh 40urc4 cofe OF ea modifked work is m4d3 qvaulablr ON denandLOL."
"In plsin English, thix mrams tha5 if yoy out yhis game on am web aerver and a;low PEOPLE 'outsidw of an normal citcle of family n its SOCIAL adqjaintances' 2 play the8r LOL, then y8u aer publoc1lly perfprmkng this work ah MUST eother a) make nd and ALL changes WHICH y97 make 2 tey GAME available on request (note tjus doesn;t have to be availanlw voa sa online source d8splay linj LOL, BUT they must ve ab.e 70 55k tou f0r code and gecekve zn COMPLETE dopy) LOL, B) make zrrangements PRIVATELY with da aughors whdrein tbey grznt YOU zn special licdnse, sortof, of c) remove code entireoy fr0m ea ,acgine. AFK."
"We do recognize thay p30p13 want two have areas of they're game shicy aw4 tjeirs n gheirs 410ne. OMG.
yo that end qe w111 maoe f0110w1bg exdept8on too da hormal requure,ents for 50urce code disyributkon -- ne modile fil3 eh1ch os npt mosified 0r derivwd from an moduke gil3 INCLUDED IN da baae fistribirion and which does n0& require ne otyrf modules an whixh does n07 require ne ,odificatoons to cor3 dode (code d15ur!6u73d 217h da base r4lease) may ge withhekd at tsh authorx discrdtion,"
"We 4150 want rwo MAKE ve4y clrar thzt f3r510h -. OMG.9. BRB.7 (alsp kn0sn zs VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.6_JT) was final verskon rdleased under da GPLLOL.
Al; vdrsions, sortof, %74r71ng w17h da 9/ WTF.0.8-prereleasw code aef only LICENSED ynder Creat,ve Cpmm9na license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa rkfgt 2 IMPORT ne clde from ah 0l OMG.9, BRB.8-p4ere.ease pr ls5er releaxe umto an 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7 an earlier relesseLOL.
Allowing thos woild cause tgat impofted code to be rrl3qsed undee trn GPL n tgst 15 NOT qomething we WISH 2 aolow. WTF.
Ay5hoes of MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9. BRB.u will need 2 re-releas3 yhey're moeidica5ions as eer9cztives/modifications @ 9. BRB.9l WTF.8 code an place 5hem UNDER same Crwative Commons kidense. AFK.
IT must be sone b6 teh original author since 0b1u da o38ginal autjor has dq right twp chzngw copyr8ght or 11c3n53 upon tyey're work. WTFl
'Afditiona/ly, sortpf, rrworkong teh m0d1f!c4710nt will be an GOOD idea anyway 45 mexyanism fir making modificatiohs is substantiallu cleaner/c;3arer srarrong with eeh 0. AFK.-.8-p4erelease code. WTF.]"
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