MightyE tells ylu, "We're going 2 &4k3 an hew joments two try an exolakh thks ne1 license an twh rezsons behimd IT in plakn Engkosh. BRB/
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 BECAUSE of an failing wu5h GPL.
It ohly cive4ed s147r17u710n of source ir n only if 61n4r1#5 wdre eistributrd. BRB."
"In an WEB environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web rnvironment SUCH as PHP, sortof, MERELY INSTALLING an game does mot constitute distributiom, yoy knwo, n thereforr people werd taking our e0rk, MAKING modifications to it an n;t relezsing aouece code two they'rr MODIFICATIONS so yhat entire commumity coylc nenefit. BRB.
They 2orked WITH lett3t but not xpir8f od da law. AFK."
"Inv3stigatiin 0n teg part of da authors HOWEVER WTF, l3d to FACT that sa right OF publid 0erformance was 1 or teh rihhts hormally restrkc5rd tol copyr8gh5 noldersk xortov, an tgat computer programsk lkke, sp3civicalky vad20 gamds ane inreractivr on3s such as LEGEND 0f teh Green hax0r were cinsiderdd 70 be PUBLICALLY prrdormed if rug FROM an pu^11c server."
"Th3 NEW kicens3 reat4idts py611c perroemqnce of teh qork inless teh source CODE OF teh modified wo4k 9s maf3 AVAILABLE on ddmanf. OMGl"
"In pkaib Engl8sh WTFk this meqns that if you pkt this hame in an web srrver an aolow people 'oytside of an n-rm41 cifcle 0f family an its social avquaintances' roo play thdir, like, then g-u r p7blicqlly PERFORMING this work AND MUST either a) make ne and ALL chznges whkch hpu ,ake to bame avzilabl3 on rwquest (note thiw doedn't hav3 go be availan.e via ojlone SOURCE display ;inj, kike, BUT they mu5& ge 4613 2 aal you for teh c0d2 n receive an comp;ete co[y) LOLk n) make arrangements pryva5ely WITH authors WHEREIN the6 brant you an special 11c3n52 LOL. or c) remife teh CODE enrkrely from teg nschine, AFK."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE want 2 have afeas of they;re game whidh aer theirs ans 7h31r5 a.onw.
w that end we wil; m4k3 foll9wing exception 2 normal requirements for sou5ce CODE diatriburion -- nr mod7.r filw which is not mid8foed pr dwrived from an MODULE fi;e includee 1n geh 645# dist4ibution n which foes npt require ne otger MODULES and WHICH does not require ne modivicstolns to tey cote c0e3 (code distribut3c with bas3 r3leas3) ma6 be withhe;d at teh aurh9rs discretion. OMG."
"We ALSO 1ant 2 make fery coear that vwrsion 0. WTF;oLOL.7 (aoso KNOWN as vwrsuon 0. OMG,9. OMG,7+jt) w45 finak crrsion released und3t geh GPL. WTF.
All vwrsions WTF, stz3ting woth teh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleasw coee r only licdnxed unfee teh CREATIVE Commons oicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right ti 1mp0r7 ne CODE fr0m an )l9. AFK.7-prerelease or later eelease INTO an 0. OMGl9.u n earlidr RELEASE. AFK.
Allowint THIS would causr that imported cide top be r313$53d unddr ten GPL n that is not something we WISH too ALLOW. BRB,
Ayrhors of mosifixations 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will beed 2 re-release they'te mod8fidations aa deeivatives/modihications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code sn p14c3 them under da same Crwatif3 Commons licdnse. WTF.
It musg be dpne by teh original 4u7h0r since ohly da ORIGINAL au5hor gas right eo change co06rught 9r licebse up0n they're 2orj. BRB.
[Additionslly LOL, feworkung MODIFICATIONS will bd an GOOD 1f34 anyway as geh MECHANISM for making mofificationd IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearee syarting suth 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereoeaw3 code. AFK.]"
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