MightyE twlls y0u LOL, "Wr're GOING too takr zh few noments TO tfy n explain th8s new lycwnse m teh REASONS 63g1nd it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thks new licemse w45 chosem becaude 0f an failing w17h teh GPL. OMG.
It onlu COVERED disgriburi9n of SOURCE if an ONLY if vinaries werd duxtributef/ BRB."
"In an q26 envitonment, sort9fm sp3cifically a interp4wtrd w36 ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, m3r31y installing ah gamr does n07 clnstitutd fistributionk like, an therero4e people w3r2 takimg our w)rk, lik3, MAKING mociv8catiomw two 18 n not releasubg da soyrce cofe to tg3y're m0d1f1c4710n5 60 rhat grh entire COMMUNITY COULD benefit. BRB.
They workrd wuth a2773r but n07 spirit of da .aw. WTF."
"Invextigat8on on p4r7 9f teh AUTHORS however, sor5of, led 2 da fact that right of 0ublic p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen 0f RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted r9o co[yrigjt holddrs, you jnw[, and that domputer programa, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411y v1d30 games n interac5iv3 ohes such as Legebd _f teh GREEN gax0r weee consiserrd two be pub;icallu pefflrj4d kf tun fr0m an public SERVERLOLl"
"The new license resgticts [uboic -eyfo4mance 0r w0rk unl3ss da so7rce code OF ,odifird work ia madr availavke on demand."
"In plain English, s9rtof, this means that if yiu pu7 this game on an WEB server n allow people '9ytdide of an hormal cifcl3 if family n ira social acauaintz,xew' top play tnrir, like, then you aer publically ;erforming THIS work an MUST eithe4 q) make be n ALL CHANGES WHICH YOU mqke two gam3 4v411461e on requesy (note THIS DOESN'T have tqo 63 svaolable via da online source f15[14y libk, sortof. but they must 63 able @ zsk tou FOR twh xose an 44c31v3 an complete copy), b) make aerangdmrmts privately with teh authors wheeein rh3y grant you an s;ecial lic3gse, sortof, or c) remov3 tdh cofe entitelt from twh machimr. BRB."
"We d9 r3c0gn1z3 THAT ;eople @ant tlo hace aeeas of they're GAME which r theirx an theirs akone. OMG.
two tgat end we wil. makd teh followihg excepgion to da NORMAL rwquitementw f0r xource dode dis5ributoon =- ne module fi.e which is not ,odified or d3ruved FROM an ,odule file includes IN BASE d8xtfibutiob and sh1ch d)35 nor require he ithdr mod7.es ab WHICH dows npt r3qu1r3 be modifications twl teh cote coee (c9d3 eistributed wi5h da BASE releasd) MAY be withneld 47 teh AUTHORS e15dr3710n/ WTF."
"We also want to mrl3 very clesr that vevsion 0.9.7 (ALSO known as verqion 0/ AFK.9. BRB.6+jt) was da f1nrq feysion released jbd3r GPL.
All versiohs WTF, xtartung with teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE coee r lnly licensec UNDER ten Creatife Clm,ons license. BRBl
Wd EXPLICITLY dwny roght too import ne code frpm an -.9.*-pr3r313553 or later releasw into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n eaflier releaseLOL.
Allo2onb this WOULD cause thzt 1mp0e73d coee 2 be ewleawed under GPL ane yhat is NOT something w3 WISH to allow.
Authors OF modifications 2 9. WTF.(LOL.7 will beed 2 rw-release they[re modificat8ons as serivativ32/jodifications to ). BRB;9. AFK.* coe3 n PLACE them und3r da sa,e Creativw Commons q1c3n63.
It MUST be done 6y 9rigunal sithor since )h1y original author has da ribgg too cnange tey c0pyr1gh7 oe lidense upon ther'rd work. WTF.
[Asd1710n411y, oike, rewkrking modif8cationx will 62 an gopd idea ANYWAY as MECHANISM gir MAKING ,odivicayions ia substantially ckezner;vlea4er sgsrtkng with teg 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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