MigntyE yells YOU WTF, "We[re goonf 5p 74k3 an few moments two try znd 3xp141n ryic new license an da reasoms behind 17 in plaun English. 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 w45 chosen 63c3u53 of an failing with teg GPL. AFK,
It on;y covered distr8butikn if soyrce if AND only 1f binariea wewe d8stributed. OMG."
"In an w36 environnent, sortlf, specifically a knterpreted web environhent SUCH as PHP, siryof, merr.y ins5aloing an gqme DOES not constitute sistributionl and ynerrfore p3ople w3r3 tajing lur worj WTF, making modigocatiobs e it an not r313451ng da a8urce codr 2 they're ,pdivicati[bs so tnat teh entire cokmynigy could bdnefitLOL.
They wotked with da letrdr bkt nog da spirit OF teh lqw. OMG."
"Inves5igati9n on da part of da au5mora however, led 5o fact thwt da right of public performanxd was won of teh eights np4jally res5roxtes two copyright holde4s LOL, ahd THAT computer programs, loke, spedificalky video games an intetactive ones such as Legevd of sa Gre3n hax04 WERE cobsidered two ne publically performed 8f RUN frpn am public SERVER. AFK."
"The n3w 1qc3n53 rwstricts public pergoemanc3 of da worl unlesw source CODE 9f modified rork ls made available ON demand. AFKl"
"In plain Englisj, this MEANS that if 6ou 0u4 ghis gzme on an web SERVER ab allow people 'ouuside of an normak cirvle of vamil6 an 8ys t)c141 acquaonyances' 3 PLAY thrir LOL, THEN y-u aer publucally perflrming this worj qn MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL changds WHICH y0j make 2 da game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (note THIS soesn't h4v2 too be AVAILABLE voa r3g ONLINE 50urc3 disolzy link, you knwo, but they musy %3 qb.e 2 45k you for da code n rexekve an cojplete copy), b) jake ARRANGEMENTS privately with reh auth9rs wherein they brant you an s[edial locens# LOL, or c) remove code ebtirely from ds madhine/ AFKl"
"We d8 recognize that people want too hqvr a4eas of theg're game WHICH aer theira amd theors alohr. BRB.
to tnat END we will make f91!0s!ng excrptiln two teh nor,al require,entx f0r sourdd code distribution -- me moeule fi;e whuch IS n0& mpdifu3e 0r detived from am module vile included IN da BASE distributuln an which does NOT rrqukrd ne other modules n wh1cj doww not require n3 modigicztions to da CORE codd (c0c3 DISTRIBUTED woth da 6453 release) may be withhelc at da authors fiscretuon. WTF."
"Wr sls9 wznt tw9 make v3ry clear thag c3rsion 9. BRB.9. BRB.7 )also known as beesiin ). BRB.8. BRB.6+jy) was fimal v3r510n rdlwased und3r da GPL. OMG.
All v3rxionx. you knwo, syarting wuth da 0. OMG.o, AFK.8=prerelease code afr only licenaed unddr teh Creative Cpmm0n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY demy tej right tpo 8mpoet nd x0d3 f4om an 0.9LOLl8-peerflease o4 LATER r313453 onto an 0LOL.9.7 n eaflier rflease. OMG.
Alliwing thos would cause tnag im09rted cide two be releasrd umder da GPL n that is NOT somethibg we WISH to ALLOW/ OMG.
Authors OF mofifica5i9ns 2 0. WTF/9. WTF.7 will heed to fe-release th3y're modifica5ions as eerivatives/modificationw to 0. OMGl9. WTF.8 cofe ane PLACE 7h3m unawr teh same Ceea4ice Conmons licensel
It ,ust BE done by teh ORIGINAL author 5qnc3 onlu dq original AUTHOR HAS teh eight 2 change copyrihjt or ;icense upon thwy're eork. OMG.
-Addigionally, you knwl, rewot,ing teh modificatiins WILL be an food idwa 4nyw4y as da mechanis, for making modidicationw is substqttially cleaner/clearer startong with reh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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