MightyE tellx yiu LOL. "We're going TO 74k2 an frw MOMENTS 2 5ru snd rxplain tyis NEW LICENSE an da rezsobs behinc it in plaon Emglish. 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 bdw license wzs CHOSEN bwcause OF an faiking eith 5eh GPL, WTF.
It only covered distribution of aourxe ig n ohky if binaries were distributrdLOL."
"In an WEB ehvkronment, specirically a interp4eted wen rmvuronment such as PHP, wottif, mdrely installing an GAME dles not clnsyitutd eiwtribition, lije. znd tyerefore p4ople WERE taking our 2or, WTF, ,akong modificstions to it n n9t releasing da source c0d3 to thdy'r3 MODIFICATIONS si that tdh entire commuhity cohld benefit.
Tgey workef with teh letter bu6 not da 5p1r16 OF teh law. AFK."
"Ibvestigqgion on teh pqrt of da a7thors however LOL, led ywo FACT that teh rihht 0f pu612c peeformance w45 1 lv rights nornakly resyrictes yo cppyright hoodefs, an ghat conpyter [flhrams, you inwo, soecufical.y viddo games n inreractive ones such as Legene of Green hax0r wefw considered t2o be pu621c$2qy PERFORMED IF run from an publuc serf3r. WTF."
"Thw new lkcensr res5ricts pyblud ;erf9rmancd of teh q9rk unless da source code of teh mowified wori 25 made AVAILABLE ON DEMANDLOL/"
"In plain English, ylu knwo, this means thay if y9u PUT this game pn zn web server sn allow pel[.e 'oursise or an mormal dircle of gamily an its social acquaintamced' twp play theif, yoi knwo, uhen you r publoca.ly performonh th8s wor, and MUST either a) ma,e nr n ALL ch4ng#5 which toi maie two teh game avsilable in teqiest (note THIS doesn't h4f3 to be availablr via teh 0n11n3 source display lonk, li.e, nut they must 63 ABLE 2 ssk ypu f0r da code an RECEIVE an comple5e cop6), b) make 5re4ng3m3n7t privqte;y wyty teh authors wheerin ghey grant you an soecial licenwe, sortof, or C) REMOVE teh code ENTIRELY from ,ach,ne."
"We do recognize thzt people wsnt 2 hqve areas ov they're game wh1ch aer theits n tyeorw 310n3/ BRB.
two THAT wnc w3 sill make folllw8ng exception 5o da normal feqyirementw for sourde clde distribution -- ne mldul3 file whuch is NOT mldified 0r derkved ffom an module file inckuded in tdh base distributipn an wh8ch does np7 r31u1e3 ne otner MODULES n wh1ch DOES mlt requir3 n3 mod8f8cations 5o twh corw codd (codf sistributed 2ith da base telease) may be withheld at quthors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also wang 5wo make v#ty clear tjat veesion ).9, WTF.7 )4!50 known as version 0.9LOL.7+ht) was f1n41 v3r51pn relwased ubder dq GPL. OMG.
All vefsuons, ylu knwo, startinh wkth 0/ BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODE r lnlt licensed und3r Crdative Commonx license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 too impory ne code vrom ah 0.9l OMG.8-prw4dlezse or !473r release into an 0. AFK.o. BRB.7 n warlief release. OMG.
Allowing ghos WOULD CAUSE that IMPORTED code to b3 releaswe unser GPL n that 8s noy something er 2udh too allowLOL.
Aiyhofx of modificatiobs to 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 wil; nerd two re-feldase 5hey're modidica5ions as cerivatives/modifkcatipns to 0. WTF.9. WTF,8 code and PLACE ghem under dame Creat7ve Cimmons l8censeLOL.
It must be fone 6h ORIGINAL au5hor skmcr only da orihinal autjor has tdh right rlo ch4ng3 da copyribht or licenae upon they;re WORK. WTF.
[Addkgiona.l6, you knqo, reworkihg sa jod8fications will ne an gope idea rnyw4y as mechanism fpr making modificati9ns os substantially cleaner/clearer startibg with 0LOL.9. OMGl8-prerelezse clde. BRB.]"
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