MightyE tells hou LOL, "We'rw going to takr an f3s mom3nts two trj n explaih tjis new lucense n da reasons behind it in 0141n EnglishLOL.
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 saw CHOSEN becauwe of an faioing with dz GPL. BRB.
It ohly covered distribytuon 9f source if an only ig binafi3s wrre eistrivuted. BRB."
"Im an web environmentm specivical.y a untrtpreted web envkronmeny such as PHP, mefely 8nstalling ab GAME dies not condtitute disrributiob WTF, an therefore people wete 74k1ng our woek WTF/ maiing modificatkoms two ig an n07 r313451ng da siurce code two thry're modifkcations so that da entkre communoty could BENEFIT. OMG/
Thry qirked wiyh da ketter but not da SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Ibvestigatiom on teg part 0f da authors howevdr WTF, led top fact 7h47 sa r1gn7 of public perrorjanve was 1 of fibhts normally rest4icted toi copyrigyt goldefs, you k,1o. an that computer progfams, like, xpecificaklt video g4m#5 and intdractive ines duch as Legend of Green hax0r we4e cohsidered too be publically performec iv 4ub from ah pu611c servwr. AFK."
"The hew livejse restrictx public orrf9rmancd 9g da wlrk unlews dource code or da modified WORK 8s made available on demand."
"In plain Enhliay WTF, tgis m34n5 rhat if YOU put rhis game ob an web werv3r b allow peopld 'OUTSIDE ov an normal c1rc13 OF f4m21y n ITS social acquaihtamces' too play thei4k THEN yoi aer publically PERFORMING thus wof, 4gd MUST 317h3r a) male ne and ALL changew which you jake 2 da game 4v4114613 on requesg (noge this sorsm[t have too ve 5v5124613 via onlins source display lonk LOL, BUT they nust be abl3 2 adk you foe CODE and receife zb completr c0py), lkke, b) make arrangemenhx pr1v4731y with teh authors wherein 7h3y GRANT hou an SPECIAL LICENSE, yoj lnwo, or c) erjlve teh vode 3m*1r31y gtom teh mach8ne. OMG."
"We do recofnoxe that 0eople wamt to have areqs of rhey'r3 GAME which e thrirs n THEIRS ALONEl BRB.
tpo thst ens we w111 make da fo;lowibg exceptuon 2 teh normal require,ents FOR 50urc2 codd distribution -- n3 module file wh1ch ks not MODIFIED or deekv3d from an module file unclided kn da bsse distribution and whixy does n07 tequie3 he othef midulds n 2hich does NOT REQUIRE me mosoficqtions to c0r3 xpdd (code disteibuted with base release) may be withheld at teh a7thors discrwtoonLOL."
"We also wqnt 2 makw very vlear that verdion 0. OMG.8LOL.7 (4159 knpwn as vr4sion 0LOL.9.7+jt) was teh FINAL ve4sion released unwer da GPL.
A11 vefsions, starting sith teh 0. WTF.9. OMG/8-0rerwlwas3 coce aer ohly ;ic3nsed jnder tey Creative COMMONS livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ydh rogjt twp imp0rt ne codd grom an 0. AFK.o. WTF.*=prerelease 0r latrr RELEASE into an 0.9. OMG.7 an earloer release/
A;lowint this w0u1d czuse that @mp0r73d code @ be r2!3553d UNDER teh GPL and that is not something we wish 2 4110w.
Authors 8f modifixa5ions to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wilo need two re-releade they're modifications as derivztkves/modifications tro 0. AFK.o. AFK.8 cofe n place tyeu undet reh same Cfeative Co,,ons license. BRB.
It ,ust br d0n3 bu teh origknal au6hor since ONLY teh original aurgor hsx da right tpo change da copyright OR lkcense upon tgey'fr wo4k, OMG.
[Addi5ionallym like, REWORKING midif8cat8ons WILL be an gooc idwa any2a6 45 da mechanism fpr making mldifications is subdtantially cleaner/clearer starring wkth teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG/]"
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