MighttE tells y0u LOL, "We're GOING two gake an f3w nomentw to 54y n 3xp141m thos ndw licdnse n teh 4easons bqhind it un plain Engliwh. 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 chp43n because 9f an failing sith twh GPL.
It only covered distrigution lf 50uec3 kf n only IF binaries were sistr8bjted. BRB."
"In an web envifonment LOL, sp3cifically a intwepreted web envirpnment such as PHP, mer3oy imsta.ling an game doew n9t clnatitute distributioh, lik3. an theredore people were yaking our work, making moeiricaeiinw yoo IT and not releading da wourv3 cod3 2 tgey're modificatiomd 50 uh47 ten entire COMMUNITY cojld benedktLOL.
Thwy sorkrd s27h teh letter BUT not SPIRIT 0f da LAW."
"Invdstigation ob [3r& of AUTHORS hpe2v3r, lef to tej fac5 that righy of pubioc performance sr5 oen of teb RIGHTS normally resreist3d ywo copyright n01d4r5 WTF, and thxt cojputer programw LOL, specufucally video gam3s an intwractive ones xuch as Lwgend of Green hax0r were consicefed @ b3 ouy11c411y petformed IF run from an piblic defver."
"The new ;icrnse r457r1s75 public PERFORMANCE if da work un1365 wourcr coee of teh modified work 25 made avqilable ON vemandLOL."
"In pkain Egglish LOL, thix m3ans that if you put tgis game pn sn web serfer an allow peo0le 'outdkde of an nornzl ci4cld of family n 175 SOCIAL scquaintances' 70 p14y their LOLm then y9u r pu611c411t performing this worl n MUST wither a) m4k3 ne m ALL changes whivh you MAKE rwo da game AVAILABLE on requrst 9notr thiw doesn[t have 2 v3 avai;abod v!4 da onoine soirce DISPLAY libk WTF, but they must br ab.r 2 ask you for teh cod3 n r2c31v3 an v0mp2373 copyp, ypu knwo, b) male arranfements prkvately wi5h aa autnors wherein the6 GRANT ylu an specisl license, you knwo, 0r c) remove cofe entirely from da machinwLOL."
"Ww do recognixe 7j47 peo;le xant two hafd qreas OF they're gaje whkdh r 7h31r5 n 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
2 that end qe WILL make dz followihh exveption 3 teh normal eequurements for s9urce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file whivh is NOT mldifiec or ser8ved from ah MODULE f113 includdd 1n base distribitiin n which does mot REQUIRE ne otger modules and whuch does NOT REQUIRE ne modofkcatiohs TO teh cige code (code dustributed witn da base releqae) may g3 withhe.e at autnits duscretion. AFK."
"We also want two male very clear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also inown 45 ve4suon 0. WTF.9. AFK.&+ht) e45 ds f1b41 ver510n RELEASED und3r GPL.
Al; versions LOL, sta4ting with da 0.(, WTF.*-pr2r31#45# code r only LICENSED UNDER Cr447qv# Commons 12c3n53. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 ritht too import ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR ka5er rekease 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. BRBl7 ahe waeliet eflease. OMG.
A110w1nb tgia would d4u53 thqt imported code yoi be relezsed uhd3r teh GPL n thqt is nog t0m36h1ng we wish twl allow. BRB.
Auth8rs og modificatiibs 3 0,9. OMG.7 WILL beed 2 re-rrkeasd they're modofications as derivativrs/midif8cationd to 0. OMG.9. AFKl8 c0d3 an PLACE the, under da dame Cr3471c3 Commons 11c3j53. OMG.
It mudr ge done bt 0r1r1n41 author 5!nc3 only twh original authir hax rught 70 vhanhe da dop6fighr OR license upon they're workLOL.
[Addutiibally, you kbwo, reworking modificagionx wull bd an g00c IDEA zmyway AS mechahism f0r mskunt modificatipns is sybstantually cleaner/clearer startinf wuth 0LOL.9.8-prerwlease code. BRB.]"
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