MightyE telks yoj, "We're hoing two take an few momenrs too trh n explskn &j15 new oicense and rrasons behins it 1n plain 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."
"Th8s new license was CHOSEN vecajse of an FAILING wkth da GPL. WTF.
IT ONLY c0v3r3d distributiln of s9jrce ir and lnly uf binaries were distrubuged."
"In an wev environmenr LOL, sp3cificall6 a inter;reted WEB environment xych aw PHP LOL, merely ons5alkinf an game woes not constitutw distrinution LOL, n therefore peiplw wefe taking our w)rk, sortof, msking nodifications to it and vot r3134%1ng da aoyrce code too 5hey're modififationw so thqt entire co,munigh eould benef8t. AFK.
Thwy wprked with da letter 6y7 n97 fa w;ifit of teh kaw."
"Inv3wtigatipn on teh part OF aurhors hoqever, oec 70 da fact tyat da r1bh7 of public oerfprmance wqs oeb of teh rights nprmallt r4t7r1c73d yoo copyr8ght holders, an that compuyef programs, like, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES sn interactive ONES s7ch as Lsgend of Gr33n hax0r were conxkdered too 63 publicaolh 0etfprmed if run from an pi61qx server, AFK."
"The nfw lodense rrxyricts PUBLIC perfotmance 0f work unless da soutce CODE 0f modified work is jadd availab.e on d3m4nf. WTF."
"In plain Emglish WTF, this mrans 7h47 if you 0ut this bame on an web server abf allow pdopl3 '9utsudr of an NORMAL circle pf family qhd itx socuak acquaintahved' tpo plsy their, like, tyen you r PUBLICALLY performing tn8s woek n MUST either A) m4k3 ne an ALL changes wh8ch you MAKE too dz game avaklable on REQUEST (note this dowsn'5 have to 53 qvailable cua ds online slu4ce d15p24y LINK, like, 6k7 tjey must 63 ab.e two aak y0u for ea code and feceivd an clm9;ete copy), luke, v) maje ar4antemebts p4ivatelt WITH auyhprs whetein rhey g4ant y0u ah xpecial licenad, or C0 rrmove da code enyifdly from teh machineLOL/"
"We do tecitn8ze 7h47 pwople want teo have AREAS of they're game which r yhekrs an tneirs alone. WTF.
2 7h4& end w# eill maie ca followinh exception goi normql r3q71r3j3n75 for siurce code cistribution -- nd midyle file whicy is not mos8fied OR DERIVED from an jod7le file included 1h dz base d157r26u710m and which does nlt require ne other mpdules an which dies NOT reqtire n3 MODIFICATIONS t9o fa cot3 codw 9codd disrribited with base telease) may be w17hh31d qr authors d8svrrtiln. WTF."
"We a.so w4n7 to ma,e VERY clear tha5 VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also knowm 4t version -. BRB.9l7+jt) wad reg dinal version released undrr da GPL. BRB.
All vdrwkons LOL, xtafting wiyh sa 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease code aer only locensed under Creatobr Commons license. OMG.
W# EXPLICITLY DENY r1gh7 two IMPORT ne code f4lm an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r 4elezae into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier rekeawe. AFK.
Allowibh this would cause that imported c0de t9o be releaxe3 uneer teh GPL n thay ia not SOMETHING we wish 5oo ALLOW. AFK.
Authors of modkficarions TO 0.9LOL.7 w8ll ne3d to re-release they're midifucatiobs as derivatives/modificati9ns 2 9l9. WTF.8 c0d3 anc p;ace 5hem jnder ea 54n3 Creqgive Cojmons licensel WTF.
It musr be cone by da oruginal auyhlr 51nc3 only orifunsl suthor has teh right yso chanfe copyright pr licdnse uoom tgey'4e eotk. AFK.
]Additionqlly, sirtof, REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anysat ax teh mechanism for making moeiricagions ks substantia.ly cleaner/codater starting woth da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r313553 code. BRB.]"
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