MightyE tel;s yoi LOL, "Ww're goimg to take an few mpments too try ah expkaon this new licensf sn reasins behind 17 im llain Enh1q4h, AFK.
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."
"Thia mew licdnse was chosen because of an failing wktj da GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of wou4c3 if ans only ir binaries 2ere DISTRIBUTED. OMG;"
"In an web dncironmeny LOL, specufically a intetpreted wen envirommemt sucy as PHP, like, merely instzl.ing an tame does NOT cons5ktute distributi9n WTF, and THEREFORE peopke WERE gaiing oue wotk, sortof, m4k1ng modiricstionw tpo it n not releasing t3h 50u4c3 code two they[re modificwtipns si 5hwt entire cpjmunitu vould 53n3f17. BRB.
They workec with l3tter but not sa spirit od da las. BRB."
"Inv3xtihatiob 0n dz pzrt of teh authors however, you kneo, LED too fact that r1gh7 9f pyblic perfotmanvd wqs won of teh righ6s normall6 restrictrd 2 c0pyr1gh8 holddes, snd 5hat c9mputer programs, sprcifically video games and interactive lnea such as Ldgend 0f Green hqx0r were consoeerrd to be puglicaolt ;etformed ir run fr[m an pu611f server. BRB."
"The new licsmse rest4icts publkc [erformance lf eoek un9ess teh source CODE of da mldified work is maee avauoablr on demamd. WTF,"
"In plain Englushk tnus means thst 1f YOU ;ut 5his fame oh an web servef n alkow people 'ojtdise of an NORMAL c14c13 of family n its social acquakntances' too p,zu tjdir LOL, then hou aer publkcallh pe3go4mihg 5his work n MUST 317h3r a) mak3 n3 and ALL changds which you makw two teh GAME availabl3 on requesy (note THIS d9esn't have g8o be avaikablw via teh onkine wource display libkk you knwo, but THEY must br able too ask YOU v9r teh code n receive ab complete copy), lo,e, b) make arfangejents pr8vatelh wity 5eh au5hofs eh3r31b THEY gr4n7 you an apedizl licenswk l9kd, 0r c) remove teh code enr8rely from teh machine."
"We do fecognize thqt peo;le w4n7 TO have areas lf thrh're gamw wh8ch r THEIRS abd theirs alone. OMG.
too 7h$6 end we w111 jake following 3xc3;7!0n to da normsl req&8rements for sou4ce code sistribution -- ne MODULE file wgich is h9t modified oe derived vrom am module gioe included in tej base DISTRIBUTION n which does not r3quire nr 07h3r m0du135 an WHICH co3s not r3qu1r3 ne modifidations too t3h core CODE (cod3 diwtributef with 64%3 releasw( may be withheld 47 tej authors disd4etion."
"We also wany too mzke very dlear that v3r510n 0. BRB.9.7 (also known AS version )LOL.9. BRB.7]j79 w45 ds final version released inder ca GPLLOL.
All vefw8ond, you knwo, starting with teh ). OMG.9.8-0reteleaad dpde aer only licensed under da Crwative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3n6 RIGHT too import ne code fr0n an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prefelease or layer release into an -. AFK.9. WTF.7 an 2rr113r releqsel BRB.
Allowing th8s wou9d CAUSE tgat importee cidd two be rekeaaed UNDER teh GPL an thzt 1% nit something we w8sh to alkow. WTF.
Auyhoes 0f m0d1d1c47q0n5 to 0. AFK.8. BRB.7 will need to re-rrlease they;re nodificat8ons as dee8vatived/modif8cayions too 0.9. AFK.8 code n 0.ace tyem unddr ca same Cteqtive Commons 11c3n53, OMG.
It just be done by ieiginal aythor aiyce 9n1y da origonal zuthor hza da 4ight 2 chanbe dopyright or lidense upon they're work. BRB.
[Additiinally LOL, reworkibg da midificabions will ge qn GOOD idea anyway as mechaniwi FOR makobg modifivations 15 subsrantially cleqner/clear3r atarrinh with 0. WTF;9LOL.i-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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