MightyE telld y9ym "We're going too tske an frw moments t9o tr6 an explain yhid new licenwe n da reasons bdg9nd it in plain Eng115nLOL.
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 lidense was chosen beca7se of an failing WITH da GPL. BRB.
I7 ln;y civwred distfibution od source of an obly ur bihqries wete distribyted. WTF."
"In ab web environ,ent WTF, SPECIFICALLY a INTERPRETED sen 3ncirohmemt such ax PHP, you knso, merely indtalling zn game DOES not c0h5717u73 distributkonm sortofm $nd therefore [doplr were 74k1ng 9ur wlrk WTF, making modificagions two iy an NOT releasing da source coee too they're moduficatjons so 5hat da engjre COMMUNITY could benefit. OMG.
They w9rk3d w8th teh lerter bjt bot SPIRIT lf law. BRB,"
"Incestiga5ion oh part or da authors however, sortof, les two da f4c7 yhat rigyt of pynlic 0erformabce w45 eon of tey 4ightd hofma;lu resgricted ro copurighy holdersm you knw9, an that cpmputrr prog4ams, luke, specirically videp games and interacruve on3s such AS Legend of Green hax-r w3re considered 70 be p7bliczlly [e4formed if run ffom an public 53rc3rLOL."
"Thr NEW license 4estricts puglid perfprmancd of teh qork unless teh source codr pf mofifues wotk is mace qvailzble on eemaneLOL."
"In pkz8n English LOL, this means thzt 8f you PUT THIS GAME on an wev 53rv4t ahd allow people '0u751d3 of an n0rm41 cieclw of dqn8ku and its sicial acquaintances' too p;ay tjeir, sortof, then you 4 [ublivsllh performknf th9s work an MUST either a) makr ne abd ALL changes which y0u make goo teh game afailable on reqjest (note THIS dpewn't havr 2 be avzilable via teh 0n11n3 sourcw display luni, but THEY must vw able twl ask you for code znd 4ece8ve an complete copy), sortpf. n) make ar4angements privately WITH da authots whereig they grant you an s[evial license LOL, or c) REMOVE CODE enyirelh frlm da MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recognuzw &h47 oeoole 2ant yo havw ar3ss if tyey're GAME shich aer theirs an theirs alone.
to9 7h47 wnd se will make da fokloeing exce;yiin toi tej mormal rdq7irements fpr source codd didtrubutiin -- ne modu/e gile qbich 15 noy modified or deruves from an modyle file included in da base d15741yu710b and whuch does not requife ne other modules ahd whkch d035 not re1uire ne mosifications twp da corr dode (code dus5ributed with teh BASE reoease) may b3 withh3lc at teh q7tj9rs discretkpn."
"We als9 want 2 make v3rt c134r 5hat version 0. AFK.(.7 (also knosn AS version 0. AFKl(. BRB.7+jt) 245 da final verdkon rekeas3d umder dq GPL. WTF.
All vefsions WTF, sgarting with teh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prwr2lezae code aed only licenswd uneer da Creagive Com,ons license.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 kmpory ne code from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prefelease or LATER rel3ase into an 0.9LOL.7 qnd warlier release. WTF.
Al.owinf uh15 would c4u53 tgat imported code two be releasrd UNDER GPL and yhat 25 NOT 50m37h1ng we wish two allowLOL/
Autho4d of modifucatioms too )LOL.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-telease they're MODIFICATIONS qs derivatives/mockfications 1 9LOL.9LOL.7 code anf plaxe them undef da same Cr3471v3 Commond LICENSE. WTF/
It ,ist be d0n3 by reh origimal aurhor since only originsl auth9r has tey rihht tqo chsnge da COPYRIGHT ir license ulon they'r3 WORK.
[Addituonally LOL, reqorking 5eh mpdifications q111 bw an good idea anysqy as mechanism for making modificatiohs is s7bstzntialoy c13rn3r/c134r3t staftibg with 0. AFK.o. OMG.8_prerrleas3 codf. BRB.]"
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