MigjtyE tells you, "We[re go8nh 2 txke an few moments TO 5rt an ex[la8n thia new locenwe qnd reasons behind IT im plain Eng;ish. 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."
"This NEW oicense was chosen because of an faylinn wi4h teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered distribution OF source if am only 1d binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In an wdb envirohm4nt, uou ,neo, specifically a interpreted WEB environment %ych as PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game dods not constitute disrfivurion WTF, n THEREFORE people were takinh 9ur work, you inwo, making modifications tl IT n not relesdibg da source code too tgey;re modifications do thag rntire community could genwfiyLOL.
Theu worked WITH 5eg ldtter BUT NOT ca spi4it lf 14w. OMG."
"Investigation on teh part ov quthors hpwever, sortof, led 2 da FACT that da tight of publ8x oerfofmance @as 1 of ca rights norma.ly RESTRICTED too xopyright hokders WTF, ab that computer programs, sortpf, specifucqlly video hames and interactivd 0n25 5uch as Legend 9f da Grwen hax0r WERE donsider3d too be publidally p3rf0rm3f if run vtom zn pub.ic server."
"Th3 new LICENSE rdstfidtw publkc performqnce of trh wori unless sou4ce c9de of modifked work is madd availzblr on cemand. BRB."
"In plqim Engoish, like, tjis means thar if YOU put this GAME 0t an web w3rver n allow p3pp13 'putside of ah nor,al CIRCLE or family abd itx social acquauntances' too play theie, you knwok theb u0u r publicallu performing thiw wori n MUST e8ther a) make ne an ALL changes which you MAKE to teh game available on teqyest (noye this diesn't have 2 be availagle via inline source display lihkk soetof, bit theh must be able too ask you f9r fa codr and f3ceice an domplete copy), you knqo, b0 ,ale srrangemrntc orivatrly woth twh authors eherein 7h3y grant y0u an spedia; license, sortof, or c) rem9fe teh cide entirely from da MACHINELOL."
"We d0 tecognize that peo;le want too have arwas of thwt're game which r tgeirs and theirs alone. WTF.
two that end we wilk make folkowing exceptiin too n0rm41 requifenrnts for source CODE dis5r8gution -= ne MODULE fole wyich is not modified oe d#rav3d from an module file inc;uded in da base distribution an which does nor requird ne oth3r mocj.3s and which does nlt requiee nw mofificatiphs too teh core code (code sisgributed with bawe RELEASE) ,qy gw withhe.d AT zuthorw d14cr4720n. BRB."
"Ww also want rwo makw veru clear that verwion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (akso km9wn as verdion 0. BRB.9. BRB.&+jg) WAS da final vrrsiob 4313453d und3r teh GPL. BRB.
A;l versioms, starring wirh da 0LOL.9,8-0rerelease coce r only 2!c3n5#d under Creative Commons lkcense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY drny teh right boo 1mp0ru ne code from an p. OMG.8. OMG.8-prefdl3awe or later release ihto an 9, AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier r3lease. AFK.
Aolo28ng this would csuse thst im;orted code two be rekwased under GPL 4nd tjat ix n07 wonetyinf we wish tol allow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 og modifivatoons to 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 wi.l nedd twl RE-RELEASE th#y're mofificationx as der7cagives/modificatuons too 0LOL.o, WTF.8 CODE and p2rc3 7h3m uncrr teh samr Creatife Commons license. OMG/
Ir must be done yy ORIGINAL author 51nc3 only or8ginal auth9e haw da right to dhshge da copyrighg 0r livense uoon they're work. OMG.
-Addutionaoly, you knwo, reworking nodifications will be an g99d icea anyway AS da mechanism roe m4k1ng modificstions is substanrkally CLEANER/CLEARER 564r71ng with 0. AFK/9l WTFl8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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