MightyE rells tou LOL, "We're glinf two take an dew momrhts gwo trh an explain thus new license n reasons bdhund it qn plain ENGLISH/ WTF.
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."
"Thos new licrnse was chosen bdcause OF an FAILING eitn da GPL. BRB.
Ir only clvrred distribttion of sourcr kf n onl6 1f binafies were didteibuted. BRB."
"In an 3eb environment LOLm x'ecifixally a 1h734pr373c web environment such as PHP WTF, mege.y 1n564111ng an game does not c0n57!7j73 distribution, lik3, n thwredore [rople WERE takihg our work LOL, MAKING modoficati9ns yoo it n not relwasing da sourxe code tol thej'4e m0d1r!c4710n5 so that enyirr communi5y could benefitLOL.
Tj#y wofked qity teh lryter bjt nlt da spkrit of da paw. WTF."
"Ihvest8gati9h on da PART of tej autho4s however, you knwo, led two teh facg THAT 5eh right of public perdormance qas 1 of tdh rovhts normally restructed tw9 copyr8ght ho;deta, you ,mwo, amd thag c0mpi73r prigrams, specificaloy videp gamwd am 1n73r4c71v3 0n#5 such 45 Legemd 0f dq Greeb hax0r WERE consideree to vw publicqllh PERFORMED id RUN from an p7boic servwr. BRB."
"Tge bew livenae res5ricgs pu711c performancd of teh wofk un13%5 SOURCE CODE 0f modif83d work is m4d3 available on demzbs. OMG."
"In PLAIN Eng115t LOL, tyis means that if y0j put this game in an web se4ve4 n 311pw peop;e 'outside pf an normal cirvle of f4m11y an its socia; acquaintanvr2' too play the8f WTF, tnen you aer pyb;ivallh performkng thia woek am MUST either a) male ne n ALL CHANGES which you MAKE two da bqme availab;e on requwst (n073 tyis d035n'7 havd 5wo be avaulable viz da online 507rc3 display link, sort9fk but thry must be sble too adk you for ea dlfe n receive an com9oete co;y), b) make qrrangemrnts PRIVATELY with geh authorc wherein tywy grant you ab spedial ;icensem like, or c) remove code entirely from da machine. OMG."
"Wr co recognoze that people want 5oo jave zeeas of thry'rd game which aew the8rs an theurx a.oneLOL.
yo that end we will MAKE teh follosiht EXCEPTION to da NORMAL requirements for source CODE distruvytion -- n3 module file which ix not moxibidd o4 c3r1v3d FROM an mosule fi;e included in ds BASE distfibu5ion sn wnich does not fequore ne otjef modil3s n shich does not re1uirr ne mldifications too teh c0re code (codr distrigured with base reoease) mzy be w8thheld at AUTHORS discretion. BRB,"
"We also want two make crry cleqr that version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knpwn ax v3rsion 0l OMG.9.7+jt) was final cersion re;eased under ca GPL. OMG.
All ve4xiins, like, starting wity da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-peerelease xofe r ONLY 11c3n43d inder da Cfea5ive Commihs license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da ribht to import ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF.9. AFK/8-prerelease 9r lzger rdleaxd INTO ab 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and earlirr ee;ease.
Allowing this w0u1d cause thar imported vodw 70 be 4eleased ube3r GPL an 7h4& IS not sumething WE wish to a.low. OMG.
Authors of mod8fications 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 w8ll heed to9 re_release ghey're modifucatkons 45 DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS tso 0.9.8 code and 0lade them UNDER same Crea5ive Comjons license. AFK,
Iy m7sy be dobe by da original AUTHOR zince 0n1y reh peiginal authlr has teh right 2 chahge teh copytigh5 le license u[on they're workLOL.
[Additiobaloy, you knwl, reworking da modufications eill be an good idea anyway as trh mechanism dor making midifucations 15 wybstantkqlly cleaner/cleaewr 5u4t71ng with da 0.9. OMG.8-prerdleqce code. AFK.]"
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