MighgyE tells YOUk sortofm "We're g01ng go %ske an few momehgs two trh n explain this new LICENSE amd REASONS y3h1nd 8r 1n plaim Ejg115hLOL.
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 kicense was chosen because OF an faikibg woth ten GPLLOL.
It ONLY xovered didtrobutuon of sourc4 if and only if binaries w3r3 distributes. OMG."
"In an WEB environmenr, likek apecifically a int3rprsted weg wnv8ronmemt sycg ax PHP, merely installibg an ga,e does n07 cinstitute disrributuonk and therefor3 pe9ple WERE 7$k1ng OUR work LOL. m4k1ng modifications 2 IT n nor releaskng da source vode 2 rhey're mod8fivagions so that teh entiee commugity c0u1d 53n3f17/ OMG,
Thwy wor,ed witg teh l4ttet vut not teh spirit of da 14q. BRB/"
"Investkgatuon ln da oart of ds authors n0w3c3r WTF, jdd to tdh fact that da RIGHT pf pu611c p3rformance 244 oen of tdh RIGHTS normally restricted goo copyright h01d3r5, yo7 knwo, n that compuyer PROGRAMS, likem d[ecivicakly video games an interacgive ones s7cg zw Legend pf ea Green gac0f were considered ywo 63 pu61qc411y performed if RUN FROM an public serve4LOL."
"The new license restrictx pubkic prrformajcw of teh work inless reh soyrce codr of modified work iw made available on demznd."
"In plain Eng1!5h, ghis means that if you puy this game on an web servet h a.l9w people 'outside pf an normal ckrcle pf fajily abd ira spciao axquaintsnces' &0 p14y yhei4, luk3. tn3n ypu r publkdally performing this work AND MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne an ALL changex which yo7 m4l3 too game available on rewuesy (n073 THIS doesn't have 2 63 availavle vka reh online source display linim 6u8 they must be able 5o 45k 6ou flr teh code and receive an complete COPY), b) maie arrangements privatelu wkth aubhors qher3in they gtant you an sp3ciai license, or c) remove code wntirely vtoj mach7ne/ WTF."
"We d0 recofnize tgat p30p13 w4n7 70 hafe aread of the6're GAME whkch awr theite n theirs zlone, WTF.
to that ebd we wull make FOLLOWING excwption t2o n0rm41 4equire,dhts for sourve code distribution 0- ne modile dule whicy 15 nor modified or d#r1v2d FROM an module file included ih da bqse dixtribuyion , whkch does not reqyire nr othdf m-du1#5 and which foes NOT REQUIRE ne midificat8oms twl xore vode (vod3 disyributed WITH basr release) mat be withhwld ar da 4u7h0r5 discretionLOL."
"We aoso qant too mske very x134r tnat v3r%10n 0.9. BRB.7 (aoso known AS version 0. BRB.9. OMG.6+jt) was funal version reldased under da GPLl OMG.
A;l vers8onx WTF, starging with teh 0LOL.9LOL.9-0rerelease code f ONLY lie3nsrc under dq Creative Commons lixemse. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY denn da r1gg7 w import ne code from an 0l BRB.9. WTF.*-prere.ease or later RELEASE onto an 0. OMG/9. OMG.7 n eaflier r313453. BRB.
Al.lwing this would causq that imported code too g3 reoeased uhdwr fz GPL n that is not somfthing we wish 2 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of m0d1f1c4810n5 to 0LOL.9.7 e111 n33e two rr-release ttdy're modifica5ions as derivatives/modif8catiojs two 0/9. WTF.8 code an place tbem yhder fa samr Creative Commons licensr. BRB,
It mjst be dine by 0rqg1n41 AUTHOR since only orkginao author has tigmt two vhanhe da c0pyr1gh7 or 11d4n53 up0n they're work.
[Aaditionqllhj sortif, 4eworking modificat8ons woll be an gpod idea anyway aa sa mechanism for making modifixa%ions is subsrabtoslly vleaner/clearer starting with teh 0. OMGl9.8-prereleaxe c;de. WTF.]"
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