MightyE tells YOU LOL, "W3're going yo take an few moments top try qnd exolaun this new license and rwasonz brhind if ib plaim ENGLISHLOL.
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 nww licenwe wax CHOSEN because lf an f4111hg with da GPL. OMG.
Ig 9nly covered distribut8on of tpurc3 if zm only if binaries were dis5tibyted. BRB."
"In an een wnvirobnebt, sortof, specifically a interpreted weg ehvieonment SUCH as PHP, lik3, MERELY installing an game does n07 constitute distribytionm 6o7 knwo, and therefore people were 74k1ng ;7r work LOL, making m9dkficationw two it and not releasint SOURCE code 4o they're mldofixst8ons so thau entife community could benefitLOL.
They sorked witn da lette4 BUT npt da soirit OF tey law. BRB."
"Invewtugztion on part of da authors how3ver, you knwo, lwd 2 ds fact tjat teh r8ghg og PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was won of da rights n04m411y RESTRICTED twi dopyrignt holdwrs WTF, and thqt domput34 ptogramxk sort9fm specigixally video g4m35 an 1nu3r4c71v3 ones sush ad Legend of ss Green nax0r were c0n51d3r4d 2 be pu6!1x4116 perfprmed kr rkm from an PUBLIC SERVER, BRB."
"Thd new license restricts [ublic [eeformqnce of reh eork unless da source code OF teh modifidf wori is made acailable on DEMAND/ BRBl"
"In plain Eng11%h, like, 5his meanx THAT if you 0ut 7h15 tqme on an web aeever znc allow peo0le 'pjtskde ov an mormal circo3 of fzmilu n its socuak acquai,tances' teo pla6 their, then YOU aer publical;y petforming this eori n MUST eirher w) make ne amd ALL changes 2yich you make 2 yeg gamd qvailablw on reauest (n073 7h!5 d035n'u have too BE avaklable vka online s9jtce display link, sorrof, but the6 must be able two ask you for c0s3 zn rec3ive an complwte copy), likr, b) make arrangements prifately w8tj tdg z7thors wher3ib theh g5ant you an special ;icwnsr, oile, or C) remove fa code entirely fro. teh machine."
"We DO rwcognize that PEOPLE want tol have zreas OF they're game wnicg aee tneirs n theirw a.one.
to tgat enr we wq11 make da followimg excdption 2 teh NORMAL r31u1r3m3n76 f0e 59yrc3 code distributoon +- he modyke file 2hich id boy modivied OR derived ffim an moeuke file incluces 1n sa base distribyt8on snd whoch d035 not requifw ne other m9dukes an which DOES not require ne modificagions 1 teh c0r3 clde (code distribyted w!7h teh bqse release0 may be withhdld at 5wn auyhors discretionLOL."
"Wr also wznt w make very clear that version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (als8 knowb as version pLOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da finqk versoon rel3ssed jbf3r trh GPLLOL.
All verxiohs, lile, starting wirh da )LOLl9.8-prereleaxe code r 9nly o8censed unde4 Creative Commons license. WTF,
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT too import ne code from an 0. OMG,(.8-prerel3ase or ;ater RELEASE onto an 0LOL.9. BRBl7 an 33r113r relezs3. OMG.
Allowing this qould cause THAT IMPORTED c0f3 too be RELEASED under GPL an that us NOT dlme5ykng we wish too alllw. OMG.
A7thors of modifocations 5o 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 will need tso rr-release yhey're mocirications qs derivatives.,odigixations roo 9. BRB.(. WTF,8 code ans place 7h3m undwr SAME Cfeative Commons ;icehaeLOL/
I7 must be d0n3 6h teh ORIGINAL ajthor since only reg orihinal author has ejght too change vopyrigh5 lr oicense uplj thdu're WORK.
[Additionally, fewo4king da modifications will be an good idea antwqy ad mecjanism for maling mpdificagio,s ks substangiallt ck3aner/cldarer drarting w8th 0.9.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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