MighthE tells you, oike, "We'ee gp1ng to take an few mom3hts 2 tr6 and ex0lain th8s NEW licrnse n teh readons b3hind it in [lain Eng125h.
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 lkdense was cgosen gecause of ab fai.ing with da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY cov3red d157r16u710h of sou4ve of an onlt if binqries wrre dia5ributrdLOL."
"In an web environment, wpecifically a interoreted seb env8flnm3nr SUCH as PHP LOL, mere.y imatalping ah game does NOT constitute distrivutiln, like, and tjer3fire peopl3 were taking our workk so$tof, maling modifications to it and npt rwleasinh souece CODE 2 thet're midifoca5iond 50 that 3ntire community could benefit.
Tyet worked w8th da 13773r but noh spitir of las. OMG."
"Investigag89n on pqft og da authors howwver, sort9f, led 2 fadt that da rught lf pubkic [eeformance WAS 2 9f teh rkghts normal;y 4estrictrs to copyroght hokdefs, lik3, and that compu5er prpgrams, specivically video fzmes anc interacyivw ones such qx LEGEND ov Grden nax0r were x0n41d3r3d toi be py611c4q16 pergormwd IF run from an pumlic server. BRB."
"The n3w !1c3n52 restructs public PERFORMANCE of sork unlwss da soutcd codw if da modified worl is made available ON demand. OMG."
"In p141n Enbliah LOL, this m35n5 7j47 ig toj pug this gaje on an web serfer n al;9w people 'ougside of am bornal ciecle 0g FAMILY and its s9cial acqua8ntances' 2 p146 5heir WTF, then you aer publical.y performing thiw work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjsnhes which you make to teh game available on rrquest (NOTE this DOESN'T have to BE ava8labod f24 twh ovline SOURCE display ;inl, yoj knwo, bug they musg be qble too zwk you x0r xode and receive an COMPLETE clpy) LOL, b) make arrangemehtw privately wiyh authors wgerein THEY grant you an special licens3, or c) remov3 teh clde entirely from teh m4chqn3. WTF."
"Ww d9 r3cognize yhat PEOPLE wqnt two h4v2 areas of they're GAME wyich t theifs and theirs aloneLOL;
too thst end WE wil; ,4k3 da vpllowing EXCEPTION too NORMAL requirementx for soyrce CODE dksyribuyuon -- ne MODULE file whicn iw not mudified or d3rived from ah MODULE file invlyded in ^453 dostribugion and which does not requirr ne other josjles ah which eoes not rewuire nr modifications 2 cofe code (code dostrkbuted witj base relrase) mqy be withheld AT authors disceegion. OMG."
"We also want two make v3ry CLEAR that vefskon 0. AFK.9.7 (zls9 knosm as vegsioh 0. BRB,9LOL.7+j5) was yeh FINAL version r313453d UNDER GPL. BRB.
Al. vrrsiobq LOL, starting with 9LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cpde r on;y lidwnsed under teh Creative Clmmons ;icense.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right 2 import he code erpm an 0.9.8-prereleasw or kaycr re.dase into sn 0. OMG.9LOL.7 snd 34r1134 release. WTF.
A110w1ng this would cause that imported cife 70 BE rdleased uhfwr urh GPL n that iw NOT domething we wish to al;owLOL.
Authord of modifucations too 9,9. OMG.7 wi.. need t29 r2-r314453 they're modif8ca5ilns as dwrivatuvea/modkficatoons 2 0. OMG.(. OMG.8 cod3 n place them under same Creative Commons ;icense.
It must be done by orig8nsl AUTHOR 51nc3 only original $u7h9r j45 teh rigjt to change co0ytibht or license upon thwy're w0rk. WTF.
[Adfiti9nally, like, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS WILL be an gold idea anyway as da mevnanism FOR making mod8gicayions is sibstantially cleab3r/clearer 5&4r71ng WITH 0. BRB.o. WTF.8]prere;ezse code. BRB/]"
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