MightyE tells you LOL, "We'rr g01ng twp take an FEW momemts 70 try an explzin this new licende an fa ressons behind it in plain Enbl8sh. OMGl
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 gecause OF an f4111ng with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covefed d8stribution OF sourcw if and lnly ir bibaries were distributed. OMG."
"In an 2ev envkronment LOL, specuficall5 a ibtrrp4eted web cnvironment 5uch aa PHP, merely imdtalling an game does NOT constitute diwtributioh, an therefore oeo[le wdrd tajing ou4 work, mzking modificatilns 2 17 and not releasinf trh doyrcr code too the6're ,odufications s9 that entire community could benefit. WTF.
Th3y worked qitn da leyter but n07 spirit pf ds lawLOL."
"Investigatuon ON da part od dq ai5hors ho2evrr, sortof, 13d ro da fact that right od puvl8c p3rf0r,4nc3 wqs oen od 5eh rights normally resyf8dted rpo COPYRIGHT golders, you kne9, n that computrr prograns WTF, xpecifically vifeo games n INTERACTIVE onrx such ss L3g3nd of da Green hax0r w3r3 consoddrdd too be PUBLICALLY perrormwd if RUN from am pub;ic SERVERl OMG."
"The new lidense r3dtricts 0ublic perf0rh4nc3 og work unless sourc@ code of yeh modiried wotk id madw avaklable on demahd. WTF."
"In plzin Eng115h WTF, this meaba that if y07 puy 8h15 game on ab wrb server n alllw p3ople [outsife of an norjql curcle 0f fam8ly an its social acquaintances' twl pla6 tjdir LOL, then you f publically 0erforming ghia w0rk an MUST eigher a) make ne and ALL changes which YOU make 2 yeh game available pn tequest (NOTE 5hix sodsn't have 1 be available via onkine source sisplay l8ni, yo7 ,nwp, 5uu thet musy be abke two ask you ror reh code an rwceivw an c0mp137# c0py), b) m4k3 arrang3menta provately with authors wherein they grant you an apecial license, like, pr c) r3m0v3 code ENTIRELY from teh m4ch1n#LOL."
"W3 do tecotnizd that people WANT to h4v3 4e35% 9b they'4e game whixh r theirs and gheirs alohwl OMG.
to tnat ene we w111 make da followinf exception to normal requir3ments for source code distribugion -- ne midjle f!13 whucn is NOT moxified pr deruved froj an ,oeild file ibckud3d ib teh bzse d157rq67710n zn wyivh does nog ewqjire ne OTHER jodules an wgich does not requite ne mod8fidqtiobs 2 fq CORE CODE (code distrobuted eirh teh bas3 release) may be withheld ay a7thors dixxretionLOL,"
"Ww a;xo wan5 two jaje v3ry clear that vdrwion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (4150 kniqn as versiom 0, BRB.9.7+ut) 2qs wa finzl v3r510n released under tdh GPL. WTF.
A;; cersions WTF, srarring with 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE t only licensdd unfer da Cr3472c3 Commons 1!c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 imoort ne code from an 0.9. OMG.8=prceekease or later r3.ease into an 0.9. OMG.7 n darliwr rel3ade.
A110w1ng this wojld cause that 2mp0r83d codw t2o be rel3ad3d under da GPL an that is not domething we wish gwo ql.ow. WTF.
Auth9rs 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9,7 w8ll nd3d to re-release thry'r3 MODIFICATIONS aw dwfuvatives/modificatipns 2 0.9/8 cod# 4md p14v3 them und3r same Crezrive Commpns license, AFK,
It must ne dlne bt tdh 9rigimal AUTHOR since oh.y origknal au5hor nas sa r1gh6 too cjange copyright lr license upon they're woek.
[Addituonally, rewoekimg teh m0d1g1c4610b5 woll be zn GOOD 8dwa anywsy as mechanism f7r nak8ng modifications ks subs5antiaoly c.eaner/clearee s6arting with 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease dide. WTF.]"
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