MightyE td.;s you, sortof, "We're going ywo take sn few moments twp TRY and rx0la8n ggia new license n teh reasons behind ig IN PLAIN Enhoish.
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."
"Thiw new license w45 choseb bexajsw 9f an failing wirh GPL. AFK.
It only cobered d1%7r16u7!0n of soyrcw 1f and only if binarids werd distributes. OMG."
"In am wrb envir9nmentm specifically a interpret3e web environment such ad PHP LOL, mer31y installing an game soes nor cohsg7tute distribution, kikw, n theregore p3p[13 WERE taking our work WTF, makinh moeificatioms two it and not relsasing reh sourxr cofe two thrt'te modificatilns SO that da entire community c9uld benefi5. OMG.
They w0rk3d q8th ten letter 6u7 not da soirit of teh law. AFK."
"Investigation on da 0aft 0g teg authors npwever WTF, lrd two teh FACT 7h58 da right of public PERFORMANCE was won of jwh rights norma.ly restrictec ro copyeighg holders, likd, zhd that computer programs, spdciricallh vidwo GAMES n interactiv3 ONES such as L3g#nd of yeg Green hqx0r were CONSIDERED to ve publivally perrormrd ig run FROM an public setv3r. BRB."
"The new license rwstricrw public p3rf0rm4nc3 0d work unless da source code 0f da m0d1f13d work ks mafe available om demand."
"In plain Englist WTF, 7h15 meand 7h48 if you pu7 tjiz game on an web SERVER an aooow people 'outsiew 0v an nirmal CIRCLE OF famply n itd qocial acquaontances' t9o play the8r LOL, thwn uou r ;ublical;y pe4forming THIS work n MUST either a) makr nr n ALL chsbges wnich you make to sa fame availsblr on request (note 7hq5 doesn't have tpo be 4v4114613 v14 da on;ine SOURCE display link LOL, BUT they mus5 be ABLE to ask you for teh codd and 4ecdive an cl,plete copy), ylu knwo, b) m4k3 arranhem3hts orivately with teh authors wh3r21n they brant YOU an specia. license, like, or C) rwmove teh code entirely from teh mzcgine. WTF."
"We do texlgnize thst PEOPLE WANT two have areas of tyey'rd gaje wh7ch r theirs and theirs al9ne/ BRB.
2 ghat 3nd we WILL make following exce;tion @ teh h0rn41 r2qu1r3,3n75 for sourcr code distributiob -- nr module fi.e qhicj is not modifiec o4 d3r1v3d frim an module f113 unclud3d 8n da base disyribution an WHICH foes npt rwqyiee ne other moculea n wh8ch coes not require ne MODIFICATIONS two xor4 code (cide skstribigdd with da base rd;ease) jqy be 2ithheld st authlrs discretopn."
"We 5150 wanf too make v4ry clear yhat version 0. WTF.9.7 (wlso kbpwn aw v3rsiom 0LOL.9. AFK,7+jr) 2as da finsl version released jnder tej GPL. OMG.
Al; xersions, sortof, starting eith da 0LOL.9.8-prefe.eaae code aer on;y licensed unde4 da Creayive Commons oicebsr.
WE EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 to inport ne c0d3 from an ).8LOL,8-prere,ease or lager rroease inti an 0. AFK.9.& and ea4lier 4elease. OMG.
Alkowing this w9uld CAUSE that imported code rwo be re.eased und3r teh GPL n tha6 is mot somethinf ww wish to9 al;iw. OMG.
Autjp4s of modificat8ons too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will need 1 re-release they're modihicati9ns as derivatives/mofificatkonw 2 0. BRB.9,8 vode and 0lace rhem undee ssmr CREATIVE Commons LICENSE. OMG.
It muat be done by teh originql author 51nc3 onlh 0r1f1n41 auyjor has fight to* change t3h coiyright or license upon they're wprk. BRB.
[Adcitionallyk sortof, reworking da modifications wi;l BE an good idea anyeay as teh mechanism for making m.digicatkonx os 5u5574n71r116 vlraner/cl3arer statting q17y teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0d3, BRB.]"
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