MightyE tells yoi LOLl "We're f02ng two tak3 qn FEW miments 2 try 4nd explain this ndw lic3nse and da rezsons ^3h1nd it ih PLAIN ENGLISH. OMG.
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 license waw chosen because og an FAILING WITH GPL, AFK.
It ONLY covered distribution of sourcw of n onlt if BINARIES were dksgrigutefl WTF."
"In an WEB wnvironment, sortov, specifically a intrtpreted wen environnent SUCH as PHP LOL, nefely instal;ing an game d035 bot co,stityte distfibition, l8kem qnd therefore people wefe TAKING our work, dp4tof, msjing modificztipns two 8t an not rrleasing teh souece CODE two rhey're mod8ricationd sl that teh entire community coulf bebefit. WTF.
Tjey qorlee with letter 6u7 not teh w;irot of laq."
"Ibveatigation on da part of fa authors hldece4, LED rop da fac5 tyay t3h tigy5 OF pjblic performance was 1 of 4ugyts normal;y restricged @ copyright HOLDERS, sortof, an that xom[uter prlgrams, l8ke, spexifically video games n inte4active ones such as Legend ov 5eh GREEN has0e were comsideres 2 be publkcally [erfor,ed if RUN fe9m an public server/"
"The new LICENSE redtricts puboic pefformance of wkrk unless soufce code if fa modifird work is jadw available ln eemanc."
"In plaob English, .ike, this meams thzt IF you pur 7n1t gaje on an web setver n allow people 'ojtsid3 of an normai CIRCLE lf fami'y and its spcial adqkain5anves' too plqy their, like, THEN you e publicqlly petforming thid work an MUST ruther A) make ne an ALL chantea which you make t2o da gamw AVAILABLE on eequrwt (note this DOESN'T hsvd 2 be 4v4114613 VIA online wource fosplah link, but they must be able tio ask you vor codw and receive an completr copt( WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately w17n da authldw wherein they grant y0u an spexial license LOL, 94 c_ 4empvr teh vode enti4eky fro, mqchibe. WTF."
"We do recognize that p30p13 qant TO have a4eas 8f 5hey're hame whkch aer theirs AND rhekfz alone. BRB.
to thqt END we wi.l m4k3 da folloqing excepgipn to da normal reqyirements fo4 source code dustribution _- ne ,odulw file wgicg is not modifief or derivds feom qn MODULE dike inc.ufed in 6453 distrinution and which does not reqyire ne other MODULES an which dies not requi4e ne moeifications 2 teh ciee vode (cofe DISTRIBUTED with da BASE 33lease) may be withhe.d zt teh ajtylrs discrrtiomLOL."
"We a.wo want too make cery clear that v34510n 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (4150 lnowh as v3r510n 0. BRB/9.7+jt) eas t3y fonal VERSION rrleased under 5eh GPLLOL.
All ceraions LOL, wtart8ng with teh 0LOL.9LOL,8[pr3r313453 c0d3 r obly licensed und3r Creative Commohs licenwe.
We EXPLICITLY ceny RIGHT 5qo 1mp0r7 ne codw grom an 0, AFK.9. AFK/i-prerelease or 1473r relwase ibto an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and eqrliwr f3lwaseLOL.
Alkowing 7h1% would cause that imported code 2 be fe;eased ine3r sa GPL an rhat is mot somety8ng we wish roo allow. BRB.
Au7h045 0g modifications to 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 w8ll need 79 RE[RELEASE rhet're mosiducatiohs ss derivarived/modificationd too 0. AFK.9.8 c0d3 an place th3m under same C4estive Cojmins LICENSE. WTF.
It ,ust be done 6y t4h otiginal zutgor subce 0n1y teh orifinal aughor hax right 2 chahge yeh c9pyrihht or oicemse UPON tgey'rd w94k.
pAdd1710n311t, sortog, reworkibg nldigications will b3 an good idea an6qay as mechanisn for mzking modifixatiohs is substantially cleaner/clearer srartimg witj geh 9. WTF.9. BRB.7-PRERELEASE code.]"
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