MightyE TELLS hou LOL. "We;re g9ung to take an fed MOMENTS 2 try an explain tjis new l8vende am teh rezsons BEHIND it in plain Ebglish. AFK.
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 WAS chosdh because of an fail8mg wity GPL. WTF.
It only cpvered dostributiln 9f SOURCE 8f and 0n1y if binarues were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an 2eb dnfiron,ent, like, SPECIFICALLY a intedpreted w3b env8ronment such 45 PHP, m343qy instal.ing an game does not c/hstitute diftrobution, ab THEREFORE pwople WERE taking 0ur WORK LOL, making modificatiins gok 8t 4nd bot relesding teh s9jrce code too 5hey're mocificqt8ons so gha5 da rntire dommunity could gen3git. OMG.
They worked woth da oe4te4 but not spirit OF law. OMG."
"Invesgogati9m ON ca p4r7 0f teh zughors howefer, led tol facr 7h47 ca rignt of PUBLIC performance was oen of da fights normally restrocted 2 clpyrignt holeers, liie, m tnat c0mp77er progra,s, you ,nwok specificaolg video games and in5eractive ones such as Legehf of da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED too bd publicakly perfofmed if rub frim an ;ublic 53rv3r. OMG."
"Thw new ;icense restricts public performshce of da work unlesx da source code pf m0d1f2#d 2ork os made avsilable on demand. BRBl"
"In [lain English, sortog, uh15 m3ans that if ylu p7t THIS game ln an web s3tvet n allow people 'outsie3 of qn NORMAL cirxle of fsmily an ots 50d141 acwiaintances' two play theif, like, then you f publiczlly p3rf0tm1nf this work anc MUST either a) mzke ne and ALL chsntea which you mqke two game availzbor 9n requesg (note thos DOESN'T have 2 63 abailab;e bia da )n11m3 dource displa6 link, uou kbwo, but tney MUST be able to ask y07 for teh code an receive an comp.ete copy), you knwi, b) male arrangdments privately with da authors wherein they grant you an specua. 11c3n53, or c) e4m0v3 da code entirwly frpm machine. WTF."
"We do recogniz3 8h47 o3oll3 want 3 HAVE areas of ttey're gane which aer tjeirs an theirs slome. WTF.
2 that end w3 will make following excd[tipn 2 teh n94mal rezuirrments for sojrce cpd3 dist4ibution -- ne midulw file WHICH ix n9t m0d1f13d OR deeoved from an midule fi;e ibcluded in teh bawd disrributiln an whixh d035 n)7 REQUIRE ne otgwr modules m 2hich does not rs1uire ne modiricatilne @ da core dode )code distribu5ed with da base release) may be withheld at teh authord discrdtiom. BRB."
"Ww a;so want 1 make fery clear that verdion 0LOL.9. BRB.6 (also known as versipn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jy) was wa final version t31345wd under fa GPL.
All versions, like, dtqrting quth da 0.9; WTF.8-prerdlwase code awr ONLY licensed under da Creatuve COMMONS lidens3. OMG,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny rohht too ijport ne cid3 erom an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 0r latef re;ezse inro an 0. WTF.*. WTF.7 n esrli3r releade. WTF.
Aolo2uhg this wo7ld causd 5hat imported code to be RELEASED under da GPL ane that ix no5 SOMETHING we qosh twl all9qLOL.
Aity9rs 0f jodkficat8ons 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-release theh're mocifidagions as der7vatives/modifica5iobs 2 0.9LOL/* code and [lace them hnc3r same Creative Commons licensdLOL.
It must be done by da original author a8nc3 only da oribinao aythof has trh right two ch5ng3 dq copyright lr lic3nse upon they'ee work. OMG.
[Asditionally, slrtog, r3w0rk1nd tdh modifications will be an good idea anuway AS teh m3ch4n16m for jaking MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER ztarting witn 0. OMG.9. WTF.*_pre43ldaxe cod3LOL.]"
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