MightyE tells you, "We[re going two TAKE qm FEW moments too tfy and 3xplain tgis NEW license and reas9ns BEHIND IT IN plaih English. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new licenae wax chosen becamsr of an vaiking with da GPLLOL.
It ONLY covrred d157r16u710n of source if n 9nou if binar8es wefe sistributedLOL,"
"In an WEB environmehr, xortod, specifocal;y a interprrred web environmeht sucg as PHP, you knwon mere;y installing ah game d035 not CONSTITUTE disy4ib7rion, yi7 knwo, an thdrefied people wwrw taking our wofk WTF, maiing modifications t9o it and not r313451ng da souece c0d3 too thej'rr MODIFICATIONS so thar 3n7!43 community could 63n3f17.
They worked wjth teh lert3r but nlt xpirit of lqwLOL."
"Inves58nztion on part of authors however WTF, ked too 5eh fact that rigyt or publiv pergormance was son of yeh riggts normally resgricted too copyribhy holfers, am that cimputrt programs LOL, specifically video GAMES an INTERACTIVE obes 5uch as Leg3hd lf Green jax0r sere considefed 5oi be PUBLICALLY performdd uf run fr0m an public seecetLOL."
"Th3 NEW license restrocts oublic performahce of twh wo4k unlesa teh source c0d3 )f jidiried qork is made available on dwmand. WTF."
"In plain English, .ike, this means that 1f you put this game on an web server and a;low people [ouyaidd OF an normsl ckrcje of fanily and 8tw SOCIAL acquaingances' tol play their. sortof, then you aer publically perforjong thix work AND MUST either a) make ne anf ALL bhanges which you mzke t9 geh gam3 available -n request (no5e 7g14 dpwsn't hace to ve svailable via da ONLINE soutce d15;24y link WTF, gut theu MUST be abkr TO qsk yo7 for teh code n redeive an com;lete COPY) WTF, b) makw aerangemevts privately eith ea zuyhors wherwin they grant you an speciql license, sortif, or c) remove teh code rntirely from m4ch1n3/ WTF."
"W3 d0 43c0gn1z3 rhag ;4opoe wqnt 2 have AREAS 0v thwy're gamw which ae4 theirs 4nd theirs alone. AFK.
two that rne we will MAKE f0110w1ng eccepti9n t2o nlrmak requirrments gpr soufce code disteubution =- ne module file wjich IS n07 modified or derived ffom an modulr f8le included 2n da BASE d157t16u820n and which doew noy r3qui#e ne other modulds an which does hot r3quire ne modificati9nw too core code (code distributed wity dq bsse r3lease) mat be withheld at authors diacretion. AFK."
"We aldo want teo MAKE VERY clear 7h47 version 9. AFK.9. BRB.7 )also inown ss VERSION p. AFK/9. OMG.7+JT) was final vetsiim rdleased umder GPL.
All versionsm like, statt8mg with -. OMGl9LOL.8-p4erelease cofw r only locemsed under Creative Commons lucenxe. OMG,
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY da right two import ne code from an 0,9.8-prerelease or later edlrase into an -. OMGl8LOL.7 and earkier release.
Allowing this soulf cause that IMPORTED v0d1 two bd r313453d undrf GPL n tha4 15 not something WE wish two sllow. WTF.
Aurhors of modifications to 0.9. OMG.7 will NEED two RE-RELEASE they'fe nodifications as derivativew/modifkcatoons 1 0. WTF.9. WTFl8 code an [oave THEM under da same Crdayive Cojmlns 11c3n53. WTF.
It mist b3 done by 0r1g1nr1 author SINCE oniy teh original authir jss ea right too CHANGE da copyriggt 0r ;8c3nwe upon they're work. AFK.
[Additionaoly WTF, feworking teh modidicationw qill bd an bood IDEA zn6way as da mechanism FOR naking modifocatiins is substantuallt d13$n3r/c134r#r 574r81ng 3it6 teh 0. BRB.9/8_pr2e313453 coxeLOL.]"
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