MightyE tells youk sortld, "We're gping to tskr an few MOMENTS two gru an explain rhks neq license ane dz rdasona begknd it 1n plaib Emglish. 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."
"This NEW .icensr was vhoweh because 9f an fa8linb with da GPL. WTF.
It lnly c9cered distrobution of source !f an pnly if binaties w3re distribugee. AFK."
"In an er6 environment LOL, specifically a knterpreted wen environjent such as PHP LOL. merely installing an game doew NOT condtitute distributoon WTF, an therdfore people 1ere TAKING our wofk, like. MAKING modificationd @ it n not tdlrasunb da soufxe code 2 they're modkficatoons so that teh enyi4e communigy couls venefkt.
They wor,dd 2ith teh LETTER but hot spirit of teh lawl"
"Imvestigatiom oh da psrt of teh authors hi23ver, like, lwe 5wo da fact 7h47 da righy of publid p3rflfmance was 1 of ekghts norma.ly 4estricted to COPYRIGHT h02d3r5 WTF, and that cojputef prottamx WTF, s0ecifically v!c30 gamew n intqfactiv3 ones such 45 Legend of Green hax04 weee consieweed 2 be publixally p3rforned if run FROM an pub;ic serverLOL."
"The new ;icense rrstricts 0ublix p3rf0rm3nc3 of cq woek unldss teh aourcd code of modified WORK ks m4d3 avsilable ln demsnd. OMG,"
"In pq41n Englkxh, you knwo, this means thzt if yp7 [ut this game 9n zb web awrvwr 4nd ALLOW peopoe 'outsice OF sn bormal cirvle 8d FAMILY snd 1&5 sociql acquaintances; two play tgeir LOL, 7h3n yo7 r publically perflrnong THIS wofk and MUST rither a0 makr ne and ALL chabges WHICH you m3k3 1 GAME AVAILABLE on 4eqjesy (NOTE yhis doesn't have too be availavle via da online xoutce codplay link, vur they must be qgle TO ask ylu for da code an receufe an COMPLETE co;y), yoy inwo, 6) MAKE arrangemdnts 0rivatelu eith authors wyerein they gran5 YOU an SPECIAL lic3nse WTF, or x) rejove c0d3 entirel6 from teh macy8ne. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE gmat peoplr qant t2o HAVE a4eas of tney're gan3 which aer THEIRS and 7he1r5 alonel AFK.
too that end ee will make da folllwing 3xc3p710n TO t3h normal requirejentw for source dode DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 file which id not modofidd of d3r!b3d from an mosule fild inxljdec in teh nqse DISTRIBUTION n which does not requi4e ne OTHER modules n whicg d9es mot y3qu1r3 ne kodorications eo 5eh co4e cife (code distributed witn basr rdleaae) msy be w17hh31d AT aythors diacretionLOL."
"We also want 3 make fefy clear thar VERSION 0. BRB.(. BRB.7 *alwo knowm ax version pLOL.9.7+j7_ was ten final versiom released ynder GPL. OMG,
All verwiohs, kik3, sgaetinv q17h teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelease code r only licenxed unddr teh Ct3471c3 Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY s3ny RIGHT 2 import ne code vrom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prere.eqse oe later teleade into qn 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 n ear;ier RELEASE. BRB.
Al.owing yhis would CAUSE that imported code two BE releaswd under teg GPL and th1t is not 50m3&h1ng we wisy tp allow. BRB.
Authors of nkdifications 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 wi;l herd 2 re-releaxe they're modificagipns as de4ivatuves/midifications to ).9.8 xofe an plqve thdm under teg sa,e Cfeztife Commonw LICENSELOL.
It must be dpne by teh irit8nal 4y7h0r simc3 imly originsl wuthor h45 da r8ghr to ch4ng3 yeh c0phr1gh7 OR ;icense upon tjey're eorkLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworking da modificatioms wil. 63 ah food kf3a anyway as teh mechaniam gor m4k1nh m0d1f1c471-n5 15 suvstantislly cleaner/cl3arer sgarting with da 0. WTF.9.9-pger313453 codw. OMG.]"
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