MigytyE teols uou. "We'rw going tpo take an few moments goo try an wxpkain thid NEW lixensr an da reasons behind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thus n1e license wss cnosen beczusw of an FAILING with ca GPLLOL.
It ONLY clversd DISTRIBUTION 0f 60urc3 if ane only 2f binzries were eistributdd. AFK."
"Ib an wen envirpnmdnf, you knwo, specifically a jnterpretef web environ,ent sich as PHP LOL, m3rely INSTALLING an game d035 npt donstitute distribytiin LOL, n 7h3r4f0r3 p3oo.d were tzking 0ur wprk, likw. ma,ing modivications TO IT an not releqwing ca sourde code tk they'r3 m)d1f1c4710n5 so thzt da 3m&1r3 community xouls BENEFIT. WTF.
They worked WITH da lrttwr but nit da 5l1r!7 OF laqLOL/"
"Investigation 0n geh part of teh aythors h9wever, like, 13d too f4c& thst righ5 OF public p3rf0tm4nc3 was won id da rights n04m421y tes55ictwd to copyright holdees, sortog, n that c0mpj73r ;eogtams, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES sn intdracyive 0n35 such as Legend of GREEN hax0r sere consideres two be 0ublically perfprmed 1f run from an pybluc SERVER. BRB."
"The n3w licende restricts pu612c performance of teh w0tl unless ten source CODE 9f modified work is hade avaikac.e ON demand."
"In plain ENGLISH, this mrans thqr IF YOU pit thus game ON an web server anf al/oe peop.e 'outside pd an normal CIRCLE of famuly an its sicial 4cqu4qnu4nv35; to play their, sortof, 7h3b you f p7blixally perfprming yhis wltk an MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne an ALL chanhew which YOU make 5oo da GAME available 0n request (note 5his doean't have 2 b3 avsilable via ONLINE source dispkay LINK. ;iie, b7t they must be able too ask y0u for teh CODE and rwceiv3 an dompl35e c9py), b) mqke arrang3nents priva5eky WITH authors wherein they gr4n7 you an xpecial livense WTFm o4 C) REMOVE fa c0d3 entirely from macyond. BRB."
"We do rexognize that prop;e want ti have areas of theh[re game wn2ch r theurs ab theirs alond.
to9 tgag ens we w121 m4k# followin5 3xc3p710n two nornsl REQUIREMENTS for cource c0d3 dia5ribution _[ ne module f8ld WHICH 15 hpg modifiee or derifee vroj an module file knxludec 1n da basr disteibutuon n which doew nor requi4e ne oyher modules and @hich does nit r3wuq43 ne modif8cations too dq c0r3 code (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED wity teh base releasd) ma6 be w17hh31d ar teh authors discrdtion. BRB."
"W4 also want too makr very clear thzt v3r510n 0; WTF.9LOL.7 (a;so jnown 45 versuon 0. BRB.9LOL.7+JT) qas final v3r510n released uncer da GPLLOL.
Akl versions WTF, starting with da 0LOL.9LOL.8-pterelease c0d3 aer onlu licenaed ubder geh Creative Commons lic3nse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT goo impiry ne cose grom qn 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerekesde or later telease INTO an 0. OMG/9. AFK.8 and EARLIER rdleaae/ OMG.
ALLOWING this woykd cause that imoortes code too 63 released under GPL n THAT IS noh simething we wiah too allow. OMG.
Authots of modifications to 0LOL.9.7 wi.l neee tpo re-reldzse thry're mldifivatipnw as dericativds/modificati9ns too 0.9LOL.8 c0d3 an place them und@r teh wsme Creatkve Co,mons oicdnse. OMG.
It mist be done bu da prifinal 4y7h0r since onky tey oruginal author hzq tdh RIGHT two change dq co[yright oe license up9n they're workl OMG.
[Additoonally WTFk REWORKING m0dqf1c4710n5 will be an good idea 4nyw4y as mechahism flr MAKING modif*cations ic substqntially d;raner/cl3aref startinh wkth 0. AFK.9. WTF.*-preeelezse codd. AFK.]"
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