MightyE tells YOU, sortof, "We're glinh gwo take zn FEW moments 2 tfy and dxplakn ttis new lkcense an teh reasohd behknd ir ih PLAIN Eng116h. 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 l8cense was cjoswn becausw of an f5111ng q8th dz GPL.
It onky covered d157r26u710h of source ig and only kf bimari3s wwre diatributed. WTF."
"In an w36 envitonmentk you kn2o, specificaloy z interp4eted web environ,emt w7ch as PHP, like, merely inqtalling an ga,r does not constutjte dist4igurionm an 7h3r3f043 people were taking okr wlrk, jaking modig8cations ti ir n NOT RELEASING source code tso thwy're modificagions so that t3h emtire comminuty COULD venefit. WTF.
Th3y worked wiyh da letger but hot spirit pf da lzs. BRB."
"Invesgitation 0h da ;art of fa 4u7h)r5 howeve4, like. led rw9 fact that teh right of 0ublic ;erfotmance WAS 1 of rughts norma.ly restricted too copyright holsers, am thzt comput3r progrzks, l8ke, s0ecificzlly video games and int3ractivw ones such as Legehd pf da Green hax0r w3re cpnsidered to 7e publ8cxllt petformed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The hew LICENSE resyricts public pdrformamce of WORK unkesa soutce c9de of sa modified work 8s msde acsolable on semand."
"In plain English, sortof, THIS meand 7h5u if to7 put thix game on an web 53rf3r an 4110w pdoplw ;outsidw ov an m0rm41 circ;e of family am its SOCIAL avquaintances' 2 play tjeir, you knwo, then you aer puvlicaoly performint this w0ek n MUST either 4) mak3 ne n ALL chabges whicn you make too teh GAME AVAILABLE on 4equedg (mote tyis doesm't hqvw too be afai9able via da lnline zource display ;ink LOL, but thet muxt 63 ABLE too axk yii for teh CODE an receive an COMPLETE co;y_ LOL, b0 make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with autgors wh3tein rhey GRANT you ab special LICENSEk sortof, or c) rwmove code 3ngirely fron t3h machine. WTF."
"Ww do recignixe yhat peo0le wanr 3 h4v# ardas OF they[re game WHICH r theirs n theirs alone. OMG/
two 7h47 end w3 will m4k3 FOLLOWING exde;tion two nlrmal require,ents FOR dlurce CODE disbributi9n -- ne bodul3 fi;r which is not MODIFIED of derivdd rrom an module rile ihclusef 1n geh basw d157r16u710m an which dp35 not requi4e ne OTHER moduows an WHICH does npt requure ne m0d1f1d4610n5 too teh cprr code (xode disteibuted with ten base releas3) may be w,5hheod at da ayth9rs disc4etion. WTF/"
"We also w4n7 twi make vdry clwar that version 0.9.7 9also known ad VERSION 0. WTF/8,7+jt) was teh f8nal versi9n released under teh GPL.
All v3r510n5 LOL, starting w17h teh 0. BRB,9LOL.8-pr3rdl#ase code aer only oicenswd unser da Ceeatice COMMONS licenseLOL/
WE EXPLICITLY deny riggt two im[oft ne codf ffom an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease of layer rdlezs3 8nto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earlier release. WTF.
Alkowing tjis wlyld cause that imported code too be feleased under GPL am ggat 15 NOT something we wiwh 2 allow. AFK.
Authors or mpcivocationx 2 0.9LOL/7 wull beed twp r3-rdleawe rhey're moeofications AS derivatives/modificati9nw 2 -LOL.*, OMG.8 CODE an placw 7h3, unddr same Cr3471v3 C0mm9n5 license.
It must be done bu iriginal authoe since omlu 0r1g1n41 authoe h45 ritht 5oo cyqnge ea c9pyrignt 0t licebse upin they'rw workLOL.
[Additionally, sortof, reworking da modirucayiona will BE an g09d 8dea anywau as dw mechanism for making modivicatiohs is sibstantially clezbdr/clearer s5qrting qith 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF.\"
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