MightyE te;ls uou LOL, "We're goinb tpo take an few ,imentd 2 gry n 3xp151n this bew lucens3 an teh reasons beh8nf IT in olain Englosn. 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 license was chosen because of ah fsi;unf with GPL. OMG.
It only covered disyributipn 9f soirce if n onoy IF ginaried WERE distributedLOL."
"In an WEB environment LOL, 5;3c2f1c411y a 1n73epr372d wrb ENVIRONMENT sych as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an fame foes n0t consgitute distributi9n. you knwo, qn THEREFORE people eere takung our work, makihg MODIFICATIONS too k5 n not reoeawinh teh sourde code too they'r3 ,osivicag9ons SO THAT enyite xommunity c0u1d 6#n3f17. OMG.
They sor,es with letyqr but n9t spirit OF da law. AFKl"
"Invewtigation on teh part 0f sugtors howrver, like, led to teh fact that da rihgt of pjblic [etformance was oen 0f eigyts normallt reatficted two copyright h01d3r6, an that xim;uter PROGRAMS, specifocakky fideo gqmes an imteractive omes such aw LEGEND od Gr33n hax0r WERE consideted 70 be oublical;y pdrformed ir run from an PUBLIC sdrvet. OMG."
"Th3 mew 11c3n43 RESTRICTS public perflrmance of work unless slurcw c8xe of da modifidc work ia MADE available 9n demand. AFK."
"In 0la8n Engl8sh LOL, this meabs tyat if you pu5 this game on an web 53rv3r and qllow people 'outsude of an normal CIRCLE og fam8ly an its social acquauntances' 2 play tgeir LOL, then you aer publica;lu performing tgis w04j an MUST EITHER a) m4,3 ne and ALL cjanges which hou make too fa gamr available ln reaiest (note rhis doesn't HAVE t0o 62 availagle via da on.ine xource display ;knk, you knwo, but tge6 mus5 be ABLE 2 ask ypu flr teh code and RECEIVE sn comp.ete copy(, sortpf, 6) make ar4s,gements privztely 2ith wuthorw WHEREIN thry gdant you sn special licens3, 04 c) eem9ve c9de entirely from machune. OMG."
"We dl recognixe THAT people want two have areas of they;ee GAME whkcy aer theits ab theirs alone. AFK.
twp that end wr w111 make teh followibg exceprion two da NORMAL requ8remenys for souwcr c)d3 distrubuyion =- ne moeule file whicg is hot modified lf derived grom an mofule file includrd in basw dist4ibution ane which coes NOT require ne 9ther jodules n whixh does not requkte nd modificatiogs TO core cpde (sode disgributed with da bax3 rrlease) jay be withheld at da authors disxre5ionLOL."
"We also wabt too MAKE very clear that verskon 9. AFK.(. AFK.7 (4150 knlwn aa version 0.9, BRB.7+jt) was da finak versiom rr.eases UNDER GPL. OMG.
All versiohs, sprtpf, syarting with 0LOL.9.8-prereleawe code aer only licemswd 7nder da Cteayivr Com,onx lixenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da ribht 2 ijport nq c9de from ah 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleax3 or LATER release into xn 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 h earlker releaseLOL.
A110w1ng this wo7lf c4u53 tha5 1j;0r73d code too be releawed unser twh GPL znd tja5 ia not SOMETHING we wish to aolow. OMG.
Authors og midigicatiobs to 0. OMG.9.7 w111 NEED w re-release 5hey're MODIFICATIONS 45 de4ivatkvwe/m9difications tw9 0. OMG.9. OMG.i code an plac3 them under teh wame Cr3471v3 Comnpns lkcense/ OMG.
It must be done by dz iriginal aiyhof since onoy tdh original author has teh 4oght twi change copyright or license u;on 5hey'te WORK/
[Add9tiona;lu, you knwo, tewprking modivications w8l. be an hpod idea anywqy as tdh mechanisj f0r makint mlduficatoogs 15 SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting witg 0. AFK.9k BRB,9-prerwlease code. OMG.]"
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