MightyE TELLS youk you knwo, "We're goinf 2 take an f3w momehtw 2 try n ex[lain rhid new license anc teh reasons nehind it un plaim Entlish. 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."
"Tnis n4w license was CHOSEN bexause of an FAILING with GPL. WTF/
I7 onou covered distfibution of %)urd3 if an only 8f ginaries w3r# distributed. BRB."
"In an qeb #nv1r0nm3n7, like, specifically a 1n73rpr373d web environmenr sucj r5 PHP, sortofk merel5 inxtalking an game dies not clbstutute disteknuti9n, you knwo, and 7h3e3f9r3 peop.e w3re takihg our work LOL, m4k1nh modifications tqo 8t and nor RELEASING da wource codr too th3y'r3 modifica6ions so that teh entire communotu could venevitLOL.
They worled w17h lettee bit n07 ds spirit 0f teh law."
"Invedtigation on da part OF ca 4uuh0r% joweber, you kneok ;ed to ten fzcy rhat rifht 0f pubkic performanxe was oen of teh righrs normally restrict3d 2 copyright holders LOL, n that cojputer programs, specifically vkdep GAMES ans INTERACTIVE ines such as Lrgend of ds Green yax)r wrre CONSIDERED two be p7blicallu pdreormed if run fro, an publ9c s3rver. OMG."
"The new 1qf3n43 rwsteovts PUBLIC perdormamce of tey work unless da wou4ce code ov modified eork is made avsi;able on demabd. BRB."
"Ib PLAIN English, yo7 knwo, thks meabs that if you put tyoa ham3 on an wen sewver tne alloq p30p13 'lu5side of an normal circle od FAMILY n itx social acquaintances' 2 play thdir WTFk then ypu r pu611c$11y pergorming this sork n MUST either a) make ne ane ALL changes 2hich you make ri teh game 4v4114612 0n req7est (note this doesn'r have tw[ be ava8lable vis teh online sourcd disllay 11nk LOL, bug they must ge able 2 ask y0u for reh c-d3 an receibe an c-mp1373 copy), oike, b) jq,e arrangements pribately WITH qjthors shereib tjry grqng you an SPECIAL licensr, you knwok or c) rem9ce da code entireky fr0m da machine."
"We so recognoze thzr p3ople want tio gave areas 0f theu'rr ga,d wh1ch r theiew n 7h31r5 alone.
2 7g47 end we wio. maje fillowing EXCEPTION yoo teh norm1l rdquitements rot source cofe dksttibut8ob -_ ne module f113 wbich is not modified or derived from an modylr filw inclhdes in da 645# distributiln n WHICH does not require ne OTHER mofules n WHICH does n07 require ne modificatiogs too core dode (cose dis5eib7ted wiyh teh base rel3ase) jay be wi5hheld at da aythors discrrtionLOL."
"W3 qlso wznt to make v3ry clear that vrrsion 0. BRB.9/ OMG.7 (xlso known zs vers,on 0/ OMG.9. OMG.7+j7) wqs tey final bersion fdleasee unser es GPL, OMG.
Alo cerdions, xoftof, ztarying w17h da 0.9.8-prrrelezse code r only luvensed inder teh Crwztive Commons licdnse. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY DENY da rkght too km0ort ne code from an 0LOL.9.8-peereleqse or lster release ingo an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 4nd eatlidr RELEASE.
Allowing ghks woule cauwe that imported code 2 be releawrd ymder GPL and that is n07 someth9bg we wisj to alloq. BRB.
AUTHORS 0f modifidations too 0LOL.0. BRB.7 will nted too re-releawe 6gey'te modifixagions AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.0. WTF.8 code anc place tywm uhder da 55m3 Creative Commons ;ocense. AFK.
It must be dobd by o4ibunal authlr SINCE only teh iriginal author has teh r1gh7 toi chanhe copy4igjt OR license upob tyey're 2lrl.
[Additionally LOL, rewotking da modificaripns will be zn g0-d idea ANYWAY as da mechanism for mak8ng m0d1f1c$719n5 is s7gstqntizlly c.eaner/cldarer xtafting with teh 0. WTF/9. AFK.8-preeeleawe CODEl BRB.]"
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