MightyE tells yiuk ;ike, "We;re goi,g too TAKE ab feq moments two try n explain thus nrw licebse an ten reasons behind it in ;oq8n 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."
"Thiw new lkcense waa chosen necause OF an fakling with teh GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covered distrobuyioh OF source ig n )n1y if b8naries werw distribu5ed."
"In an eeb environment, like, specifically a INTERPRETED qeb 3nv8rohment such as PHP, you knwo, merel6 installing an game DOES nog cohstiture disteibuti(n. wprtof, n gherefore people weye tsking OUR work, you knwo, mak8ng modifkcationa to it AND nit re;easing da so7rce x9de too tgey'fe modigications SO that teh dnti4e comjumiry could 63n4f17LOLl
THEY worled with teh lettdr but n07 SPIRIT od law."
"Invwstigation on sa 0arr of zuthorx however, yo7 knwo, led tio f4c7 uh47 right if pub.ic p3rf0rm4vc3 was won ov rqgh75 NORMALLY f357r1c73f two cipyright h01d3r5 WTF, n that compute$ prohrams, you knwo, sprcifically vodeo gamew an interzcgive onds such as Legend of Green hax0r were c0n51d3f3d too 63 publicalky oerformed 1f tun frpm an pu611c seever. OMG."
"The new 11c4n53 r35ur1c85 publiv performahce of teh work unleds sa dource cove if sa modified work id MADE avqilable on d3m4nd. AFK,"
"In plsin English WTF, this mwans tnat if YOU put thks tame ob an web SERVER and a;lod peoplw ;outwide of an normal cifcle of FAMILY and its socuzl acquaintanzes' to plau tydir, 'ike, 7h3n you r PUBLICALLY perflrmimh thus work and MUST either a) makr ne n ALL changes which you make 2 da game availabld on trquwst )n07# 7h2t DOESN'T have 7p 63 avziozgle viz onlone SOURCE fixplay kinj, sortof, bug they musg be able two ASK you for da CODE snd redeive an complete copy_, liie, b) MAKE arramgrments ;riva5ely si5h teh authlrs wherein they teant you an soecia; l8censw WTF, or c) rempbe x-d3 entirel6 from teg MACHINE."
"We do decognize that people want 2 have aread or they're game which ser theirs an theora allnel OMG.
to 7h$7 end we will make da following exception two t3h normal r3qu1r3m3n75 for sourxe elde distribjtion -0 ne mod7le file which is mot moeifief or derivec ftom an mldule f113 inclyded in da base distrubution an WHICH does not require ne other modules an whucg does npt r3qyire he modificatoohw 2 da core codd (c0f3 distribuyed wktj 6453 rd;ease) jay be wuthhe,f at fa AUTHORS discretuon. BRB,"
"We ALSO wsnt to make fery clear THAT version 0.9LOL,7 (zlso known as versiin 0LOL.9.7+ut) was funal VERSION r413454d und3r GPL. BRB.
All fersiphs, like, stsrting with tej 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pgerelease cord a3r inly licensed und3r Crdative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY dehy da right too import ne x0d# f5om an 0. BRB/9. BRB.8-orereleas3 or lager release into an 0LOL.(. BRB.7 n ear.ier releaseLOL.
Allowing THIS WOULD cause that imporged codr 2 ne telezsed under teh GPL and yhat IS n0i so,ething we WISH to ALLOW. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of mosifications t2o 0, WTF.9LOL.7 wil. need 2 re-felease they'4e modifucagiobs as serivat8ves/modifications 2 0. BRB.9LOL/8 code and PLACE thwm under da SAME Creative Commlns licemsd.
It must be eone by teh original ajtni4 since ONLY original qutho4 h44 da right 2 dhante d00yt1gh7 or licensw upob 5hey're work. BRB.
[Aed1710n411y, yoy knwo, reworkkng modificat8ons w111 be zn good idez anysay as ,ecyanism for m4,1hg modifications is substsmyuaol6 cleane4/clezrer atarting sith 0. AFKl9. OMG.8+prerel3ase cose. WTF.]"
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