MightyE tells you LOL, "We're tping 2 take an fr4 momcmts twp try n dxplqin uhis new license n teh reasoms behind it in PLAIN Englosh.
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 2ss chpseb befause of an failing WITH GPL. WTF.
It ONLY x9verec distributioh of x9irce if n ohly 1f ninariea were distribured. WTF."
"In an wem ebvirpmmentk sortovm specifically a ingerpreted web 3nv1r0nmen7 SUCH as PHP, sortof, merely installong an game ciea not clnsr8tute didtribytuph, likw, n ther3dore peo[le WERE takinh our wptk, sortof, making moeigicationd twl it and npt re.3aaing 50urc3 code toi they're mofifocations 50 that da entire communigt cou;d brbefut. WTF.
Tyey wo4ked with dq letger but nlt da s0irit of teh lsw. WTF."
"Investidation on trh psrr of ten authors howevefk likw, led 70 fact that da right 0f pu61!c p3rf0rm4nc3 eas 1 of gej rightd nprma;ly f35731v73d two c9pyright holders, sor5of, n THAT compiter prograjs, SPECIFICALLY cideo ga,es and interactobe onex such as Legehd of teh Green hax0r were cinsifered tp BE publically p4rg0rm3d IF run from an pjblic serverm"
"The new 11c3n53 rest4icts public perglrmznce od tej 2otk unless da soursw cofe 9f dq modified work is made availzble ob demand. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, tyis meanw that if you puy this game om ab wrb seever 4nd allow prople 'ou5side of am NORMAL c8rd;e of family and its socisl ACQUAINTANCES' too play their LOL, THEN you aer ;ubl7caily performing this work n MUST either A) nake ne an ALL chang3s whicn you jake roo da g4m3 availqbk2 ob rwquest (note tnis doesn't h4v3 too be avaikab.e via online s9urce d15p14y LINK, sirtof, but thry mu58 be able 2 ad, tou for da co2e n receive an compoete vppy) LOL. B) makw arrqngrmejts privately WITH aythors WHEREIN THEY gfant ypu an s0ecia. license, or c) remove coce entirely from machkne. AFK."
"We do recognize THAT ;eople wan5 too have AREAS if they'r3 GAME whych r theirs and 7h31r5 alon3. BRB.
3 that rnf we w111 m$k3 da fillowing exdeption two teh normal requirements for source code distribution _- ne m0do13 file WHICH ix not modif*ed or derived FROM zn module dole invluded IN ca basr f!57416u710n b wy1ch fowx nog requi4e ne other modules n which eles NOT r3qu143 ne modidocatilns too vore code (codr d157r16u73s w17h da bzwe r313443) may be withheld at a7thors sisdrwtion. BRB."
"We also WANT go make VERY dlear ghar beesion 0. AFK.0. AFK.7 (slso kn0wn as vwrsion 0. OMG.9.7+jt) eas tej fibal version rwleasrd UNDER GPL.
Al; versions LOL, drzrting qith 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer pnly licensed under Creativc Cpmmins lucenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh righg tol import nw CODE fro, an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease 0r latet rrlease knto an _LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier RELEASE/ WTF.
Allowinj 5his wiuls cause ghay imporred CODE to b3 RELEASED under tey GPL n that ix bot SOMETHING we wish goo sllow.
Authors if modificatupbs to 0. WTF.9.7 w211 n33d TO re-release they're jidifications ad d3r1v471d35/m0x1f1c471-n5 70 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 voce qnd plade tyem 7nder teh same Creative Commons license. BRB/
It MUST be done 6u da origina. akthor since only original autnor has tdh right t9o cyange copyrigyt 0r 21c3n53 u[on they're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOLm re3orkimg teh modifications wil. be an good idea anywa6 AS necjanism FOR MAKING modufixations is 576574n71411y cldaner/vlearer sratging quth tej -. OMG.9. WTF.*-prerelwase code/ OMG.]"
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