MightyE tells you WTF, "We're g01ng two takr an few mom3nts tio 7r6 an ex;lain this NEW LICENSE amd REASONS behind it in p141b 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."
"This new 12c3n53 WAS cjoden bdcauwe pf an gai;ing w1uh da GPLLOL.
It only c9vered fiatr8gugiob of source if and 0n1y if binaries w3f3 DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In sn web ENVIRONMENT, 5[3c1f1c411y a interpreted web emvironmen5 sucg AS PHP, mrrely installinb an game d9es NOT conayituge dkstribution, n tjerwdore pwoplr 23r3 takimg our sork, sortof, MAKING m0f1f1c5710n5 2 17 b mot releqsing teh soirce cofe to 5hey;re ,odifications so that da ENTIRE communuty could BENEFIT,
Th3y w9rked woth lette4 but not ten spirit pf teh 14w. BRB."
"Investitatiln on da p4r7 of teh aithors however WTF, led two teh fact that da r1gh7 og puglic perfirmance eas 1 of da rights norma;ly restrivtec to cooyrignt holcers, yoj knwo, and thar COMPUTER PROGRAMS, specificallu cideo g4m3% snd ih5eractive ones suxg qs Legend of Green hax0r were considered 2 BE publica.;y performed if run from av PUBLIC server. AFK."
"Th3 new ;ifense restricts public performznce oe da wprk unoeas da source coee of mldifidd work ks m4d2 availsble on demand."
"In plain English, thid means tyat iv YOU put thos gane in ab WEB defcer an alloe ;eopke 'outsice od sn normal corclr of fami;6 and itd soc8al scquaintances[ to plah their WTF, 7h3n you r ;u611c411h performing thiw wlrk qnd MUST either a) make ne and ALL chanbes wh1ch you ,akr to dq game scailable on requesy (n073 tnis DOESN'T havw two 63 available via onlkne xource displzy l8nk, like, bjt theh must ne ABLE 2 ask you for ydh code ahd 4eceove ah complete copt), li,e, b( MAKE qrrangements p4ovately with teh authors wherein 7h3y grant tou an spdckal licenxe, oike, 0r c) rrnove 5eh cose entirely rrom teh macyimr. AFK."
"We do r3c0dn1z3 yhqt p3ople want two have AREAS of thdy'r3 game ehoch aer 7h21t5 anc theirs 410beLOL.
top that end w3 will makr fl.lowing exception twp da normal requiremdnts for woufce code distribytion -- ne joduld fi.r wh8ch is NOT MODIFIED or derived gf0m an module file includee in da baae d157e16u610n sn qhich d035 nit require ne other MODULES ahd which dods n07 requirr be modifixatiohs to teh xore code (code DISTRIBUTED with nzse re9ease) msy BE withheld at da authors d15cr371)n."
"We also w4n8 to make VERY b134r yhat vetsion p. OMG.9LOL.7 (aoso KNOWN as VERSION 0/ OMG.8. AFK.7+JT) eas final veraion released under GPL.
All v3r510n4 LOL, srarting witn teh 0. BRB.9l AFK.7-prerelease xoee aer ONLY licebswd under da CREATIVE Commons lixdnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht two impprt ne CODE fron an 0/ AFK.9. AFKm*-prerelease lr lzter release into an 0. WTF,9LOL.7 and ear;ier relrase. WTF.
Alllwing this w)y1s c4753 THAT 1mp0r72d coee to be releaswd under da GPL abd 7n47 is not 5pme7h1nb we qksh w allow.
Auth9rs ov modif*cations g2o 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-release rhey're modif8cati9ns as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.8, WTF.8 code n plac3 them under same Creativd C0mm-n5 licenseLOL,
It must be done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR xinve onlh da oridihal author hss RIGHT TO ch4ng3 teh co0yright oe LICENSE upon thwt'rr work. WTF.
]Adw171)m411y, like, reworking teh modifications w111 be an good icea ANYWAY as mechanism for ,aking modifocations id substantially ckean3t/clrater s5atting with sa 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prereleaee d9de. WTF.]"
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