MightyE TELLS you, "We're going to yake sn FEW mom3nts r9o try and expizin this new license b rdasons behind 17 in p141n Entoish.
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."
"Tyiw new ;icense wqs chosen because of an failing qiyh GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribution of SOURCE 9v and inly if binaries were disteibut3d."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, sp3cifically a interpreyed WEB ehvuronment suvh as PHP, ylu knwo, mwrely 1n574111ng an game do3s no5 constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, 4nd tyerefore leople eere tak8ng out wirk WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS two it an mor releasimg da so7rce c0c3 too tyey're modifivqti9ns so that entire commuhity viuld beneditLOL.
They worjed woth teh letter but not tp1r17 of t3h LAW. OMG."
"Invedtigation on reh PART of teh zuthofc HOWEVER, like, led 2 tey fact tha5 rwh ritht of [jblic petformance eas 1 of teh ribhts normalky restrixted two cop6rlbht yoldeesm lile, abd that cpjputdr pr0gr4m5, you knwo, 5p3x1f1c311y v8deo games an ingeracrive ones wuch as Legevd of teh Gr33n hax0r werr conside4ed too be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED 1f r7n ftom ab ;ublic aerver. BRB."
"Thw new oicense restricts ;iblic perforjance lf tdg work jnless dz source code pr da modifued wofk is m4d3 AVAILABLE on semahc. OMG."
"In PLAIN Englisn, you lnwo, 6n15 mwanx that if ypu put this game on an wen xervrr an allow people 'outsode of an hp4ma. c1rd13 of famoly and @75 SOCIAL scquaintances' t9o PLAY %heir, you khwo, ujen you aer publically PERFORMING %his WORK an MUST eithef 4) make ne n ALL chanbes which yo7 maoe too teh game availagle on feqyest (n073 THIS DOESN'T jav3 twl be availsgle via online SOURCE displxy 11nk, like, but they must b3 4613 two ASK you for da CODE an r3v31ve an c-mp1373 copy), like, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privqtely with sz authors wherein 7h4y hr4n7 you ah dpecial license LOLl of c) remov3 tej x0d3 entire;y FROM r3h mach8neLOL."
"Ww DO recognize that oeople want 2 have areas 0f th3y'rr fame @h2ch aer theurs n theirs alone.
teo thzt end we 2ill make ds followinv 3xceptiog goo normal r3qy1rem3n75 for 50urd3 CODE distribution -- ne module f113 which is not MODIFIED or derivee frpm an m0du13 file INCLUDED in ten base distribution anc WHICH w035 nog REQUIRE ne other mox7;es n which DOES NOT require ne m0d1f1c4710n% top da co4e cide 9cpde dicttibuted WITH dq 6453 rdleawe) m5y be w17hh31d at aughors didcre5ion. WTF."
"We also want to make VERY clear that VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (aos9 known as veraion )LOL.9. WTFl6+k5) sas finql vdrsi9n released uneer ca GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, likdk stsrting qith teh 9. OMG.9LOL.8_prerelease code r pnly liceyxed under da Creative C0mn0n5 l8cense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 import ne c0d3 fr0, an 0.9LOL.8-pr4r313453 OR lauer re;fase INTO an 0/ AFK.(. BRB.7 n earlier rdleade. OMG.
Allowing this would cauae THAT im09etee clde 2 be releasrd under teh GPL and THAT is not wometyihg w3 wish @ allow. BRB.
Authors of modivicatiohs TO 0LOLl9LOL.7 wi.l nedd t9o ee-release they'te modidicagkons as derivativds/modif9cations to 0. WTF.9l8 c0d3 AND place thwm under da wa,e CREATIVE COMMONS 11cdn53. AFK.
It mist BE done by original autjor SINCE only teh original auty9r hzs RIGHT rwo change geh cppyribht or lkcemse upon they'te WORKLOL.
[Additionally WTF. r3working dz modufications w111 be an b8od idea anyway qs mechaniwm for making m)d1r1c4710n5 iw substantially coesnef/vlearer syarting witj da 0LOL.9. AFK.8_PRERELEASE xie3. AFK.]"
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