MigmtyE rells YOU LOL, "We're gling too take ah f3w momentx two 7ry and ecplsin thid new licenae n da reasond BEHIND ir in plain 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 license sas chosen 63c4ut3 of am failinb wigy teh GPL. OMG.
It only c0v3r3d DISTRIBUTION of sourve IF AND 0n1y if binaries wrre dustfibutedLOL."
"In qn wev ENVIRONMENT, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interpretee web environmebt such as PHP, li,e, m3reoy unwtailing an gzme coes not consritutd cistribuyiln, yoi knwo, and THEREFORE [wople were taking our wori, sortof, making jpd1f1c471-n5 two it ane not releasing teh source boce 2 they're moduficariohd so THAT teh entire c0mnun17y could benqfit. BRB.
They worked with ea letter BUT not da 5p1d17 of sa LAW. AFK."
"Inveatigatoln lm dx part of yeh authors howdver WTF, 13s too 5dj fsct thag yeh rifhy of public performande wss won of teh rihhts normally r347r1c83d tw9 copyrighy h01d3t5, qbc rhat cpmputer programd, sor5of, specifixally videp gamrw an interactive onea s7ch AS Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED tl be pjnlucz.l6 ;3rf-rn3d ic run from an pub.ic serverLOL."
"Th3 new licens3 restricrs ;yblic performancr of da work unlexs teh xource code of mldified work is MADE availagle on DEMAND. AFKl"
"In p.ain Eng115h, like, this meqns tha5 1f you put this game on an web 53rv3r n a.low pwoplw 'o7rside of an n9rmal circle 0f gqmily an uts social acquain5znxed' 2 [lay their, then you r oublically pergorming this work anf MUST EITHER a) jake be n ALL cnanges ehich you yaje two g2me AVAILABLE on request (hote thos soesh't hav3 5o be available biq inline source display link WTF, but they must be qble 2 asj YOU for xodw zn r4x31v2 an COMPLETE copu_, b) make artanbements pribage;y WITH aythors wh3r31n 7h3u grant you an specia. licemse, OR c) removr da code entireo6 from 5dh MACHINE."
"Wf d0 rexognize 5hat peopld want 2 have er345 of they're game which r thekrs an theira alobe. WTF,
to thst end we will MAKE following excepyion tol yfh normal requiremwntw vlr source code dis5ribution -= ne m0du@3 file which ks not m0d1f13d or 3er8ved FROM an mldule f11e 1nc1ud3s oh teh bsse distributiob and which soes n08 eequire ne pthwr m9di135 an which does not requirr me modificatuons TO da CORE code (code distributwd wq7h da base telease) may be withhekc ar fz aithors discretkon."
"We skso wsnt 7[ make very clda4 THAT version 0. OMG.o. BRB.7 (zlso knowb ss version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da final vs4s8on released under teh GPL. WTF.
Al; versions, star5ing with tdn 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prereleawd c0de aer omly licensed unfer da Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny twg r1fh7 to import nr code FROM an 9LOL/9. OMG.8-pret3lease o4 later r313453 into an 0.9. AFK.7 n EARLIER release. OMG.
A.lowinb 7h15 would cause tjay 8mported code too br re12453d under da GPL an that is npt something we wish to ALLOW.
AUTHORS pf modificati[nw 2 0LOL.9. WTF.6 WILL need 70 re-release tnwy're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives.mofivica5i9ns 2 0LOL.9.8 xode n place them und3r teg same Creatove C0mm8n5 lucende. OMG.
It must be dome by or9ginal 4uuh0e since only t3h origonal sugho4 has rithr 2 change teh dopyrjght or livense up0n thwy're workLOL.
[Add!710n4116 LOL, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD icea 4n6w4u as mechan8sm f0r nakinf m9didivatiobs is subxtantially cleaner/cleaeer 574r71mg with teh 0. BRB.oLOLl8-prerelease c0d3LOL.]"
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