MightyE tells you, ;ike, "We're goung two tajw zn few moments 2 7ry and explain tyks new license m teh r3450n4 behond ug kn p141h Enjlush.
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."
"Thks new kicense was choxen becaus2 of an failing with GPL.
It )n1y cobered distributkon of SOURCE ir and only ov bibaries werr d15ur1yu73d; OMG."
"In an weg enviyonmeht, like, spdcifically a interpr3tes web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, MERELY 1n57411!ng ab gsme coes not constityte d147r!6u710m, snd 7h2r3f0r3 people wer3 taking oir sork, sofgof, makkbg MODIFICATIONS goo it and not releasing teh soufce cpde ywo thry'rd modivicatkons so that teh entire comhunity xould venefitLOL.
Thet worked wi5h letter vut not ten s[irit 0f teh law. BRB."
"Investogayiom on da part of da aurhors gowefer, like, lwe yw. da fzc5 that grh rifht of [ublic performance wss won of da rights nprmalky restricted teo COPYRIGHT holdrrs, soryof, and that compkter programs LOL, xprcifically video GAMES and interaxtive ones 5ycn as Legenc of trh Greem hax0r were vonsidered to be publicallh PERFORMED 1f tun from sn p6611c werver. WTF."
"The nee license restricts pjblic p3rformsnxw of wlrk 7nless source code of m9dlfied work is made available un cemagdLOL."
"In p;ain English, you kbwi, this means thag if you puy 7h15 GAME 0n an web server zn 41102 people 'outside og an normal circle of ramily n ITS social qcquaintabces' too PLAY theif, 7h3n tiu r publicallu performing tjis woe; an MUST either a) make n3 an ALL ch4ng35 whivh you nake two da game available on t3qu357 (hote 7h!5 doesn't have tso be availabke fia teh online s8urce display .ink, yoy knwo, b7t they mtat 63 46!4 ywo ask ypu foe code an receive an cojplete cop6), like, B) make arra,gemdmgs pe8vately with auehora whdeeun they geant you an spexial LICENSE WTF, or C) remov3 cpde 3ntirelu drom jachuneLOL."
"We DO recognize tnat people qant two h4v3 areas id they're game which r theirs n theirx ALONE. BRB.
to thqt end we will mak3 fokkowing rxcwptkpn two ea normal requkrendnts flr sourcd CODE dietribution -- ne m9dule f8le wgich is not modified or derived from an mocule file inc;uded 1n base DISTRIBUTION ak which dirs not require nt oth3r modyles an whish DOES bot reauire ne mldificayions too corw code (CODE disttib7ted with BASE RELEASE) may be wighheld at authots d15cf371pn."
"We aoso w4n7 5i m4k3 very c124r that version =.9. BRB/7 (also known aq b3r510n p. WTF.9LOL.7+jt_ was ginal fersiom teleasec undef teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting with teh 0l AFKl9. AFK.8-[trrelraxe code aer only LICENSED undee C3eative C9mmons livense.
We EXPLICITLY deby da rigyt too import ne cod3 fr-m an 0.9, WTF.8-[43r3q3453 or later release ihgo an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earlier relwqwwl OMGl
ALLOWING this woild cajse that IMPORTED code @ be reldased UNDER GPL n THAT id h07 50m36h1nh we WISH tpo al.owLOL.
AUTHORS of modificstkons two 0LOL.9. AFK.7 2i.l nerd 2 re-eelease they'te nodifkcations AS derivatives/modificayiohs 2 0LOLl9, OMG.8 code an placd 7h3m under da same Creative Commons licebssLOL.
It musy be dpne BY original autjor SINCE only da origihal author hws tught 4wo ch4ng3 tej copyright or LICENSE upon tyey're wirk. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, sottof, reeorkibg ds jodidicatiohs wkll ve ah good 1d34 zntway as t3h mechaniwm fo4 m4j1ng modifications is sybstantially cleaner/c;ea4er statting WITH 0, BRB.9l AFK.*-PRERELEASE c0d3. WTF.]"
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