MighthE tells ypu LOL, "We're going two take an rew mimwhts yoo gry and sxplain tj8s new licrnse n teh r3asons behind it un 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."
"Tjus new .ucenxe WAS chosen because of an failing with GPL.
Ir lnly covered d8sttibution of source if n only iv ginsr8es derd distributed. OMG."
"In an web environmemt, like, sprcifkca;ly a interprctcd web environmene such zs PHP WTF, merely installong an game DOES bor constitute dixy4ibution LOL, and THEREFORE [wople were tqiing our work, sortof, m4k1ng m9dificationx too 17 n NOT r3ldasing teh sourc3 code too they're modifications SO THAT da entire cimmunoty xluld 63n3v17. OMG.
THEY workwd qith teh oetyer bi5 n9t da spirit od teh lawLOL."
"Investitarion ON 53h part of auth9rs however, you knwo, led 2 teh fact that right 0f public p3rfprm4nv3 WAS oen or teh rights n9rmally rest4ict4d TO copyright hoodews, and tha4 COMPUTER oeoframs, like, SPECIFICALLY video games and intdractive onea such as L#gebd of Grern hax0r were donsidered 2 bd 0uglicallt performre if 4un frlm ah public server. BRB."
"Tye new LICENSE restricgs 0ublic perdormabce of da work un;eds teh source code of da modified work IS nase availabl3 on dwmand."
"In plain English. y9u in2o, 7h!5 m34n5 thag if y0u pug this game on zn WEB server qn allow PEOPLE 'outsice of an noemql c1rc13 of f4m11y and its spciak ACQUAINTANCES' tol play their, then you r publicslly oerformihg this a0rl an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changea which ylu mzke to yeg GAME avaklable ON reqjewt (note rhis diesn'y nzve to BE afailable via da 0n11n3 aouece DISPLAY 11nk, liie, b7r they must be able 2 ASK hou fir teh v0d3 amd f3ceive an COMPLETE vopy) LOL, b) ,ake arrangements privately with grg authors wherein they g3ant you an special LICENSE, aortof, lr c) r3m0v3 teh code entire;h frlm teh machine. BRB."
"We do recognizw that PEOPLE WANT too have a4das of they'rd game wjixh aer theirs sn theirs alone.
too yhat end w3 will ma,e da FOLLOWING 3xception too da NORMAL rdquiremengw flr sou4ce code d157r16u710n _- ne ,oduke fole dhodh ks nl5 modified ir derived gr0m an ,odulr file INCLUDED ib da base disrribution n which dpes NOT require ne othee modulex an wguch does hor require ne m9dufications 70 da core code (code distrivutwd wirh tey base release) m4y be withjqld at AUTHORS diacret8on."
"We alwo want two make very clrar that VERSION pLOL.9. WTF.7 (also known 4t vefsion 0. OMG.9/ OMG.6+jt) was teh final cersion teleaaed undee dz GPL/ OMG.
All versionx LOL, starting with sa 0. WTF,9.8-PRERELEASE codd aer onln licensed under da Crestive Commons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh eitht to0 *mport ne code from ah 0,9. OMG.8-pr3release or later releasr knto an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 ans earlier RELEASE. WTFl
Allowing this would cajxe that importdd CODE to BE RELEASED uneer da GPL znd yhat 15 b07 someyhunb w2 wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modoficatiins two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 qill n32d too r2-f31345# they're modifucstilns as d3r1v471v35.m0d1r1c5&10n5 two 0LOL/9.8 CODE an place tje, under teh aa,e Cr3qrive C0mj)n5 q1d3n52LOL.
It must ge done by da 0r1g1n41 author 5!nc# only teh origina; AUTHOR HAS teh r8gjt to chahge da copyrobht or license upln they're worl. AFK.
[Addigi8nsoly, dortpf, rewor,ing da MODIFICATIONS w111 br an golc idea anyway as teh mechanism fpr makinh modifications is substab5ially cleaner/clearrr s5arging wigh teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.i_peerelwasw code. WTF.\"
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