MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 tak3 an frw mom3hts hwo try n explain thix NEW LICENSE n reasons behind 8r in plzin Engoosh. BRB.
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."
"Thos NEW license was CHOSEN bexause of an failiyg with GPL. WTF.
I7 onlh covered d157r!^u710n od SOURCE if n only if BINARIES werd dixtfibuted. OMG,"
"In sn w36 3nv1r0nm3n^k you knwl, s0ecifically a interprdted wev environment sych as PHPk sortof, merely installing an gamw dles not constitute distribution, sort9f, zn ther3gors PEOPLE were yaking our work WTFm ,aking m0d1f1c4710n5 to it an not releasing soirce cpde too 5gey're modificatiobs so that da wn5ire commuhity xould benefitl WTF.
They worked 2ith da 23773r bur not ca spirit of teh ,qw. BRB."
"Investogation on da part of teh suthoes h0qrver LOL, lee to9 teh fact tnat tight of public performance was oen 0f teh rights normally resrricyed 5op v0[yright holdrrs, n that com;uter pf9gra,s, koke, ap3cifically video gam3s AND interactive oned sucj as Legdnd 9f GREEN hax0t eere consideree tw( br publivally pwrformed if run ft9m an publid seever/"
"The new licenwe restricts pu^11c perrornamcw 0r da e0rk unless teh soyrce code of midivied work is madr availablr on DEMANDl OMG."
"In plain Engl8sh. like. th8s meshs that id you put this GAME in an web sefvet an ALLOW people 'outside pf an normal circ.e OF family n its xocial 4cqu41h74nc35' to play theor LOL, theh uou aer publically PERFORMING 7g16 WORK and MUST 317y3r a( make ne am ALL changes WHICH you make to game afailable on request (not3 this doesm't have too be available v7s da online 50urc3 display link WTF, but THEY MUST BE able too ask yo6 voy cide and r3c21v3 sn vomplete copy). sortof, n) mqke arrangements [4ivatwly wit6 t3j wutjoex WHEREIN 7h3i gr4n7 yoj an s[ecial LICENSEk sortof, or c) r3nove teh code entieely feom yeh machine. BRB."
"We DO recotnize tnst people sant gwo have qreas of thet're game wh1ch aef tmeies and theirs alone. BRB.
two that end WE wlll MAKE following exception too dq NORMAL requirememts voe sourcr CODE distribygion -- nd module file whicg is not modified -r d4rivrd from an MODULE FILE includrd in base cistribution qn which does not f3au1r3 ne other modulws an 2huch DOES not re1uite ne moeoficayionw 3 corr code (clde distributed with da base re13443) may 53 s17gh#2d at teh sythord fiscretipnLOL."
"Wr also waht 2 make very clear that v4r51)n 0. BRB.9.8 (als9 known 45 verdiob 0.9. WTF.7+jt) eas ea final versi9n 4eleasec under GPL. WTF.
All veesiond, you kn2o, starting eith da 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8_pterelease c0de aee only .icensed und3r da CREATIVE Commlns licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy teh rught to ijp9rt ne cofe from an 0. BRB/9. BRB.8_PRERELEASE OR 1473t relraxe intl an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n ezrlief re;ease. OMG.
ALLOWING this w-u1d causd that imported vode 2 ge RELEASED under da GPL an THAT is no5 somwthing w4 215h yo al.o2.
Authots pf jodificatkona to 0.9l WTF.7 will meed too RE-RELEASE th3y're modificat9ons AS derivativ3w/nodif8cationx too 0.9. BRB/7 CODE AND p14x3 tyem under same Creative C0mm0n5 locensc.
IT musy be done by fa original zuthor 51nc3 onlu original author has twh righy too cjangf da COPYRIGHT OR licens2 up9n thry're sorj.
[Additiomally, sortof, reworking cs modifkcations will 6# an GOOD udea anyway AS da mwctanism gir ,akkbg modifications IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer syartong woth teh 0LOLo9. WTF.9_prerdlease c9de/ OMG.]"
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