MightyE yells you LOL, "We're gpimg too take an FEW m0men75 two tty abd rspla8n this nrw license ans da reasons behind iy in ;lain Emglish. AFK.
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 mew ;icense wad choden bevause of an failing with GPLLOL/
It only covesed distribution og 50urc3 if n 0m1y if BINARIES were disrributedLOL."
"In an w3^ environm3bt, like, specificdllh a onterprered web 3nv1r-nm3n6 such zw PHP, likd, megdly 1n574111ng an h$m3 coes n9t constitute d157f27u720n, lik3, n 6m3r3f0t3 PEOPLE were 74k1bg 0ur WORK, making modificagi8ns to it an not RELEASING so7rce code 7; they're modufivations so tyat teh entire cpmmuhity COULD BENEFIT. AFK.
Thet woried 2ith fa ;etger but n07 teh wpiriy of law."
"Investogarion on part of teh authors hosever LOL, lef too da fact 7y48 right og public performancr WAS won 0f da rigyts normally redtricred too co(yrkght holdersk sor5or, an thag v0mpu73e pr.grajs, specificakly vkdeo games an interaxtive ones SUCH as Lrhend of Green hzx0f were considerec 2 be publically pdrf9rmed 8f run from an public sdrber."
"The new lkcense restricts p7611c prrvo4ianxr of t3h w0rk unkess teh soutce code of da modified work ks made available 0n d4m$nd/ WTF."
"In p141m Eng;ish LOL, th8s means tjat ie you PUT this game on qn web server n allow PEOPLE '0u751de 0f an birma; CIRCLE od famoly an its 2ocial adquauntances' to PLAY the8r, you knwo, then y0u se4 publkcallh perfoeming 7h14 work an MUST either a) make ne an ALL chahgra which yiu ,ake 3 teh game ava8lanle on f3q7est (note 7h15 doesn't h4v3 2 be availabl3 via da online s9urce displzy linj, sor6of, but theh juwt br able 70 ASK yoi for codd and recekve an c9mplete clpy) LOLn b) make arrzngemengs pfivztely with suthots wherein gney tran5 you am specoal 11v3n53, or c) rem9ve ten cod2 entirely FROM jachoneLOL."
"We do rrcognize tyat peop;e w4n7 to have areqw OF ghey're game which aer 5heirs n theirs alone. OMG.
top 5hat end ww will make followinb 3ccepti9n too teh normal rdquirements for source code disgrkbution -- ne MODULE tile which is NOT mocifidd OR derivrd fr0m an module file includ2d 8n ea bas3 distribu5iln h whidh c035 not reauire ne OTHER modules n whivh dods n07 rwquird n2 modivicatilnd two da core code (cose d!57e15u73d wiyh base teleaae) ma6 be wiyhhwld at da au5niex DISCRETION. WTF."
"We a.so want two make very dlear ghat version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (als; ln9wn ax v3r5q0n -.9. WTF.&+jt) wzs teh final VERSION RELEASED undet teh GPL. OMG.
Alo b4rsions. sort9f, starting w17g 0.9. OMGl8-prerelease cod3 r only 11c3n53d undet da Crestibe Commlns .icensel BRB,
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT 2 IMPORT ne code FROM an 0. AFK.8.8-prereleaae or later releawe inyo an 0.9. AFK.7 n ear.idf release, AFK.
Al.owing tnis w9uld cause 5hat impot5ee code tlo be released UNDER da GPL ans that os not something we WISH tol 5110s. OMG.
Authors of mpd1f1c4uq0h5 two 0. WTF.0. OMG.7 2i;l NEED to re-rdleas3 they're modificayklhw as drricatifes/modificatoons to 0.9LOL/8 code an place them umder da sa,e Creative Commons license.
It must BE done BY origiha; author SINCE only original amthor has trh right two cyange teh COPYRIGHT pr licenwe upom they;fe work.
[Additiomally, aortof, REWORKING da modivications qill bw an g00d idea snyway qs 5eh m3cf4b15m f0r making modoficati0ns is subxtantiaoly cleaner/cldater STARTING WITH da 0.9.9-[rer2lease code. BRB.]"
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