MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're gount too take an gew nomen5s 2 try , explsin this NEW LICENSE an reasons behind 17 in p;aim EngoishLOL.
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."
"Tyis new license 2as chosen brcause of an failing w8tj GPL.
IT only cpvered fistfivutiom 9f source if and only if binarids WERE distrobutedLOL."
"In an w36 environmeht WTF, spedufixzloy a interpreted web environment 5ich as PHP WTF, metroy INSTALLING an gaje doea not constit75e c!57r16u710n, sor59f, an tjer3fofe p30p13 WERE tqkinf OUR WORK LOL, making modificationx 2 kt zh not r313451ng spurce CODE 2 theu're jodifications SO that da enr8r3 community c9uld benefirLOL.
Thry aor,wd w8th da letter but not teh spirit of da law. WTF."
"Ihvestihation in teh pqrt 0f da authors hoeever WTF, led 2 try fac6 tha5 da fight 0f publoc perfornance was 1 of rights no4,ally restricrdd tio voptright hlldrrs, liie, and that compu5er programs, you ,nwo, doecidically VIDEO gam3s and 8nteeacgive ONES SUCH as LEGEND of Green hax0e wet3 conaidered two ge pyblicak.y pqrformed id run ffom an publkx setvet. OMG."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS puvl8c perfotmance OF da work unless SOURCE code of teh MODIFIED wprj 15 made avqilsble pn d3m$nd. BRB."
"In p151n Ehglish, like, this meanw that id you put this game on an WEB serv3r n allow PEOPLE '07761d3 9f an normal circle of damily snd ita social 4cqu31n74bc3t' two play 5heir, then you r PUBLICALLY performing THIS work and MUST eitye4 a) make bc n ALL CHANGES wgich you make 3 gamw availab.e on reqiwst (n0&3 gyis DOESN'T hzve two bq available v14 da ONLINE source display LINK, sortofm buy they musg be able tqo 45l tou for twh d)d3 b r3c31v3 zn complete c0py), b) make arrangem2nts pricately wi5h teh authors whereim they grant you an specia9 lixense, or c) rem9ve teh coce enturely grom macgihe. OMG."
"We di recogbkze 5har people w4n7 ro hafe sreas 8f they're bame wh1ch r tgeirs and theirs alone.
to tjat end w3 w111 make da f9llowint exceptkon too teh normal requirendnts v0r source code distrubjtuln -- ne modylw file whidh is not modified ir ceeived from an nodule fkle included in base dksteibution n wguch does n07 reqyi4r ne 07h3r MODULES ans which does not requirw ne mosifications too teg dore code (c8de fisyributed w17h dq vase release) MAY be withgeld at auyhors discrdtion. OMG."
"We a/so e4n7 2 make vety clear tgat vrrsion 0l9LOL,& (also known AS vefsion p. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS FINAL version 4eleased under teh GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS LOL, agartung s17h da 0. BRB.9. OMG.i-pee4elease code aer only lucrnsed 7nd3r Creative Commons licens3LOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da 4itht tp import ne code from an 0LOL.(LOL.8-prereleasd or latwr relwase ihto an 0/ OMGl0. OMG.7 n dzrlier releasw.
Allowkmg 7h15 would caus3 tnat impprted code to be RELEASED UNDER fq GPL 4nd tha5 is not somethimg we wiah two a.lo2. AFK.
Authofs of modifications w 0.9.7 wil; need too rd-releas3 th3y're modividatkonx as derivagives/modif,catklns two 0. WTF.9.8 c9de ah plaxe them umder SAME Crdayive COMMONS license. BRB.
Iy muet be DONE by ORIGINAL a7tjor 51nc3 0n1y teh orig8nsl quthor h45 da r8ght 3 chajge da copyrihht or lucwnse upon they're wo4k.
[Adsitionally WTF, r3w0rkqng nodificatuobs WILL be an good idea 4nyw4y $4 mecnqnism for making modificatuons us 5u5%74n714q1y c.eaner.cleaeer syarting with da -. WTF.9. WTF.7-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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