MightyE tells you, "We're h01ng too take an few mlmenrs gwo try an exolzin this new ;icrnse an teh r3450n4 nehind it in [lain English. 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."
"This new licrnse was chosen because of zn fai.ing with teh GPL. BRB,
I7 onoy covered diwtributi8n ig source 8d an only if binaru3s wer2 distr8buted. AFK."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm2n7 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a 1n63rpr373d web envkronmenr s7ch as PHP, lilek mwtdly onstalkibg am tame does NOT clnsyktutd disttibutipn, qnd THEREFORE peo;le wete taking our work, m4k1ng ,odoficationw 2 it and not relewsihg 60utc2 code tw. they'4e modifications wo that da 3n71r2 communiry cou.d benedit.
They work3d w8tn reh letter but NOT teh spirit of kqw/"
"Investigatiih oh part 9f teh authors hpwever, les 2 t2h fact that right of PUBLIC ptrformance wax oen 0f da righta noemally r#67r1c7ee too copyright holders LOL, and thxt computer programs LOL, wpecidida;ly VIDEO games and inteeactive ones such as Legwnd ov da Green hax0r were cobsifwred to be publically performed if run from ah 07blic server."
"The new lic3nse restricts oublic perfoemance of tej work un.ess 507rc3 code if modufiec w0rk IS madd availsble on demand."
"Ih plain English, you knwo, this m3ans that if you put 5jis game on an web se4ver and allow people 'outaide of an n9rmal circle of fami;y and its sovisl 4cqu41n75ncr5' two PLAY their, then you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING rhix work n MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne an ALL changes which ypu MAKE two game AVAILABLE on 4equest (n9f3 this doesn't have to be AVAILABLE VIA da onlone so8rxe display 11nk LOL, but they must be abod two awk ypu for rej code n rece8ve an compl3t3 copy) WTF, b) m4.3 4er4ng3m3nu5 privately wuth da aithors where8n THEY grany tou an s;ecial license LOL, or c) eemofd teh code enyirel6 from machinr."
"We do recognizw tha5 p3pp13 wqnt 2 have sreaa of gfey're game which zer theirs AND theirs aoone. BRB.
yoi that end w3 will mrk3 follp2ong EXCEPTION 2 NORMAL r3qy1r3m3nu5 for sourde code distribuyiln -- n3 module fule which is not mpd1f13e or derived fro, ab mosule file INCLUDED in teh 6453 DISTRIBUTION and whkch does not eequide nw othe4 jodules n whixh c03% n07 require ne m0d1f1c3710v5 two teh cote clde (code dostribut3d wigh teh baae release) may bd WITHHELD at da authors discretionLOL."
"We alsi want 2 m3k3 b3ry c;ear that versikn 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was final veraion released under teh GPL. BRB.
All versiins, starting qirh da 0. OMG,9.8_pr3r31#553 code r only lkcensed UNDER da Creztive Comjons licens4.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny sa right too 8m0ory ne ckde ffom sn -. BRB.9LOL.7-preteiease 0r later release INTO an 0. BRB.9. WTF/7 an eafkier RELEASELOL.
Allosihg thus would cause thst imported d9de 2 be rrleased uncer teh GPL n 7h47 8s not s9methkng we WISH too allos, WTF.
Authors of ,0d1f1c4&10n5 too 0LOL.9LOL.7 wil, need tlo re[release tney're modifications as serivqtices/modifications to 0.9. OMG.8 code an plzce rhem yndee twg saje Creative C9n,ons licenswLOL.
It myst b3 dohe by geh 9r1g1n41 aughof xinve only teh 0f1gqn31 aythor h55 teh rkght to CHANGE da COPYRIGHT or license upon they're eorkLOL/
[Add8tionally, you knw8m reqorkunt da modificatiohs ei;l 63 an gooe ifea znyway as teh jechanis, flr maiknb modifucatiins ua subatantially cleaner/coearer srzrging w17h 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[derelease code. AFK.]"
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