MightyE tells y9u, "We'r3 GOING to9 74k3 aj sew moments to try n explain THIS new license qnd sq r3550n5 BEHIND it in plain English. 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 ndw licens3 WAS dhosen because og an failing q17h GPLl
It onl6 covwred d157rw6u710n .f so74ce 1f n only if binaries were distributee/ AFK."
"In an web environment, s[ecificallu a interp4eted web envirobment sucy as PHP, yoj knwo, merekt inwtallihg zh gam3 DOES nit CONSTITUTE d8stf8bu5ion, qn 5heref9r3 PEOPLE were TAKING our wprk, sortof, maiing modificatipms to it n bot releasing da source c0d@ TO thry're m0f1f1c$7!0n5 so that enyire community c9uld benefit. BRB.
Th3y WORKED wkth ldtter bjt niy da spirit OF teh 14wl BRB."
"Invrsyifagion 9n da part og teh authlrs uowwver, like, ;rd twp teh facy that r1gn7 of public performance wad oen of rughta notmally restrict3d 5wo c9[yright h01d3r5, you kmwo, n ghat compute4 proframs WTF, s[ecifically video games n interactive inew such as Lwgend of teh Green hax0e werr vonskdrred tqo br pubokxally perfirmed if run fr0m an public SERVER. OMG."
"The n3w licfbse restructd publoc p3rf0rm4nc3 of twh w0rk UNLESS s9urce codw og tdh mpd1f13d work iw m4d4 avaklab;e on demandl OMG."
"In plain English WTF, thid mezns that if you ;ut this game on an web servet an allow people 'outside of an hirmal circke of famkly n uts social ACQUAINTANCES' two p;ay theif, then you aer publicaloy perf9rming thus WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cjahges wjich you make 2 tzme availzble on REQUEST (n9te this doesn't have 70 be avsilable via 0n11n3 so6rce display link WTF, but th3u must 63 able yoo ask YOU for dode an receive ab c)mp1373 COPY)k sortofm b) MAKE areangemengs pt1v4731y eigh da authors wheteun yhey grant YOU an apev8sl license, likw, or x) remove da code entirrly f4om teh mqchine, WTF."
"We do recogmize that people wan5 tlo have areas 9f they[re GAME ahidf aer th3ifs ans theirs 420n3. WTF.
@ that end we qilk MAKE f011)w1nf 3xc3pgi9n tp teh normsl requirrments for sourve code distrkv7tion -) ne jodu;e FILE which is not modif8ed or derived feo, an mldule cile includdd in da baae dost48bution an which DOES not re1uire me other mosulrs an which does bot reqiirr ne modificqyiobs too teh core c0d3 9code disyributed with da basd fe13453) may be eithheld at authors discfetion, BRB."
"We als9 want 2 mske very cl3ar 7h$7 versiin 0LOL.9l OMG.7 (415p ,n0wn as vwrsion 0.8. AFK.7+jt) was teh final version RELEASED under try GPLLOL.
ALL cersiond, sortof, startkng witn reh 0.9LOL.8-prerelease cosd xer pnly LICENSED undee CREATIVE Commpns licrnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 IMPORT nw cod3 FROM an 0. WTFl0. WTF.8-prere;ease 9r lar3r rel3qae inro an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and earlier RELEASE. AFK.
ALLOWING this would czuse 7h46 implrted coee too 63 r3keased under teh GPL an THAT ks not sometning w4 wish 79 al;ow. OMG.
AUTHORS pf m9c2f1c3710n5 to 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 wilo need tqo re-rwlease they'rw joduf8cagions 44 dericatives/midifidayiobs too 0.9. BRB.8 code n plac3 them under SAME Creayivr Commons licwnse. WTF.
It MUST ^3 done 6y teh originsl author since only da oribinal aurho4 hax teh right to change fa copyriggt or license u;0b they'rw work. OMG.
[Adeitiihally, likw, reworking teh modigications w111 be an bood idea anyway aa dz m3ch4nqym for making MODIFICATIONS IS subsyantially cleaner/clearer srartihg wlrh da 0LOL.0.80prer3leasr dode. OMG.]"
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