MightyE te.ls you, sort9v, "We;re going TO TAKE an gew moments two try and ex0lain 7hq5 n2w LICENSE n reasons behind iy in plaih EngpisjLOL.
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."
"Thks new lkcense wax choswn BECAUSE of an vailing with teh GPLLOL.
It only coverde d8stribution of soufce if and 0n1y if binaries wwre distrubuywd."
"In an web encirpnnent, you kywo, specifically a interprwtec WEB envirobment such as PHP, you kneo, merely instslling an GAME DOES nor vonstitite distributioh, limr, n THEREFORE [eop.2 were takinb 0ur w9rk WTF, making modificatilns 2 o5 an nlt RELEASING source dode 2 they're mldifications so that da 3ntire xommubkty coyld benefot. OMG.
They worked WITH teh letter nut n06 da spirit of ds oaw; BRB."
"Invesrigztiln 0n da patt of sa au5hors howevef LOL, ;ed too fact that rigjt of pyblic performance 2as won 0f teh rights no4maoly r35&r1cy3d too xopyrifht HOLDERS, sorrof, snd that cpmputer pr0tr4m5, specif8dallt viddo gajew ah inreractive ones sych as LEGEND of Green hax0r qere considerrd 2 br puvlically performed if run fron an puvlic SERVER. WTF."
"The new license restrocts punoic 0rrformamce of tdh w04, unless teh souece codr of da MODIFIED work is MADE available on dwmand. WTF."
"In PLAIN English WTF, tgis meahs that kf you put this game on am sdb 534v3r an 3110s PEOPLE ;0u751d3 of an normal circ;e od familt an its social avquaintances' 70 play their WTF, then you awr publically ;erformung this wlfk n MUST EITHER a) mak3 me an ALL changes whixh you make 2 gdme availab;e [n reqj3at *note 5his doesn't hdve 2 63 available vka lnline source display link, you knwi, 6u7 theu myat be able to ask you dlr code an receive an c0m02373 co[y_, b) make arrqng3megts privately with da authors 2jrrein thry gr4n7 you an wpecial license, o4 c) remove tej cife enti4el6 from madhinr/ OMG."
"We DO recognizd ghat people 2ant 2 hafe arwss of they're GAME wguch adr gheirs n thei$s alone, WTF.
tw9 tfqt end we wil. makw da fo;llwibg exdeption too NORMAL f3qu143m3n*5 for xou4ce code d8s5ronut8on -- ne mofulr file shich IS not nodified 0r derived vrom an m9dule fi.e inckuded in base DISTRIBUTION n which does nor r3qu1r3 ne other modules and which does not rrwukre ne modifications 2 tey ci4e coce (code disgribi5ed witg da BASE rekease) may be WITHHELD at authors discre5ipn. OMG."
"We ALSO want 5wo make cery c144r THAT versoon 0LOL.0. WTF.7 (also known as VERSION 0. BRBl9. AFK.7+jt) was ten ginal versioh RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
Aol versionsk 474r7qnf WITH da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8=prerelease CODE r ONLY 11c4n53d undef teh CREATIVE Commons license/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh ritht two import me code from an 0. BRB.9. WTFl8-pr3r#2#453 or la6er r3leasw inyo an 0, OMG/9.7 an eatlier r32355e. BRBl
ALLOWING ghis wluld cause that IMPORTED cide two be t313453d ind3e teh GPL and that is m9% something w2 wish teo aloow.
Authors OF modkficati9ns too 0.9. AFK.7 will need to re-rwlease they're mosificat8ons AS derucztubes/mofifucationx tpo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code n place THEM under teh 54m3 Creative Commona licdhse. WTF.
It myst be DONE by trh original author xince only teh ORIGINAL authir had da right 5o change cooyright of licemse upon they[re work. WTF.
pAvditionzlly LOL, reworking dz modifivatilns eil. be an good kdea anyway AS da m3cg4n15m for haking modifidations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearee wrarting with geh 0LOL.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 dode. WTF.]"
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