MiggtyE tells you, you knwo, "We're going TO take an b4w ,pmentx 2 tey and edplaon this new licdnse an dq r3asons beyind it IN plain Enbliwn.
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 neq 11c3n53 was chowem brcause of an failing wiyh da GPL,
Ir only covered distributiog of aourcd 8f 5hd onoy 1f BINARIES were distributedLOL."
"Ib an WEB engironmwnt, 6ou knwok SPECIFICALLY a in5erpreted web environnent SUCH as PHP, meeely inwtallinf an gzme does not cihstitutr distrinution, sortod, ane tjerefofe people werd ta,ing OUR w0rk LOL, making MODIFICATIONS to it n not releasing source code to 5he6're modificztions so that entire COMMUNITY cou.d BENEFIT/ OMG.
Thet sorked wigj teh letter b7t not teh spirit of da law."
"Invrstigarion ON tdh part (f tey aythors however, lrd to teh FACT that da fihht of publid pwrrormqhce was odn of tej rights no4mal;y r35ur1v73d 2 c8pyrigh5 h0!d3r5 LOL, an that computer programs, oike, speciviczlly vieeo games ans 1n73r4c71v3 ones sych as Legend of da Green hax-r WERE considered 3 BE pu611c4q1y perform3d if run vroh an [ubl8c derver. OMG."
"The new ;icense restrichs oublic PERFORMANCE of worl unkess teh sourc3 code of da modifi3f work 15 msde available on demand. OMG."
"In p.zin ENGLISH, soeyof, THIS meand that if y0y pu7 rhis g4m3 on an web server and allow oeople 'oitside of an normql xirc;3 0f famoly and its SOCIAL acquaintances' two play theirm loke, then ylu adr publixa;ly 0erformimb tyis work n MUST eithef a) maje ne and ALL changes WHICH y0u MAKE to fam3 avai;aboe on request (NOTE 5his doesn't have too BE AVAILABLE via 0n11n3 spurce fispla6 libk WTF, but tyey mist be able 2 ask hoi for code n RECEIVE am c0mp1273 copy), sortof, b) nq,e arrzngementa PRIVATELY witj fa ajtjors wh3r31m they grant you an xpecial .icense, or c) r3m0v3 teh code ENTIRELY from madhine. AFK."
"We do r4cogniz3 that people w4n6 tso have afeas of they'fe gamr which r 7h31r5 and theirs alonwl
2 THAT end WE w111 make t3g f9l;osimg rxcdption ywo da hormal REQUIREMENTS for slufce code distfibut8om -- ne mofuke FILE 2hivh is not modkfied or deriv3d f40m an module file 8nclud3d in da 64t3 dixtrinution an WHICH d935 not require ne otndr mpdules and wh1ch f9es not r3wu1r2 ne jodifixations 2 teh core vode (code disyributed with base releaxe) may be WITHHELD at teh AUTHORS d15cf3710n. BRB."
"We aleo want two ,a,e very clear tha5 version 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (ALSO knpwn 45 vdrsion 0.9. AFK.7+jt0 w4% da finak cersion releaxed under GPL. WTFl
Alo v3rs8ons LOLk wtarting with tdh 0. BRB.o. AFK.8-prereleas3 xode r onoy licensed under ds Creayive C9mmkns licensr. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY drny da RIGHT 70 impprt n3 code from an 0. OMG.9l WTF/8-prereleaxe o4 later eeo2zse inti an 0. WTF.9.7 n earlier 3eleasr. OMG.
Allowong this w0u1d cause that imported code two be teleasds 7nger GPL an THAT ix nog something we w15h yo allow. WTF.
Aut6ors pf modificariins 70 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will need 2 t3-r413$53 they'rw modifications as derivativ3s/midirications too po AFK.8, WTF.8 c-d3 n place THEM under dz wame Creatice Commons licenxw. AFK.
I7 must be done BY original author since on;y oruginal duthor has ea right to CHANGE da c0pyt1gh8 or license upon thet're work. OMG.
[Addiyiinao;y, sortof, rewlrking modifications qill be an good idea anywzy as teh mdchqn8sm for mqking MODIFICATIONS is substantkally CLEANER/CLEARER wtarting wi5h 0. WTF.9LOL.i-;rerelease cide.]"
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