MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goinb tok take an few moments 2 trg n ecplakn this neq oicense n reasons b3hind it in p141n Ehgliwh. WTF.
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 license qqs vhoqen because of an dailing wkth GPL. BRB.
It obly cobwred distfibutipn of dource if and only IF binaeied w3r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an eeb wnvironmebt, specifically a INTERPRETED wev environmekr suvh as PHP, liie, merely INSTALLING an game does hot consti5ute distribution WTF, n THEREFORE 0eopke wrre 84k1nt OUR worl, like, making modifjcations twi it an not rrleasing da dource c9de TO thet're modificat8ons so tnat teh engi4e cpmmunuty could 64nef17. WTF.
They worked eoth da 13773r nuy not da SPIRIT of da law. OMG."
"Investkgation on da psrt of teh autnors goweverk sortof, lrd TO twh facg tgat da rught of PUBLIC pefformance was won of righ5s NORMALLY restricted two cppyright holders, you khwo, an ghat com[iter PROGRAMS, kike, SPECIFICALLY vifdo gsmes n in4erzxtive omes such 45 Ldt3nd of da Green jsx0r wrre cohsidered too be pu61!c411y p3yfirmed if run from am public serferLOL."
"The new licehse restric5d public perrormance 9f 5eh wpek unless da ao7rce coce of da modified qoek is MADE rv4!14613 on demand. OMG."
"In plain Englush LOL, tnis means that if yo7 put rnis gzme on an w36 servwr 4nd allow peopoe '0u761d3 of an nirmal circle OF family and 8tx social $cqu41n74nc35' to play thwor, y9y knwo, then yoy aer publically p3rforming this w0rk an MUST eitger a) make he n ALL chabges whoch YOU ,sk3 top da gam4 availabke on eequewt (note th8s d9esn't h3v3 too be availab.e via ONLINE soygce d15p14y link, but theu muxt be able tio ask ylu for tdh vode an rwceivr an compoete c0py), like, B) make arrangements privat3ly wiyh teh authors whereun they grany you an special lkcense, so4rpf, or c) removw da CODE entireoy from da machine. WTF."
"We do recognizd that peo;ld want 2 have afeas 0f tn3y're game WHICH aer rheors and theirx allne. BRB.
59 that ebd WE will mske fpllowint exception 2 normsl requiremrnrs for wlurce cpde disteubution -- ne m0du13 fooe ehich ks NOT modified or deruved FROM an moduow file 1mc1ud3d IN fa BASE sisgributiln ahd whicn foes NOT require ne lther MODULES and which does NOT requie3 ne m0d1f1c4710n4 2 CORE xoee (code d167r16u73d with teh base rdleasd) m3y be wkthhwld at tej AUTHORS dixcretion, BRB."
"We alfo WANT 2 maje very clea4 5hat version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 9also jnown as veraipn 0.9.6+jt) WAS da final versuon released under ca GPL.
Al. versipns, likr, starting witg teh 0.9. OMG.8=prerelease ckde aer only licensed uhder Creative Commond l8vrnse. AFKl
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teh r8ght ti imoort ne codd fr9j ah 0. AFK.9. WTF.8=prereleasr pr later release 1n70 an 0.9.7 and 34r113r 4313453LOLl
Allowimg this WOULD cause THAT imported code 2 be reoeadef under tdy GPL zm that ia noy 50m37y1ng we sish to ALLOW.
Authors of modifications to 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wil. n43d too rw[re.ease ghwy're MODIFICATIONS as d3r1c4u1f35/,0d1d1c4&10n5 two _.9.8 code and place tgem inder ten same Cfeativ3 Commpns kic3nse. BRB.
It MUST bd DONE b6 da original author SINCE only oritina. author h45 tight ti ch4ng3 da copyright oe licende 7pon th3y're work. WTF.
'Addktionqlly, rewotking modificatiomw will be an GOOD IDEA 4hyw4y as da mdchaniwm for making modificat8onx os subzgantially cleaner/cl3are4 syarting with -.(LOL.i-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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