MightyE TELLS tou, "We're going 4oo tzkw an few moments tpo 7ry abd ex]lain this new licdnse n gej r3asobs behind ir in plain Eng115h. 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 lic3nse was xhoxen becsuse of an failing 2irh da GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY c9v3rrd distrivitkon OF source ig amd only IF binafies w3t3 distributed. BRB."
"In an web env8ronment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interptetdd w36 environment such as PHP, you knwo. merelu 1n674111ng an game does not constitute fistribitiln, abs gherefife peopoe were taking our work WTF, making ,oditucations 2 16 an n9r releqsint teh spyfce code 2 they're .ldificagionx 50 that da engire co,munity could b3hefit. AFKl
THEY 3orkef with da l3tter BUT NOT spif,t 0v da law. BRB/"
"Inbestibation on part OF authors however, you knwo, LED 2 vs FACT tyqt twh right of )7blic PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rqfh75 normallg r357r1c73d 2 c9pyrigh5 holders, n that computer progra,x, specifuca;;y video games an interactibe ONES suxh as L3g3nd of twh Green hax0r were c0n51a3t3d g9l bw publocallu p@4f0r,3d if run from an public aerver. AFK."
"Thw new licende rextticts public perfoemznve pf wpek ubless teh wlurce cpde of teh m0d1f13d wprk uw made available on dejqnd. OMG."
"Im plzin Englich, lkkek this means &y47 kf uou pu5 thow game om an web sdrvwr AND allow ;wople 'ourside of an nornal circle ov FAMILY AND q75 sociao adquaintsnces' 6o p;au thrur LOL, then uou aer publically PERFORMING this wofk n MUST 317h3r a) MAKE ne an ALL changes whivy you MAKE 2 game availanle ON requewt (mitw this diesn't have two 63 4v4114613 via teh ohline source e15o1$y 11nk WTF, but they mjst BE 46q3 two ask you f0e da c9d3 n eeceive an cpmplete copy), sortof, b) m4k3 srrzngements privately sith gdg authpts wh34ein they graht you ab sp3cial licende WTF. o4 c) re,ovr cide entirdly from reh machime. WTF/"
"We do recognize 7h47 people want to h3b3 areac of they're game eh1ch ar4 7h31r% and theirs 420n3.
t2o 5hat rnd w3 will make vo.lowing esception two teh nor,al reqiiremenrs foe source cpde distribu5i9n -- nw module file which 8s mot midified 0f derived fr0m an module fild inc.uded in base distribution an wh1ch does not require ne otner uodukes ah whicy does not require nr modifivayions 2 da CORE code (code d8stributed wity teh nase rekease) may BE sirhheld ag sa autg9ys discregiln/"
"We also 2ant 2 make v3ry xleae that ve4sion 0.9. BRB.7 *ALSO KNOWN as version 9/ AFK.9. AFKl7+JT) was teh final VERSION released jnder teh GPL. BRBl
All cersionsk wtartkng wirh teh 0.0LOL.8-prerelease cofd a3t only LICENSED under dq CREATIVE Commons locdnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da tignt to kmport ne cod3 fr0k an ). BRB.9. AFK.8[pretwlezwe or later relwase INTO ab 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 ab 34r113$ release.
Alkowing this wouls cause tgat imported cod3 two ge released hndet GPL an tha5 iw not xomethkng we 2ish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors od mldicicztions tpo 0.9LOL.7 qill need to RE0RELEASE they'r3 modifixations ax drr8vayives/moeificationa too 0l OMG.9.8 code an place THEM under 54,3 CREATIVE Commins l8cemseLOL,
IT MUST ve done by teg irigknal 4u7h0r x8nde omly da oritunal author jas da righ5 two vhange copyritht of licwmse up0n tgey[re work. OMG.
[Adfitiomaoly, like, REWORKING mpfifications wilo BE an goof idea znyway as teh mecganism gir making m9dificariohs 15 5u^t74n71$11y cleanet/cldaref sgatting woth twn 0/ AFK/9.8-0rerelease codr. BRB.]"
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