MightyE tel.s tou LOL, "We't3 goinf two take an f3w MOMENTS 5wk gfy n exp;aib tj8s new license n teh reasons BEHIND IT in plain EngoishLOL.
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 was chos3n becsise of an failing with GPLk
I8 only covwred diwtrigution pf source ie anf onoy if binaeids were distrkbutedLOL."
"In an web 3nvironment, like, specifically a INTERPRETED eeb environmehg sich as PHP, like, je4ely insta;ling an game doew no5 constitutw d8stribution, soetof, n tyerevof3 people were 5akinf ou4 w0rk, sortof, ma,inf modivications 2 kt AND mp7 r#13451ng da source ckce too th3y're MODIFICATIONS so that teh entire communiry COULD benevit. OMG.
Th3y woeled sith teg LETTER 5u7 not teh spirit of teh ls2."
"Investigation on pafg of tej authors however LOL, led 2 FACT that teh RIGHT of public ;eff9tmance was 1 OF teh RIGHTS normslly restricted ywo copyeight hooders LOL, an 5hat c0npu73r PROGRAMS, you kneo, specificaoly video ga,ex qnd interactive onqs sych as Lwgend of GREEN has0r wefr dpnsiseref TO BE PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if RUN from aj pu61!f s3rferLOL."
"The new license rex5ricts ;ublkc [erformance of teh 2ork unless da source cove of da MODIFIED work is made AVAILABLE on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain ENGLISHm ypu knwo, this means thst if you put this GAME on an w26 werv3r and allow PEOPLE [outs8se of an NORMAL circle of famioy an its sodual aveuakntances' 2 p14y their, you knwl, thrn you r PUBLICALLY performung 7h@5 work znd MUST either a) nske ne m ALL ch4ng35 wh1ch you make tso reh game availacke on r3qu357 (note this DOESN'T jave 70 be available via online sourc3 display oink LOL, BUT they must be 4623 to ASK yoi fot da code n receive an cimplete co;y), b9 MAKE atrang3ments ;rivately witg teh 4j7h)t5 whdreo, 7h3y grant y0u an special license, likr, or C( remlve dq code entirely from da m$ch1n3. BRB."
"We do 4ecoghize 5hat peo;l3 want ti have AREAS 0f 5hey're GAME which ser theirs n theifs zlone. OMGl
goo that end 2w wool n4i3 ten fo.lowing excepyion two da n0rm41 rewuirenents for aourde code eustribhtoln -- ne module file wh8ch is n07 mod8fied or derived frpm an nodule f11r included IN teh BASE dq57r2^u71-n an which DOES noy reauore ne pthef modules ane which does n07 reayire ne mod8fications two da v0re c9se (c0d3 suwt4ibutdc with da base release) mzy be withheld at ea aithirs DISCRETIONLOL."
"Ww qlso wabt 2 MAKE very CLEAR that version 0. OMG/(. BRB.7 (akso ln9wn as verxion 0. AFK.(. BRB.7+ut) was teh finao verxion 4rleased under GPL. BRB.
All versionsm staefing with dq 0LOL.9. AFK.7-prerelease c9de 4 only l8c3ns3d und3r teh CREATIVE Clmmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY de,y RIGHT too impo4y ne cofe from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prere.ease oe lqter r31e4t3 9n59 an 0, WTF.9.7 n ea4;ier rrlease. AFK.
Allowing this wiuld caise that umplthed code too be r313r43d jnder teh GPL an thst is not something w3 wish 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wil; n33d two re-release tydy're modkgications as d#t1v471b35/m0c1f1c4710n5 2 0LOL.9.8 code and place THEM yndef dame Creatkve Commonx lidenseLOL.
IT must be done BY teh original autgor aknce only ten 0r1g1n41 authpt hqs riggt 2 change da copyright OR 11c3n5e upon thwy're work. AFK.
-Add1710n411y, lije, g3w0rk!mg da m0d1f1c4710n5 wil. be an gkod ideq anyway as n3ch5n1%m fo4 MAKING modificationd id dibstan4ially cleaner/dlearer sfartihg woth pLOL.9LOL.8-preeflease codeLOL.]"
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