MiggtyE tells you, sortof, "We're going too gake ab fd2 momrhts tio TRY an exp;qin this new licensr n reaxons behind IT ib p141n Enflish. BRB.
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."
"Th8s nfw LICENSE sas chosen beca7we oc an failimg with GPL. AFK.
I7 om.y c0v3r3d disyrkbition of soyrce IF n only IF binaried w3r3 distributed. AFK."
"In an web environment LOLm specifically a int3epretew web environment wuch as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an GAME does not constitute disrribytoon, you knwo, n therefode peopl3 2ere ta,ing 9ir w0rk, so4tof, making modificatiobs too 17 an not releasing ten %0urc3 ciye 2 thet're modificatiohd SO gjat da entire dommjmity could benefitl OMG.
Thry soeked with da LETTER but nog spurit of teh law. WTF."
"Inveqtigarion in teh pary ov ten autho4s hieeber, sorrof, led two fa fqct that da RIGHT 0f PUBLIC perglrmanc3 was oen OF rights norma.ly reatrictec 2 copyright holders LOL, and tyat computer peograms, you kn2o, specufidaloy viceo tsmes h ingeractife oned such as Lehrnd of teh Green hax0e 2ere consider3d toi be publically performed if RUN from an public servdr."
"Tje new license restricts public p3tf0rm4nc3 og wori unless teh source d)d3 OF mod8died wit, is mqde availanle on demand."
"In poaun Ebglisn. 7h15 meabx 7h47 if you put this game 9n an 2wg server an allow pfo[le 'outside 0f an norma; circle of family zhd 175 50c141 acquaintanc3a' 5oo PLAY their, sortof, then yiu awr ;ublically [erf9rminb tgis wirk an MUST dither a) make ne and ALL cganges qhich YOU make too game 4v4124613 on tequest (nite rhis doesh't have tlo be available via onlind 50urc3 dosplay LINK, sortif, but thry myst be able too ask yoy fo4 code sn receiv3 an complere copy(, g) make arrangr,ents pfivately with da AUTHORS whefein 7h3u GRANT you an specoal 11c3n53, lik3, pf v) remove t3h vodw entirely vrom yeh mzchineLOL."
"We do recotnize that people wamt 5lo have AREAS of thet're game whkch r theirw an theirs aloneLOL.
tso that end wr will b4k3 teh folllwing exceptiob 2 da normal r3qu1r3m3nu5 f0r s9urce cpde distribugion -- ne module f123 wh1ch id not mpdifkrd 0r derived grpm ah modulr fi.e inc;ided in ea base distrubytion sn which d035 yot requ8r3 ne other modukes n wh1cn doew mot eeqjure ne modufucations ro v9re code (code distribyt3d wirh base release) ,sy 63 withjekd qt authors discretion."
"W3 also dang TO make very cleae 7h47 v4rt10n 0. WTF.iLOL.7 (4260 kn0wn 45 vefsion 0. BRB.9. BRB,7+jt) waw da ginal ve5wion rekeased undef teh GPLLOL.
All vdrsionxm startihg with 0.0LOL.*[prere;ease code r ohly lucensed UNDER teh Creat8ve Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 kmpor5 he code frpm an 0.9.8-prerelease lv later release into an 0.9.7 an 34r113r felease. BRBl
ALLOWING THIS w0u1a cause that importes code to be reldasee under da GPL n tyat is not xomwthing we wish to alloel OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to p. WTF.8. OMG.7 will need 2 re-release thry're modificationw as derlvatives/modificagions 2 0LOL.0/ AFK.8 code anc place them unsdr teh same C4eative Commobs licenxe.
It must be DONE by da lriginal 4u8h0r since only teh original quthor h45 fa rigjt to chante copy4ight of licensr upon thw6[re work. AFK.
]Aeditionslly, rwqorking t3h modificatipns WILL be an good idea ANYWAY as da m2vhanism for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is substantkqllt cleaner/clearer STARTING wiyh teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prere;ease coce. BRB.]"
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