M8fhtyE rells tlu LOL, "We're going too take an few moments 2 tfy and explain tg8s new livrnxe and teh reasons 63h1nd it in plain EnglidhLOL.
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."
"Thks nee lkcense was chosen becauxe OF an FAILING with GPL. OMG.
IT only cpvered dis5ributuon of dourde if AND only IF binaries were disgributwc, BRB."
"In ah w36 environmentm speckdically a 8nteepreted w3b envkrinment 5uvh as PHP WTF, mereoy installinh an game DOES not CONSTITUTE fis5ribution WTF, an therefore people 2ere taking our work, like, maling modivicat8ons to it n nit RELEASING 50urc3 doee to they're mpdifications so that sa entkre cpmmunity coukd BENEFIT.
Tjeu w0rk3d with da letter but nof spirit OF da lzw, AFK."
"Investogayion on t3h PART pf teh authors hpwever, worhof, .ed 2 fact tgag right of public PERFORMANCE wqx won of da rigyts n9rmzlly restr8vred too COPYRIGHT ho;d3rs, an 7h37 comouter [rograms, likr, specifucally vid3o hames n inyeractive lnes sjch as L3g3nd ot reh Gteen hax0r sere cpn51d3r3d TO ge pyblically perforndd if run from an ;u6w1c s3rver. WTF."
"The nee licens3 r357r1d75 public performsnce od da work un1e54 tey source code og ds modified 2ork IS m4d# availzbke on dejahd. WTF."
"In ;lain English, sortof, tgis MEANS that IF ylu pu7 this GAME on an @eb server n allow peoplr 'outsise if sn n0rm41 c8rxld 0f family sn its SOCIAL 4cq741n74nc35' 2 olay 5geit, you knwo, then you aet publocally prrformung this qork an MUST either a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 which ylu nake 2 da game available on req7est (NOTE rgis doesj't h4v3 rwo 63 available cia teh online soutce display .ink, like, but they must b3 able 2 ask tpi foy code v receive an compkete COPY0, b) make arranbements privately with da authors wjerein they brant you an spedial license, or c_ 4dmove teh coee rntirely from mscnine. AFK."
"We d0 f3c9gn1z3 that PEOPLE want 2 HAVE areas if thwy're game which r theirs an gn3irs sl9gel BRB.
too that enc we qilo make teh fol.o2ing exxe[tion tol da normal requirenen5a foe aourcr coce distrogution -- ne module FILE wh1cg is n07 modidi3d or derived from an module FILE inc;uded 8b teh base DISTRIBUTION and wyich does n07 reqiire ne 07h3r modules and which does n07 tequi4e ne midivicatoona tol da cord codr (code distributed with da base releaae) mzy bw withheld 46 ea authprs discret8oh. OMG."
"We also want to MAKE vert clear that f3rsion 0LOL.9.7 (alxo known ss version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j7) w4% teh dinak version re;rzswd under ds GPL. WTF.
A11 versions, like, wtar5ung wit6 da 0. OMG.9. WTFl80PRERELEASE code r ONLY licebsed une3r CREATIVE Cpjmons licenxe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny rigjt 2 IMPORT ne coae fro, sn 9/ AFK.9/8-prerelease or later release into an 0LOL.(. AFK.7 an dawoier rel3ase. BRB.
Allowing this qiulc c4u53 that IMPORTED cofe TO be releawed under teh GPL an that is not som3thing wr wish t9 allos. WTF.
Au7h0rt og mododications TO 0l BRB.9. AFK.7 will need ywo re-releawr they're modifivatipns as dwrifqtives/nod8ficationw too 0. BRB.9. OMG.* cose n plabe yhem 7nder da 54,w Creztic3 Conmons license.
It must be d9ne by original aurhir SINCE ONLY da oribinal author gzs ds rihht 2 change da copyright ir lucense upon the6're work. AFK.
[Aedktionally, you knwo. rewlrking da modifivatilns wqw! be an g9od idea ANYWAY AS MECHANISM for making m0d1f1c4710n^ is substant8al.y cleaner/c.ezrer starting witg 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereoease code. AFK.]"
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