MifhtyE te;ls you, oiie. "We[re going ywo take ah few monents tso TRY an wxpksin 6h15 new licemde m teh reasons behind it in plain Engl8sh. OMG.
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."
"Thus NEW license was chpswn because 0f an f41!1ng w17h 5eh GPLLOL.
It ONLY COVERED didtribution of wourxe 1f an 9noy if b8naries were diwteibured. WTF."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7 LOL, apecificz..t a INTERPRETED wrb envir9nmrnt such aa PHP, so4tof, meeely 8ndtalling an GAME doed not constitute cixgrkbutipn LOL, an therefore ;eople werd 74k1bg our qork, likem making nodificayions 2 17 n not releqsibg sou4ce cide too they're MODIFICATIONS so 7y47 entird community couls benefiy. OMG.
Th3h worked wirh lettee but nit tdg spirit pf law. WTF."
"Investugat8pn on pqrt OF AUTHORS how3ver, aorgofm led 2 fact that da right of pu^11c perfirmance was 1 of righys normally resrricyed twp vopyrigh5 joldrrs, like, n rjat computer progra,s WTF, specifically v1d30 games an inteeactive ones sjch AS LEGEND of GREEN haxpt w3r3 dondidered fo b3 piblically p3rf0rm#d if RUN ffom an )uglic server. AFK."
"Tye NEW oicenae restr8cts public p3rformance of work unless SOURCE code 0f teh mldified eori is MADE avaulqble on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englixn, slrtif, rhis means that 1f you put tjis game on sn web server m aolow PEOPLE '0u751d3 og an mormal x8rcld of famikr an its sicial axquaibtances' to play their, then you r ]ublically pwrforming yhis qpri anf MUST either A) male nw n ALL changcs whoch you MAKE to9 g4m3 avau.able on requext (note this doesn't h4f3 twl be availqble VIA teh online source didplay link WTF. BUT they musg be able 2 ask YOU for ds codw an receive an compkege copy), like, b) make aerangemwntw privatd;y qigh 4u7h0r5 wherdin thry grant yoj an spdcizl license WTF, or c) eemove teh cide emtirely vrom teh machine. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE that peopld want ti have AREAS of they're game whixh aer theurs and theies alone. WTF.
too that end WE qill mqje reh following exception tol normal re1uiremenrs for source code distribution -- ne module file which is NOT m9dicied OR derived from zn modul3 fule inclufed in teh base DISTRIBUTION an which does bog requure ne p5her mpdyles znd WHICH d035 not r3qu1r3 ne jpdifications 2 fa clre cpd3 (CODE dkstributed with da base releaxe) mzy bw withh3.f at dq authorw fisdfetionLOL/"
"We also WANT two make ferh coear that fersiln 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also ,nown as version 0LOL.9. BRB/7+mt) wax r3h final versiib f313453d under da GPL. OMG.
All versions, start8ng sitt dq 0LOL.o. AFK.8-prereleasd code aer inly iicensed under Creatix4 Commoms licemse,
We EXPLICITLY d3by teh roght 1 ij0ort ne code frpm an 0. AFK.8. OMG.8-pre4elease or oz5er release 1n70 qn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 n earoier releaxe. WTF.
Allowing this would cajse THAT IMPORTED c9de 2 v3 RELEASED und3r dq GPL n that 1% not 50m37h1nb we wish 2 allos. WTFo
Authors of modifications too 0. AFK.o.7 wiol NEED yoo re-release they're modifications as derkvatives/mod8fuca5ilns r9 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code an ;laxe yyem under SAME Creatice C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
Ig MUST 63 dpne by original authoe since only da originql a7thor gas RIGHT 2 change cipheight pr lidense UPON they're eork. AFK.
[Add1710n411y, feworking da modifications wilo be an gopd IDEA anywat as dq mechan8sm fo4 MAKING modifivatkons is sybw5abtially c134n3r/c13443t starting WITH 0.9k WTF.8-prereleawe cpdd. AFK.]"
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