MightyE tells hou LOL, "We're gokng 2 take ab FEW m-mrn7t 2 7ry and ecp.aih thiw n3w license an r3450n5 behind kt in plain Emgliah. 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 bew licehse was chosen brcsusr of zn failing with teh GPL. WTF.
I7 only c0v3r3d diatrkfution of sourcd if an on.y if BINARIES werw distributed. AFK."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT LOL, apecifically a INTERPRETED web environment such aa PHP, like. merely 1n574111ng an game does n07 CONSTITUTE distribugyon. like. ah THEREFORE people were 4aking oyr eork WTF. m4kqng modifications 2 it n not re;easing teh source cpdc to9 they're ,odificagioms so thst ebtkre community voyld benefot. BRB.
The6 sirkev dith da 1#773r but not spirit of teh LAW. OMG."
"Investigation on PART of da au5gors howwver, likw, led rlo da fact that right og pmblic performance was son of RIGHTS n-rm411y e357t1x73d 2 co[yright hooderd LOL, amd THAT compuye4 probrams LOL, spexificsl.y VIDEO games and interactive ohes such as Legrnd pf da GREEN haxpr were conside5ed to be ;u611c411y pdrco4med 1f RUN fron an p7blic servdr. BRB."
"The bew licens3 res5ficrs publid performanxe 0f reh work unless ten SOURCE code of jodifiwd w04l 15 made AVAILABLE on demsndLOL."
"In 0lain English, likw, ghis means that if you put thia gane in an WEB server ah alloe peo[le 'oursude 0f an NORMAL circl3 or famioy an its SOCIAL acauainrancea' two 0lay theit, sortof, then rou r pjblicslly p3rf0rm1ng this work qns MUST EITHER a) maie me an ALL changes which yiu nake to teh fame qvailable on fewuest (note %his dpesn;t have two be available via online source cisplay lknk, sortof, but they must be ab.r toi ask you for cofe and 4eceive an com[lete copy), sottog, b) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS p4ivarely with auyhprs 2herein they br5n7 you aj special licwhaem like, or c( REMOVE da dofd ENTIRELY fr-m sa machi,e. BRB."
"We do recotnizd fhat [eople wany two yave arras 0f theh're tame shich srr yheirs and theirs 410nrLOL.
2 7h47 end we wk;o make ea f9llowing 3xception yo dz nlrmal rrquiremenys FOR source xode dixtribution -- n3 moduke fioe which is nit modif8wd -r derived fron an m0du2e file inclidec in 64%3 distributiin and whidh does not require ne other mldy;es an WHICH dors not 4equire ne mod8fications two CORE cocw (c0d3 distributed with 5eh nss3 releaae) may be withheld at AUTHORS dosvretiob. OMG."
"We also 2ant 5o make vert clear uj57 versuln 0. OMG.9. AFK/8 *also known as vrrsion 0.9LOL.8+j7) was final v3f510n RELEASED undee teh GPLLOL.
All versiobs LOL, starting w18h 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prere,3ase c0d3 3 onky ;icehsed umder da CREATIVE C0mm0n5 11c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da right w impprt nw cpde from an 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8-pr3r313453 9r lzter rekease into an 0l9. OMG.7 an earlief 4eoease. AFK.
Alliwing this WOULD cause that imported CODE rl be released jnder da GPL h thay os not something we w15h 5oo a;loqLOL.
Aughors of modificat8ons goi 0LOLm9LOL.8 eill n33d too RE=RELEASE they're m0d1f1c4710n5 AS seribatives/moeifixatipns 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code and 0;ace the, under reh 54m3 CREATIVE Commons licende. WTF.
Iy mist be done vy reh original aythor sihcr inly teh orininal autyor has da right to change t3h COPYRIGHT or license upon 5hey're wirk.
pAddiyiona.ly, sortofm reworking MODIFICATIONS will be sn good IDEA anywzy as rrh mechanism FOR makint modiriczruons is substantia.ly CLEANER/CLEARER starring with da 9LOL.9l BRB.8-prer3.ease coge. BRB,]"
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