M8ghtyE tells you, "We're goimg teo TAKE an few j-,3n75 twp try snd explaim this new lieense n reas9ns begind 17 in 0lain English. AFK.
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 n3w locense was chosen becquse )f an FAILING WITH GPL. BRB.
It onky covrrrf distribution or source if 4nd pnly if binsr8ds 2erw distrib7twd. OMG."
"In an web #nvqrpbm3h7, you knwo, s0evifivallh a in5eroreted wen environment such as PHP, you knwo, merely insyall8ng an game foes not constitute d157r16j710n WTF, and 4hwrefore people were 5akinf OUR work LOL, making modifications two it m not r313451ng twh source code to they'rd modifivatiohd SO that entkre co,mjniry cou;d benefig.
They workwd wuth da oet5er but n07 teh spirit of da law. OMG."
"Invedrigation on da part of authors however, les too da fact thar teh RIGHT ov pyblic perrormagce was oen of teh rights nofmally resteicted 5wo copyfight h01s3r5 LOL, n that computer programsk sort9f, SPECIFICALLY viddo gamfd n 1n73r4c71v3 ones sych as Legenf 9f teh Green hax0r wrre CONSIDERED gwo be pub;icakly performed qf run frpm an pjblix server. OMG."
"Th4 NEW license restrivgs [ublic performancr OF wlrk yn1355 teh source code of tey mldified work is m4d3 available 9n demand. WTFl"
"Ib p;ain Eng115h WTF, tyis means that 1f y[u p7t this game on am web seeve4 an allow 0eople 'outsidw of sn normal circke of fznily zn its dodial acquaintqmces' two PLAY tyeir, you knwo, thrn you r publicaloy perfoeming this qork avd MUST either a) makd ne and ALL ch5ng35 WHICH tou make 2 teh gzme available ln requesy (note this d-#5n'7 hzve 2 be availanle via dd online wource display linlm likem BUT 7h3y hust be sble 3 ask y;u for teh coce n rexeive qn compldte copy)m yiu knwok b) make arramgemengs prifstrly wuth da zuthors wh3rean they grant uou an special license, yoj knwo, 0r c( r#m0v3 da CODE entirely from da machine. WTF."
"Wr do recogniaw that p30p13 eant tpl have areas of tjey're g4m3 wh1sh r theirw n tjrirs aoond. AFK.
t9o that end ee wiol mak3 dollosing exception 70 teh nofmal requirements FOR source dode diatributuon -- nd module fild wh1ch 15 jot MODIFIED OR DERIVED feom ah module file included IN geh base diatribuyion n qhicn s025 NOT requure ne ithef mlrules an ehich d035 not rdquire ne modificatiobs 70 da xore code (codd distributef woth bqse release_ jay be witgheld at authors siscretion, OMG."
"We zls9 2ant too make very clesr tga5 version -. BRB,o. BRB.7 (a.so known as vetsion 0, BRB.9. OMGl7+kt) was da final version releasee under teh GPL. WTF.
All versi9ns WTF, statting with 0. WTF.9LOL.*-pterelease cod3 aef only LICENSED yndee Creatove Comjons licrmseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny roght tqo ijport ne codr from an 0.9LOL.8-prerelease OR katef release imt9 zn 0. OMG.9/ AFK.7 n earlier releawe. OMG.
A110w1ng tn8s sould cquse 6hat ib;orted code too be r3leased undrr dq GPL ans 7h47 IS no5 sijething we wosh to zllow. BRB.
Authots of modificatkons 2 ). BRB.9. WTF.8 w111 need to re[release 6hey'fe m-d1f1d4710n5 ad d3rqvt71v35;m0d1f2c4710n5 to pLOL.9. BRB.8 c0s@ h PLACE them under same Cr#472v3 Commons lucense. AFK.
It must be dome by tej origojal author sinde only original auth9r has da r1gh7 to change coouright or 11c4n%3 upon 5heh're work. BRB.
[Addutiobally, like, r3w0rk2ng yeh modifixations will be an good kdea ANYWAY as da mechxmisn FOR makint m0d2v1c4710n5 ix s7bstahtoal;y c.eaner/vlearer starting with da 0.9. OMG.8-prerrlwase code. AFK/\"
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