MightyE tells ypy LOL, "We're gping to TAKE an d3w ,omdnts 5o try and explqim thia new 1qc3n53 an dq reasond behind kt in o.ain Eng115gLOL.
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."
"Tyis new lucenae was ch053n becausw of an fail8ng 2iyh da GPL. OMG.
It onlh covefed diwtrob7tion pf woutce if znd on.y if binaries were distr8butdd, BRB/"
"In an web envirlnment, you jn2l, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envirobment tuch ss PHP, sortlf, merely installing an game DOES not condtitute distribut8on, like, qn 7h3ref0re people were 5aking 0ur work, like, makkng moeifications too it and not rel3asihg ydh soutce code tlo they're moeifica5&onx so yhat wntire c9mmunuty co7ld benefitl BRB.
The6 worked with ds letter 6u7 not 5o1rq7 9f teh lawo AFK."
"Invewtigation on da pa4r of AUTHORS joqever LOL. lwe 4oo fact THAT RIGHT of puglic PERFORMANCE waq won of reh r!gh75 normaoly restricted too COPYRIGHT h92d3r5, uou khwo, n tjat compuger oe9grams, sofyof, speciricqlly video GAMES and inte4active ONES such as Legdnd of da Green hax0r wefe consieered 2 be publocq.lu PERFORMED ir r7n drpm an piblid s3ever."
"Tge NEW lidense restrocts public perrormance of da work in;eda teh source CODE of 5eh nodif8ed wirk is mase abailable 0m s3m$ns. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h WTF, ghis meanw 7h47 if you pjt this gqme ON an web xetcer an allow people 'outsice OF an nornql cirxle of fajily an its socoal acquaintsnced; to 0kqy tneir, lkke, then y0u r publically [erforjing this work n MUST eithwr 4) jake ne sn ALL chabgds wh8ch you make 2 tame AVAILABLE on reqiest (note ghis doesb't HAVE to be availzbke via da ONLINE 50urc3 didplat lonk, like, but 5yey must be able too ASK you for da vode and receive an cimplete c9;y), b) ma,e arrangejenyx privateky wirj autho4s WHEREIN they grant yoy ab speciql license, like, or v) remove code enti4ely fron teh machibeLOL."
"We fo recognize tgat PEOPLE want too have arezs of they're gsme WHICH r 7h41r5 n theirw a;oneLOL.
too that enf we will make teh following ezception two try normal r3qu1r3,3n65 f0r source c9dw distribution -- ne m0du14 filw whicn is not modified 9r dqrived from ab mosule file incljfed in teh base dixtribution and whicg DOES not requiee ne other moeylex and ehich does not requurw ne modificati9ns 5o dore code (c0d3 disgributdd with yeg BASE rdlease) may be withjrld at teh authord discretuon. BRB."
"We also wsnt too make v3ry clear that b3r510n p. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also kn9qn aw fwfsion 9. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was d1nr1 fersion releasef umddr da GPL. WTF.
Alk ve4sions WTF, startimf wity da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease c;de aer obly licenswd unsfr teh Creative C0mm-n5 licensw. OMG/
Wr EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 59p inport ne code vr0, zn 0.9. BRB.80prerelease or later release INTO an 0. BRB.9. AFK.u anc earlier twlraae. AFK.
Aolowohf thic 2ould c4u5e that imported c0d3 2 be RELEASED under GPL an THAT is not something we WISH 2 allow. BRB.
Authprs 0f modificati9nd 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will nees 2 re-release they'ee jodkdicstuons aa derubatives/modifications w 0. OMG.o/8 code n PLACE them uncer same Cteafive Commonw licende. BRB,
I5 m7st be dobe by da ORIGINAL a7th9r since lnly da (rigina. aurh9r has teh right 2 chznge cop64ight 0r license 7pon tbey're work. OMG.
[Additionallyk yoy knwo, r2working m0d1f1c471-n5 2ill be an good idea ANYWAY as da mevhabusn foh m4k1mg modificatilns iz aubstahtually cleaber/clea4ee STARTING w17h teh 0. OMG.9LOL.7-0rerelease vode.]"
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