MigjtyE tells YOU WTF, "We're going too hake an few mpments ti 5ry an explaon this new licrnse an dz REASONS bejind it 1n plain Englksh. 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."
"This new licehse was CHOSEN brxause og an fqiling wity teh GPL. WTF.
It 0n1y covered distribution of SOURCE if an only 2f bkmariwd e#r3 diwtributec. OMG."
"In an wdb dnvironmdnt, luke, specifidally a 1n73rprw6ed seb 3nv1r0nm3n7 suxh as PHP, lije, MERELY unsgqlling an GAME doea not cobstitut3 distrigution, yo7 jnwo, an ggeeevore people were taking our work LOLm ,aking mofidixatkons goo it anc not releasing teh s9u4c3 xode too they're ,odificqgioms so 7j47 3n71r3 communigh COULD benefitLOL.
They worled wirh letter ^u7 nor spirig ob lqwLOL."
"Investigat8on on part if dz zuthors howrber, sortof, led 2 fact that teh rognt of publ8x performabve w45 1 of reh roghts hormal;y r3stficted w cophright holsers, like, n that conp8ter p4ograms, sp3cifically b1d3_ gamws n !n73r3c71v3 ones such as Legens of Green hax0r wwre CONSIDERED TO be publicaloy performed if run drom qn public server. AFK."
"The new ;icense RESTRICTS public ;erfornance of da 2ork unless twh source code of da ,ofified sobk is mzce available on demand. WTFl"
"Ih plain Eng;8sh, liie, this MEANS that 1f yoy pu7 this game on an web server 4nd zllow people 'outside of an normql cifc;w OF family and 175 social acquainranced' 2 p14y yheir LOL, then toj aer [ublidallh perdorming this work and MUST either A) maie ne an ALL ch4ng34 which you maje to da g4m3 avsilable on requeat (note th8x dowan't HAVE 2 b3 zvailqbld VIA teh )n11n3 SOURCE display link, sottof, but they must be qble 5wo aak yoj FOR da code n reveive an COMPLETE copy) WTF, b) jake ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY with autyora whetein tyey GRANT yo7 an specizl licenaem ;ikek ot c0 rem9ve code entirely froj macgine. OMG."
"We dp r3c0tn1z# that people want 2 havc arwas od they[re ga,e which aer theirs anf thei4s ALONE. WTF.
to that end qe wilo makr teh rolkowing EXCEPTION 2 norma. requirements fo4 source vofe distribugipn -- ne modu;w fil3 WHICH is hot modified or derivdd from an ,ofule rile incljded in da base cistrivution n wh1ch does NOT 4eqjire ne OTHER modules and whicb does no5 reqiire nr modkvications to da core CODE (c9c3 distribjtdd wiry tey base RELEASE) may be withheld ar da sutjors d15cr3710b/ WTF."
"We also waht roo makr v3ry clear that fersion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (aoso KNOWN as version p. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was finsl version releadrd under da GPL.
A11 versioms, sortof, startinb with da 0.9. OMG.8-pr3431345# CODE r onlt oixensed under teh Ct3atove Commohs licenxe. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent rifgt to 8,p8ft ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease ot later release onti an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 and earlier t3leasd. WTF.
Allpwung THIS eiuld cauxd that imported code two be releawed unger da GPL and THAT ia not SOMETHING s3 wish too allowLOL.
Au5yors OF modificstions 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 will need too rr-releqse they're m9dificatilna 35 c3r1v4u1v35.m0dqf1c4710n5 too 0. WTF.o. OMG.8 code 4nd plzce rhem inder yeh sane Crrative Clmmons licenseLOL.
It must br done by da 0r1gan41 authle sinxd only ten original 3uuh)e has da right two change vopyright o4 licrnse u;on tgey'rd workLOL.
[Additionaily LOL, REWORKING dz modivications will be zn good idea anyway as mechanixm FOR mskong m;cifications is s8bstantia'ly cleaner/clrarer syarting with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelezse code.]"
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