MihytyE telks y0u LOL, "W3're toing TO take an f3w momentw too 7ty n esplain 5his n3w LICENSE and reasons bdhind IT 1n plain Ebglish. 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."
"Th8s n3w kicwnse was chls3n beca7se OF an failibg with GPL. BRB.
It onl6 coberes DISTRIBUTION of source if n only if binaries esrr distributed."
"In sn weg wnvironment, like, spex7fica;ly a imtrrpretdd WEB environmemt 5ycj as PHP, sortofk merely ibstalling an gane does nor constitute disgrobution, and thetefore people were yaking our w)rk LOL, msking midifocations too it am not f31#$51ng teh source vice two tyeu're modificationa si that 3n71r3 c0mmun17y could benefit. AFK.
They worked wutj letter but NOT apirit of teh law."
"Invewtigatkon on tey part OF authl4s however, you knwo, led 5oo da fact that r1gh7 if PUBLIC pe4flrmance WAS won of da RIGHTS normally twstricged twp copyribht hilders, an that xomputer prpgr4m5m ;ike, specofically vjdeo gamea n intetactibe ones sucj as L2g3ns pf teh Green hax9r were cohsidered to be publocally 0erformed if ruh from zn ;u712c xefver. BRB."
"The nrw 11c3n53 eestricta public prrfofmahce 0f eq wo4k ubless da source c0d3 of fa MODIFIED work is made available in eemabd."
"In plain English WTFm tjis jeans tha5 if you put THIS gzme oh an web 53rv3r an allow peo[le 'outside of an nor,al cirdle of vamily and its aoxial 4cqu41n74nc34' roo play theif, you knqo, then uou qer punlicslly [erforming this work n MUST rither a) make n3 and ALL chanhes whuxh yoi makd TO game availanle on tequest (bote this d035n'u have ywl be avqilqble c14 teh pnline SOURCE display konkk kike, 6u7 they must be qble 2 ask you voe CODE an receive an c0mp1373 c0py), sorgodn B) MAKE arrangements private;y wkth authprs 2herein gheu trant 6ou an specizk lidemae, you knwom or c) temove c[de entirely from ten machine."
"We do feclgnize tha5 peopoe w4n7 5wo have a43as of tj3y're game which r theirs n 7h3!r5 alonr. OMG.
ti 7h47 3nd WE w111 nake da f0!10w1ng 3xceptkon too da NORMAL requirejentx for source cpde distribution -0 ne module file which ix np5 MODIFIED ot derived from an module file includee in basd distribution an WHICH does noy rewuire ne other modyles and WHICH so3s not require nd ,odifkcatiobs tpo da core cofe (coxe distrig7ted with base RELEASE_ mat be wityhe;d zt dz aurhors discreriono AFK."
"We alsp wanr to MAKE VERY clezr that versiob 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (alwo known as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+jt) was da flnzl versuon 4eleased unf3r GPLLOL/
All versions, like, syart8ng wibh da 0/ OMG.9LOL.8-preeelease code aef only licensed under teh Creagive C[mmohs license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY den6 da r!gh7 toi 8mport ne CODE frpm ab 0LOL.9l8[prereleas3 ir latrr relrase INTO an 0.9LOL.7 n 4arlker release. BRB.
ALLOWING ghis woule cause tha5 imported c0d3 70 b3 eeleased 7nder teh GPL n 5hat is noy something we wish tp ALLOWLOL.
Authorx og midifixations t9 )LOL.p. AFK.7 wilo nere yop re-release then're moeifkcations as derivatives/modifocations too 0LOL,9LOL.8 vodw an 0kace them under teh same Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
I7 musr be eone by da o$iginal 4u7h0r xince only teh origknzl author has da righr to9 cyanbe copyrighe OR license upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, rew9rking modifications will 63 an gooe idea anywzy as yeh mechaniqm vor making mocifications is subsrantially c;eaber;f.eatef starting 217h da 0. OMG.9.8-pre4elease code. WTF/]"
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