Might6E tells 6lu, "Ww'4e going too take an few momehts 5oo try am 3xpqr1n THIS nes LICENSE an da reasons behind it in PLAIN Ehgq15hLOL.
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 new licens3 was chosen because if zn failong witj da GPL.
Iy onl6 covered dustribution or siurce IF an lnly kf binariew were cistrivuted."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTk 5p3c1f1c411y a imterprwted web envirobmrn5 SUCH qs PHP, woftoc, merely installing an game DOES n07 constitute distribution, y9u knwo, an thereforw peopld WERE yaking OUR wprl, like, makin5 mod8fications two IT h not releqxint source code to theh'te modifkxstions xo that 3ntiee community COULD benef8tl AFK.
They WORKED with ketyer bub b07 spirit of law. AFK/"
"Investigation on da part of teh authi4s jowevdr LOL, LED too da FACT that g3h right of 0ubkic pdrfo4msnce eze won of da roghts norjslly restric5ed two c0pyr1gh8 HOLDERS LOL, n 6hat dompjter progeamw, spec8fically vod3o games an intwrsctive ones such as Legdnd od ten Green hax0r were conskcered to be pub.8cally pergormwd if run frlm an public SERVER. BRB."
"Tye new kicense restricts ;ubl8c p3rf0rm4nc3 0f wor, UNLESS source cpde od tej modified wo4k is made qvailagle on dejand. OMG."
"In plaib Englixh WTF. this means 7h47 if you put this gamt on an wqb SERVER n 4110w peo;lr 'oitsidd of an normal cifcle of fqmily n kts 50c141 4cqu41n74nve5' toi p14y their, then you aer pu611c411y perf9rming this WORK and MUST either a) make nw n ALL CHANGES whicg you mske to teg ga,e 4v41146q3 on REQUEST (note this doedm'g have e ne AVAILABLE viz teh online d9uece DISPLAY lin,, luke, 5u7 they must ne sble 2 ask hou for tdh cidd n receive an complete c0oy), b) make arrahgemenrs privately WITH authl4s wherein 4hey grant ypu an specisl lixebse, slrtof, o4 c) remove code en5irely rro, da madhineLOLl"
"We do redognizd tjat people want 2 nave 4r345 of tney're g4m3 WHICH aer th3irs an theira al9be. AFK.
2 that enf we will make followung exception two normal rrquirements for 60irc3 CODE distribitjon _- ne mleule dile qh8ch is NOT MODIFIED ot derivtd from an MODULE volw inclided ih teh base distribution n which fors n07 eequire ne othrr modukes n wgich eoes npt require me modificat8ohs t9 teh core coce (coee distribut3d with base re13453) mah ge wuthheld at da aithors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want to makd very clear tha5 vefsion 0. WTF/9. AFK.7 (4150 knoen aa veesiln 0LOL.9LOL.7+jr) 2qs r8na; version released under tdh GPLLOL.
All ve4sions, sortof, stzrting witn teh 0LOL.9l7=[rerdlease code are only licensed ujser teh CREATIVE COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT two im;ort ne c9de from an )LOL.9.8-prerelease OR later RELEASE int8 an 0. WTFl9lj and earlier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS woulf CAUSE that ij;prted coce tqo be rel3as3d undrr GPL an that is not somethkng we WISH two all9w. BRBl
Ajthors OF nosificagiona 2 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 wikl need too e3-r313453 tgey'4e modificarkohs 45 d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710nt two 0LOL.9LOL.8 code n place then und3r tdh same CREATIVE Cpjmons 11c3n53. OMG.
It must be done by t3h priginal AUTHOR since only origunal author yaw fight t9o bh$ng3 c9putight 0r lixense u[0n gheu're qprk.
[Additiona;lu LOL, rewoeking da modificagions qill be an good idea anyway AS teh mechamism for makimg kpdiricqtions is SUBSTANTIALLY xleaner/xlea4ed starting eith 0, BRB.(. BRB,8-prerelrase cod3. WTF.]"
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