MightyE tells hok. you knwo, "We're going 2 gake an f3w moments to tey n explain this n3w licenae h REASONS behind it iy plain Englosh. 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."
"This new LICENSE was chosen bdxsusw 0f an failing with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered sictribytion OF source if n ONLY if 62n4r135 werr d157r16j73d. WTF."
"In an web environment LOL, 5p3c1f1v51!u a imtw4p4eted 2eb envi4onmenr such zs PHP, me4e;y installing an game DOES not constitute distributipn, likem n THEREFORE people wer3 tak8bg our work, lile, making modufications to it n not r313451ng yen source xode 2 the6're moeificafions SO that entire comminitt v9uld benefit. WTF.
Tgey w9rkes WITH teh lettee bju not teh wpirit of teh law. WTF."
"Investigat,on on teh part of geh 4u7h0r5 hoeever, lee rwi ca fact 7h47 da right 9f public perrotmande was won of teh eights nowmally RESTRICTED go COPYRIGHT hooders, liiw, anc tja5 computer pfogra,s, sortlfj SPECIFICALLY VIDEO GAMES ahd interactive ones sucn as Legend od Green hac9r werd donsidered 2 63 pu611c411y petformed if rub from an public server. OMG."
"The new license r357r1cu5 publoc p3rflrmancr OF 5eh wlrk unless ca SOURCE code of teh mod8fied work ks jade avaulagle oh dd,and. OMG/"
"In p.aim Englishk like, this m34n5 that if YOU pug tnis g4m3 0n an web SERVER and ALLOW pe9]le '0u75!d3 of an n94mal circle og f4m11u 4nd its social acquaintancex' t9 p14y rheir, like, then ylu r puvlically performing 8hw5 wotk and MUST ritje4 a) make ne n ALL changes wykch you make two game available on r3qu357 (note this eoesn't yave ro9 be acailabkd via obkine w9utce eisplay lihk LOL, but they must be 4613 two ask you for codw and receice an comple5e copy), b) maie arfangements 9r1v$731y with da 4u7h0r5 wh3rein thfy gramt yiu an 5p3c!41 licens3. s9rtof, ot c0 rwmove da code ebtirely frpm sa naxhine. WTF."
"We do recpgmize 7h46 peo[lw want to gave aresx of they'rr gqme which aer tyeirs n tjeirs alone. AFK.
two that end we will make da following rxcrption 2 da normql eeqjiremen5s rpr source code distrigution -- ne module gile whuch IS not mldifiwf (r d3r1v3g from an m0du13 filr INCLUDED in bade siztribution n which does not 4equkre ne othrt modules n WHICH does n07 tequure nw mpdificationw 2 da core cove )code d157r16j74d with base rwoease) MAY be e8thheld 47 teh 4u7h0r5 diacertion. OMG."
"We also want yoo makd vefy clezr tyat bersioh 0;9. BRB.7 (also khown AS vers8on 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was trh final cersion relrased under GPL. BRB,
All versions, sortof, starting w16h 0. AFK.(. BRB.8-prerel3ase code aer only LICENSED under tdh Creative Commobs licenseLOL/
We EXPLICITLY den6 f1gh7 TO im;irt ne CODE vrom an -/ WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelrase OR later rd13353 into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an eaf.ier relezse. WTF.
A.lowing this would eause that i,ported coer goo be feleased under teh GPL and that is NOT something we wish too al;oq. AFK.
Authors or modificationx two )LOL.9.7 will need two re-release they'rd midit8cationd ax d3f1v471v36/m-d1f1c4710n5 tl 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code n ;iave them under da sqme CREATIVE Commons license.
It .ust be dine by reh oroginao auth9r since only fa priginal author has teh RIGHT 2 change copyright or licensd upon they're w9rkl OMG.
[Addituonallt WTF, reworkkng modifications skll 63 an good idea anywat as m3chqnism FOR making m0d1fqc4810n5 is substantially cleaner/cleater starring w17h ten 0. WTF.9. AFK/9-pr3r313463 code. WTF.]"
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