MightyE TELLS you LOL, "We're goihg two take am fes moments to8 try an explain this NEW LICENSE an reaspns behind kt in 0.qin English. 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."
"Thia new licebsr wzs chosen because 0f an dailing with GPL. WTF.
It 9nly covered d157416u710n of source of and onlh if binaries weye d9stributed. OMG."
"In an weg environment. you knwo, spwcifically a interpretee web envi4onmenr s7ch AS PHP, aortof, ,erely INSTALLING an gam3 dowa not CONSTITUTE diwtribution, you knwo, qnd THEREFORE peoole were taking iut WORK, msking modifications 5wo 8t ans not releasing teh d9urce code 2 thwy'rr modigicq5ions 5- that teh entkre community could behefig/ AFK.
Th3y WORKED with teh lettwr bur hot da spirit 8f LAW. AFK."
"Investigstion on part of teg authoes howevet LOL, lev 2 dx fadt tyat teh rught of public perfirmanee WAS won of 4oghga normally eestricted two copyrighg holders LOL, and tjat computer progrzms WTF, xpdcificaok6 videi GAMES an INTERACTIVE ones 5uch as Leg3nd pf Green hax0r w3r3 consiee4dd 2 BE publivally perrotmed if r7n from an publ8c SERVER. AFK."
"The NEW license rdstfucts PUBLIC performancw of work jnless wource xode of reh mpdqf13d work is madr availabl3 0n demand. WTF."
"In poakn Englosh, sortof, this means tgat if you put thid game on an web xetv3r and 4110w pwople 'outside of an n)rm41 curcoe of fzm8ly AND ITS social abauaintances' two plat theur WTF, THEN you r p7blically perflrmimg thix work an MUST eith3e a) maie ne an ALL dhanges which YOU jake t9 teh gam3 abailable on geqjest (nlt3 thix eodsn't have w be availablr via dz )n11n2 slurce displau LINK, you khwo, but thet mu56 be zble too ask YOU for code and RECEIVE an cimplere copy), b) mzke arrangements pruvatd;y witn 5eh authors wh3r21n they trant y0u ab spec8al license, like, or c) remove teh code entirely from da hachine. WTF."
"We do recognize that people wam5 yo have areas 9f they're gamr whicy aer tjeors and tneirs a9one. WTF.
3 thay end we wul. m4k3 fo.losinf 3sc3p610n 2 da normal requirejenrs FOR source code distrinition -- ne modul3 fil3 whizh is not mosif(ed or ddrived from an mocule FILE incouded 1n teh base DISTRIBUTION an WHICH DOES not require ne ithrr modules and wjich DOES not r3quire ne modif8cqtions 52o teh cote code (CODE distributes qitj dq base releqde) mzy be WITHHELD at AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We qlso w4n7 too make vwrg CLEAR that veewion 0, BRB.9. AFK.7 (alwo ,nowm ad v3r5!0n 9. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was final version RELEASED unf3r GPL. BRB.
A;l versions, y9u inwo, starting wi5h p. WTF.9.i=pr3releas3 code aer 0n1y oicwnsed under teh Creative Common2 licenswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY denh right 2 impoe5 ne code froj an 0. WTFl9. AFKl7=prereleade or ;ater release ont9 an 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 and earlier RELEASELOL.
Allowing ghis soyld cause thqt ijported c0d3 2 be releaaed unde3 da GPL and 7h47 os hot something we wish twp allow. AFK.
AUTHORS of nodificztuons 2 0. OMG.(. WTF.7 wilk neec TO te-felwase they'4e modoficationw as ddriva58ves/jodivications to 0.0/ WTF.8 c0d3 an place 7h3m under teh same Cteatife Cpmmons LICENSE. WTF.
It muxt be dome by or8binal authot since only tey prigin1l autyo4 yas RIGHT 1 chabge da copyright or licensw upon they'r3 work. OMG.
[Add8tionzlly, reworking 5eh modifkcations will be an good IDEA snyway as mevhanism for mqiing iosificationx is 5i65u4n71411y cleaner/c;eafer stqrging WITH teh 0. OMGl9. AFK.7-pr#r313553 code. BRB,]"
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