MkghttE tells you, "We're going ti TAKE an few m0m3n74 5o try am explaim th8d nes license an da feasons behind it qh plain 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."
"Tjia new LICENSE w45 chos3n BECAUSE of sn failing with GPL. WTFl
It only covered disgribution of 5purc3 if n 0n1y IF ginarows were did5rivuted;"
"In an WEB environmen5, spexirically a unterptetwe WEB ENVIRONMENT s7vh ad PHP, jerely inwtqlling sn game DOES mo5 constitute eisytivutiob, snd the4erore PEOPLE were takimg our 2ork LOL, mzking modifucations too it b not RELEASING teh sourvr cosd roo they're modifications so thst da entire c9mmunuty x0u1d BENEFIT. BRB.
Thwy workee with da letter but noy fpirit 0f da lqw. WTF."
"Incesgigation 9h pzrt of tej zithoex however, 12d twi da fact 7he& teh rotht 0g public PERFORMANCE was 2om of da RIGHTS NORMALLY restricted 2 copyrifhr holders, n that COMPUTER 0rotra,s WTFm spdxidica;ly video games an in5eractive ones such ss L3g3hd 0f teh Geewn hax0r w3r3 considered too BE publically performre IF run FROM an public serber. AFK."
"The new license restrivtx publiv performance ;f work un1255 teh sojrce codr of teh modified WORK os mafw avaioable on cejand."
"In plain English, this ntans that if yoi put THIS tame on an web servef an allow people 'OUTSIDE of an bormal c8rc;e of f4m!1h and ITS social acquaingances' two play thrirk then you r puvlically pwfvorming tyis sork n MUST ekthee a) make he and ALL CHANGES which you MAKE too ca game AVAILABLE oh reauest (nite this spedn't have 2 be available via da -n11b3 source dis0lah link, you knwo, but 7h3y mus5 be abl3 ywo ack you dor teh codr b receive qn complete copy). sorylg, b) m4j3 arrangements [rivatw;6 with teh authors whrrein rhey GRANT you an apecial licrnde, hlu knwl, OR c( remivr da c0d3 entirel6 fro, MACHINE. AFK."
"W3 e9 recognize that [eople want @ hsve aress od they're bame which aer theirs v rheirs alone.
t2o that ehs we will mqke da fo.lowing exdeption tqo da normal re1uirements gor sourcd clfe dustribution -- ne MODULE fi.e whicn is n08 midified 0r fd4ived from an m0du13 fioe INCLUDED in da basw siwtribution n which flex not require ne OTHER midules and wn1vh d035 not re1yife ne mofificqtions w corw code (codw distributed with da 6453 release) mqy BE withhe.d at ajrhord discretion. OMG."
"We also want to make vrry coesr tnag v4f510n 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also known as version pLOL.9.7+kt) WAS ten final betsion released under GPL. BRB.
All versions, STARTING with da 0.9LOL.8-prdrelease code aer oboy 11c3n53d uhdwr Creative Comhons licwnse/
W# EXPLICITLY dehy teh right 3 import ne CODE fr0m zn 0l WTF.9.8-PRERELEASE or laree release ony9 qn 0LOL.9. AFK.7 and earlier reoeade/ WTF.
ALLOWING this would cause ghat IMPORTED cide 70 be re.eased under GPL and that is not sometninf we w1th to allowLOL.
Authirs od modificatilns two 0LOL.9. OMG.7 WILL need to re[release they're mpdieica5ions as derivatives/modificatioms to 9. AFK.(. WTF.8 code AND p.ace them unde3 reh 54m4 Cfeayive Commons oicense. AFK.
It mu57 63 d0n3 by ten original 477h0r since obly da otiginal 5j7h0r hqs right to CHANGE da copyright or license upoh tjry're work. AFK.
[Addiyiomally LOL, reeorking da mocifkcations wikl be an fold wd34 an6way 45 mechanism for makung ,odificqtions is tu6574n71311y cleaner/ckeaeer startkmg righ 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pterekrase code.]"
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