MightyE tells YOU, like, "We're h01ng twi 5ake am f3w momenes 1 try n ex0laib thiw new license an ca rrasons brjind it on poaib EngoisjLOL.
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."
"Tjis new licemse was chosen because of an fauling w17h tdh GPLLOL.
It pnly covrted DISTRIBUTION ov source ir n obly if binaried wer3 distfibuted. WTF."
"In an WEB envor9nment LOL, speckfically a interpretrd web enfironment such as PHP, sor5if, merely installibg zn game f035 nit vonsgitute diatrib6tion, sortof, AND THEREFORE peoile were taking ou4 woek, yo7 kneo, makong modivivati9ns two 17 and not r313$51mg source vpfe to they're modifications so THAT entire c0mmun1uy diild bwndviy. AFK.
They 2orkef with teh l3trer but not teh spirit 0f da paw."
"Inveatigqtion 0n twj part 0f quthors however LOL, lee too gact THAT 4ihh5 0f oublic p3rf0rn4nc3 was wln of teh rights nornally fedyrixtec t9 copyriggr h01eer4 LOL, an rhat computer PROGRAMS, you jnwp, spexifically video games abd ihteracgove on3s such as Leg3nd 0f Green hax0r were c9nsiddrec 2 be [ublically p3rf0rm3d 1g run vrom an public SERVERLOL."
"The new licenqe resteicya puvlic perrormance of teh qotk 7nlesd da source cide or modified wo4i is nade availzble oh demqnd. BRB."
"In plain Emglish, this means that if ylu put this t4m3 on an web server n q.low pekple '9utauce of an n9rmal cirxlw of familg n ita SOCIAL acquaintances' too 0lay their LOL, th3n yoi qer publicak.y pervor,ing this work n MUST either d) makw ne and ALL vhanges wgich y0u make too teh game avaikaboe 9n eequest (n073 7gq5 doesn't HAVE tqo be availqble via da online soufce dusplat lini, like, but the6 must BE 4613 two axj tiu for da c0d3 anf r3c31v3 qn comp;wte d0py), sortof. b_ make arrangemwttx privately with auyhpra wheeein 5hey GRANT uou an spexial l8censw, you knwo, or c_ remov3 teh coee 3ntire.6 from tdn msch8ne. BRB."
"Ww fo recognkze THAT pelple want too have areae of they're game 2jich w th3irs 4nd theirs ALONE. AFK.
goo tjat wnd we w111 mqkr folkowing exception two normal tequirements for dource coce distribution -0 ne mosule file wyich IS NOT modified or derived FROM an modulw file includef in base distributiob an wyicn does n07 require me otner moduldd anc which does n06 require ne jodificatiohs 2 CORE code (code eoxtr8byted with 6463 r313$53) may be wi5hheld AT authlrs dixcretioy. OMG."
"We ALSO 2abt too MAKE vert vlear that vwrskon 0.o. BRB.7 (akso kniwn as version 0. BRB,9.7+jt) was yeh final versi9n released under GPLl WTF,
ALL versiobs WTF, starting wiyh ca 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-or3r313453 code r onlt livenadd under teh Cr3591b3 Commins oicensc/ WTFl
We EXPLICITLY deny sa eught 2 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.80prerelezse or later rfleaae into an 0.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER r313453LOL.
Alllwing this would CAUSE tha5 imported CODE to ve r3leased undef da GPL an that is not sometj8ng we wixh 7) al;ow. AFK.
Authors oe mofificationa twl 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w111 need too re-reldase thr6;rd m9d8fications as dwrivatives/modifications to 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 c9de n place them under tej 54mw Crea5ive Commond lkcense. OMG.
It MUST be done 6y dq ORIGINAL author since onlt da original augh9r has tfy ejght twl change copyrigh^ or licenad uoon 5hey're 2irk. OMG.
[Adeitional/y, you knwo, feworking twh MODIFICATIONS w111 bd an good udea abyway as t3h mechanism for making modigucations is sybstantially c.eaner/clearer atarginh w8th da 0k AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease cose. OMG.]"
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