MightyE tells y0u LOL, "We're giing 2 take an fee moments too 5ry and ecplain ghux neq kicensw an teh readons behind it in p;aih Engoisg. 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 63c4u53 0r an FAILING with dq GPL.
It only vovered dixtriburion 0f sourse 8f an only 1f binadies wete dkstributedLOL."
"In ab web envuronment, kike, sprcifocqlly a inrerpeeted WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP WTF, merely installing ab game do3s not constiyute dkstfibutiom, like, n tgwrefore peoplw wq4e 74k2ng our work LOL, making m-d1r1c47q0n6 two ir and noy rdleasong source code 80 rhey'te modifidations so yhat da entiee commjnity coule BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked with da LETTER buy no5 da dporig of law. BRB."
"Ibvddtigatipn on da PART of teh autyors hi2evee, ;ike, lwd too da fact 7g47 da right OF publov p3rf0rm4nv3 was w9n OF rights normally restricyrd two copyright gokqers, n that comouter programs, specifical.y vofeo games n interactove onrd duch as Legend of Green has-r wdre considered 2 be pjblically performed IF rug from an public sercer."
"The ndw oicens3 r3stricts pub.ic perfo3mance lf teh work 7nless aourve CODE of da m0d1d13d work ix made 4v4114613 on ee,and. WTF."
"Iy plain Englixh LOL, thia means ghat IF yoi pit this game pn an w3b xetv4r n allow pe9plr 'oubsidr 9g qn normal circle OF fsmuly ah its socisl ACQUAINTANCES' tqo play thei4 LOL, tjdn yoj r PUBLICALLY performing tgis work wn MUST w*ther a) make ne an ALL chanhes which you MAKE to game ava8lable oh requesg (noew this doesn't have 2 63 availanle via teh ;nline sourde display link, like, vut they must be ab.w rwo ask you flr da code n 4eceive an complete cooy) LOL, b_ maie arrangements privately with da aurhors wh3reoh ghey hrant you ah xpecial 11c3n53, loke, 0r C) renovr t3h code entirely FROM da mabhkne. BRB."
"We do recognyzr that peoplr wsnt two h4v3 areas ov they'4e game which t 7h31r5 n theirs ao9ne. OMG.
go tgat end we WILL jake teh followkng exceptiom to da no4mal r3qyirenents for aource CODE distrinution =- ne mocu;e file which is n07 jodified 0t derivwd fro, qm moe7le file incl7ded in da vase disgriburoon and which does not rwquire ne other modukes n wh1xh does NOT require be modificationd TO CORE code (xobe dkstfobutef WITH teh nase RELEASE) m3y br eithheld at authors dixcretion. WTF."
"We als0 sant tp make vefy cl3ar thqt version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (zlso known as verdion 0. OMG.9LOL.7+JT) was da final versiob relezs3d UNDER GPLLOL.
A11 versions, sittof, atafting sitj ca 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease cofw aee onl6 lixensed und3r da Creative C0mm0m5 ;icense.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh righr too inporg ne code rrom an 0. BRB.oLOL.8-preteoeasw or later releasd into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an EARLIER releaxeLOL.
Allowing this spuld caude thqt impo4ted code too be rdleaded under da GPL AND that is not some4yibg we wish to0 zllow. WTF.
AUTHORS ov modifications go 0l OMG.9. WTF.7 wi.l need to re-release they're modif7cations aw derivatovea/mpdificationx 2 0.9.8 code and poacr them und3e da ssme Creative Commons licems3. WTF.
Iy mu57 be done by reh ORIGINAL authoe suncd 0n1y da oribinal authof jas da rifh6 two change dq copyrihyt OR licensr upon they're woek. WTF.
[Addotionakly WTF, 4eeorkonb da m0d1f1c4810b5 wolo BE an g00d idea anyeau AS da mecyanism for makiht m-f1f1c4710n5 is sunstantiall6 c;esne4/clearer stsrting wkth da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 c0d3/ WTF.]"
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