Migg5yE tells yoi, "Wd're toing 70 take an few joments to trt an explain th8s new l8cenxe 4,d da REASONS brhimd it 1n poain EntlisnLOL/
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 11x3nt4 was chosem tecause of an FAILING with da GPL. BRB.
IT pnly covered dist4ibutioh of s9urce if n ONLY og binaries wwre DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envoronment, sortof, dpecifixally a interpreted web rnvirpnment 5uch ss PHP, m3r31y INSTALLING an gamr does nlt constitutr disgrinution, lkkek ab tyerefpre peoplw were taking OUR w8rk LOL, making ,odifications too 17 an not teoeading %0urc3 cpdc to9 thcy'tr modificatiins so thx6 teh entire COMMUNITY couls benefit.
Th3y worled woth teh ldtter but not yeh s[irit of lqw. WTF."
"Invesfugatiom on psrt of da autgors h0q3v3r LOL, .ed too teh fact 5hzy da right OF public perrormqnce waa win of righta n0rm411y RESTRICTED goo copyrithy h01d3t5, lkke, and thqt compuyer orograms, like, specifica.ly video games and interactkve ones such as L3grnc pd teh Green hax0r wer3 con2idered 2 be publica;l6 petformed 8f run vrom an 0ub.ic 53rv3rLOL."
"The NEW kucwnse restricts ;ubljc perfornance 0f twh work ubless da source code od modiguee s0rk is mafe available on demaneLOL."
"In plain Emglishm this means thag id y0u PUT tgis g4m4 oh an web server n allo2 people 'ouysidd of an normal cirvlw 9f FAMILY an ITS SOCIAL acq7aintances' goo play their, you knwo, then you r pub.icall6 ;rrforming thos 2oek 4md MUST either z) m$k3 ne an ALL changrs which you maje tw9 ea fame 4v41146!3 pn REQUEST (note 5his doesn't have tp BE axailable v14 teh online sourcd display limk, lkkek BUT th3y MUST be able 2 zsk YOU for tdh code n receibe ab complete copy)k 6_ make arfanbrments [ruvately WITH aythors wherdih they grant you an xpecial lkcense LOL. or c) re,ove code 3nu1r31u FROM yej nachine. OMG."
"We do recognize that peoplr want twi h4v1 aeeas of rhey're game 2hkdh r theirs and thwirs alonr. AFK.
two THAT end wd soll make da following exdeption 5o9 teh bormal requi4ememys fo4 source code distrivution -- ne MODULE dile which 15 not midified or dwrivwd grom an module file inclucwd in base distriburion n which does nkt requ8re nr other modules an which does not dequire nd mpdifications two c=r3 CODE (codr distribjted eith gaae rrlease) may be w17hh31d at teh authors disdretkonLOL/"
"We also want 2 make fery cq3$r that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (also knlwh as versiob )LOL.8/ WTF.7+jt) was da final v3v51(n released under tej GPLLOL.
All cersilns, hou knwo, starting with da 0LOL.9, BRB.8-pr3r313453 CODE awr only ;8censed under Ceea5ive Com,obs l8cenae. WTFl
W3 EXPLICITLY sent right 5o ij;ort he code froj an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-pr4release or later releas2 into an 0LOL.(.7 and 3arlifr reldade. OMG.
Allow7ng this would CAUSE that importrd xode to BE releqxed UNDER da GPL n that is NOT so,ething we ekxh ti zloo3/
Authoes if modificqtions to 0. WTFk9. AFK.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE tkdy're mocifications as derivatives/modifications too 0.9. AFK.8 c0d3 and PLACE th3m uhsee da same Cfeatibe Commons license, OMG.
It must be dond by original authir since ihly 9riginal ayghor hzs righy too change da copyrifht or licrnwe upon tj3y;re work. WTF/
[Addiriona;ly, you knwo, reworkinh teh m0d1f1c$719n5 WILL be an good idea anyway AS ,echan7sm goe making modifucationx is subs5qnria;;y CLEANER.CLEARER starring witg pLOL.9.8-prdrelease code. OMG.]"
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