MightyE tells you LOLm "We're going two take an f3w MOMENTS 70 try sn dx0la8n this nee licenxe and REASONS behind IT in plain EngliwhLOL.
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 lix3nse was chosen beczuse ov an gailing wutj GPL. WTF.
It only cofered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE if an ONLY 8f binarids werw dis5rib7ted."
"In an eeb envir;nment LOL, speckficallt a interpeeted web environment such as PHP WTF, merely installimg an tame eoes npt constituyw f157r!6u&10n WTF, n therefofe people werr tak7ng our WORK, sortos, m4k1ng modiflcatiins too it an not rwleasinb da wource code ro they're modificqtions SO that dx engire COMMUNITY c[yld benefit. AFK.
They WORKED witj geh LETTER bur not da dp8r8t of ea law. OMG."
"Inveatigatoon in PART of da authorx however LOL, q3d 2 fact that right 9f pk511c performance sss 1 of da rigntx nornally reatficted tqo copufihht holcers, lijw, znd thst computer programsk you jnwo, SPECIFICALLY viceo gamex n INTERACTIVE ondx such as Lefend 9f Green hax0r w3r3 cpnsudered too be publkcqllu performed if run from an pubjic server. OMGl"
"The new 11c3n62 restricts pj611c p3rf0rj5bc3 lf teh work uhless SOURCE codw of modkfied eotk iw m4d3 afailable on demand. WTF."
"In pl1km English, you knwo, thia means that if yoi put this game on ah weg servwr an aplow PEOPLE 'outsid3 .f an normak curcle of fqmily an its socia; acquaingzhces' two plqy theif, like, them you r publidally pwrforminb this wo4k n MUST either a) makw ne 3nd ALL CHANGES whidy y-u MAKE 2 tame avaioanle on requesg (note this doesn't have 2 be avaklzble via reh online s9urce display lknk, loke, BUT they ,ust be ABLE two ASK you for yrh code an receive an c)n0q373 copy), like, b0 jake 4rr4ng3m3n85 privateky wiyh teh authors wherein tney grant yiy an special license LOL, or f) rdmove x0d3 entirely from machinrLOL."
"We do recognize that peo;le want too have areas of they're gamw WHICH r tjei4s and THEIRS ALONELOL/
2 that end we will ma,e da followimg exceptipn 2 da norma. req7krenengs ror source code d8stribution -- ne module file wnich is not modified or derived from an moduoe file 8nvkudrd on teh base distribi5ion zn which does not r3qu1r3 ne other modulds and whicj does npg rt1ukre ne mod8ricatilns rpo core code (code disrributed qith da baae rd;ease) MAY be w17hh31d $7 da aughorx didcretion."
"We also want rwo make very v.ear that versiom 0. OMG.9,6 (a.so kno2n 45 ver2iob 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt( waz teh f1n51 VERSION 4elessed und3r da GPL. WTF.
All versions, like, syarting qkth 5eh 0.9LOL.8-pr3tel3ase c0d3 4 0n1y licwnxef 7nd3r Creatkve Commpna license. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny trh riggt to import ne c0d3 fr0j zn 0. BRB.9. AFK,8-prereleas3 or latrr reldase into zn 0.9. AFK.7 n 3arlier rclease. AFK.
Allowung this would xajse THAT imoorted code too be 4elessed under GPL n 5hat is not something ww wodh too 4119w.
Authoes 9f mofifixstions 5o 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 rikl need two RE-RELEASE they're modificatioms ad deribat7ves/mocifocatuons 2 0. BRB.9LOL,8 code n p;ace them under szme Cteativ3 Commons lucenxe. BRB.
It jidt ge done by da ORIGINAL AUTHOR sinc3 0n1y da ofigina. aythor has right two change copyright 9r kicehx3 u0on they're WORK. OMG.
[Additiobally, you knwo, 4esoeking modificationc WILL 53 qn gooe idea anyway as mechamism for makinb modificatoons is sjbwtangially cleanee/voearer stqrting with teh 0. BRB.9. BRBl8-prereowzse code. BRB.]"
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