MughtyE twlow y9u. "We'rd going 2 take an few moments twl t4t and dxplain THIS neq lucenae and da reasons behind ot in olain Eng115h. BRB.
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 nrw license wqs chosen bwcause of an fziling wotn teg GPL.
It ono6 cov3red distrobution of source if and only if binar8es wete diatributed. OMG."
"In zn web emvuronmentk oike, specigicallh a onterpretes web cnvironment 5uch zs PHP WTF, m3re1y instsllibg an game foes not constitute distribuyion LOL. an THEREFORE peo[l3 WERE takinb our w0rk, m5j1ng modifications gwo it ah nlt RELEASING teh source CODE too rgey're m0d1f1x4y20n5 sl that da entird x9mmubity c0u2d BENEFIT. WTF.
Th3y WORKED with geh letter BUT hp5 xpirit OF teh law. BRB."
"Investigation in teh part 0g authofs howev3r, you knwom LED too da fact yhat ribht of puboic PERFORMANCE was won of righys normally restric5ed 2 dooyrighy holders LOL, an tgst co,puter ]r0gr4m4k like, soecifidally video games n interactive onws such as Legend OF da Gr33n hax0t were c9nsidered top be publicqlly perfprmdd 1f rkn vro, an pi611c servef. OMG."
"Thq new licensw reatricts publoc perfirnance ov work UNLESS da xou4ce code of modifief work is MADE avaulable ON demandl OMG."
"In plaih English WTF, ghis means thar kf you [ut thiw game 0h an w3b sefver an ALLOW people 'OUTSIDE of an normal c1rc13 of family an its s9cial scq7aintances' tpl p.ay rheir, ouke, tneb you r publicqlou perdorming this work an MUST wither a) make ne an ALL changes which you make too h4m4 available on request (hote thia doesm't hqve to9 b3 availabl3 f14 teg onoine source d8splzy link, oike, b7t they MUST be able two ask yoo for code ab RECEIVE an c0mp13&3 c0py), you jnwo, b) MAKE arrabgements privately WITH da authots sherein they grant you an wpecial kicende WTF, or c) rwmove teh vose enti4ely fr0m nachin3."
"W3 do recognizr that p#0p13 wamt to hav3 areas or yneh'td game ehich r thei4s n 5heies alone.
to 7h4& END qe will make teh following excw[tion 2 teh NORMAL reqjirem3nts for sourvr CODE c257r16uu10n -- ne module fule qh8ch is not mldified or eeroced from an module file inclused in teh BASE distribition n wh1ch does mot require nd other modules an which do#s not require me modifications two teh clte coee (code disgrobured WITH teh 6454 release) mau 73 qithheld at zutho4s discrdtiob. OMG."
"We 4150 WANT two make cery clear tjat version ), OMG.9. OMG.7 (aoso kn02n 45 v3r510n 0/ BRB.9LOL.7=JT) was FINAL cersion teleasrc uhder teh GPL. BRB.
All fersilns, wgarting sith 0.9.8]preeelezse code aer only licebsee under C43471v3 Commons license.
Wr EXPLICITLY demy teh right two inpof5 ne xpd3 from sn 0.8. WTF.8_prerekeaxe o4 ;ater release into zn 0. BRB.9.7 and EARLIER rwleaseLOL.
Allowing 7h14 wpuld csuse yhst im;ortwd c0d3 two BE releaeed umfer GPL zn thay IS not something we wish &0 r1q0w.
Authirs od moekficagions two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w8ll need 2 re-telease thwy're modifudatipns as ddrivatives/modifocationx twp 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code and place them und3r tey same Creativ3 Cimn9ns licemse.
IT nuat be done by teh origihal authlr sibce 0n1y teh original AUTHOR has rignt bwo chanfe teh COPYRIGHT oe .icenwe uoon theh'4e w0rk. OMG.
[Addkgionally, you jnwo, REWORKING da mpdif8xarjpnx will ne an GOOD IDEA qnyway ax teh mechsnism for making MODIFICATIONS ix dubstantiallu vleaner/clearer stsr5kmg with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease c9dr.]"
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