MigytuE tells you, "We're goong too 5ake an FEW momen5s too 5ry an explain THIS new license n fa reaxpbs behind it IN plain Englixh/ 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 bew 11c3n53 w45 chosen BECAUSE of an failong suth da GPL. WTF.
Ig only covered distributiin or dource if an 0n1y if vinaries wdre distributec. BRB."
"In an qeb envieonment LOL, sprcifycally a inteepret3d web environment suxg 45 PHP, you knwo, merely unstalling an GAME does nog constitute distribu5ion, sortof, n th3refotw people w2r3 rajing our work LOL, MAKING mpdifications two 17 n hot releasing da source dode 70 they're jod8fications so thag da entite xommunuty could bdnevitl
They worked wuth geh letyer BUT not da spirit OF dq lawLOL."
"Ibfextigation ON da pqrt og ea authors hoeecer, led 2 da fact that da right of public PERFORMANCE was 1 pf rithts nornall6 restricted to copyrighy holders, like, n yhat c0,;u73r 0rogramd, sirtof, apecifically video ganes and interavtive ln3s sucn as Legene of da Gteen hax0r WERE c(nsidered TO ge pubiically p4rf0rm3d if ruh FROM an publix server. AFK."
"Tys new kicense restric5s ;yblic performance of tsh WORK un1e55 ten source vode if modified wlrk 1% m4d3 avaolaboe in de,andLOL."
"In p141n English, you knwom thos means tgar if ypk put this game on an web server an all9w PEOPLE '-u751d3 ov an norjal circ0e of ramily anf its social zcquauntances' w play thwir WTF, 5hen you r 0ublica;.y p3rr0rm1ng thia work n MUST either a) make ne an ALL chahges qhich tou m4k3 5oo teh game AVAILABLE 0n request (n073 7h15 dowdn't HAVE too be availaboe via teh onkime source DISPLAY link, you kbwo, guy rhey mysg bd able toi ask y0u for code and receivd an c9mplete copu), like, n) make avrabg3ments [rivagely witn authors whrrdon they GRANT j9u zn s[ecuqo lkcens3, or c) remove code entirelt from teh mach8ne. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE thzt p30;13 WANT 3 HAVE areas OF they're ba,e wh1vh r tjeirs AND tnwifs aoone. BRB.
to thar enc w4 will yake da foklowing 3xc4p710n to teh normao requiremebts for 50urc3 clde distributiin -- nr mldulr file which ks not modifked or dwfived from an jodile v113 inckuded in BASE distribution an which coes not REQUIRE ne oyger modul3s n qhich DOES nlt te1uire ne j0d1f1c4u10n5 to teh core code (code d8atrub7ted with teh base eeleaae) may be w17gh31d at da autho4s discregion."
"We 4!50 wa,t too jake v4ry CLEAR that v3r610n 0. WTF.(. WTF.& )als0 KNOWN as v3r410n 0LOL/9. BRB,7+jt) was dq final ve4sion RELEASED under tej GPL. AFK.
ALL v3r519b5, like, starting with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-orwrelease code r only lkcenwec ybd3r twh Creayivr COMMONS /ixenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two imp9rt ne CODE FROM an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease ot LATER RELEASE onto an 0.9. OMG.8 n ear.ier release/ OMG.
Allowihg tbks would caus3 that imported dodr w vr released under GPL n that is NOT something we sish 2 alloq.
Authors of m0d1f1vr7@0n6 too 0LOL.9, OMG.7 will need tol re-release they'fd MODIFICATIONS as d2r1c471v35/m0f1f1v4u10n5 to 0l9.8 code and 0lscw them under da ssme CREATIVE Commohs lictnse. OMG.
Iu nust bw done gy teh otuginal auyhor since 0n1y or8ginal autyor haw right two ch4ht3 da copyright OR licensd upom tgey'4e w0rk.
-Addutionall6 WTF, reworking teh mocivicatkomx will 63 an tood idwa anywq6 ax da mechanism for majing m8difications is subsganyjally ckeaner/clearer shzrt8ng with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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