MightyE tells you, sortof, "W3're gping to TAKE an few moments to yry qn exolain this hrw licenwe n grh t3550n4 behind it IN plain EbglisgLOL.
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 kicense wzs chowen bevajwe of ah failing wity ds GPL. BRB.
It ONLY cpv3red distrkbut8on of source !f an on;g IF binarids wete distribu5ed."
"Ib an w26 ehvirlnmeng, soryov, specificaloy a interpret3d WEB 3nf1r0nm3n7 such 45 PHP, sortof, merely installing an game does not CONSTITUTE dixtributoon, loke, and thefefore people eere TAKING oy5 work LOL, mzkung modifications too i5 an not relezsimg da d9urce code tqo they're m9fkfications 5_ that da entir3 commynity could benefit. WTF.
THEY 2irjed with t3j LETTER 6u7 not teh spirit -f trn law. BRB."
"Invest8gation on da PART lf da authors howdvwrj s9rtof, led to gef fact that da right of oublkc perfoemance was won of teh rights no4mall6 r3syrocgrd TO copyright holders, ans that computer prigtams, wortof, soecifically v1d30 games n 8nteractive ONES sudh as Legenf og da Grddn hax0r w4r# conwidered TO be piblically performed ig run from an piblic server. BRB."
"The ndw kicense restrkctx piblic perdornance ov teh wl4k ubless ca soirce code of ds modified wotj IS made avzilable on demand. AFK."
"In '141n English, sortof, this jeans that if y0u pit this bame ik an web sdrvee an ALLOW 030;13 'outskde of an noemal circle ig FAMILY n ots sicial acquauntances' tlo PLAY theur WTF, then y)u r publidally PERFORMING tjks WORK ahd MUST either 4) make ne AND ALL changes which yoy make to da game qvailable on reque57 (note THIS doesn'g hace too be avaikable via dq online slurce d15p14y link, sor5of, byt THEY must bw agl3 tlo zsk you for code and r3cwive sn complete c)pyp, b) ma,e ARRANGEMENTS pr8vatel^ with ea authors wjerein they grant you ah special lkcense, lile, 0r c) remobe va code entirelu from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We DO recogniae that pwople wanr too have a4eas if yheu'fe game wh1ch aef theorw AND THEIRS alihe. OMG.
two that end we wikl makw folkoeibn EXCEPTION too teh normal REQUIREMENTS fpr sourcd xode distrogution 0= ne module rile wh1ch is no5 ,odidies or defivec from an mofule fole included ih da base dis5fibution an which DOES not REQUIRE be pyher m9duled n qgicg doea not rewuirr ne modifications to da CORE c0d3 (code disrrkbuted with teh 6353 rrlease) mau be WITHHELD at authorx discretoomLOL."
"Ww als9 want to make very vlear t6at verskon 0. OMG,9.7 (also kn)wn as version 0. WTF.9LOL.7+j7) WAS teh fibal version released unfe4 GPL. WTF.
Al. v3r52)n5, like, starring with teh 0LOL.(; BRB.80peetelease voee aer only lictnsed undet da Creative COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny t1gn7 tp im;ott nr code drom an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease ir later RELEASE inro an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 AND dqr.ier release. WTF.
Allow8ng THIS wojld cajse tgat imported cose two be released unde3 da GPL $nd that is h07 someth8ng WE wish 2 all9w.
Auty9ts of modificagioms too 0.9LOL.7 will nedd two re-rel3asr thwy'4w modifications as ddrivatives/,odifications two 0. OMG.8. BRB.8 code n place 7h3m UNDER fa ssme Ctearive Commpnx license.
It must be fone vy origibal authpr since 0n1y dz original autglr h45 tignt two change copyrighy o4 licenee upon tney're woek. AFK.
[Afe1&1-n4q2yk r3working da ,ocifucatiohs will be an gpod idea anyway 4t da mechanism fpr making noeifications is SUBSTANTIALLY dleamer/cleaeer starting with teh 0LOL,o. AFK.8-prer3lease code, AFK.]"
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