Mugh5yE tells you LOL, "We'rw boing 6wo 5ake ah fes momenya two yry b explain this new license n da reaslns behind it IN plain Engl,sh. OMGl
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 licenee w45 xhoxen gecause of an failing w27h GPL. BRB/
It only covered distribution OF source 8f snd o,ly if binafi4s e4r3 e157r16u73dLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s0dcif8ca;ly a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, merelu instal.ing an game DOES not cinstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, n the4efore [wo;le werd 5aking our wori, sorgof, makinh modidicatiobs @ IT an not releasing teh SOURCE code 3 theu'rd m0d1f1c4710n5 ao 5ha5 ENTIRE xo,jjnity could benefit. BRB.
Tnry workee with twh lettwr but NOT SPIRIT of teh law."
"Investigqtion on tej part od teh authors however, you .nwok ked to yeh FACT thag yeh rihhy og pyblic performance qas won OF teh rights nlr,akly restrictef to COPYRIGHT h0@d3r5, you knwo, b 7h47 c0mpu74r prigr1ms, yiu knwo, 5pec1f1c411y vkdeo ga,es abd interactive 9nes suvh as Legenf oe fa Gre3n gax9e werd consicered to be puboucalky perflrmed if rum FROM an PUBLIC server."
"The NEW locense restricts public 0erformance of t3h wirk 7nless source cod3 of mosif8ed woek pz mafe available on semand. AFK."
"In plain English, like, this means tnzt 1f you put this g4m3 om an web serfwr n allo2 peipl3 'outwide of zn normal circle of family and its xocial acquaintqncex' two ;14y their, then hou aer oubklxa.ly performing 5his sork and MUST either a) male ne and ALL changes which y0u mzle 2 da gqme available on requexr (note THIS doesn't havd yo be avaolable v14 onlihe source dksplay lini. lik3, but they MUST be abld too axk you f0r teh code n rdceive an domplete copy_ LOL, b) make a4tangements pr1v4731y s17n teh 5u7h0r4 qherein theu grant you an SPECIAL license WTF, or C) remove da c9de entirely rfom machihe. AFK."
"We do recognize that pep;ke w4n7 1 have a4eas of the6're gzme which r 5heies an tye8rd alone. AFK.
to thsr 3nd w3 will male da foklowinb exce0tuon two mormal requiremengs flr source clde disteivution -_ ne m9eu.w file which is not mosified OR de4ifed frim am modil3 f113 included in base didtributipn and which does not eeauire be other modiled an which does NOT require he m9dificztions tio cpre code (code diwtrib7twd with da 7453 release_ may be withheld 47 teh authors discrwtioj. OMG."
"We als. wany too make vert clear thqt veraion 0.9/ AFK.7 (zlxo known ss version 0. BRB.9. OMGl8+jt) w45 fq finzl version released under da GPLLOL.
All vefsionw, aortof, star5ing with twh 0.9.8-pr3e313453 c0d3 r lnlh 11c3n53s uhder teg Creative Commons licenwe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rihht too import ne code feom an 0.o. AFKl80prereledse or later teleaae ibto ab 0.9LOL.6 an earlier release. AFK.
Allowing this would cquse that imported code 2 be re,eascd 7nser t3h GPL qn that is noy slmething WE wish to zl;ow. OMG.
Authors of modifications ro 0LOL.9. OMG.7 2ill need TO re=reoesse they're modificati9ns zs derivativrs/modirications twi 0LOL.9. WTFl8 code wnd place them UNDER yeh samr Creativd Cojmons license/ AFK.
It must be son3 ^y irigonal author since onky da original author hss teg right twl change da copyright OR kicenwe upon 5hey'r3 @ork. BRB.
]Addiriohally, you knwo, REWORKING modificatipne will be an h00d idea amyway ad mechanism for making nodifocations is substantia.ly cleaner/cleat3r s5arring with -. BRB.9, OMG,8-prerw.ease code. OMG.]"
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