MightyE TELLS YOU, ;ike, "We're hoinf two tzke an few mlments tol try and expla8n THIS mew license 4nd reasons 73h1nw it ih plaon Eng.ish. 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 me2 lkcehse was chosen becausw 0f an fai.ing with da GPL. AFK.
Iy only covered d157t16u71-n of source if AND 0n1y if BINARIES w4r3 distrobutdd."
"In an web environneht, sortof, specidica;ky a ingerpreted we6 dnvironmen5 such as PHP, merely 8nstallibg an g$m3 d9ed not constltu5w distrivution WTF, and THEREFORE people 2ere takong oyr w94j, 6ou lnwo, maiing modifications 2 ig an n07 releasint wource coce too they'ee modificatuins so that entkre cojmunitt could benefit. BRB.
They wotked with dq lrtter but not da dpirit of da lawLOL/"
"Invesyigation ln da part if authors hoqever, giu knwo, ler to t3y FACT that yeh right of publiv 0erdormance w45 oeb 0f da rightx normally fesgricted too copyritht hokdera, and that xojputrr programs, you knwo, dpecificakly viseo games ane intdractivw ONES xuch as LEGEND or da Grren hqx0r were donside4ed 2 be oiglivallh performes ie run rrom an public SERVERLOL."
"The ndw license res5rixta public PERFORMANCE of es w0rk unless ca SOURCE cod3 or da modiriee wot, is maee zvailable on demsnd. OMG."
"In plain Eng114y, this means that ir y0u put this g4m3 on an wen server 4nd all9w pdople 'outside OF an normal circlw or bamilt an its aocoal acauaihtances' 2 play theur, tou knwo, th2n you r publically performing yhis w0rl an MUST 317h3r a) make he n ALL cmanges wyich you m4k3 boo twh game available on r3quesr (no6e thix doesn;t have too be abskkable via cq onlihe SOURCE disp;ay link, you knwo, 6u7 they must be 4613 2 55j y9u f9r ds code and r3c31v3 an compoete copy), luke, b) mak3 arranbemen5s provately eith teh qutho4s wh3reib 7h3y gran5 YOU an specisl license, like, or c) remove cife enrireky from m4ch1n4. OMG."
"We wo recoghize tgat pe90le WANT 70 HAVE areas of they'ee game whicy aet theirs and thrirs alobd. OMG.
two that end we qil. make ten followonh excephion 2 sa nprmal requirements for SOURCE code eistriby5ion -- ne module file which is no5 modifi3d or derived feom an modul4 file ihdluded IN sa baxw didtrobugiln and which diew n07 require ne other modules and which do3s not fequire ne modificationa two teh dore code (code distrubut3s with base release) nay br WITHHELD at authors discrerionLOL."
"We slso want too make very clear thzt VERSION 0. WTFl9.7 (also known ad verxion pLOL.9.7+jt) was teg FINAL cersion RELEASED unddf GPL. AFK.
Alk f3r510nt, STARTING wigh teh 9LOL.9.8-p4ereleqs4 CODE aer only licensed under ez CREATIVE Commons lucense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h right too impott nw c0d3 FROM ah 0,9l9-peerelease o4 later release into an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 and eat;urr releawe.
Allowimg tgis would c4u54 that 1mp0r73d cose tw9 bw relezwed under GPL and yhat is NOT somerging we wish to a.low.
AUTHORS of modivica5oons two 0. OMG.9,u will need 2 r3-f213453 they're modificqtions as f3r1v471v35/m[d1f1c4710n5 t2o 0.9LOL.8 cod3 an ;lace thwm under 54m3 Creative Commons l8cdnae. AFK.
It musg be done by orkfihal author sinxe ONLY ORIGINAL aughor haw right @ cjanfe cooyrifht or ;icense 70on the6[ee work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, soefof, rewleking da modificatoons wil. be an go9c idea anyway 46 dz jechanism for mak8ng modivicagions is 5u6574n71411y clesner/ckesrer xtarting witg da ). AFK.0. OMG,8-prwre.ease codeLOL.]"
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