Migh5yE teolw you, yo& knwo, "We're g9ing two take an dew moments 2 try aj EXPLAIN this bes locensr n fa reaslnw 6eh1nd it IN plain English.
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 n3w license was choseh b2ca7se OF an failing WITH GPL. OMG.
It only covered diatributkon of source uf an lnly if BINARIES were dowtributed. OMG."
"Ib zn web environment WTF, specofidally a interpretwd web envurubment such as PHPk oiie, merely 1n574112ng sn game does n9t constitute distribution, n theeeflre peiple weee TAKING our work, slrtof, jalong modifications 2 it n not rdleas8ng source code too tjey;re modificat8ons so thst da entire community c071d benefit.
They worked wiyh da letter 6u7 no5 fa SPIRIT of da 13w. WTF."
"Invwsyiga5ion on part pf da authors however LOL, oed two da ract that right of public ;drfprnance was won of da rights n0rm411y rdstricted roo copyright holsers, you knwo, and thqy computer progrxms WTF, qpedificaoly v1d30 games and INTERACTIVE ones SUCH as Legend of GREEN hax0r were consisered to be PUBLICALLY performed iv run FROM an oublic sercerLOL."
"The n3w licrbse res5ric5s [ublic performance _f work un;ess souece vldr of MODIFIED work IS m4d3 avai;able ob demand. BRB."
"In plain Engkish, yoy lnwo, THIS meama that if YOU put THIS tamr om zn web 53rv3r n allow people ;outsiee of an normak cifcle or family and igs aocial acquaintances; 5o play yheir LOL, tjen yiu zer p7blicqlly perf9rmint this wo4j n MUST eitjer a) make ne and ALL cnangew WHICH yo8 make two ca ga,e available ON requeat (noye thks doesn't h4v3 two ne available bia da onoine sojfxe dis[lay link. wortof, gut rhey musg BE 4713 2 ask you vor fa code an receive an conplete dopy) LOL, b) make arrangemdhts PRIVATELY wkrh dq aythorx wjerein they grant you an %;4c141 .icense, oe c) femove cpde 3n71r31y frpm teh MACHINE. WTF,"
"We DO rwcognize thst pwople want too have ar3as 9f tjeh're game wjich aer theirs n theirs alone. AFK.
fo that end wr w111 make fa followinf dxc3ption two da nor,al requ8remdntx flr 50urc3 CODE districutiim [- ne module file wh1ch is noh modufied or derived frpm zn m)du13 file uncluded in base dq57r16u710n and wh1ch does not tequite ne other moduoes an which DOES noy t3qu1r3 ne modifica5iins roo da coee cpde (code cisttibuted wi5g da base release) may be qi5hhekd at da autnoes discreti0n. AFK."
"We also wan5 two make vert clear that version 0. OMG.9l AFK,6 (also known aw vetsion 0. OMG.9LOL.u+it) wzs final v3r510n r313453d ugdef da GPL.
A!1 v3r520n5 LOL, start8bg with teh 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pye4eleaxe c0d3 r 9nly licrnaed under teh Creative Commons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY debt rignt twl import nd code FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.9-prerelease 0r lqter ee.eawe into zn 0.9. WTF.7 and ear.iwr 4elezxe. BRB.
Alkosong this 2oukd xayse tha5 kmportwd code twi be rwleas3d under GPL ab tjat is n9t something we wish to allowLOL.
Authors of modidications 5o 0. WTF.o. OMG.7 wikl NEED 2 re-releaae 5hey'ed modificatikns as dwruvarices/modificstions TO 0. BRB.(/ WTF/* x0d3 an p;ace them undet teh cane Creative Commons licenswLOLl
It must be done BY 0t1g1n41 zhthor since only teh originzl suthpe hqs right too CHANGE teh copyrihht 9r lice,se u[on ghey'4e work. AFK.
[Additionsloy, xoryof, reworking mofificatilns will be wn GOOD idws anywsh AS mwdhanidm for mskkng modir8cationw is substzntiallt CLEANER/CLEARER starting with tdh 0.9. BRB.8-prereleasw codeLOL.]"
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