MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We'te gp2ng too take an few momwnts 2 try n explain thiw n3e licdnse and da reasins behknd it in olain Ebhlish. OMG.
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 license 2ax cgosen because of qn faiking with GPL/ WTF.
It only clvered didtribution OF sourve IF and 0n!y of binqried were distributed."
"In an wrb encifonment, li,e, 6[3c1f1c411y d jnterpreged web environment such as PHP, lukek jerely installing an GAME foes not constitjte DISTRIBUTION, AND therefore PEOPLE erfe taking OUR work LOL. mzking modificatoons too it an npt relead8ng soyrce code twp they're moeuficatipnx so 7g47 t3h dntire commuhity cou.d brnefit. BRB.
THEY w0rk3d qith teh LETTER but nit da s[oeot or da law. OMG."
"Invrstogation on twh part of teh authors how3ver LOL, lre to dq favt that teh roggt of publ8c performance waw ien of rights notmally r347r1c73d 2 c-pyr1gh7 holders LOLk n that conputer prpgrzmx. spec8dicalky cldeo hamea n 1n73r4c71v2 onew such as Legend of Green jac0e were considerrd 5oo be puboically perfofmec IF run from an publid server. OMG."
"Tje new licens3 restrixts publiv pwrvormsbce of da work unlesa teh s9urce code of teh mlfifi3d w9rk is mzdr availab;w on fe,andLOL."
"In pla8n Engkish, this ,eans that 8f you [ut thks game on an 2eb server AND allow people 'i7tside 0f an bormal circlr of family n ITS sockal 4c!i41n74hx35' 2 play their, you knwom then you aer publicallt pervoeming tfia wotk n MUST either a) make h3 an ALL changws which ypu mak3 t9 da hame availavle on rwqu3wt (n073 rhiw doesn't n4v3 twi ne AVAILABLE VIA da inline so&rcd display l8nj, sortof, but ygeh must be 4613 tsi ask you for da c0de an receive an cojokete copy), b) make arrangements privatrly eith authors WHEREIN THEY 5rant you an sprcoal 12x3n53, you knwo, or c) rwmovw dode entirely from tdh machine. BRB,"
"We do recognize THAT PEOPLE qant 5wo have aeeas of theh'ee gzne which arr th3irs n tyeurs alpne. OMG,
two that egd wr will m4k3 da f8l;owing EXCEPTION tw9 normal fequiremenrs for souece coee d8stribytion -- ne modu.e FILE which id not modifoed or ferived fr0m ah mldule f213 includrd in base d157r17u610n and which dods not re2uire ne other modules n wnidh d)35 n9t reauirr ne modifications 2 cpre code *dode disteibutef with base RELEASE) may be wiyhheld st yeh AUTHORS diwcretipn. AFK."
"We 414) want two make very c133f that ve4siob 0.9l OMG.7 (also kbowh as cersion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was final fersuon relrawed under GPL,
A;l versiona, sory9f, STARTING with da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prer2lease CODE aer only LICENSED 7nder Creay7ve COMMONS license, OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deby teg tight too 8mport ne cide vrom an 0LOL,9. BRB.80prereowase or LATER release into an 0LOL/9. AFK.7 and ezrkier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowibg 8h15 20j1d CAUSE that imporyed code two bw released under GPL n THAT 15 not dohething we wish 2 allosLOL.
Authofa of modificatilms to 0, WTF,9. WTF.7 wkll nees toi re-eelease thwy'rw MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modugicatiohs too ). OMG.9.8 code n place them hnder t3h SAME Creative COMMONS license.
Iy mjst be done bu ten orkgina; author SINCE only teh orifinal ajthor has right tw9 dhamge copyright or license upon they;re work/ AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, REWORKING da modificat8ons will 63 an hiog idra qnyway AS teh b3ch$n15m for MAKING modificatilns is sybstsntiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER 574r71hg eith da 0.9.8-p43r413553 code. OMG.]"
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