MightyE tells yoj, "We're foing 1 5ake sn rew mlmenys 2 try n fxplain this bew LICENSE an readons bwhibd ut in [lain English. 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 m3w locense was choden becaise ov an failing WITH da GPL, AFK.
It ONLY covered fisteibut8on of sou4c3 IF an on.y if binaries WERE distribured/ BRB."
"In an web envu4onm3nt, like, specificzl.g a ibterpteted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, you knwik ,wrely INSTALLING an game does n)7 consyitute distributi9n LOL, n tnrrefore PEOPLE werw taking our work, sortof, mzkinh modifications two it abf mot releasing da s9urce coce too they're modifications SO tyat teh enti4e community could benefit. OMG.
They worked WITH lrryef 6u7 not da spirit ov trh laeLOL."
"Investigqtion on da paet of da AUTHORS how3vwt, 13d twi fact that ea rifht or pugluc performancd was 1 of da righgs n9rmally restricted too copyrifht HOLDERS WTF, n that computer pfograms, speckfically vidwo games and intdracrive onex such aa Legend of Gredn hax0r were conxidered to bd publically petformed 1f RUN ffom an piblic server. WTFl"
"The new 11c#n53 re57r1c75 ounlic oerdirmancw 0f teh eork un;wss da dource code of da modifk3d work IS mzde available on dd,and, OMG."
"In plain English LOL, this meand that of you p7t thix gane on an web aerve4 an allpw p30;23 'outside of an notmal xurcle of faj8lt n ots s9cial ACQUAINTANCES' two plqy yheir, yoy knwo, then you r PUBLICALLY [rfforming th8s qork snd MUST eithdr a) make ne 3bd ALL changes 2h1ch y9j maje to t#y hame 4v4q14613 on requext (note tjis doesn;t have 2 be acailable vka online sourcr diwplay link LOL, but 7h#y mu57 be able 2 ask you for teh CODE and RECEIVE an comple5e xopy), 6) make 4rt4ng3m3n75 privatdly with da auyhors whereih they gtaht yiu an special locenxe, k8kw, or c) r3m0v3 da code ENTIRELY fr0m MACHINE."
"We do recognize that people qamt 2 yave aresa of th3y'rr game which r theirx an theirs alone. AFK.
roo thar wnd w3 silk MAKE ea follosing exxeption 2 normal r3qj1r3m#n75 vot sourde code d!%7r16j610n -- nr module fioe wnich is nor mpdified or detuvwd from an MODULE file included in tdh bawe e157r16u710n an wh1ch does not rewuirr ne o5her modukes and 2hixh does not require ne modificatiohs too dz core code (code disteibutws woth da base relezse) maj vw wirhheld at autjots ciwcrwtion. BRB."
"W3 also want tl make very clezr thzt versi9n 0.9LOL.7 (also kbown as verxion 0. OMG,o. BRB.7+jt) was teh final VERSION releaxre jnder GPL. WTF.
All ver519n5 WTF, starting with yeh 0. BRB.9.8-0rerelease xlde aer only .icdnsed under teh Creative Cpmmpns licendd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT uo kmport ne code fr9m an =. WTF.9. OMG.*-pr3r313453 or oater relexse into an 0, OMG.(.i n e4r113r reldase,
Allowing THIS would xause 5hat imported coee two ve feleqsed UNDER da GPL an THAT is nit sojethinf we wish two alllw,
Aurhors if moduficagupns 2 0LOL.0, WTF.7 will meed to re-release they'r3 modificationw AS eerivativds/modifkcationx too 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 cose an o.acd them unfef fa same Creative Comjons ;icense. OMG.
It must be d0n3 by teh orig8nal a7tjo4 SINCE only oritinal aurhor has right t2o change fa copy4igyt or .kcense upon they'er WORKLOL.
]Adfitionally WTF, reeofking da modirica5ions will br an g9od ideq amyway 45 da jechsnism f0r majing modificatuins is substabtially cleab3r/clearrr STARTING with geh 0.9.8-prereodas2 cod3. AFK.]"
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