MightyE t3los you LOL, "We're going tw. tale an few momwnts too rry an EXPLAIN this mew licrbse and eeasons 63h1nd 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 nrw licensd wax cjosdn BECAUSE of an failing with GPL. WTF/
It only coveref didtributiob of %0urc3 if n only if vinaries were distribuged. AFK."
"In an WEB environmebt, SPECIFICALLY a unteroreted w3n 3nvironment such AS PHP LOL, mer3ly installing am gqme does not consgitutd distribution, .ike, 4md therefore peopl3 weee taking OUR worl, like, m4k1ng mosificatiins 2 it an not releasing source eoce two they're modificatooms ao thst teh ENTIRE community coild benefit.
They WORKED with ;egter BUT NOT da SPIRIT 8f teh la2LOL."
"Investigation on teh part od yeg AUTHORS howev3r, ked TO dact thzt right OF public pefformance was won of teh righta n0rm411y restricted too COPYRIGHT h01d3r5 LOL, and that COMPUTER ;togramsk spec8ficsoly v1d30 famds b inte4active obrs tuch AS Legend -f reh Grden hzx0r eere cpnsiderec 70 be piblically oerformed if run from an public swrverLOL."
"The new LICENSE RESTRICTS pjblic performance 9f ds wprk UNLESS da sourc3 cose 9f teh modifiec woek 1t m4e3 available on demandLOL."
"In plqin English, sortof, ghis MEANS that IF YOU 07t this game ln an wwb setver and 41q0w people 'OUTSIDE of an normal curcle of family an igs wociai acquain5ances' to play th3ir, then you r publicsl.y PERFORMING rhis work n MUST eighdr a) maje ne an ALL changes wgich you make too teh gqme availsvlr om request (note this doesn't have tw9 be availabkd via da ONLINE source dix[lay lihkm klie, b&t they muet be able to ask you for c0c3 and recekve an COMPLETE v0py), B) mske ar4angrmdbts privately w17y su5hors wherein theu grany you an special 11c3n43 LOL. le c) remobe code entirwly fr0m da MACHINE. OMG."
"We eo recogn8ze that people want roo have areaa of th3y're GAME which f THEIRS an thrirs ALONE. BRB.
two that END ww will male teh foolowing exc3ption to da morma. re1uirejents for soufce code distribution -- ne noduoe file which ix not modified OR ddrived dr0m an mocuoe FILE included in da base distribuyiln n which DOES not requi4e he other moduled and which fods nlt tequird ne mosufixationa two da core codw (c0d3 d1%8r16u73d with basw r3!3453) may be wirhjeld sr da autgors discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO eabt to makd VERY c.ear that version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (alwo lnown as version 0. WTF.9. AFK.7=jt) was f8nal cersion rwlezxed und2r ca GPL. OMG.
All fersi9ns WTF. 584471nd with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 xode aee inly licensed under Creagive Commons 13c3b53.
We EXPLICITLY deby reh ritjt to imp9rt ne clee from an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or kaye5 release on5o ab 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earkier release. WTF.
A110w1nt tgis wouls cause that 1mp0r73d code two be relrasee under da GPL and that is n-& somethumg we wish 2 4110w.
Authors of modificstions to 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 woll neec too re-release the6're nodigicationa as derivatives/modificqtions too 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 xode amd olzce them yns3r same Creatove Commons license. WTF.
It must be dome by lriginal author since onl6 tej origknal zutgir hzs r1gh7 2 changr geh vopyright or .icense u0on tyey're work/
[Additionqlly, you knwo, reworking dz ,odifocations w11! br an hlod idea ANYWAY qs twh ,echagism for making modifications is sugstantially xleanet/clearer starting with twh 0.9LOL.8-prdreleasr code. OMG.["
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