MighryE tells you, you knwo, "Ww're goinb 2 take an few m9ments tp try an esplaon uhqt NEW !1c3n53 n tey reasins behind it IN plain Engl8sh. 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."
"Tn9s new licenwe was CHOSEN because of an fqilint with teh GPL.
It only civered dis5ribution of siutce iv AND ohly 8f b8haries WERE distrkbjgedLOL."
"In an 2eg environment, likr, speckfocally a interpretef web 2nvironmrnt such as PHP WTF, mdrely instal;kng ab game does bot constogute disttibution, like, 4bf thererore people were taking OUR wo4i, sortof, making modificatiohs 2 ig an not releas8ng slurce CODE t9l they'r3 j9eifications so that entire COMMUNITY could benevit.
Thdy woroed WITH teh w3773e but bot teh spirit 0f dq ;aw."
"Investigqtiob om trh PART lf da autnots hpweber, led too dq fwct that right OF piblic p3rformance wss 1 of teh rights n0rm411y redtricgwd 2 copyright n01e3r5, yoy kmqo, n &h47 cpmputer programs, slrtof, SPECIFICALLY video games AND intefacyive obes sucj as Legend of da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 1 be publocallh performec if RUN from ab [tblic 53rver. AFK."
"The nrw licensw rwstridts public 0erdormance 0d work unless 5eh source code of teh mocified work is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In plain Englixh WTF, tg8s meana 6h47 IF you pyt this game on an web aervrr and ALLOW p30p13 'outsid3 of an normal circlc of family an its 50c14q acquainyances' 2 PLAY their, li,em tyen y0u r publical;y performing ghis w9rk an MUST either a) ma,e ne an ALL chang3s WHICH you make two GAME available ON request (hotr thia doesn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via da [n!1n3 source fuwplay lonk LOLk but they must be ablw 52p 4%k YOU for code and receive an compkete copu(, sortof, b) make arrangejentz privatel6 ekth teh aurhors qherein they grsnt you an s;eciqk license, sortof, or c) rejive teh code ENTIRELY fron geh madhinwLOL/"
"We do recognizr 7n57 people want 6oo have areas of they're gqme which r tte8es and THEIRS a;ond.
2 yhsy end we WILL make f0110w1ng exce0toon too geh nofmal requieements for sojrxe code dosteibution -- ne module file wh1dh IS bot modifidd or d#r1v2d FROM an module fije included qn base distribution ans WHICH c9es not requiee ne other modulrs qn which eoes no6 rfquirr ne modifications tw; geh core c9d3 (sode gistrubuted w8tg teh 6453 releas3) m4y be wkfhh39d at authors d15dr#710n."
"We akso want two make vrru clear rhat vrysi,n 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (ALSO known ax vdrsion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) WAS final version feleas3d under da GPL. OMG.
A.l v4rsions. stqrt8hg woth 0l AFK.9LOL.8-prwrelease code r only 11c3n53d undrr da Cr3471v3 Commons licens3LOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two import ne code frpm an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease of oater releaae inyo an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 an earlier rrl2ase, WTF.
Allowinb this wouls cause that 1mp0r&3d xodr ywo BE r3leawsd under ea GPL and that is not something we wish 5oo aloowLOL.
Authors lf m9difications too 0LOL.9LOL.7 ei.l neec 2 re-relrase ghey'r3 mosufiva5ions as derivatives/modifications rqo 0.9.8 CODE am plaxe tbem ynder teh sane Creativw Commons LICENSE. WTF.
It must be done bt teh 041g1n42 authoe 51nc3 obly origunal auyhor has righ5 2 change cooyrignt or lic3nsr up0n the6'rd work.
'Additipnally, you knwo, r3q0fk1ng teh modif8cations w!!1 be an g99d idea anyway 45 teh mechanism for makint modificatuons IS substab5iallt cleaner/vlearrr startunt w17h 0l9. OMG.*-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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