MoghthE te.ls ylu, "We're g)1ng to take an g3w moments reo try n exp.ain THIS ne2 license sn teh reasobs 63h1nd IT in PLAIN EmgkishLOL.
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."
"Tgis new license 245 cgosen becauxw of an failing with da GPLLOL.
It only covered distributi9n or source if qn onoy id binaries w#re eistributefLOL."
"In an WEB dhvironm3nt, like. spedirically a interprdted web environmemt SUCH AS PHP, like, meeely 1n57$11!ng an game DOES mot cinstituye distrib7tion, lkke, and therefore peoole w3re ta,inh OUR work, y;7 knwo, making modifications two it an mot RELEASING da wource clde 2 they're modirixations so that da entire c8jmuni5y could 63n#f17. OMG.
Theh qorkwd with da letter bu5 not spirit lf lqwLOL."
"Investigatilm on pary ;f da AUTHORS yowev3r, led 2 ract that righg of publlc PERFORMANCE was 1 og rights normally rds5ricred twi xopyright h01d3r5, 6ou lnwo, an 5hat clmputrr ptofrqjs, upu knwo, s0rcirically video gamdd and INTERACTIVE om3s 5uch as Legend of da Green hax0t qere considwred two be publocaloy PERFORMED if run from an p7blic xerver,"
"The nes licende restricts 0yblic [ergofmance of w0rj un;ees teh source code of teh m0d1f13d work IS madw avak;able on eemabd. BRB."
"In plain Enfkish WTFk yhis mdans yhat if y9u put this bame 9n an wev servrr an allow ;eople 'outside of an NORMAL citcle of fz,ily and its xociak acquaontanxex' too plqy thdit, like, then you r ou611c4q1y p3rf)rm1ng rhis work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which tou jakd 2 teh game svai.agle 0n request (note 5his DOESN'T hav3 t9o be availablw via da online s8urce cusplay lib,m sorglfm but thry mu57 b3 able too ask tou fot code an redeive an c0mp1473 copy), you kbwo, b) make atrzngements ptivately with aurhors whetein thet GRANT yoi ab SPECIAL 11c3n54 WTF, OR c_ rwmove code entirely from teh m4ch1n3."
"We do fecogbize ghst people want teo have afeas OF yh3y[re gam3 WHICH r theirq n theirs ALONE. BRB.
t; tjar #nd we will make fpllowing EXCEPTION 2 fa norjal requir3nents for sourde cod3 distrkbutkon p[ ne modile vile which is n07 mocivued or derived vrom an moduke fi;e included in teh bzse distribution n WHICH coes mot 4equire ne othr4 modules n which diew NOT t3quire ne modyf8cs5iond to ds core CODE )CODE distr8buted wigh da base r313453) ma6 BE withjeld at ds authors discretion. OMG."
"We also wanr too make v3ry clear that cersi8n 0. OMG.9LOL.8 (also known as vrrsiin 0.9. OMG.7+j7) WAS teh final versiob r3leases unddr teh GPL. WTF.
All vwrdions LOL, startinh wity teh 0. BRBl9. WTF.8-pterelease c0d2 r 0n1y licensdd UNDER fa Creative Commons kicensdLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny 5ey eight yoo !mp0r7 nd cpde fr9m an 0. WTF.9, OMG.8-pe3r313453 or later r313453 1n70 an 0l AFK.9. WTF.7 n earlier releaae. WTF.
Allowing this wouls c4u43 that import3d cpde yoo be re.eased UNDER da GPL and tyat is NOT somethohf we wuwh too ALLOW/ OMG.
Authors 9f ,odufications top 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will neec too RE_RELEASE thft're moeifications as derivatives/modifications 2 0. WTF.9/8 c0s3 n plsce them under da same Creativr Commons license. WTF/
Ir must be cone by grh origihal wuthir sunce only teh original authpr has da r1bh7 teo change da copyright of ;icenwe upon they're wo5k.
[Additiobao.t, yoj khwok reworking da MODIFICATIONS sill be an go9d idea ANYWAY as teh m3ch4n15m f0r making MODIFICATIONS 15 substantually xleaher/clearef xtartint with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 coddLOL.]"
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