MigntyE twlls y0u, you jnwom "We're gokng top take an few moments to TRY an explain this nee license and reasohs 63h1nd 9t in pla8n Ebglish. AFK.
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 licdnse was chpsen bexzuxe or an failing w17h GPL. OMG.
I7 ONLY covdred distr8bution of aource if an 0b1y if binaries WERE dist4iguted, OMG/"
"In qn web fhv8ronment LOL, 5p3c1f!c411y a interpreted w36 envirlnmeng 5udh as PHP, you knwo, mereky INSTALLING an gane DOES not cons5utute d157r16u610n, sortof, and THEREFORE people w3r3 taking our work LOL, making modificatiobs to it an not releasing 5eh sourc3 code tol they're modofications so THAT tey wntire COMMUNITY could benefit.
They worked w8tn da lettet but not spkrit of teh ia2. AFK/"
"Invdstigation 0n da part lf teh authors hlweverm slrfof, led t9 da fac5 tnat teh RIGHT 9f public p3rfofmance was oen of teh r1gh75 normakly rewt4icted tuo c0pyr1gh7 h01d3r5, sort9f, n that computer programs, spec8fically vudep GAMES n inteeactive ones such AS L3gend 0f teh Gteen hax0t wwrd donsidrrwd too b3 pubkivally perfot,ed if run from an pybkic se4v3t."
"Tge new ;icense restficts pyblic perro4mance od work unpess aource code of m.fified wprk is made availanl3 on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN English LOL, THIS meanw thsy if y0u put this game ln an web werver an ALLOW peop;e 'ougside of an noemal circle of fami.y n kts socia. ACQUAINTANCES' goo pkay their, then you r pjblicallh performinh yhis WORK an MUST 317h3r s) make ne an ALL chznges whqch you male to dz game availwblw on request (note ghis doesn't h4v3 two BE available viw dq ONLINE %0urc3 display link, sortor, but thet MUST be aboe 2 ask you flr teh codr and rwceive an complete copy) WTF, b) makw arrangemdnts PRIVATELY with teh authprs egerein THEY grant you an spwcia; license, lije, or c) $emove teh coee ent8relt frpm MACHINE. OMG."
"We do fedognize tnat p30p13 wanr to have afeas of they're game WHICH aer theo$s zn theirs alone. WTF.
to that end we will mak3 da following exception go borma/ REQUIREMENTS for sourde code eostributiom _- ne MODULE g113 which is not modivied or deriv3d from zn mos7l2 FILE inc.uded ih teh BASE dixyribufion and whidh soew not requird be oyhrr m0su135 an whoch DOES not requore ne MODIFICATIONS two da cire CODE (code d8stribuyed WITH reh base re.ease) MAY BE withhdld AT trh authors d8axtetilnLOL."
"We also want two makr vwry c;ear thay vdrsiln 0.9l WTF.u (also ,nown ad verdion 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was ds FINAL v3rsion r3leased undet tej GPL. BRB/
Alo vefwions LOL, dts4tinh with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleasw code t 0n1y licenaed under da Creat8ve COMMONS lixdnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 import nr CODE frpm an 0. OMG.9.8-pre4elease or latet RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9, WTF.& an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing THIS eould cause thag imported code too 63 e3leased UNDER GPL n that is not sojething we wish rwo 41102.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL.(LOL.7 w111 need two re=rrleaae thei're ,pdifications as derivarives/modiricarions too 0.9. AFK,8 code n plsce them jhfer 5eh xame Creative Commlns 21c3n53l
It mus5 be don3 6y tej o4iginal qithor sinc3 omly da origina; author HAS da 4ight to changd fs cipyrkght or licehsw upon they're work. AFK/
[Additionzlly WTF, e3w0rk1ng teh modidications wikl ne an good idea sny2au as teh mecyznism fot making MODIFICATIONS is sybstantiall6 cleaner/cleafe4 s5arting wity teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8[pf3r313453 c0d3. BRB.["
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