MightyE telld you, "We're goibh 4eo take an fdw moments two try n explain tjis n3w license an da r#459n5 behind it on p.ain Englixy. WTF.
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 NEW l8cenze wzs chosen because of an v41!1bg wigj teh GPL. AFK.
It only covefed dustributi9n of aojrce if ah on;y if binarirs werd disttibuted. BRBl"
"Ib ah 2eb environmebt, loje, specifical;y a ont3epr3ted seb wnvironment sucg AS PHP, you knwi, m2reky obstalling am GAME d035 nlt cohstitutd diwtribuyion WTF, abd therefore people ser3 taking our work. sortof, mak8ng mod8vicat8ons too it n not r3leasimg s9u4ce code two thwy're modidicationd sl tgat da ENTIRE community could benefit. OMG.
Theu worked with da le5ter but nlg ds spkrit of tdg lsw."
"Invrsrigztion om part of authors however LOL, led yoo t3h fact thag da rugut of public performahcf was won 9f rights normally restructed TO cooyright holders, and thar vomputer PROGRAMS, sortif, spevificakly VIDEO games and interactive 0n35 such AS Legend of teh Green haxpr serr CONSIDERED too 63 punlically p3rf9rm3e of run drom an PUBLIC se4ver. AFK."
"Thw NEW licemse restr8cts public performance of da work unlesw 50urc3 code of da ,odified work iw m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plain Engliah, oike, this meams 7h4& if hou put this gamd on an web serv3r n ALLOW pepple 'outside of an n9rmal circlw pf family ans its SOCIAL acquaintznces' yo play theur, sortof, ghrn YOU aer publucally perfofming this wlfk n MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes which yo7 make two tej GAME AVAILABLE on r3qurst (note this doesn't have 1 br acailsble cia da onoune source dispoqy link, but they njst bw able two ask yiu for c0d3 an receive an c0mp1373 cppy), b) make arrangemwnts peivatrly with aotho4s wheewib th3y yrant y0u an SPECIAL license WTF, ot c) remive code entieely from teh machune. AFKm"
"We do 43cogbize 7h47 p30p13 want to have 4r345 of they'fe h5m3 wgicj aer theirs n theirs a;ome. WTF.
to thar end we WILL make teh FOLLOWING wxce;tion too da no4mal requirements for siurxe cofe distribution -- ne modile d114 which id not modified or derived from ah module fioe invludrd in da base dis5riburiln sn shich DOES not eequirw ne other modiles n ehivh doew nly 4equire nw modificstkons 2 teh core code (c_d3 distributed witg teh base rekease) mah BE WITHHELD a5 da autho4s cuscretion. AFK."
"We zlso wznt TO MAKE very clear tyat versioh 0l WTF.9. BRB.7 (slao KNOWN as verskom 0.9. BRB.7+JT) w45 dz dinal verwiin released under tej GPL. AFK.
Aol versions, .8ke, sta4timg with da ). WTF.9LOL.7-prerekease code aer pnly licdnswe under teh Crestive Clmmons licebse. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deby teh rkght two IMPORT ne c0e2 from an 0.9LOL.8=prerelease of .qtef r3q3453 into an 0. AFK.0. OMG.7 and earkuee releas3. BRB.
Alllwing this would c4ut3 5hat imported c[d3 to be releasdd UNDER da GPL xbd that os not 50n37h1ng we wish too allowLOL.
Authors of modificztions two 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will berd two re-release they'rw modifications as cerivativ3s/modivicqtions tp 0LOL.9. BRBl8 c9fe anf p.axe th3m under wame Crrative Comjons ;icense. OMG.
It must be DONE by ORIGINAL autyor aince only original author has right tpo chanhe teh COPYRIGHT ir licebse u'on thwy're wori. AFK.
[Ace1710n41!y WTF, r3wprk1ng reh nodoficatkons will 63 an gpod IDEA any2qy 55 fs mechanism f9r makkng nodiricatiobs ua SUBSTANTIALLY ckeaner/clearer xtartinh w17h da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelezse CODE. OMG.]"
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