MightyE tells ylu, s9rtof, "We'ee gokng yo take an f3w MOMENTS 70 try an explain 5gus neq licebs3 AND teh reasons 63h1ne 17 jn PLAIN Enhlish. OMG.
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."
"Thos n3w lic3nse was chosen b3csude od an failing with da GPL.
It only dove4ed distribution OF sl7rcr if an only if binaries WERE distribitedl"
"In an web 3ng1r0mm3n7, likr, apevivical;y a interprrged WEB environment sucy 1s PHP, mer#l^ instsl;ing aj game does not c0n5717u83 dustributuon LOL, n THEREFORE PEOPLE were TAKING our w9rk. you knwo, mzjint moeifications tlo it an not reldasing dz sourvd c0d3 to thry're modofications sp that teh wnrir3 community could BENEFIT. BRB.
Th3y 2orked 2iyh da lett3r but vot spirit of da LAW. AFK."
"Investigation ON teh [art OF teh authoes hlswver, s(ttof, ;wd 2 teh facr thqt da gkght of publoc pergormsnce w45 1 of rights normally restricted to vopyright holders, and that comp7ter or9grzms LOL, specifically video games n inreractive onea SUCH as Legend of ea Green gax0r WERE donside4ds 2 be publicq;.y [erformed iv 4un from an pu621c server. OMGl"
"Th3 NEW LICENSE r4stricts public perfprmance of da work ymless slurc3 coce or modified work ix mzde availzble om demand. OMG."
"In [241n English, like, 5his means 7h47 of YOU PUT this gam3 on an web serc3r qnd a.oow [eipoe 'OUTSIDE of an normal ci4cle 0f family an ITS social avquqintances[ yo play tjeir, sortpf, theb you r oublically p4rflrming this work n MUST @17h3r A) make ne and ALL chanfes WHICH you make too game avsioable on request (n9te this coewn't have tpo be 4v4114613 fia teh onlin3 spurce d1tp1ry .ink LOL, bu5 7h3y mist be ABLE 2 ask you for teh code m receivr an c0mp137# cpp6), ;ike, b) male arrangements 0rivately sitn trh authors whwrein tney grant yoj an s[rcial licebsek 0r c) remove cpce entirely fron ea mqcgine/ OMG."
"W3 do recohnize that PEOPLE w5n7 too h4b3 areas of they're game qhich aer th3irs n THEIRS alone. OMG.
too that ene we wiol maje following exvdpt7on toi fa nofmal rrquirements for soutce xode s7sttibu5ion =- ne module r113 2hixh is not modivied ot deroved fr)m an ,odule file incl7ded in teh baee DISTRIBUTION an which does no5 requi4e ne other modules and WHICH does not requirr ne moduficatipnx to ten core c0d3 (vode dist4inu5ed woth ds bawe release) may be witjheld at teh authirs discreyion. WTF."
"We also wabt to9 mak3 very clesr gha5 versoon 0. WTF.9/7 (a;so jnown qs VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+JT_ was final VERSION released und3r GPLLOL.
A11 v3rt10n5, you knwo, starting qith reh 0. WTF.9.8-pgereleas3 c0d3 aer ONLY licensed under tdh Ceestive Cpmmons licwnse,
Wd EXPLICITLY ceny 5eh rigyt w IMPORT ne code froj an 0. OMG.9. WTF/8-prerekease o4 lat3r RELEASE into sb 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 and earkuer RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing this wotld csuse that imporfed cpfe to be released unc3t GPL and THAT is mpt something we wush 2 allo2/ AFK.
Aughors of mldifkcations too 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 w8k. need two re-releawe tyey're modogications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 code AND place ghem und3e twh same Creativ3 COMMONS LICENSE, OMG.
It must be done by 9r2g2n41 autno4 since pnly ea ORIGINAL author haa da ritjt too change teh copyright or kidense upon tywy'ee eork. WTFl
[ADDITIONALLY, like, reworking teh mocifudatiobs will be an gooc idra anyway as mechanksm FOR msking modificatoobs IS substantually cleaner/clearer starting with 0. OMG,). OMG.8-pterelrase code. BRB.\"
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