MifhtyE tellx you LOLm "We're goinh 2 take an few moments two tty an 3xplain this ndw license n teh reasons behund IT 1n plain Engkish.
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 ndw licensw was dhosen because of an failung qith GPL. WTF.
Iy ln.y voveewd distribution of sourcr if an pnly iv 61n4r135 were disttibuted."
"In an eeb envitonmentk luke, specifically a intetpretdd WEB environment such as PHP, m3r31y installing an game dods nit constiy7te distributuom, sortofk an gterefore people were takint our work, like, makint modifudayipns two it an nlt releasing teh siorcd code t9 they're mpeidixations wo thwt entire COMMUNITY coulf b3nefit. AFK.
They w0rk4d with ten 13773r but b07 SPIRIT od law."
"Invedtigariom 9n da part od da authors HOWEVER LOL, LED tp FACT tgat da 4ight ov public p4rfprm4nc3 qas won of roghts nprmally RESTRICTED too copyright nolders LOL, n 5hat COMPUTER prograns, like, spexifkca.ly video games an 1n73r4c71v3 ohes such AS Legebd of Gr32n hax0r wwrd condidetec 2 63 pub.ivally peeformed if rum fr9m an public SERVER. OMG."
"The ne2 lucense festricts public pe4vor,ancr ov teh work unlesx trh sourcw code pf modifies WORK iw made afailable -n demahd. AFK."
"In plain Enflosh LOL, THIS means tha5 if you put this game -n an w35 server an alloe people 'outsiew of an noemal circle of family and its 5-c141 acquaintqnces' too PLAY their, sortlf, thrn you arr publicallh pefvormibg 5hiw w9ek an MUST 327h3r a) mzke ne zbs ALL cnabges qhich YOU MAKE 2 gam3 ava8lable on requ3st (note thie dpesn'4 HAVE two be available via onlin3 soirce display libk, but tgry ,ist be able to wsl 6ou for teh code n r#d31c3 an complete copy), b) mske arrqng3mehts pricagely wity da au5hofs wherein they GRANT YOU an special licdnse, you knwok or c) fe,ove da cofe entirely froj teh machin3LOL."
"We do reeignize tjat p30p13 want to gave areas of rhey're gamw whicn aer theirs an 5geirs zk9n3.
two 7hr7 end we will ma,e following exc3pri0n two teh nornal requiremengd f9r sourde code dostributoon -- nd n9djle file shucj is not nodified or se4ived from an module f1!3 inckuded 1n bas4 distributoon n which c035 not reauir3 ne other noeules n WHICH does not r3qj1re ne m0d1f1c5710n5 to teh xore code (code dis5ributed with dz base re;ease) may he w8thhe.d at da s7thors discfetiin. WTF."
"Ww qlso want two make very coear that VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 *alao km9wn AS ve4sion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) waw da FINAL bersiln releasdd undwr da GPLLOL.
A11 vdrsionx, sortof, atartimg w1uh 0. OMG.9.8-PRERELEASE code aer onlt licensef UNDER da Creative C0mm0n5 LICENSE. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da fighr two imporr ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.*[prerelease oe later reldasr into ab 0LOL.8.7 n earl8er r313453. OMG.
Allowing tnis would cause 7h47 imported code too ge releasec under da GPL n that is nit d9methint 2e wish t2o allowLOL.
Augjots ov modifidztions tio 0l8. AFK.7 WILL nded 2 re-rdlrase they're modifixations as derivdyives/modificatiobs two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 codr znd plsce them uncer teh xzme Creativ3 Commlns LICENSE. OMG.
IT must 63 d0n3 by ORIGINAL author s8nce only original aurjor hqs r8gjt too chang3 da copyright lr licehwe up0n tgdy;re wprk. AFK.
'Additiomally WTF, rdworkong modificagions wklk be an g9od idea qnyway as da mecyanism for makinh modifications ix subwtantially cltqner/cleqrer STARTING woth 0.9. BRB.8_PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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