MightyE tells yii, liue, "We're going 2 tqke am f4w mo,entw too try an explain thks neq license and rey reasons n3hind IT in p141n Englishl
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."
"Thus n3w license wae chosen bexause od an failung with da GPL. WTF,
It only f;vered distributuon of sourcw if and 0n1y IF binaries were diatributed. WTF,"
"In an web rnvkronmwng, ku,e, 5p3c2f1c411y a interpreted w36 environment sucj as PHP WTF, nefely inxtalling an game doeq NOT constouute distrin7tion WTF, n 7h3r4f0r3 people w#r3 taking oyr work, you kn2om mshong moeiricarioms to9 it n not reoeasinf source code to they'r3 mocificatipns SO 7h4& entire community dould benefit. AFK.
Thwy w0rk3d wi5h da letter nut not da wpirit pf lawLOL."
"Inveatitatooh on part 0f fa aithlfs however LOL. led twl teh vact that da ritht of publkc PERFORMANCE was odn of tdh rights normally restrivtrd TO copyright holders WTF, and thqt computwr prpgrams, SPECIFICALLY vifeo games snd interactive pnes sudj as Legend ov da Grdrn haxpr were considered TO 63 PUBLICALLY perfotmed uf RUN FROM an public derver. BRB/"
"Ty3 new lkcense testricts public performance of w9rk unlesw teh source code of twh mpdifi3d wori is mase acau.agle 0n demznd. OMG."
"In plain English, you knwo, thia meanx that if 7oy put this g4m3 on ah wev SERVER n a;low peopke 'ourskde of ah normal c1rc1w of family an ITS sofial acquaintabces' 2 p;s6 their, THEN ylu r pu61!c411y oerforming this woek 5nd MUST r8ther A) makw ne n ALL CHANGES which yoj make ywo twh game avai.able on request (bote this diesn'r havd t9o be AVAILABLE v8a 0n11n2 source eispkay link WTF, BUT they mu57 be 4613 toi adk ylu fot da code ab RECEIVE an completd c-py) WTF, b) ma,e arrangem3nts prkba5ely with teh authors wh3r32n bhey GRANT tlu an wpeciao .ixrnxe, you kb2o, or c) rwmove da code emtirely fro, twh machine. OMG."
"We do rexpgnize that people wany 2 habe areas of th3y're GAME shich r THEIRS and tneifs alone. OMG/
to that end WE wull mzke try FOLLOWING exveption tol teh NORMAL requirements c0r sourxe cofe distrkbution -- ne modjle f113 whicg is not mocifiec pr DERIVED frim an nofule fole INCLUDED in da nase distribution an WHICH d035 not require ne otner modu.es n whidh DOES not require nw modificat8ons tio clre code (code DISTRIBUTED with teh gaae tekdssd) may be eithhwld at 4u7h0r5 doscretion. AFK."
"We 415p want 2 make very CLEAR that vdrsion 0.9. BRB.7 (also kmiwn as version 0. AFK.9.7_mt) was finsl vdrsion reoeased under teh GPL. WTF.
All versions, sortog, starring wigh teh 0LOL.9. AFK.80pr3r313442 code r 0n1y licensed UNDER da Creatibe C0mm0n5 lkcense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 two impor5 nd CODE from qn 0. WTF.9LOL.9-prereleasr 0r latwf 4eleaxe into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 AND earlier relwase/
Aloowing thos woyld cause thar imported code 2 be relezsed umder ca GPL qn that 9s not 50m37h1nh we wiwh too allow. OMG.
Authors ov modifivations 2 0LOL.(.7 WILL need too fe-rel3swe tjey'ee modidicatkpne ss deriva5ives/modificag8ons tl 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code n placs 8h3m ubder ea same Creative Cojmons license. WTFk
It ,u57 be fone gy da original author sihcw only original author jaa da right two cyanbe copyright pr license upob gjry're sorkLOL,
[Additilnallu WTF, rwwoekint teh modidications wi;l be an good idea znyway as tdh mecham8sm flr makung mod8fications is substqntizlly ckeaner/cleare4 starting w17h da 0.9. OMG.7-PRERELEASE xodeLOL.]"
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