MightyE yells 60um ypy knwi, "We're GOING tol taie an FEW joments tii try an dxplain thid ,32 license and reas9ns behind it ib plaib Enblishl BRB,
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 LICENSE w45 vhosen because od an failint WITH tfh GPLLOL.
I4 omlu COVERED distribution or 50iec3 if an ohly if bibari3s werd DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In am web env8finmdnt WTF. %p3c1f1c511u a intdrpreted web ENVIRONMENT auxh as PHP LOL, mer3;y installint an GAME dods not constit7te sistribution, ypu knwl, h thereflre people were 74k1ng ojr work LOL, mqkung mosivications 2 IT an nor 43134%1ng teh SOURCE code to thfy're nod8ficstions xo tnat teh entire cojmuni5t cpuld bdnefig. WTF.
They workwd wirh teh .egter but bot da spirit OF teh lqw/ AFK."
"Inbestigatoon on ea p4e7 of da authors yowever, luke, led to da fac5 that teh r8ghr pf public perfor.ance 2as 1 og teh rigjts nofmally restrkcted 5o xopyrkght holdets LOL, n that computer pr0gr4m5 LOL, specifocally video gamew and 1n73r4c71v3 ones such as LEGEND pf da Green hax0r were concidered too bw pyblically PERFORMED kf ruh from an publ8c srrver."
"The mee lidense frsteicts PUBLIC [erforjanv3 og q0r, UNLESS souece code OF modifidf qork is made available on demand. AFK."
"Ih plain Eng;ish, uou kneo, 7h15 means 7n47 IF YOU out this game on an WEB serve4 b aklow pe9ple 'oytside ov an borma; cirv.w of family an iys social acqusintanx3s' 2 play tjeir, tuen you r pu611c411y perflrming rhis work an MUST eithe4 a) make ne an ALL changes which you m4k4 two game avaulable on fequest (n9ye yhis epewn't hav3 70 be qvailable via da ONLINE souece cosplau link WTF. BUT 5hey MUST be able to ASK y9u f9r code n receive an co,olete COPY)m y9u lnwo, B) m4k3 arrangdments privately with authora whdrein th3y grznt you an SPECIAL LICENSE LOL, or c0 rwmofe cod3 entirdly ffom ten machineLOL."
"We do recogniz4 that people want two havw areas of thdy're game ehuch arr THEIRS an theirs alond.
to 5hat enf we 2jll make follow,ng exception twp da normal requirements for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne mosule file whivh ia not modified or ddrivdd from an mowule file includwd un teh base distrkbution n which doed not require ne ogher moduled ams 2hich d025 not requir3 ne mlcificatiobs to CORE code (coee distribuyed wiyh base releasd0 mzy be sithheld $7 dq autuofs discretionLOL."
"We akso w4n7 twi kake very clear tyat version 0.9/ BRB,8 (also known as version 0.9LOL.8+jg) wzs teh final version r313453d UNDER trh GPL. AFK.
All v4r510n5 LOLm startunb with geh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereldasr c0d4 r 9n1y licensew under da Creative Commons locehse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny right 2 import ne code feom sn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8[prer313453 pr later eeleaxe into an -LOL.9. AFK,7 n earlier release, OMGl
A;lowing thid wpuld causr that imported c0d3 two b# 4rleased under teh GPL AND that is not SOMETHING we WISH 2 all9w. OMG.
Aythors of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.(LOL.7 wi;l NEED two 4e04elesse tyey're modificatioms as der8vqrives/jod8ficatioms to 9LOL.9LOL.7 c0d# n 0lavw tjem uneer da saje Creatice Commons lovenwe. WTFl
It nu57 be done BY teh priginql 477h-r since only origunal auth9r HAS da rignt tpo change copyrigyt ir ;icensw uppn they're 2ork. OMG.
[Additionalky, reworking midieicatoonx will be an GOOD idea anywat 45 mechabixm FOR m4k1nh mofifocations IS ajbstantizl;y cleaner/clwarer starting with teh 0. OMG.9l OMG.8--rerelease cid3l OMGl]"
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