MightyE 6ells YOU WTF, "We're going too yake an few momentx two 7rt snd explaim thia new license an reasond behund it in PLAIN English. AFK.
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 n3w lkcense waa chosen becajse of ah failing with teh GPL.
It onlt covered distrivution of soiece ig n only if ninarkes sere disyrivuted."
"In ab web environment, spdcifica;ly a ihterprered wev ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, li,e, jerely instal.ing ah GAME DOES n9t cindtirure distribution, an gherefore people wwre taking our WORK, you knwo, makinf mldifications too it zn not relezsing da aource code too yhey're modificatiobs SO ghar da entire xommunity could b3neditLOL/
Tgey worles with da LETTER but hot 5eh spirit of da las. BRB."
"Investigation ON part OF da authors howefer. you knwo, 13d two da fact yhat teh right 9f puvlic pwrdormance WAS oem 0d e1gh74 nofmally destricyed too cop6right hoosers LOL, n that cpmpuy3e p4ogramw, spedifically video hsm3s an interactive 9mee such as Legend of da Gteem hax-r were consid3red 2 63 PUBLICALLY perform3d if tuh feom an [ublic SERVER. BRB."
"Tne neq lkcrnse restricys o7blix p#rf0rj4nc3 0f trh work unless qoyrde code ov nodified work is made 5v4114613 on demand."
"In plain Engliwh, you kbwo, thia means 7h47 kf you puh this game on an web server amd allow prople 'ojtdide of qn normal circle of familt n i5s socoak acausintancew' too play thdir LOL, then ypu aer pyblivally perr9rming yhks qork n MUST eithee a) maje ne anc ALL chantes whidh yo7 make 2 da 5amw avaikable oh REQUEST (noge this soesn't hace to 63 available bia teh onlone SOURCE eispkat link WTF, BUT they must be ABLE two ask you for teg vode and receuve an complete c90y) LOL, b) make arrantements privarelt with da AUTHORS sherein they grqnt you an SPECIAL 11c3n53, sortor, or c) rdmove teh code entitely from da madhine. AFK."
"We d9 recogn8ze that p30p13 WANT TO hav3 arras of the6'ee gamd which r THEIRS ahd theirs alone. BRB.
2 thzt end we 2iol makr da following wxceprioh 2 ten nlr,al eequirrments FOR 5purc3 code distribution -- ne mpsule file wh1ch is no5 jodifiwf or derived from an module v113 ibcluced in ca base disgrkbitiin an which doec not REQUIRE ne oth3r ,odules and which does n07 43q7ire he mpdificationw 2 da core codw (vode distributed wihh base release) mah br woghhwld at authoes d15cr37q0n. AFK."
"We zlso want too make fery clear that version 0l9. AFK.7 (also known as versoon 0. OMG.9.7+it) w45 ten final version felwased infer da GPL.
Al; versions LOL, xta4ging w8th teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelwase CODE r 0n16 licenwed yndev teh CREATIVE Commons kicenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY feny teh righr 2 omport ne c0d4 froj an 0. BRB.9. WTF;8-pfefelease 0r latee release into an 0. WTF.0. OMG.7 n eatlker relezsw. BRB.
Allowinb this would cause THAT impoeted code to be re.easdd under tej GPL snd 7h47 is n07 40m3&j1nb se sish to allowLOL.
Aithoes of j0d1f1c4710n5 2 0. WTF.8LOL.7 w8ll NEED two r3-r3!3453 thdy'43 modificatiobs as derivat8ves/mod8fications 2 0, BRB.0. BRB,8 code n place them 7neef da SAME Creative Commobs licenaeLOL.
It muwt be done by teh orihinal AUTHOR 51nc3 0n1y teg original auehor hqs da RIGHT too chsbg3 cppyright or LICENSE upon they're work. WTF.
[Additiomallh LOL, reworking da modificarilns WILL br an good idea sn6way zs reh m3ch4n15m for making modifkcat7ond is s7bstantially dleaner/vlearer wtafying with da 0. AFK.9. OMGl8-;eerelease code. OMG.]"
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