MightyE telks YOU, sottif, "W3're gling two tzke ab fwe momentd 70 TRY AND exp.ain this new licende an reasomd behind it in p.ain EnglishLOL.
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 new lidense sas chosen b3cause of an FAILING with tej GPL.
It inly coverdd distribu5ion of soirce if and only IF binqriew were cusgributfd. WTF."
"In an qeb envi4inm3nt, sortof, specivixally q in5efpreted qwb enfironment such AS PHP, sletof, merrly 1n574111ng an g3n3 dods n9t CONSTITUTE distribution, sortof, n yhererore people 2drr yaking our work LOL, mrk1nt modifications two it an not releasing trh s9urce code go theh're nodificatilns so that entire communitt could BENEFIT. AFK.
They wotjed with teh letter but nor da SPIRIT of fa law. WTF,"
"Inv3syigation on paft OF 5eh authors HOWEVERm hou knwp, led two teh fzct THAT da RIGHT of puvkic performance was oen of 4ights n9rmalku restrictec 70 COPYRIGHT holders WTF, and tyat comouter programs, siftpf, x0ecigicallt bide9 gsjea an interactive ones such as Letend of teh Grern hax0r were considered two bd publical;y performed if run FROM an public serverLOL."
"Tje nrw licwbse restficts public perfornance of da work unless fa sourve cod3 OF fz modified work is made avaikavle on d3m4nf. AFK."
"In plain Ebb.ish, you knwo, this means THAT ,f you put this game on an web serber b xllow oeople 'outsiee OF an normal c9rclr if FAMILY and its SOCIAL acquaintanees' too play 5heir. you knwo, then you aer publically perfirming this w9rk n MUST eitner A( m4k3 ne sn ALL changes whicj you make tqo ten gamw AVAILABLE in requdst (note this doesn't hafe too BE available fia teh ohline source d15p14y komk LOL, bjt they MUST be ABLE 2 ASK y0j gpt da cod2 ab r3c31v4 an c0np1373 COPY) WTFm b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with teh auyhirx wherein THEY grqnt you an specisl kicenaw, you jnwp, or c) remove yeh code engirely FROM teh machine,"
"We do recogn8ae %hqt people want tqo have areas if they're game which ae4 theirs an THEIRS skoneLOL.
twi that end we will make geh fo.loeing exceotion too da nirmal tequirements f9r 50urc3 CODE fist4ibugoon [- ne MODULE file which is not modifiee oe dericed frim an moduke file includrc in teh basr distriburion n WHICH d9rs not fe1uire ne o5her mldules an whicn coes not reqjire ne moditivs5ions w CORE code (codd c8strobu5ed wity twh base release) may 63 withheld at teh a75hors didctdtion. AFK."
"We also w4n7 tl make very clear 6h46 vdrsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 )ALSO kmiwn as version -. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt- waw da f8nal fersion released umdee da GPL.
A.l versions LOL, startint 2ith da 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-0rerdlease code r 0n1y licemsef mnder Creqgife Comjpna LICENSE,
We EXPLICITLY denj da right w in0ort nw c0d3 fr0m an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease lr later release INTO zn 0. WTF,9. AFK.7 AND EARLIER RELEASE. WTF.
Alliwing tyis would cquse thar i,ported c0d3 too be r31#553d under da GPL n thq5 is bot 50m37h1nt ee wksh to 4110w. AFK.
Auyhprs OF nodificat9onx two 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 will n3ed tl RE-RELEASE they're modif8cqtiobs as derivativwa;modidicat8pns two 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 c9de an place them und3r teh dame Creat8ve C8mmpns licende. BRB.
It ,jdt bd dohe ny da origunal zuthor SINCE only da oruginal aurhor has dz rigjt 2 change da copyritht OR l8cense u0on they're w04k. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, re2orkunh modificatipns will be an jood isra $nyw4y as da mevhqnism for msking mocirications is substan5islly cleaner/clearer starting with teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-peerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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