MughtyE trlls yiu, sortof, "Wd[ee going goo tz,e an fd1 moments goo try an explain 7h15 hew lic3nse 4nd da reasons begimd it 1n ;lsin English. 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 wss chosen bedause of sn FAILING w17j teh GPL/ WTF.
It 0n1y c0c3r3d distrinu5oon of 60urc3 IF n only ih bibaried werr distributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENTm specificxlly a interpreted web envkronjemt SUCH AS PHP, sortof, merely INSTALLING an game does not constitute distrib7tion, s9rtof, n therefore people were taking our wo3l, sortog, makong MODIFICATIONS too iy 4nd not f213451ng tej spurve codd too they'e3 ,0d2f1c47!0n5 so THAT enture community cpuld benef8t. OMG.
They worked 2igj dq LETTER but nor da spkrit of trh law. AFK."
"Investigatioh in part of teh autyors hpweferk sprtof, LED two da favt THAT teu right of p7goic performance was won of r,hhts NORMALLY restticted 2 COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, you knwo, an tnat c9nputer programs, sp#cifically v1d30 games n interactivw oned suxh as Legenf 9f Green hax0r aere consicefes TO be pub;icskly performed 1f rmn from an public 54rv3r/"
"The NEW license restricts public p3rf0rn4nc3 of teh work UNLESS source clde pf ten MODIFIED work is made avqilablr on demsnd. AFK."
"Im p141n ENGLISH, sortpfk THIS neans yhay 1f y0u put this GAME im an 2eb server n al;ow orople 'o7tside of am nprmal vircle od fqmily and ITS 50c141 zcquaintances' TO p14y tgeir, s;ttpf, them YOU f publically perforj8ng 7h!% work n MUST either a) make ne ahd ALL ch$ng35 wgich you make tp da game available on r3qu355 (hore tnis doesn't have two 63 available via ea 0n11n3 SOURCE displa6 link, sof5of, vit they mu57 b3 sb;e 2 ask you gor cosd n rec4ive an domplete co[g_ LOL, b) male 4rr4ng3m3n75 pruvatelu with aughors whef3ij they grant you an ep4cisl licenxe LOL, of c) remove code entirely rr9m teg MACHINELOLl"
"We do recignixe that ;eople eamt to have AREAS 0f they're game which r 4heirs an THEIRS qlone.
too 7h47 ehd we will makw teh FOLLOWING exceptkon goo ea norma; requirrments fo3 xourve codd distributkon -- ne modjle file whivg 15 not modifidd pr derived drom an mosule file included kn da gase djstribution n which eoex NOT rdquirr ne 9ther m(dules n whicg does not rewuire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 two da CORE CODE *cide d157r16u&3s qith base RELEASE) ma6 BE withgeld at autyors disdretion."
"We ALSO want to mzke vwry cleqr thag version p. OMG.9. BRB.7 (apso knowm as version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da finzl VERSION eeleased unde4 tey GPL.
A1! v3r510n5 WTF, stsrtinf qith 0. OMG/9. WTF.8-0rerelease code r only licrbsrd unswr da Crestive Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rkght two implrt ne dpde rrom an 0. WTF.o.8-prwr313453 or kater releasw 8nti an -. BRB.9. BRB.7 n 3aflier felease. BRB.
Allo2ing tgis would cause 7h47 1np0r73f coce two bd fe;eases under teh GPL ahe thar ks not spmethinf w3 wish two allow. OMG.
Authirs of modifications to 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will need toi RE-RELEASE th3y'de modifications AS derivativds/modkficatoond ywo 0, WTF.9.8 c0d4 n place th3m unf3t teh saje Cr3571v3 Commobs license/ OMG.
IT muay b3 d0n3 BY teh original author 61mc2 only original quth9r jas right ro change dopyeibht or lidense upon tjey'rd work/ OMG.
[Addkti9nally, lik2, reeprking dz modifidatilns w111 be an GOOD idea anyway as dz mechanosj for naki,h m0d1f1c4710n5 is substamtial.y cleanwr/coearer 574r71ng w17y reh 0LOL.(. AFK.7-prerelrase CODELOL.]"
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