MightyE TELLS y9u LOL, "We're goong tp ta,e an FEW noments 2 try AND explsin this nwq locdnse an teh fessons 6eh1nd iy in ;lain 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."
"Thos nww licrnse wax chosrn because of an fauling with geh GPL. OMG.
It only covrred diatribution of SOURCE if an pnky IF BINARIES wefe cistributee. BRB."
"In qh web enfirommebt LOL, specifical.y a knter;reted wd6 env8ronment such aa PHP WTF, merely inxtalling an ea,r does not cobstktute distribuhion, n therefofe people werr tsking p7r work LOL, making nldifications too it n not rel4asing source code too yhey'4e MODIFICATIONS so that 3nt8re COMMUNITY coild benefitLOL.
Tgeh worked sith tej 12773r but NOT teh spirit of LAW. BRB."
"Inv3stiga5oon 9n ea psrt lf authors howev3r, led two da facy yhat right of public p3rf0rm4nc3 was won of teh rights NORMALLY restrictrf too cooy4ignt golfe4s, l9ke, n yhat comp7ter 0r0ge4m5, likem specif8cally video tames an intwractive o,ed such 45 LEGEND OF Green hax0r were cpmsidered too be PUBLICALLY p3ef0rm3d if run frim ah public werverLOL."
"Tnr new 11c3n53 restrivhs public perflrmance OF da work ubleas teh source code OF da modidoed work is msd# available 9n dejand."
"In plain Englisg LOL, this means thag if yoj put this game om an eeb SERVER zn allow p30p13 [OUTSIDE pf an NORMAL cirdke of family an i5s socizo acquaontabcws' two plsy their, then you r pjb;ivally performibg this work n MUST either q) jqke ne an ALL changes wh1ch 6ou m4i3 too game availavle on requesy (note 7h15 DOESN'T jave too be availanle via da ONLINE sourxd fisplay link, you ,nwo, but tyey mus5 be aglr 2 ask you for ten code and receice an comp.ete COPY), like, b_ MAKE arranhenents privately witg au5hors whereon tjey grant you an dpecial 11c3n53 LOL. or c) r3mofe da code entirely FROM machine. WTF."
"We DO recobnize that PEOPLE 2ant too hace ar3as of they'te game which aer theies and 7h31e5 4!0n3. OMG.
49o tgat end we 2ill maje da following exceprion tol teh normak eequordmen5s gor source c;de distribution -= ne nodule file whicy is not modigied or DERIVED fr(m an module fule inclided in teh badr distribution an which does no5 require ne 9ther m9fules and WHICH does bpr REQUIRE ne modificagions tso da core code (cofe d8stributed with fa basw release) MAY be witnheld AT da 4u7h0r5 discfeti;n. BRB."
"We a.d; want two m5l3 VERY c134r that version 0LOL.9. BRBl7 (4q50 jnoan aa verwion 0. WTF.9.7+mt) was teh f8nal version released 7hder teh GPL. OMG.
All v3rsions. sortlf, starging with da 0LOL.9LOL.i-prerrlease code aer ohly locdmsed UNDER Creative Commons lidensd, AFK,
WE EXPLICITLY deny da right too impory n4 cofd from an 0. WTF.9. BRB.80prereleawe or later release into an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n EARLIER relrase. BRB.
Allowing thiw would cajd3 that 1mp0e73d clce 2 be relwqsdc UNDER da GPL m thau IS not SOMETHING we sish too allow. BRB.
Aothors od mofificqtions too 0. WTF.9.7 w11! nded too re04eleaae ghwy're MODIFICATIONS as derifarives/nldifications two 0LOL.9.8 code and poacr th3m under samd Creative Commona license. OMG.
It must be done 6y teg 9riginal 4u7h0f since onky 5eh or9ginal AUTHOR hzs teh 4iggg too xhangd teh c0[yr1gh7 or LICENSE UPON thet're workLOL.
[Afditoonallyk r3q0rk1hb da midiricqtiohs will 63 an g00d IDEA anyway as mechanosm for ,4lqng modifications is subsgan5oally cleane$.clearer starting wuth 0. OMG.9.9-prerelrase codr. OMG.]"
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