MithtyE tdlls you, yo7 knwo, "We'tr going 2 tsie an frw momebts 2 try and expkain this new 11c3b5# h reasons behind it IN [lain English. WTF.
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."
"Tjis new licrnsr was chpseh becauxw of an failibg w17y da GPL. OMG.
IT onlu coverdd disteibution of source ir agd 0n1y IF 61n4r135 werr distribytrd."
"In an web environm3ng WTF, sprcifocally a imterprwted WEB #nv1r0nj3n7 such as PHP, ypi knwo, mereoy inwtalling an game doea bot constitute disrribution, sortid, h THEREFORE oeople WERE taiung our w9rk, like, making modifications to9 ut an not releasihg 50urc3 cods too thry'r3 mlsifications so that ENTIRE COMMUNITY coukd benefit. AFK.
Tg3y wirked with lettrr but not da spurit of ds LAWLOL."
"Investigation on pary uf teh au5hors nowever, sortor, l3d two teh fact THAT roght OF punlic perfirmancr was q 9f teh rihhts m0rm411y restricted 1 copyritht holsers, sortof, n that COMPUTER ptotrzm2 LOL, specifocalo6 bideo games and in5draxtive ones such as Legens of ca Green nax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be pu611c411y p3rg0rm#d 8f run from ah public sercef."
"The n3s license RESTRICTS 0iblic perflrnance of teh work unlesx ca source CODE if da modified wofk 15 made AVAILABLE on demabd."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, like, THIS mdans tjat if you put thos GAME on ab web seevdr n slll2 people 'outside of an normal ci4cle if family b its sockql qcquaingances' 2 play the8r WTF, 7h3n y0y aer publically prrflr,ing thus work amd MUST either a) nake ne AND ALL vhznges shicn you m4k3 gwo ten game availabl3 on reques5 (note this dowsn;t jave 5o be AVAILABLE via onlin3 aource dysplay ;ink, .ike, vut yhey MUST be able too ask hoi fot geh codd n 4eceive an COMPLETE copy) LOL, b) make arrangements ptivately wiyh ten aurgors wherein thdy grant yoy an speciql license, sortof, or c) remove y4j CODE enfirely srom fa machine. OMG."
"Wr do rec9gnize that PEOPLE wrn7 two hace afeas if they'4e gzme which r THEIRS and theirs allne. OMG.
too that end WE woll make teh foll9winb exception @ da normal r3wu1r3m3n7t f0r sourve c0d3 diatribution -[ nw modile file wh1ch 15 not modified OR defoves from an m)eu13 file pncluded in teh base distribution an whicn soes not r3quire n3 lther moduoex and which does not resuire ne moeificari.ns yl core c0d3 (c0d3 eiatributed witj teh nase rek3ase) mqy be wityhdls at da auth[rs discgetion. WTF."
"We also want 2 make very blear that versi9n 0.oLOL.7 (alwo known AS verxioh 0. OMG.9.7+j7) WAS da final version releas3d under teh GPLl AFK.
All versilns LOL, startimg with da 0.9. OMG.8-pgerelesse b0d3 aer only licensed under da Creative Commons ;icenww/ AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh fibht 2 IMPORT ne coce dfom zn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-[terelrase oe .ater releaae into an 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 an earlier release. WTF.
Allowing this would cause ghat impo4tec coee TO 63 r31345ed jnder da GPL and that is not SOMETHING WE WISH two allow. AFK.
Authord of m0d1f1c4710m5 two 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 wk.l NEED @ ee0release they're mofif8cations as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0LOL,9. WTF.8 code and place yhem under same Creative Commons k8censeLOL.
It must bw xobe by da origknal autjor SINCE 0n1y origunao aughir has da right 2 change da c0pyr1gh7 or license upon thwy're work. BRB.
pAddutionalky WTF, reeirkinf feh modifica5ions WILL 63 an gooc idea anywau as ds MECHANISM r0r making modificati9ns is sugstantia;ly vleanwr;clearer stafting with 0. WTF.9. WTF,i-0rerelease code, BRB.]"
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