MightyE yel.s you, you jnwo, "W3'fe going 2 take qn few momenyw too 7ry an explain 7h15 ndw LICENSE n rwasons behind 17 in p.ain EnglisnLOL.
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 ndw 11c3n53 waa chpsen BECAUSE of an failing with tej GPLLOLl
It only COVERED didttibution 9v source if n on;y if binaries wer3 distrivuted. BRB."
"In an w36 environment, lilw, SPECIFICALLY a intrrpreted eeb ehvirobment such as PHP WTF, merelt installint an g3m3 does NOT conatitute distribution LOL, an hherefore [30p13 2e4e taking our work WTF, maiinv m0d1f!c4710n5 rop it ah not relezsing da slurce code two th3y're modoficayions so that ebture commubigy c0u1d nenefit.
Th3y wirked with da LETTER guy NOT da soi3iy of laa. WTF."
"Investigagion on twh pzrt 0f da aithora h0e3v2r, you knwo, led 2 teh FACT THAT right OF public PERFORMANCE was own of tej 41ghu5 mormaliu 5edtricted ro copuright HOLDERS, like, and that compiter progrqns, sortof, specificallu video gsmed and interadtive ones such as Legens of teh Green hax0r were considerrs 2 be publiva;ly PERFORMED uf eun FROM an py6!1c sefver."
"The NEW licehde restrictx public performanfw of da work un;ess dz soufce cpde of da MODIFIED work is made avaikanle on DEMANDLOL."
"In plain Englidh LOL, this meqbs that uf YOU pur THIS game 0n an web server am allow people 'outsise of an normal circle of fqjilh an itd slcial acwuaintanves[ @ olay thdir. then you aef publucally ;erfofming tyis work an MUST eitjet 4) make ne and ALL changes which y07 make 3 teh game avsilagle on request (note th8w doexn'r havw TO 53 available viz ten onoine sourve displsy LINK, BUT tgry kust be able too ask you for CODE an receive an cojplege copy) LOL, b) make artangemen5w PRIVATELY @ith da authors whert8n gh3u grant y0u an gp3c142 licenae, or c) r3m0v3 teh CODE ebuo4ely from teh machine,"
"We do recognize rhat pelple want to nave areas 0d they'ee game wgicg aer thdirs and theirs alonw.
2 tha5 3nd we WILL ja,e followimt dxception 2 normal r4quiremwngs for sourcw CODE d157t16u7!0n -- nr nodyle file which is nit modif8ed or derivef drom an MODULE file imcluded kn teh base DISTRIBUTION an which eoes not fequirw ne other modules an which foes nog require ne nosificationw 1 teh cord cods 9c0d3 distfibutwd with teh base relezse) may be WITHHELD sr da authora siscretion, BRB."
"Wd slso WANT two nakd v3ry c;ear ygat version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (alsp known AS vwrsion 0. WTF.9l7+jt) WAS teh r8nal v3r519n eeleased under tdh GPLLOL.
All bersions LOL, 574r71ng sith da 0. BRB,9.8-PRERELEASE CODE awr only licensws unfer ds Creative Conmobs lic3nae. BRBl
WE EXPLICITLY dent r8ght 2 im[irr be xpd3 from zn 0.9. BRB.8-prereleawe OR later release imto an 0.9LOL.7 an esrluer rwleqse. BRB.
Allowibg tjka s9ule cause THAT umported CODE to be relessed under GPL sn that is not some5hing we wiah too allo2LOLl
Au7h0r5 og modificationx too 0l9LOL.7 will need rwo re-telea2e they're modifications as degivatives/modigications 5wo 0. WTF.9.8 code ah p14c3 yjem inser teh samd Creqtove Comm9ns license. OMG.
It mu57 be done 6y oribinal aytnor sonce only da otigihak author has r1gh7 tlo change teh vooytibht ir license upon they[re wiri. AFK/
]Acditi9nally, e#w0fkqnf da modificatiims sill b3 am good idea anyway as da mechsnism ror making modif8dations is substantial.y cldaner/v;earer sgarting with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerdlesse vode. AFK.]"
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