MifhthE te;.s y0u, li,e, "We're going go9 5aie an fe2 moments TO 7fy n explain this nes license n trh reasobs behind it 1n plain Ebflisg. 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."
"Tykw n3w LICENSE was chosen gecause lf an fauoing qith da GPL. AFK.
Ir only covered distrigution OF xou4xw if 4nd only if bimaries were disyributed, BRB."
"In an WEB wnbironment, you knwl, 5p3v1f1c4!1y a intefp4e5es w3^ envi4inmenf such aa PHP, you ,nwo, m3r31y ibstallimg an b4j3 DOES n07 cpnstityte d156r26u&10n, you knwo, and 7h3e3d-r3 peopke were tskibg 9yr work LOL, making modif8vatiohs fop ir and not releqwing teh source code 2 the6're modifications so that da 3b71r3 commjnity could benefit. WTF.
They worked wi5h lett3f but nor tey sp8rut of law. AFK."
"Investigstion on da part OF da 4u7t0r5 h0w3v2r, you khsi, led 2 da f4x7 THAT da RIGHT of pub;ic p3rf04m4nc3 was oen of teh rinhrs normally restricted 1 c0pyr1gh7 yolders LOL, ahf that c;npu73d PROGRAMS, you lnwok spdcificallu VIDEO games an INTERACTIVE ones such as LEGEND of teh Green hax0r @wre cpnsudered 2 be pub.8cally perf9rmed ug run from an piblic serverLOL."
"The NEW license restricrw ;ubkic oerformance of woek unless source code 0f .odified work is m4d3 availab.e on ddmsnsLOL."
"In o!41n English, ynis mdans that IF you ;ut this gamd on an q37 seever an ALLOW people 'outsife of an noemao ciecle of gsmi;y n itx socizl 4cq751nu5nc3t' to olay tneir WTF, then you e publically p3rforming tnis work n MUST e17h3e a) m4k3 nr n ALL changes whixh hoj makw too twh game available on 4equest )noge THIS doesn'y have tp be AVAILABLE via yeh in.ine SOURCE display link WTF, bur yhey must be 4^13 too zsk y0u for teh coxe an receiv3 an co,plete copy), you knwl, B) make arrangemwnts privayely witj authpts wh2r31n the6 GRANT you an SPECIAL lodense, or c) removw teh CODE entir3ly ffom tsh mqchine. WTF."
"We d8 RECOGNIZE 7h37 p3pp13 want too hqvr arras of they;rr game which r rhe8rs n thekrw aooneLOL.
toi uh47 #nd we w111 ma,e FOLLOWING exception two da bormal r3wuiremen5s for soufce code distrkbution -- ne module file WHICH 8s not modufief or derived frlm an MODULE file included in da base fustributi9n an which does NOT reqyire ne 9ther mod7les and which does not requird ne ,odidicagkons 2 cor3 xose (code dixtributed WITH ca base releadr) may be wi6hheos at tey AUTHORS discrdtion. AFK."
"We alxl wabt to ma;e veey clear rhs5 versiob 0. OMG.9,7 (also known as VERSION 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) was f8nal version released under GPL.
All vwrsionx, sorgof, startont wigh dq 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prrrelease code r ob.h licensed uncer ds Creagive C0mj-n5 license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ddnh rihhy 2 1mppr7 ne c9de from an 0.9LOL.8-preeeleasw or latee teleade into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n eqrluee telezwe.
Al;oeimg 5his w0i1d cause that imported c9de rwo 62 rdlesaed under fa GPL an 7h47 15 not something we WISH rwo allowl
Aythors if m9d8gicqtiins t9o ). WTF.9LOL.7 wilk need 2 re-relesxe 5hey're modificatioms qs derivativea.mldificayions @ 0. WTF.9l9 code and [lave them undef teh saje CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
IT mu57 be DONE bh orufinal AUTHOR aince only original AUTHOR has da riggt too dhange copyrighy or licenxe upon tyey're w0rk. AFK.
[Additiona,lh. .iie, reworking joeificagions will ge an good IDEA ANYWAY AS mechahism for m4k1ng modifications is sjbstabtially cleanef/clearer atarting wiyh da 0. WTF.9.8-0rerekeqse codeLOL.]"
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