MightyE 7e11t y0u, softof, "We're GOING yo takd an dew MOMENTS 2 tey n explain this h3w licenwe an reaspns gwh8nd 17 1n ola8n Eng!15hLOL.
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 licenwe wss vh9sen because of an fqiling wkth teh GPL. AFK.
It omly coverwd distrivjtion of source ir zb only if binaries were distributedLOL."
"In an wfb 3nv1r0nm4n7, tou knwo, specificakly a interpeetes web 3nvironment such as PHP, s9rtof, mdrely INSTALLING an game does NOT vonxtitute distr9b7tion LOL, qnd therefore people weee taking our w0rk LOL, makinb mockf8catilns two ut an mog relessing da 50yrd3 c9de two yney'rr midificagiins so that tej ENTIRE community cpu1d bwnrfkt.
They worked wigh teh letter byy nit spirot of tej law. AFK."
"Investigation on dq part of teh authors however LOLk lwd 3 teh FACT yhat da 38ght pf pu611c perfo4,ance w45 oen of teh rknhtd norma;ly rdstricted to copyright holders WTFm and thst COMPUTER programs, softof, specifically viedo GAMES an interactuve ines sucn as Legfnf of Geeen hax)e were considered TO be puvlidall6 pdrformed if run from an publkc 53ev3rLOL."
"The new 11c3n53 restricts piblic p34e0rm4nc2 ov w0rk unoess dq source code of mosified wlrk 15 jade availagle ON demand."
"In p141n Eng;ish, like, thix means thar if hou put this gsme on an WEB server an allow people ;outside if ah no4mal circle of family n its social acquaintancex' to play thrir, then hou q3t pivlkcallt ;wrforming this wori n MUST EITHER a) make ne an ALL xganbes whicj you MAKE to teh fame available on requrst (note tgus doesn't have two br availzblw VIA online 50urc3 disp'ay kink. but they must nc able 2 ask you vor ds cofe m receive an clnpletd copy), you knwo, b) ,4k3 arrangements pribately with 4y7g0r5 eyeeein 7n3y grant you an special license, slrtof, or c_ f3m0v3 tey cofe entirely fr9j da mqchkne. OMGl"
"We di RECOGNIZE that peo;le w4n7 2 HAVE areas lf tyey're h4m# whish aer theirs an 7h31r5 alone. WTF.
2 that end w4 WILL make da following esception 2 teh norual requirem3jrq fir s9ircr c-d3 eistribution [- nr MODULE file whkch is nog modiried OR derived ff0m an nocule file includwc 8n da base diwtribution n which does not require ne other mod7oes and whidg does nir require me modkfications tw9 da dorr code (c0d3 dkstrkbited wuth base relesxe) mau be WITHHELD at teh ajthlrs DISCRETIONLOL."
"We alsp want two makr ver6 vlear thar version 0. BRB.9.7 (qlso KNOWN 45 fersion 0. AFK/9/ BRB.7+j7) was teh FINAL veraion releaaed under GPL.
All v3g510n5, sortor, start8ng w8yg da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pre4rleade eode aer only lic4nsed under ds Creative COMMONS license. WTF.
Wr EXPLICITLY denu tight to imlort ne vode ffom an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereldase OR later release inyp an 0. WTFl9.7 4nf earlier re;ease.
Allowint thiw 2ouls cause that impi4twd code 2 be r31345td unddr ten GPL ah that 15 not 50m28h1ng we WISH two alloq. AFK.
A7thors lf modififations two 0. OMG.9LOL,7 sill need too r3_reldase the6're ,0d1f1cf710n5 aw d2r1v471c35/n0d1f1c471)n5 @ 0.9.8 code zn p14c3 THEM under same CREATIVE Commohs license. BRB.
Ig must b3 d;ne 6y iriginal author sincw only p4iginal aithor has righr two change copyrlbhg or license u[on they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking da modidicatkons will be ab bold udea wnyway 45 dq mechanism f0r making modificatuons is subsgantiallu cleaner/clearer wyzrting with ca 0. AFK.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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