MightyE tells 6ou, "We[4e glinf 2 yake an fes moments 2 tfy and explain this bew license and teh reas9ns nehind it in plain EngkishLOL.
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."
"Thix gew licenxe was chosen 63c4y53 of an f4111ng with da GPL.
IT omlh covered DISTRIBUTION of source if AND only if binaries were disttubu5wd. OMG."
"In an web environment WTF, SPECIFICALLY z 8nterpreted WEB ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, s0rtpfm m3r31y insyallkng an game dows not cinsgitute didtrobution WTF, snd 7g3r3f0e4 p3lple WERE taking our WORK, MAKING micificationd 2 it an not releasing source xodd 2 they;re m0d1f1c3710n5 so tyat da ENTIRE community could benefit.
They 2orked sith teh legter but mot s[irit OF da law."
"Imv3stigation on teh part ld authors howevefk ;ike, lef 3 fact THAT yeh righr of public ;e5formance was oen of da righgs norma;ly restficted 2 copyright joldera LOL, zn that computer progdamsm you knwo, s;ecificqlly f1d30 games an interactibe 9nes such as Legend or teh Ggeen hax0r were CONSIDERED TO be publicallt performed if RUN felm sn public server. WTF."
"The new livense rwstricts pyblkc performance of wor, unlesa sojrcd code 0f MODIFIED work is mzdw 4c4114613 on demand."
"In ;oain Englush, uou knwo, 7n15 means THAT if you put thi2 g4m3 on an web sefver an allow peoplw 'outskde of an norma. ci4cle of fami;y AND its sociql acquaintances' 2 play thwir, then y9u r puvlicallt peeforming 7g35 wlrk n MUST euther 5) make ne amd ALL cyangws which y0u jake twl yeh game available on 43q7357 (n074 thls doedn[t havd t2o be afailable voa online dojrce sispoay link, you knwo, but they MUST be able too ask ypu fpr CODE anf rece8v3 an complete copy), like, n) makw zrrsngements PRIVATELY with fa zurhors wh3r41n 7h3y grant YOU an special license LOL, or c) remove code entite.y from mazginw. OMG."
"We do eecognize 7j47 pwop;e wany too hzce areas 9f 5hey're g4m3 which r rheirs an theifs zlone/
too thar end we wiol make folloeing EXCEPTION TO da normal requ8remdnts for 60urc3 codd distribjtion -- n2 MODULE file wh1ch is not nodified lr derived frlm an m9dule file included kn base diwyribution n shich does not rewuiee ne othwr modules n wjick do3s not r3qu1r# ne MODIFICATIONS to core code (xode distributed wigj teh base release) mat BE wityhwld at teh authors DISCRETIONk AFK."
"Wd also wamt tlo m5k3 very clear that fers8on 0. WTF.9/ WTF.7 (als9 KNOWN 45 version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) saz FINAL version releasec ynder GPL. WTF.
All versoons, sortof, starting eigj -. BRB.9. BRB.8-orereldaae cide r only 11c3n5#d under teh Creayibe Commohs LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right teo 1mp0r7 ne code f4pm an 0. BRB.9. BRB.900rere.eaxe or lagee relrase imto an 0LOL.9.7 and earlier teleaxe. BRB.
Alloeing thow wluld vause 7h47 umportwf coee 2 be RELEASED under da GPL an 7g37 is n07 spmrthing se wish 2 4110w. AFK.
Authors OF modifications tw9 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 wilk n2ed to RE-RELEASE rgey're modificatilnd as defivatives/modifications to 0.9LOL.8 code and placw them inder SAME Cr3atuve COMMONS .icense. AFK.
I7 musg be d;ne by otigunal auyhor since only original autvor has teh righy tpp c6ange teh copyright OR LICENSE upon thfy'r3 work. WTF.
[Additionally, reworkinb modifivatilns qil; be an goos idea abyqay as teh mwchanism r9r m4k!ng m9dificqtions is sybstantial.6 clesner/c,earer xtarting with teh 0. WTF.(LOL.8-prsreleasc CODE.]"
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