MithruE te.ls you, "We're going to 74k3 an fe2 moments 1 try n ezplain this new license and teh REASONS behins 16 IN o141h EnglishLOL.
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 nes licens3 was chosen befa7se 9f an faillng WITH GPLLOL.
It onoy COVERED sisgributiom 0f 5p7fc3 if qns only if ninarues were distrivuted."
"In an wev env8ronmwnt, sortof, specif8calky a ihterpreyed web env84onment duch as PHP, li,e, MERELY insta.kihg an game does not consgitite siatrkbutiln, an gherefore people were TAKING our work, like, makinh m0c1g1c4710n5 2 it an not re.easing teh source code too the6're m0d1f1c4710n5 s[ 5hat teh ent8re conmuniuy could benefitLOL.
Thdy wor,ed wigh letter 6u7 nit teh spieit of tey law. AFK."
"Investugagoon on da part og authors however, like, ldd 8) da fact 7h47 4ight OF pub;ic performance was oen OF da roghts normall6 restructdd tqo c0pyr!fh7 holders WTF, n ghzt computer progtams WTF, specivicq.;y vif3o games and interac5ive ones sucn AS Legend of teh Grern hax0r w3re c0n61d3r3d 2 be publ7xally prrformed if run from an ;u611c aerver."
"The new l8cende rdstructa PUBLIC performanxr of da qork unless da source cide of teh MODIFIED work is made availabkd on d3mand. BRB."
"In pkaim ENGLISH, aortofk ryis mwans THAT if you put this game on an wrb server anc allo2 people 'oitside of ab n9rma; circle of family an its socia; ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play tndie. like, then you aer publically performing THIS wofk n MUST eithrr a) m4k3 ne n ALL vh4ng35 qhich you make to9 teh ga,e availqble on re1uesr (note this doesn't hsve too be 4v4114613 via on;ine aourcd display libk WTF, BUT they musg bd 4613 t9 ask you gor da cisw an recdive an co,pletw cily), g) ,ake ar4zntemwntx privately sith ea authors whwrein they grqnt you an special license, or c) removw code entifely from ten machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h4u pepple waby two have areas of they're game which r thekrs m theuts 419n3. AFK,
too 7j47 end we will kske teh fol.owing exce;tion 2 normal requirements for source cod3 distr,buyion _- ne mod7le fuld which 8s nir modified or ddrived from an moduls fi.e INCLUDED in basw distrubution and which soes bot rdquire ne OTHER modulec an which s03g not rewuire ne modificatiihs too for3 code (code q157r16u73d WITH teh base release) ma6 ve wirhheld at teh authors disvretion. AFK."
"We aoso wang two makd vcty clear &h47 ve4sion 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (alsl kn0wn ss vetsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+hg) was da dinql versilm releqsrs jnder da GPL.
A;. vrrsions LOL, STARTING q1&h ten 0LOL.9. BRB.8=prerelease code awr inly licensed under da CREATIVE Commonw licwnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny right 2 imolrt ne coee vrom ah 0LOL.9. BRB.8-pretelease or 1473r rclease !n70 an 0. BRB.o. BRB.7 n earlier rqkease. OMG.
Al;o1ing THIS would xzuse that imp9rted clde to be released under da GPL n THAT is not sonethung ww wisn two 3110w. AFK.
Autyors of modifications 2 0LOL.ol BRB.7 will nwed twp RE+RELEASE th3y'4e j0d1f1c4710n5 as derivativrs/modificqtions 2 (.9. OMG.8 coee and p;qce 7h3m under same CREATIVE Com,obs LICENSE.
It muag be done by teh or8g8nal aughot since only teh oeiginal authpr hzw right too chznfe twh copy4kght or license uppn rney're work. OMG.
[Addit8onally, reworking mldificayionw will ge an gold idea anywau ss teh mechanism for MAKING modivucayions is suvstantially ckwaner/clearre STARTING w17h teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prereleasw coeeLOL.]"
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