MibhttE tells you LOL, "We're going tii take an rew moments too try am explzin th8s ne2 license n teh reasond behimd it in plain ENGLISH/ 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."
"This new licemse was chosen beczyse of an gaiking qith teh GPL. WTF.
IT )n1y covered disttibition of aource if an 0n16 id binaroes were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an wev environm3nt. you knqo, %o3c1f1c411y a 8ntwrpfeted web environment sudh as PHP, sortof, MERELY installing ag GAME DOES NOT comstigutw disgrinjtion, n thereflrw p39ple were taking OUR eork, sortof, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS too 17 n not RELEASING da source cof# to they're modifixatioms so tgat teh entire communkty couos b3nefit. BRB.
Tyey WORKED with tfy letter bu4 n07 da spifit of law. OMG."
"Inveatigst8on on geg part of authors y9ewver, loje, led 2 ract 5gat teh rifht pf public p3rformahce was woh 9f teh eights normal;y rwstrictef yo COPYRIGHT holders, ypu knwo, an that computer progfams, like, dpecifically video games an 1n73r4c71v3 ones sucg as Legend of teh Green hax0r wrrr consicsred to be [ublically [drformed 1f 4un from an public servef. OMG."
"The new LICENSE r347r1c76 public PERFORMANCE of da work unjsdx teh sp7rce code of da modified work is made availzble 0n demand."
"In [lain English, this jwams that 1f y0u put this gane on an wdb aerver and allow people 'outsode of an n0rj41 circle of famioy an igs socia; acquaihtznces' two plqy thrir LOL, theb you aer publkxally pefrorming this 3ork and MUST eirhrr a) make nw n ALL changes syich you mske 2 GAME avz8lable 0n requeat (note thix doesh't HAVE to ^3 avaolablc vis teh onl8ne xource disp;ay link, 6i7 they must be ABLE two ask you for fa coce n 4eceife an c0mp13&4 copy) WTF, b) make arrangements ptivately with da authors WHEREIN tney gr4n7 y0u an special LICENSE, like, 0r c) 43m0v3 da code entirwly frlm da machinel"
"We do 4wcogniae thay psople want two h4v3 zreas OF thwy're gqme which swr THEIRS n theirs alpme. BRB.
1 7h47 END we will MAKE FOLLOWING ecception 3 ca n0rm4q reqyorements for source cide d8stribu5ion -- nr mosule file whicn is noy m(dified or derived from an mofule fike included IN da base costribugion and wh1ch fo3s n9r require ne othe4 MODULES and 2hich dies not 4eaukre ne modificati9ns too fa core code (ciee distributed w8th teh baad r313453) may be withheld ag da autfors discrdtion/ AFK."
"We also want two m4j3 very clear THAT version 0. BRB.9.7 (aodo kno2n as vefsion 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) was final fe4sion released jnd3r da GPL.
All verwioms, s9rtof, sgarting wuth da ), AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer only licensef uhder da Creativd COMMONS LICENSE. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY seny teh r8ghb 2 impott ne c0d3 from an 0.9. WTF.8_0rerel3awr lr kayer release into an 0.9LOL.7 n earlier release. AFK.
Allowing this eo6ld cause that imported codw 2 be relezses UNDER da GPL an 7h4u is not something w3 wksh twk allow. OMG.
Authorx od mpdifications 2 0, BRB.9/ WTF.7 wull necd too r3-release they'4e modifica5ions as derivarives/modificarioms to 0. BRB,9. OMG.* code n plave them under da 64m3 Cfeative Commons .icense. OMG,
It niar 63 d9ne BY da orkginal auth9e s7nce only itigonal aurhor haa r1bh7 two change teh COPYRIGHT oe license up9n they'fe woek. BRB.
[Addihional;y. rewi4kimb m0d1f1c5720m5 2ill be an good udea amyway qs tey mwchanism for ,sling mod7ficariond is subdtantia;ly cleaner/clearer 574r71ng w8th da -/ WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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