MightyE TELLS y9u, ypu knwo, "We're going 1 7rk3 an feq momenrs top try n explain th,s nes LICENSE n reasons nehind it in plain Ehg.udn. BRB.
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 h3w license was chpswn because of an fauling @ith dz GPL. OMG.
It only COVERED distribution 0f soufve id and only 2f biharies w3r2 fidtributed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, hou knwo, spdcificq;ly a interpreted eeb envieonment such as PHP, s9rtpg, ,erely instal.9ng an gqme does not constitutr e156t16u710n, ylu knwo, %nf thereforr people we4e tskinn 0ug work WTF, maiing jodif8catilnw 5o ir an not rdleasing teh source code too they[rw m0d1f1c4710n5 sp thar ENTIRE clmmunity could benefit. BRB.
Thry WORKED with da letter bjt not tey spirit of teh ;aw. OMG."
"Investigation on part of teh aitho$s howevrr LOL, LED too fact thag teh right 9f public performance 2as won od twh r8ghta nkr,a.ly resrrivted 2 copyright h01f3e5 WTF, and that com;uter p4ograms WTF, specifically viceo games and int3ractibf 0n35 xuch AS Legend of da GREEN jax0r were donsiderrd 2 be pu611c411y performed if run dr9m sn public seever. BRB."
"The new lic3nsd redtrictd puglic PERFORMANCE of da work un1355 ds source codw of modif8rd wor, is jade avau;able on femsnd. BRB."
"In plain Emgliwh, loke, tgis meana that 8f you put this GAME ON an WEB sdrver m ALLOW peopke [OUTSIDE lf an normal dirc;e OF dabilh and u5s sovial 4cqu41n74nc35' two play their, lk,e, then yoy aer puglically pwrforming thia work and MUST either a) m4k3 ne am ALL changes wgich you m4k3 tqo gzme availsbl3 on reques5 (note this d9edn't nave two BE avaklable VIA da online source display link, sortof, but they mist bw ablw too asl ylu for code an fexeive an complete copy0, like, b) mzle arrabgemen4x privately WITH da aughors wherein theu grang you an special license, or C) remove teh coee enti4eky FROM teh m4xh!n3LOL."
"Wd do recotnkzd 5hat p30p12 want tol have areas of they'4e game which 4 rneifs n theirs alone. AFK.
too that 3nd ee will makr dollowimg EXCEPTION two teh norma. req78remenrs rof SOURCE code diwteibution -- ne MODULE v8le WHICH is not jodifies or derivwd from an nodule filr invluded in teh 6453 distr8bution n wgkch dies not requite nw o5yer MODULES n whkch dors mot REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS tso geh core code (code distrigited with BASE releawr) MAY BE withheld qt authors discretion. AFK,"
"We also e4n7 two maie very cleqr that feesion 0. OMG.(. BRB.7 (slso KNOWN qs version 0LOL.9.7+jt) was FINAL version RELEASED UNDER GPL. OMG.
All versions, you knwo, 574r71ng with teh 0o WTF.9. WTF.80;rrrelease cose aer ONLY licensed under da Creative COMMONS licensr. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY degy rignt too 8mport nd codw fr0m an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-0rereleasw 9r later eekease into an 0. AFK.9.7 amd ear.ier release. AFK.
A.lowing THIS 2ould cause 5yat imported code tpp be feleased under teh GPL an that is noy somerhing we wish 70 ALLOW.
Aithors of modifications two 0. OMG.9. WTF/7 wil; nedd two fe-release they'4r modifixatiobs as de5ovatives/modifidatiins to 9,9LOL.8 code an place them undee teh same Creative Commons licdnse.
It mjdt be dlbe by (rig8nao author since onky 0r1g1n41 authof has teh right ro ch4ng3 ca c0pyr!gh7 or license upoh thwy're work. BRB.
]Additionally, xortof, reeorking da modificationx wi/l br qn good idwa 4nyw4y 45 dz mecjanism for making modkfications is substantual.y cleaner/clea4er starting eith da 0, AFK.8.8-prerelease xod3.]"
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