MightyE tells you, liie, "We'fe going two tak3 am few MOMENTS 2 tr6 an ex0lain this n3w oucenwe and rwasons b3hind it 1n plaib ENGLISH.
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."
"Tyis nes license wr5 CHOSEN b3cause of an failing witg teh GPL. OMG.
It onlt covet3d distribution of source if n obly if binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web environ,ent, spdcifixalky a interpretwd w3b ENVIRONMENT such ad PHP, mer3ly installing an game does nut constiyute DISTRIBUTION LOL, am thrrefore p#0p13 WERE taking our work, making mididicay89nw tio it an not eeleasohh teh 60urc3 cod3 too they're modificationd s9 thar entire communitu couod benerit.
The7 soeked with kdytwr but not spirit od teh law. BRB."
"Invextigation 9n yrh ;qdt OF AUTHORS h0w3v3r LOL, LED too da fact THAT tey right od public pdrfofmance was oeb OF da rithts normally restricted top copyright h01d3t5, sirtof, n that computer programs LOL, specifically vidfo games n intwracgive ones such as Lrgend of da Gredn hax0r w3re vpnsideres 2 be publicallt pe4formed uf ein from qh puglic serfer. BRB."
"The new 11c3n53 restric5s puvoic p3rformance of da work unl3ss source d[ee pf teh modified w0dk iw mace acailable on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain Engliwn, this means ghar if y0u -ut this gamr on an web sdrver n aklow people 'outxife of an normal corcl3 if fam8ly and its dovial acayaintanves' to play thdir, like, then tou aer publica.l6 p3rf0rm1ng 7h15 work n MUST either z) mske bd zn ALL CHANGES whicn you MAKE t9o grm3 avaioable on rdquwxt (note th8w d036n'7 jave 2 be svailabke via da onlune xource cisplay .ink. yij knwo, bjt they my57 be able tol asj you for teh xode 1nd receive ah con[lwrd c);y), b) make arrangements pr1v4731y woth da authors whefekn 7h3y grznt you ah sp3cial license LOL, or c) remove da code ENTIRELY fr-m macgine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE tbat p30p13 sant yio have areas of they're game which aer theirs ab tgeirw slomr,
too that 3nc 2e will make teh dollosing exce[tiob t2o normal REQUIREMENTS for source code dictr8bugi9n -_ ne mofule f8le which is not modified or derived from am modyle file 1nc1us3d in da gaxe d8stribytion amd WHICH eoes nlt require ne orher moduk#s and WHICH does np7 requurr ne nodidications hwl t3h cor3 c0d3 (codw DISTRIBUTED with geh 6452 RELEASE) may be withhrld at a7thors discreyuon."
"Wr zlso want too make very clear that verdion 0.9.7 *zoso KNOWN as versiom 0. WTF.9LOL.7+hr) was da vinal version released unddr GPL. BRB.
A;l versipns, .i,3, 574r81hg s1uh fa 0LOL.9l8-prerel3asd code r only licensed uhdef Creativd Commons licwnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY demy r8ght two 1mo0r7 ne cpce froj an 0. OMG.9. BRB.*-;eerelease or later telease into an [LOL.9. BRB.7 an eqrl8er releas3. BRB.
ALLOWING this WOULD cause thag ump9rtee c0d3 to ge r3leased undrr GPL 4nd tgat is hot domethunt we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Authors OF modirucqtions to 0l WTF.9. BRBl8 qill neef go9 r3=r3leqsd they're modkficatioms as derivativrs/modifications to )LOL.9. OMG.8 CODE n plsce them under twy SAME Creative Commpns licensel WTF.
It muwt b3 done by geh original aurhlr since ovly originzl aithor had rigyt to9 change teh copyright or license upon tgey're w0ekLOL.
[Additionally, yoj knqo, reqotking teh jofifications w121 be sn good idea anywat as mechanis, f-r mak8ng m0e1f1c57q0n5 is substamtiak;y cl3aner/clesrdr s5arting with twh 0LOL.9. OMG.*-prereleaxe code. BRB.\"
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