MibhtyE tells you LOL, "We'r3 going yoo 74i3 ah few momentw to try and ecpoain tnos nwe licenae n teh reasons behinc IT IN p141n Englush/ 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 ne2 licemse was chlsen becausw pf an failint woth GPL. AFK.
I7 only coveref DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE kf am only if bina4ies were disteibuged. AFK."
"In sn qeb envirohment WTF, fpecifically a interpreted web enfirinment such as PHP WTFm merely imstall8ng zn game does noe constot7te eistribution, sirtoem and therefo$e p3ople were taking 9uf w0rk WTFm making modifivations 5o 85 an n07 eeleasing dq f9mrce code 2 they[re MODIFICATIONS SO THAT enrite community could benefit. WTF.
They eorked wigh trh let5er but NOT teh spirut of da law/ OMG,"
"Invextibatiln on da part pf 5eh AUTHORS howeve4, like, 13d two fact that da right of public petflrmsnce qaw 1 of fa tights nofmally reetricrdd TO cppyr1gh7 holders, an yhar cimputer programs, specificslly viddo games am interactove ones dudh as LEGEND of Green nax)r WERE conxidered two be pyb;icslly performrd if run fr0m an pjbkod SERVER. OMG."
"The NEW lidense 4357r1v75 public performance 9f da eork unldss SOURCE code pf cz m0d1r13s work is made avaiiable on cemand. BRB."
"In PLAIN English, sof5of, this means rhat if you pit thos game on an eeb 53rv3r n 4110w peopl3 'iutdidd of an normal c1rc12 0d FAMILY n its slckal acquaintances' 2 play their, like, THEN you r pu611c411y ;erforming this wo4k n MUST eithet a) make ne and ALL cganges whicn you make tao game avaolab.e oh request (note this doesn't h4v3 two be available via t3h onlimd dourcw dlwplay link, but yhey mjat be sble t2p ASK you FOR coge an redeivr an cpmpl3te cppy)m sortif, b) mzke arranhements privatelt witg authora wherein they gran5 uo7 qn special licenxe, dortof, OR v0 remove da coee entire.y FROM da machine, BRB."
"We fo recogmize ghat pelple want too h4v3 areas 0f they[re game which aer tgeies an theirs alohe. AFK/
two that END ww will mak3 r3h following exception too t2h n0rj41 eeqiirejents f9r siurce code distrubuyioh -- ne module file whixh is bot modified or derived from an m0du13 file includ3d ih da base distrkbution snd whivh eoes not 4equure ne othrr mocules ane whuch does not REQUIRE ne modifica5ion2 2 dq CORE codd (c9de dixt48buted with base releaxe) may be wirhheld AT suthots dixcretiob."
"We zldo want 2 MAKE verh clear that bersiom 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also kn0wn as version 0LOL.9. BRB.u+jt) was 5eh final vetsion relessef jnddr teh GPL, BRB.
All bersions, syarging e17h ten 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereoease CODE r onoy licensed und3r tey Ceeative COMMONS LICENSE,
WE EXPLICITLY deny da ribht too import ne code from an 0.9.9=prerelease oe later rrleasr into an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 and 34r1!3f r3!3454l AFK.
Allowiht tnis wouos CAUSE that 1mp0r73d code 3 BE r3q3353d under GPL znd that is not 59m37h1ng we wish to alloq. BRB.
Authora of modifications to 0. OMG,9. WTF.7 2i;o nwed tso fe_e3leade tyry're mpdificatipns as dwrivagives/moeif8catuons 2 0.9. BRB.8 code AND place the, under da same Creative Commpns license. OMG.
IT must be dohe by ea 9r2g1n41 auth9r sibce omly da ir8ginal author HAS teh rognt too vnange da copyrighu or livensr upon they're workLOL.
[Additkonally, you knwo, reworking ,9dificatiobs wq11 be an goos ideq ANYWAY 45 teh ,echabism vor makint mldofibations iw substantiallt cleaner/xlearrr dtartibg WITH teh 0. OMG.9l OMG.8-prereleasd dodeLOL.]"
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