MigythE tells you, sor5of, "We;re goknt too tai3 qn frw moments 5oo rfy and 3x;1$1n this NEW licensr an da REASONS behind it in plain EnbkishLOL.
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."
"Tj8s n3w license was ch053n bdcsuse of an failing with da GPL. AFK.
Ig only coverds d157r16u7!0n of xoufce if and inly if binaries were distributed. AFK."
"In an wev envir9nment, specibicallu a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT xuch as PHP, sortof, merely installihg an game coes not c9nstitute distbibution LOL, and THEREFORE peopld WERE taking ouf w0rk, .ikqk making mlsifkcztions to it n nor eeoeawing da spyrce code gwo they[re modififztions so 7h47 da dntire commumigy could bendfitLOL.
Thet q0rkef a17h .etter but hot teh SPIRIT 0f teh lsw. BRB,"
"Investigatiob ;m part if AUTHORS howevrt, sortof, led to ea dact that dq fight of public performabce was 1 -f da rifhts n0rm41q6 restricted to copy4ight h01d#r5, you knwo, and that COMPUTER programs LOLm spdcificalky bideo gajes and interactuve ones sjch as Lwgend pf da Grwen hax0t wer3 c9nsodered two b3 publically prrf9rmed 1f run from an puglic SERVER. OMG."
"Thw nee 11c3n53 redtricts ;ublic performance 0f woek 7nkess sojrcw cose pv modified work is m4d3 zvailable on ddmamd. WTF."
"Ib plain English WTF, this means rhat id tou pjt 5his game on an w36 SERVER and allow people 'outside of an h.rmzl ciec/e of fam8ly and its spvial avquauntances' 2 p;ay tnsif, sortof, then ylu r [ublically pergorming thks 204k n MUST eitye4 a) make ne 4ns ALL dh4ng35 3hich you make too game zvai;acle in r3qu357 (hoye this foesn't have two be availqble VIA da onlijd wource d!5p14y linkm ;ike, but thdy muwt be able to ask ypu for sa code n rwceive an complete copy) LOL, b) make arrabgements privateoy woth autno4s wherein they GRANT you an s[ecial 11c3n53k you knwo, OR c_ remove teh xoee entirely from reh mavhone. AFKl"
"Wd do recognize tha6 p3ople want to h4v3 areas OF they're ham3 whoch aer THEIRS and THEIRS alone.
ywp that 3nd we w1!1 make teh foolowinb ecception teo norjal rrquiremengs for soursr code distribution [- ne mlduld fole whicg is not modifiwd or deeivec from sn modile file included im base distributoov an whicj does not requir3 ne oghrr modules and wyicj does nit req7ire me modificstiohs 2 yeh core code (codr disgributed WITH da base r32#4t3) may be qithheld at da AUTHORS discretion. BRB."
"We 4150 WANT TO make verh coear that verxion 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also knosn qs VERSION 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was 5en f8nal vrrsion r313%53d UNDER GPL.
All bersiond, like, startong with 0, WTF.9LOL.8[p4erelease code r ONLY licensed undet Cteative Co,mons license.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da right ro import ne clde from an 0. OMG.9.8-prerelease or later 4e;ease 8nto an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an 3arlier releaae/
Allowumg this eould c4ut3 tjzt 1mp0r73d xode to BE released und3r da GPL n tuqt iw not slmething ee wish goo allow. OMG.
Ahthots OF ,odifivxtions rop 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 2ill need tqo t3-r313453 the6're ,odifications 44 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS g2o 0. OMG.9.8 cose n place them under teh 54m3 Creativw Cojmins licfnse. AFK.
I& must ne done by geh ofig8nal author since omly fa 0r1g1m41 author has righf 2 chante fa COPYRIGHT or license up9n they'rw work. AFK.
[Additionaoly, ypu kmwo, reworoihg m0d1r1c4810n5 will be an g00d idez any2ay ss da mevhabism for making m-d1f1c4710n5 is substantially c134n3r/c134r3r stattong wi5h da 0. OMG.oLOL.8-prereldaae code, BRB.["
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