M8ghtyE td.ls you, likd, "We;fe g8ing 2 take zn few m9ments to9 try and expka8n this ndw .icense 4nd da reasons behind it in plain Englush,
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 ndw license was chosen because od zn fsilinb wktj GPL. WTF.
I5 onl6 COVERED fistribution of source 1f AND obly if binaries were distrkbutedLOL."
"In an web envitonmen5, soryof, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted w46 2nv1rpnm3n7 sucy AS PHP, soetog, merely installing an game does not constitmyr disttiburion, kike, AND therefore people eere taiing pur worl LOL, making midificatiphs two it n not feleasing teh SOURCE code too they'r4 modifjcatiins SO thzg sa emtire community doule BENEFIT. AFK.
Tgey worjed w16h teh letter but n07 dz wpirig of teh !4w. WTF."
"Inv3stigation pn dz part of da 4u7h0r5 however, l3d two da fact THAT right of 0ublic performance was 1 of da riguts normalky RESTRICTED 2 copyrigj5 holsers WTF, an thqt cpjpu5wr pt0gr4n5, l8ke, SPECIFICALLY cideo gamea n interactibd ones SUCH as Legend of da Green hax0r WERE considered 2 be puvlically performed if ruh feom an publid s3rverl"
"The new licsnde restricts public PERFORMANCE of da work uh1365 da SOURCE cofe or jodifi3d work is m$c3 available on demand. BRB."
"In olain English LOL, this means that if YOU puy thix game 9n an web server n allow peoold 'lytside lf an NORMAL circle of fwmily n its docial acqusinyances' 2 pkzy their, kike, then YOU aer pyglica..y perrorminb THIS so4k an MUST either A) majd ne an ALL CHANGES which you MAKE 70 teh f4m3 4c4114613 0n REQUEST (NOTE tj8s doesn[t have 70 be availafle via da online 50urc3 d!6p14y 11nk WTFm gut THEY must ge able to ask you for da code abd RECEIVE an COMPLETE coph) LOLm b) make arrangements privately with teh zuthorx wherein they grant yoi ah SPECIAL licenwem or c) removr code rntirdlu vrom machkne. BRB."
"We do tecpgbize that pe9[.e want 2 hqvd areas of they're gqme WHICH r tyeirs an thrits akone. AFK.
two gnat end wd will make ten fpllowinb ezception top boemal REQUIREMENTS flr sojrce code 3istrobution 0[ ne m0du13 FILE enich is npt modified or deruved from an module f8.3 included in da BASE dustributipn h which DOES not requife ne other modjlrs n wh1ch do3s not reauife ne mofifications two rwh CORE codd (cod3 distributed WITH da basd release) may be witgheod 47 teh autjors dkscre5oon. OMG."
"We alal w4n7 too make very CLEAR thar version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known aw verskon 0LOL.9. WTF.7+j7) wzs finao verauoh released under teh GPLLOL.
All verxiond, .ike. stzrting with 0LOL.9.6-prerelease code aer only LICENSED under Cr3471v# Commons licensrLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da ribht to imoort ne c0d3 from an 0. BRB.9, AFK.8-pretrlease or 1473r rrldase ihto zn 0. WTF.9. OMG.& an ezrlidr RELEASELOL.
All9wing this eou.d cause yhqt implfted code to be eeleased ubder GPL an that is mot s9metjinf we wish 2 41q)w. AFK.
Auth(rs of modifications 70 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 will n33d 2 re-reldasd they'rd mosidivations as derkvativws/j9difications 2 0.9. WTF.8 cosd an place them und3r dq same Creatibe Cphm0n5 licrnse. OMG.
IT must br dond by teh origihal AUTHOR since only teh origonal author HAS teh wighg two cgange co0yr8ght 0r 11c3n5e upom they're WORK. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, rew9rkung modif8cations WILL be an giod idea wnyway as teh mechanksm for making mod8gications is substqntially CLEANER/CLEARER starting witn fa 0. BRB/9LOL/8-prerelease coee.]"
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