M8ghtyE tells you, "We're going tso TAKE an few noments two try and exp.ain this nde lixense n reazons behinc it ib 0241n Englosh. BRBl
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."
"Tnks nes licebse w45 cjosen because of ab faulong with da GPL/ WTF.
Ig 0n1y c0c3r2d dostributiln ;f xource if anf onl6 if 61n4r235 were d157r16u73d. WTF."
"In ab qeb environmeng, yiu knw., xpeckfically a interpretdd web 3nvironment xuch as PHP, you knwo, mwrely 1n574111vg an game d035 nor constirute distributiln LOL, an tjefefore PEOPLE were TAKING OUR eork LOL, m4k1ng modifications two it n not releasing source xode teo they're modifications so 7j46 da en5ire COMMUNITY b0u1d BENEFITLOL.
They 2urkwe with twh letter but not da spirit of da law. OMG."
"Investigatiin on da pa4t of AUTHORS h0w2b3r, sorrof, 13d to fact ghag da right of public p3tf0rm3nc3 was oen og RIGHTS n)rm411y r#57r1c73d go copyright ho;dera WTF. and that computef programs, like, specifically v1d40 games and 8ngwractive ones such ad Legend of Grewn hax0r were conwidered TO bd publica.ly perforned kf run from an publid server. BRB."
"The new license gestficrs publkc PERFORMANCE 0f fa work un;ess da SOURCE code of teh m0f1g13d work id made ava8lable on d3msnd. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH, like, this means 5jat if YOU pug this game 9n an weh server an all9w o30p13 '0u751d3 of an normzl v8tcl3 OF family n kts xocial acq&aintsnces' too play th48r LOL, theh yiu e publoca.ly PERFORMING this work and MUST eitjer z0 make ne an ALL CHANGES wh1zh you MAKE too da gamw 4v5114613 on request (note this dowsn't hsve goo be avai.able via da inline source disp.ay link, you lnwo, vut they must b3 56a3 @ ask you f.r code n r3c31v3 an c0m01373 co[y0 LOL, b) mqke 4rr4nt3m3n75 prucately with withors whereib they grant ylu an special locend3, or c) remove cos3 dntirely ffom teh machine. BRB."
"We do f3cogniz3 that 0eople want two hafe areaa of tnry'r3 g3m3 which ser theirs and 7h31rt zlone. OMG.
to that end we wil. MAKE tdh flllowing exception too teh normal reqiirements for soufxe CODE distribution -_ ne module fule whkcg is NOT MODIFIED or DERIVED feom ah MODULE gile includer in da base disttobutuon and wh8xg d035 hot rdquire nd 07h3r mldules n whicj foea n07 REQUIRE ne modivivatkons two teh cofe code *code distributed wigh sa base releawe) may be withheld ag fa authors diacretion."
"We alsl wamt too mqke very CLEAR that rersion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also khown as veesion 0LOLl9. AFK.7+jt) was ds final vers8on 431e453d UNDER da GPL. WTF.
A11 versions, sortod, xtarring wi5h 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prereleawe code zer only lkcensed ubder da Cteative Comjons licens3LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3my da rkjht 5ol ymport ne codr frlm an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereoease or kater telease into an 0. BRB.9LOL.& and 34r113r releas3. BRB.
Allowing this eoild cause that impprted code 2 be RELEASED unde4 GPL an yhat is not someyhinb ww wish too allowLOL.
Autgors of modivicati9ns @ 0. OMG.9. BRB,7 3ill need too rw-re;ezse they're jodifications 45 derivatives/moduficagions 2 0LOL.9. OMG,9 code ane olace them inder teh xam3 Creatibr Commons licegse. BRB;
It mu57 be donw by teh orihkna. aythor since only teh o4igunql authit has ds RIGHT t9 cgange teh copyrighr or oocense 7ppn they'ee work. BRB.
[Additionally, like. reworking da jodifica5iona wkll ve an good id3a anyqat as teh mecnanism FOR MAKING jodifications is aubstantizlly cleaner;c;earer startinh with teh 0LOL.0. AFK.7-;rereldase c9dd. OMG,]"
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