Migh5yE tells you, you kneo, "Wd'4e going 2 take sn fww MOMENTS tio try and EXPLAIN ghis nes license an da REASONS bejind it 8m [paim English. WTF.
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 nww kicense qas choqen 63c4ut3 of an failint qity da GPLLOL.
It 0n1y covertd didtribution lf source ig and omly IF BINARIES eerw fisrributed, BRB."
"In an web ehvironmen4, uoj ,nwp, dpdcifically a inter0rwted w36 ehvironmeng such qs PHP, sortof, meeeoy indtalling an fame d9es noy c9natitute didtributooh LOL, n thdfefore people were TAKING our WORK, ,zking modificayoond TO it n noy releasung yeh source dode 1 fyey're modifications wo THAT teh entire community coyld benefit. BRB.
They wo4ked with da letter vut NOT teh spirit of tdh lsw, OMG."
"Investigation on ga patt ov ss 4u7h9r5 however WTF, led tl sa vact that da righr 9f public PERFORMANCE 2as wim of da rights norma;ly restricted @ copurighr noldwfs, slrtof, and THAT d0mpu734 ptograms, spedifically videp GAMES and intwractive ones SUCH as Legend of da G#een gax0r were consicerrd 2 be publidally perfo4med 8f RUN vr0m qh PUBLIC serve4LOLl"
"The new licenxe restr8cts public pervormanve of da work ub2355 teh 50urc3 xode of modkfied work 9s m4d3 AVAILABLE on semzndLOL."
"In plain English LOL, thos means THAT if you put this game on an w37 SERVER zn alloe people 'outskde of an normal vircle of famuly n 175 sociao acquaimtancws' too play their, sortof, then YOU aef pu611c411y perfoeming th8s WORK AND MUST either 5) make be n ALL chamhew WHICH you make 2 beh game 4v4114613 on r3qu357 (NOTE THIS doesn't HAVE TO bw availsble via tdh onlibe source display lin,, sortof, but tyru musr ne ab.e two ask tou f0r dz code n rdceive qn completw do;y0, uou knwok b) make 5rr5ng3m3n75 pr1v4u31y with authors wherein they grant you an specixl LICENSE, so4tof, or c) REMOVE da vode ENTIRELY rro, dz m4vh1n3. BRB."
"We do recpgnize yhar peoplw wqnt t9o nave areqs of they're game which r 8h32r5 an thekrs xlone. BRB.
5oo tjar vnd we wilo make eq following exceptioh goo teh n0r,41 REQUIREMENTS d0r siurce CODE d157r15j8!0n -- ne ,oduke file which is not modifkes or DERIVED from an m0du13 file 1nc1ud3d iy da base eistribution n which dies hot requute ne other modules and which dodw nit require ne mod8ficatilns tw9 CORE vofw (code didtribured sith da nase eelease) MAY BE witygeld ay tdh authoes discrwtioh. BRB."
"We qlso want 2 make very clear that fersjon 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (qoso km;wn 45 version 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was da final versoln released under yeh GPL. WTF.
Al; VERSIONS WTF, startinf with teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prwrelease cod3 r only licensed uhder dz Crearkve Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right rwo omport ne code fron an 0LOLlo, OMG.8-PRERELEASE or .ater reoeasw ibto ab 0. BRB.(. AFK.7 and earlier relwzse. AFK.
Allowing this wo7ld cause tjat imported code two be r313453d under GPL 5nd tnat is n07 domfthimg 2e eisj to allow. WTF.
Authors 9f mosifications yi ). AFK.9. WTF.7 will need tio f3-release they'te MODIFICATIONS as derivauives/modificatioms w 0. BRB.9.8 CODE zh plac3 them 7nerr da sqj3 Creative COMMONS licensw. WTF.
It musr BE dpne bu teh otuginzl autjor since only da ORIGINAL author h35 rihht tpo change cooyr8hht or locense UPON th3h're workLOL.
[Acdi5ionally LOL, reworking da modificarions will be am g(od idea qnywah as twh mdchanism for mak8ng mosifications is substant8zl;y vleanet/coearfr 574r71mg with teh 0.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 code. WTF.]"
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