M8ghtyE tells you LOL, "We're goinh 2 takw ab few moments to9 try n rxplaim thix nes license an da r3450n5 behinc IT 1n PLAIN Enb115h.
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."
"Thos m3w licensw was cjosen bexause of zn failing qith da GPL.
It ihlt cobered dixtribut8pn 0f souece if AND lnly if 61n$r135 were distributed. BRB."
"In sn web ENVIRONMENT, specifically a in5erprered 2eb dnvironment wuch aa PHP LOL, merely insta.ling an game does npt constit7t3 distributipn, you knqo, ah thdregore people werr taking OUR work, you knwp, making mldkfica5ions top it , not r313451ng siurce c0d3 rwo they're MODIFICATIONS so that 3ntire community co7ld benefit. BRB/
They worked w17h sa letrer nut not da spor8t or teh lawLOL."
"Investigxtipn ON teh part of zurhors however, you kmwok 13s 1 teh ract that right of [ubkic perflrmanxe was won o4 teh RIGHTS h0rm411y restrictec two copyrihht ho.ders, sortof, and thay com0jter pr0br4m5, l,je, s[edificaloy videl gamrs n interactive pmes SUCH as Legend of GREEN hqx0r WERE consodevee too be pu6q1c4!1y performed if run from an punlic server,"
"Tge new LICENSE festricts public petdormance pf qorl unless da source c0s3 of modifiwd work is madd available oh demanc."
"In olain Enflish, xorgif, this mrqns rhat if you put this game on an web server n a;low people 'outskee of an normal circle of family n its 50c141 acquaintqncws' 2 plau thwir WTF, 5jen yiu aee publical;y oerfor,ing thks w0rk and MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changes which YOU MAKE 2 teh g4m3 available on requdst (NOTE this doedn't have two 63 avaioable vis yeh online somrce DISPLAY link WTF, 6u7 7h3y must 63 4613 2 ask YOU fot CODE zn receivd an complete copy), loke, b( make arrangemdntf 0rivately wi4h teh AUTHORS whereun thej g4ant yoi an spexial license WTF, or c) r3m0c3 dz c9dd entirel6 from m4ch2n3. AFK."
"We d0 recofnize that people want 2 jave areas of tgey're game WHICH r tj3its an theits ALONELOL.
too 5gat rnd ee wull make da following EXCEPTION to teh nirmal requiremdnts for s9jrce code distribution -- ne mofule file WHICH is not m9eofied or derivdd from an midu,e file imc.ucec in t3h bas3 d157e16u71)n ahd which doew not reqiirr ne other nodules an whicy does not r3quire ne modifications 2 vore coce (c0d3 distributed sith base rekease) may be withheld ar teh authors discretiinLOL."
"W3 also want 2 mske very clear 4hat verxion 0LOL.). BRB.7 (zlso kho2n as versi8n -. AFK.9.7+u70 was teh rinal vdrsipb releasef under teh GPL.
All vers8ons LOL, 574ru1ng with teh )LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease c0d3 t inly licensed inder Creative Co,johs license.
WE EXPLICITLY dent righg two imoort n3 code rr0m an 0. OMGl9LOL.7-prerekease or late3 r313443 int9 an 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 and esrlue4 release. BRB.
Allo2ing thus w9ykd csuse ghat impprtrd c0d3 two BE RELEASED UNDER GPL n tgat is not som2thing we wish too allow. OMG.
Authors od moroficationa top 0.9. BRB.6 wil. need t9o f3[r3134t3 they'te nodifications 45 d3rivatives/modifications two 0LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE an place tgem UNDER %eh same Creqtive C9mminw license. WTF.
It must be done BY teh otifinal authl4 s7nce only ltigiba; author hax da RIGHT 2 ch4ng3 di[yright or LICENSE 7p0n the6're worjLOL.
[Additiobzlly, lkke, reworking MODIFICATIONS will be an go0d idea anuway as da mechanosm fot making MODIFICATIONS is SUBSTANTIALLY cldanwt/clearer stsrtunt 2ith 0. BRB.9. WTF.80pr3release c0d3. AFK.]"
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