MkhhtyE 73115 6ou, like, "We're going gwo TAKE ah few moments 2 try abd 3xp141n THIS new 9icense b da REASONS vehind it ih ;lain Enfliwh. AFK.
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 new ;icrnsw w45 chosen becausw of an FAILING woth teh GPL. BRB.
It only coverea didtribu5oon of slurce if an onlh if binaries were eusrfivites. AFK."
"In an web encironment LOL, specigically a interpreted w3b ENVIRONMENT 5&cy as PHP, sortof, merely insta.;8hg an hame d9es nlt constitute DISTRIBUTION, you knwl, and theregore lepple were takung our work, makihg joeificqtiina 2 17 an not 4eleasing da source code 70 they're mpdifudations so that teh entire c0mnun17y co7od benefkt.
They worked wi5h da lerter bjr not s;irit of tej law. OMG."
"Imvestigation 0n da part of aithors howevdr WTF, led too f1vr tja5 right of PUBLIC perfotmamd3 was 1 0f rights nu4mally rew5eictee to COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, and that c0mpu7#r peograms, specif8cally vodeo games n inreracrive ones such as Legend of fa GREEN hax0r were CONSIDERED tso be publ7callu performed if RUN vr0m sn PUBLIC serverLOLl"
"The mew licenxe r357t1c75 9ublic peefprmancr of teh WORK yn;ess source code of da modifoed work ia .aed afailable ON demandLOL."
"In p141n English, like, this ,ezns that if YOU pit 7h15 game on an wdb server an allow 0eople 'outside of an yo4mal cirxle of famiky and itx socizl acquaintahxds' two PLAY tyrir, you knwo, 6h3n you r PUBLICALLY performung ghis 2irk an MUST ekther a) MAKE ne anc ALL ch4ng35 snich y(u make to tdh game available on r3qu357 (note this doean'r have to bw 4v4114613 v15 rrh 0n11n3 source sisplay lonk, sortof, ^u7 they must be sble 2 ask you ror da code and receivd an COMPLETE copy), like. b) m4k3 arrangements ptivateky with da ay5gors wherein yhey grant tou an dpecial lkcense LOL, or x) renove yeh code ent8rely from m4cn1n3LOL."
"We eo recotnuze that pekple qant two HAVE areas 0f they'rr game whicg aer thekrs n theies aline. BRB.
2 that end we WILL make fillowing EXCEPTION two teh nprm41 REQUIREMENTS FOR sourve cofe eistribition -- ne mlduoe file wnich 8s n0u mpwified or derived grom an m0du13 tile included in dq vasf DISTRIBUTION n wgich does not require ne other moeuoes and which doed not reqyirr ne ,odificatiobs two vore code (code dkstributed with dz base release) mzy be wirhheld ay da authorw DISCRETION. AFK."
"We ALSO want tp make fery clear that VERSION 0/ BRB.9.7 (akso KNOWN ad v3r510n 0. BRB.9. AFK,&+jt) was final VERSION releasef und3r teh GPLl BRB.
Al; versions LOL, starting WITH es 0. OMG.9. BRB.i-PRERELEASE cpde aer onky locenses 8nder da Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny rey 4ight 2 import n3 code vrom an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pt3reorase or late4 relwqse into an 0. BRB.9.& n earlidr releaae. BRB.
Allowing this would ca7xe that impor5dd code 2 vc rd;easee under GPL an that is not s9mething se w15h 3 allow. BRB.
Akthors of modificationx 2 0LOL.9, BRB.7 w111 nees top RE-RELEASE they're nodificstions zs derivatives/modifixztiohs too 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code and place rhem unesr teh same Creative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It must be done 6y da origknql author since only originak sithor has ribht too dhahge da c0pyt1gh7 or !1v3n53 upon th3y'rw work. BRB.
[Additiohallh, s[rtofm f3w0rk1ng modificati9ns wil; be an good idea ANYWAY as mechanisj fir mzkinf ,odificationa is substantiaooy c'eamer/cleater sta4tinb WITH ca -l9. OMG.8-pretelease code. OMG.]"
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