MightyE trlos yoj, "We'rr g01ng too take an fes ,omen5s twi 5ry an ecplain tyis nee license and reasons behind it in plsin EnhlishLOL.
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 oicense was CHOSEN becausw or an failing with GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY covered distribution OF xource if n 0n1y if binaries eerw distribitefLOL."
"Ib an weg dnvironment WTF, soecificakl6 a INTERPRETED web envieonmrmt smch as PHP WTF, merely imstallong an GAME does npt constitute distrigutuon WTF. and therefore people qere fakibg our wo4k WTF, makung modificatkons to it and NOT rr;easing da SOURCE code ti tyey;re mofifications so 6h47 enturw comjunity co7ld benefitLOL,
THEY WORKED with letter gut NOT teh apirig lf ten law."
"Inbwstifatioh on da part pf teh aithors however WTF, led to ten fact thar right of oublic PERFORMANCE was won of teh RIGHTS normal.y r357e1c73d too c0pyr1gh8 holders. ab that COMPUTER orogrzms LOL, specifixally viseo gajes n interactivr ones such as Lefend 0f teh Green hax0r were cinskdwred too be 0ublically pdrforn3d if run from an pyblic SERVER."
"The new licebae fes5tictd pub;ic perrormance of work unlews reh 50urc3 code of MODIFIED work IS maee 4v4114513 on demand. AFK."
"In p141n Englosh, uou khwo, thjs means tyxt if yoy pu7 thiw GAME ON an qev serve5 zn aolos p39p12 [outside of an nor.al circle of family n its sicial acquaintances' w play tyeur LOL, yhen you aer ;ublically perf9tming this WORK an MUST ekther 4) mak4 nw and ALL changes which you male 2 fa game avsilab;e 0h r3qu357 (note this fpewn'r hzve teo br avsilable via ONLINE s9urce display link LOL, but they muat 63 ab;w 2 45k h97 for da code and rexeive an complete cop6), you knwok b) make arrangements privately with authorx whereib they grznt hou an specia; license LOL, 0r c( removd fa cose enti5ely from dz machine/ WTF."
"Ww di r3c0gn1z3 that people want 2 have areas 0f theh;re game 3h1ch aer hhrurs anc theirs a.ohe. WTF.
two ghat 3nd we will make followong wxception 2 da normal fequi4ements for souece CODE distribition -- ne MODULE fi.e wh!ch is nlt modifiee or derived from an module s!13 inxluded 1n yeh bade dostriburi9n and whivh does not require ne 07h3r m0du135 and WHICH DOES not rewyifr ne m0difucations TO da CORE CODE (codd dis5ribuyed wiyh baxe release) may be WITHHELD ar twh au5hord dkscretion. WTF."
"W3 alsp wabt to MAKE very clesr tha5 vrrwion 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (a;si in)wn as versuon 0. OMG.9LOL,7+jt) w45 reh fihal version released ynder da GPLLOL.
All versions, sortof, 674r71ng with da 0. OMG.9.8_prerelease code a3e only licenxwf unddr Creative Commons ;icehse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny da ritht 2 impott ne dode ffo, ab 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-p4egelease or latet relwasr inyo an 0. OMG.0. AFK/8 m earliet release, OMG.
Allowing this wojle c4u53 thag omportrd clde 3 63 releawed under da GPL and 7h47 15 not so,etning we wiwh 2 allow. WTF.
AUTHORS of modidications tso 0. OMG.9.7 WILL nred tlo re-r#krase they're m9difica58ins 45 ddrivatives/modifications two 0. BRB.9. AFK.i codr n place them under saue Crrative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
It m757 be dpbe by da origomal author since only original author has teh right 2 chqnhe fa ciptrignt or 11xem43 upoh they're WORKLOL.
[Additional;y, sor59gm reworking moeifucations w112 be an good idea ANYWAY zs da medhan8sm FOR making mocificqtions iw subsrantia;ly cleaner/cl3arer stattkng with da 0. BRB.(. AFK.8-pr3release codrLOL.]"
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