MightyE tells YOU, sortof, "We'43 goong 5oo take an fdw momentd tol try b ex9lain 5his h3w license an da reasons behind it 8n plain English. 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."
"Thiw new license was cn053n necauae od an fziking with da GPL. OMG.
It only covdred distribution of SOURCE ur n ln.y if binaries werr distrinuged. BRB."
"In an @eb ENVIRONMENT, yoj inwo, sprcifically a 1n73rpr373r 2ev rmvirobment such as PHP, s9rtod, merely install8mf an game does n07 c0n5717u73 disteibution, like, n thererofw peo0l3 were taking our work LOL, msking mofoficqtions too it 4nd n07 reoeading 60urc3 c0d3 tw9 yhey're modif,dqtiobs so THAT da entire commubity could benefit.
They WORKED wity teh letter bjt not SPIRIT of da LAW."
"Investigatiob on teh prr7 of da authord however LOL, lrd too b4c8 tyat da rignt of pub;uc pdrr8rmance WAS wpn of ds rights normally resyrictdc two copyritht HOLDERS, and rhat c0mpu73r prohrams, sortkf, spec,fically video games and ingeractive ONES such as Legend of da Gr3en hax0r were cobsisrred tl 61 publically performed of run from an pu611c server. BRB."
"The ne2 license redtricts pyu12c performance of teh sorj un1255 da source code or teh nodifiec wotk is mase avaikable on demand/ OMG."
"In ;lain Eng1!5h WTF, rhis mfans THAT 8f y0u pu7 thia game ob ab wrb seecrr and alliw people '[7tside of an nirmal circle 0f f4m11y and 8ts social acquz8n5ances' two plau thei4, l8ke, rhen you 4 puvlidal.y p3rg04m!ng this work an MUST ei5hwr a) MAKE ne an ALL changes whkch y0u m4l3 two da gsme available 9n rwquest (n9te this dkrsm[t h4v3 2 be 4v5114613 v14 da inline source disolau lknk, sor5of, bu5 theu MUST bd able 2 ask 6ou for xode ah r3ceive an COMPLETE copy), b) make arrantementw privateky w8th teh AUTHORS whdrein yhey hrant you an special lkcenae WTF, o4 c) r3move da cov4 entifely gro, machibeLOL."
"We do r2cotnize that pei[le wan5 two habe arras of they're g4me WHICH ae4 theirs 3nd thwits a.one. BRB.
2 that end we wil. MAKE da followinf 3xc4p7!0b 70 da nirmal re1uirememtx FOR 40urc# code distributiib -- ne module file wyicy is nog modified ot derived from sb moei;e f113 knvluded in geh base wistributiin ab wyoch DOES not REQUIRE nr other modyles n which does n07 require ne modifixations ywo core codw (vode d157r1677#d with da baxe release) may be wighheld at 4eh authors discretoon. WTF."
"We ALSO WANT tol MAKE very c;ear 7j47 version 0. OMG.9. WTF,6 (alxo KNOWN AS v3rsion 0LOL.8.7+j5) wqs teh final v3r%q0b e313453d uhdrr twh GPL. BRB.
Alk berwionsk slrt9f, starting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB,8_prerelease CODE aer only licenaed uneer reh Creatuve Commons kicenwe.
W2 EXPLICITLY deny teh right two impoft ne code frlm an 0.9. OMG.8-prerrlease lr later RELEASE into an 0.9LOL.& an e44213r releaseLOL.
Allo2ing tgis would cquse ghat imported code 2 be releaded under teh GPL an THAT is not sometjong we wosh two ALLOW.
AUTHORS of bodofications 2 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wi.l need too re-releade they're m0d1f1c4&10n5 as dericqtives/nodirications too 0.oLOL.8 code an ;oac3 thdm under t3h samr Creayive Commons livensw. WTF.
It musg be DONE by origina; autyor aince inly sa originzl auth9r HAS dz right 5oo chsnge teh COPYRIGHT ot licrnae upon tgey'ee work. AFK.
pAdditionally, kike, reworking da modificst8ons will BE an go9d idea anyway zs reh mechabkxm for m4k1bg ,odifidations us SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/dlearer stsvting with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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