MightyE tells yiu LOL, "We;rw g01nt twl tske qn f3w MOMENTS 2 try and explain ghid hew .icense and feawons behind it in plsin 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."
"This ne3 LICENSE was chosen BECAUSE OF an FAILING with teh GPL. BRB.
It only covered cistribution of qource if n oyly kf BINARIES were cistfibutdd. BRB."
"In qn web environment LOL, s[3cificqloy a interpreted eeb rnvironmwbt auch qs PHP, mereky ihsgall8ng an game does n07 constirute distrubution LOL, n therefore peopoe qeee takinf our e0rl WTFk making modificati9ns toi it and not rr.easing ten sotrce code too they're modificatioms so tgqt entire clmmuni5y could benevitLOL.
They 2orked sith 1#&83r but npt spirit of da oawLOL."
"Inveatigatkon oh teh 0art of 4y7h0r5 howevee LOL, led tei da fact tkag wight OF public performance was 1 of dz RIGHTS nor,zlly restricyec til copyright HOLDERS, and ghat compjter programs WTFm s0ecifically vkdeo ga,es 4nd INTERACTIVE onew such as Legend of fa GREEN hax0r 2ere CONSIDERED 2 be publica.ly performed 8f run fr0m an pjblix serv34LOL."
"The nww licdnwe RESTRICTS public performance of teh wor, unodss da sourve c0d3 of mod8fied wprk ia madr avaolable on demanf. OMG."
"In ;lain English LOL, this means that 1f YOU put this game on an qeb SERVER qn alllw people 'outsude of an normsl circle og fajilh an its soxial acquaontances' w play th3ir LOL, then uou r oiblivally pwrrorming this sirk an MUST dither a_ make ne n ALL cnanges whicy you mak3 two da gqme available on eequect (note THIS doewh't h3v3 tlo be 3v4114613 VIA inlinw source display kihk WTF, but they mu57 be 4613 top 45k y0u f0r da codd h receive an c)mp1373 COPY), 6) make arrangwmentd priva5ely 2ith qythora WHEREIN ghey grant YOU an special 11c3n53, you knwi, or c) f3move tey code ENTIRELY from da macyone. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1a3 that pdople w4n7 go hsvr areas lf they're game egich r rheira an 7h31rt alohe.
to that END we will mak3 following exdeption 2 norma; REQUIREMENTS fot soufce code disttkbution -- nw module fkoe eh1ch is not modofied o4 derived from an module fiod included in teh BASE dkstrigutoon and which does NOT reqykre ne other jodules m WHICH does not reaiire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 teh c0rr code (code doxtributed with base re.eaaw) may bw withhe;s sg authors d15xr3&1)n. BRB."
"We qlso wamt too n4j3 VERY xlear ghat bersion 0/ AFK.9.7 (also inoqn as v3r510n 0. BRB.oLOL.7_jt( was final version re;easwd ynder GPLLOL.
Alk fersions, s9rtof, starting w17h dq 0. BRB.(. WTFl8-pterelexse code adr onlt licensed umder da Creative Cijmons license. AFK,
We EXPLICITLY deny ca f8ggt 2 imporr ne cpse from an 9. WTF.9. OMG.8-prdrelease or !473r relrase into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 am earlier rekease. BRB.
Aloowonf tnis wo7lc causd tnar im[orted code 2 be reoessed 7nder GPL an thqt ix nor 50m37h1ng we wish two allowLOL/
Autyors lf modifivstilns 2 0.9.7 will need two RE-RELEASE they're modificstions as defivagoves/modifidatoons two ), AFK.(LOL.8 clde an place them ubdee ca same Creztive C0mm9n5 license.
IT muwt be done bu da original aurhlr since ONLY sa oeirinql autgof h4t right two ch4ng3 twh copyrihht OR 1qcen52 upon they're workLOL.
[Addlgionsllh WTF, reworkint teh moeificdtions w8ll vd an g9id odea anuway aa mechanism for m4kqng MODIFICATIONS is substantially xle1ner/clearer dgatting wi5h da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-[rereleaxe code/ WTF.]"
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