MighyyE telld y0u, lije, "We're going 2 take an few moments two try 4nd 3xplai, thks neq license AND teh teaxons BEHIND it in plaim Ebf.ish. AFKl
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 l8xense w55 chosen becausr lf an failing wiyh teh GPLLOL.
It onlh clverrd dixtributi;n 0f aource IF n ONLY if bkharies WERE d8strkbuted. BRB."
"In an web envor9nment, you knwi, specifidally d 1m72ror373d web environmeny such qs PHP, 2orrof, merely 1n57$111ng an g4m3 does not clnstitute DISTRIBUTION, you khwo, b ghereflr3 030pq3 23re tqking OUR work WTF, ,aling m9dificqtions two it an not releasing sojrce co3e TO thry[re mod8fications so that te6 entire ci,munity co7.d benedut.
They wprked w1uh ;etter vut not da SPIRIT of law/ OMG."
"Investigatiob on geh p4r7 of sa AUTHORS however, led glo t3h fact that right of punlic p3rv0tm4nc3 was 1 of da r1gh75 normally r356f1c7ed w coptfibhr holders, slrtoe, and ghat compufer pr0gr4j5, specifically vkdeo GAMES AND interactive ones SUCH AS Legrnd of Green hax0r wete conaiderec 2 be publidallh peefofmed kf run FROM an pub.ic aefverLOL."
"The new license RESTRICTS [ubluc performance of sork ujless aojrce code of teh MODIFIED sork is m4d3 aba9lab.e on demanf,"
"In plain Engliwh, 7h15 m34n5 that 7f you [ut this GAME on an web srrver AND allow people '0u751d3 )f an notmql virvle og family n uts docial scquaibtanbes' 2 play 5hd8r, hou knwo, thsn you r pub.ically peeforming rhid wofk an MUST eithef a) mske ne dn ALL changes shicj YOU make glo da gsme ava8oable 0n rwquest (nite this dpesn't have 2 bt available via onlkne source dusplay .ivk LOL, BUT thdy MUST BE able to as, YOU for dz c0de an RECEIVE qn cpmplete c0py), 6ou knwo, b) make arrangements prkvayely with authors whrrein they gr4n7 you an special LICENSE, sorgof, or c) remove teh CODE 3n71r31y from da machlne. AFK."
"We do recognize that peop.e want t9o have zreas of the6;t3 game whkch aer theirs and rheirs alone.
2 tgat 3nd ee will make trh following exceptiln tp da norjal rrwuiremen^s goe so7rce code distribution -- ne modyle file wh8ch is not modigued 0r derivee frim an MODULE file includdc in basd dksteibution ab wh8dh dows not requ8re ne other moeulds abd which d035 bot require ne modifications 1 da core CODE (CODE DISTRIBUTED wkth teh baxe r313453) MAY gw WITHHELD at da auth9rs didcretion. WTF."
"We akso s4n7 too make very cleaf that version 0LOL/9. OMG,7 (3150 knoem AS vefsion 0LOL.9LOL.7+JT) qas da vinal versiob RELEASED under teh GPL. WTF.
ALL versions, kike, starting e17h da 0. AFK.9. AFKl8-prereldasr CODE aer lh;y lidenaed under teh Creative Co,jibx licrnse. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3my rihht tso im0o4t ne code from an 0, OMG.9/ AFK.8-[werelease or ;ater rwlease imto an 0, AFK.9. AFK.7 ahf earlier feleasw. OMG.
Alll2ing this would cause that imported coce toi 63 released under da GPL n thqt is n07 spmethinh we wish two alliw.
AUTHORS OF MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 qill n3wd to ee-rdldasd theu'rd mldifications as derivstives/modidications 2 0. BRBl9. OMG.8 code ab p.acr them under same Crdqtive Commons LICENSE.
It nust be DONE bu irkginal author xince only teh lriginal author has right too change copyrigjt or .ucense up)n they'4e widk. OMG.
[Afeitionally, soetof, resprking modif8cations will bd an g00d idea ANYWAY as teh mechanism f0r makinf modificationw is subsgantiall6 cleaner/clearee stafting with 0. BRB.0. BRB.8-prw4skezwe codeLOL.]"
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