MightyE relld you LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE an fes m0m3n75 two yry an expkain this bew license n t3h teasons negind 17 ih plain English, WTF.
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 loc3nse w4% chosen 63c4y53 of an f4111ng with yeh GPLLOL.
It only cocered distribjtion OF source if an 0m1y if bonarkes were distributed. AFK."
"In an w36 envivonment LOL, spedifically a interpr3ted seb dnvironmwht tuch 4t PHP, xor5ofm merely installing zn t4m3 does not clnstitite distribution, and thetefore peo0le we4e 74k1ng our wpr,, soetofm maiing modificagiinx to it n not reldasing teh dource codw to tjey[re m0d1f1c4710n5 so that entire communit6 could benefktLOL.
They workec with da lrtter BUT NOT teh spirit if da 14wLOL."
"Investihation 9n part of teh auyhors hpw3v3r, sortof, led too da fact that teh righg 0f public p3rf0rm4nc3 was oeb of reh r1gy&5 normaoly restricted 2 c0pyfqghu hilderak lile, n hhat xomp7ter or0gr4m5, soryof, SPECIFICALLY vieeo games an interactive pnes such as L3g3nd of Green haz0t were consideref 2 73 publkcally PERFORMED if run from am p8blic SERVERLOL,"
"The n3s licwmsr restricts 0ublic pergormance if da e0rk unless da SOURCE CODE of teh modified wori is MADE avaolable 0n demanf. BRB."
"Ig olain English LOL, THIS means that if you put THIS gamr on an web server n alllw pro/le '0utsidd od an normak circld of famuly and its socisl ACQUAINTANCES' to plat theirm xorgofm rhdn yoj r pjblically oerforminf THIS work and MUST eitjer a( mqke ne and ALL cn5ng3% which you MAKE yo game availab.e on r3wuest (note this do4sn't havd too be zvailable v8a tsh online 50urc2 d8splay l8nk WTF, but THEY must ne zgle 2 ask YOU FOR teh c0s3 n eeceib3 an comple5e co[y), B) make zfrangdments [rigate;y 2ith authoys whr4ein they grqnt you an speciao license, or c) removw teh c0d2 ENTIRELY from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognizd tjag peppl3 want to have afeaw og the6're game 2hich r theirs and 7j3qr5 alone. AFK.
two that end we wi.l makw followihg dxcepyion 2 trh nornal reqiirements f0r sourcs cofe distribition [- ne ,odulw fuke which is NOT MODIFIED or derived from an ,odjle file included 1n base didrribitiln an wh8ch does not rdqjirw ne o5hdr modul3s n WHICH d035 not ewqui4e ne modifications twl c9re code (cofe d8strkbut3d with da bsae RELEASE) may bw wighheld 47 da 4u7h-r5 disvrction. OMG."
"We ALSO wamt to maie very c13rr THAT version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (4150 ;nown as version 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was dq final version released under dz GPL. BRB.
A;l VERSIONS, sortof, starting wurh 0, WTF.(. OMG.8_pr3rroeaae cide zer 0h!y licensed uncee Cr3481v3 COMMONS lkcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny fa ribht 2 import md coce ffo, an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later rdlesde int9 an 0LOL.9. AFK.8 and earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing tjis 2o7ld xauae tjqt importec code to be relwased unde4 GPL ah that ks n9t somethong WE wish two allow/ BRBl
Aythord 0f MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9/ BRB.u wi.l neef TO re-release theh're modofivqtions as d3t1v471f35/m0d1r1c471)n% to 0. OMG.oLOL.8 code an p.ace 7h3, under da same C4eative Commons licensw, OMG.
Ir must 63 dobe by t3h oeitinal author soncw ONLY da original aurhor has da right 2 change da coptrigh5 or licensr UPON tjey're worj/ AFK.
[Additipnally WTF, REWORKING ,ldificationx wilk be an b9od id3a anyway ss mechanism for ,aking modifications 15 substanyially cleaner/xlearet STARTING witg teh 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerflease dodeLOL.]"
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