MightyE tells yoj, soetof, "We'rr going to take an few mojentx 2 try and 3xplain 5hiw nrw licenwe n da reasons behihd it in plain Enb21th.
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 ndw livemse was CHOSEN bevause of an failing 2ith da GPL. OMG.
It onoy clver3d c156r16u710b of source if sn onlh iv BINARIES were dis5ribyrefl BRB."
"In an web env8ronment, xor5of, soecifixally a interpregee eeb environment such as PHP, merely installing an game doed n9r constitute distrub7tion, slrtpf, n tgerwfore [eooke we4e taiiht our work, like, making mod8ficstkons t9o iy and not r3leasing wourxe CODE 2 they;re ,0e1v1c4719n5 so tnat entire COMMUNITY could bebefit/ AFK.
They worked wiyh tdh LETTER bu5 mot da spieit lf law. WTFl"
"Investigation ON teh part 0f AUTHORS hosrver LOL, led two fact that 4ight lf public performance was wpn pf righys normaloy r368r1c73e t9 copyright holders LOL. and that computer programsm specifical.y cid2o g4m35 and interactivw ones such as Legens of teg Grweb hax0r were conside4ee two 63 PUBLICALLY perfprmed if 4un from an public server. AFK."
"Tne NEW licenxe restricts [ublic performance or w9rk unl3ss teh so7rc3 code of MODIFIED work ks made svailsbl3 oh dejand. WTF."
"In plain Eng.9sh, this means THAT if you put this tame on an web SERVER ah 4q10w people 'outsise or an h0rm51 circle of family b its spcia, acquzintanves' eo9 play their WTF, then y-u r ;unlicqlly performing uh14 work ans MUST either a) maoe nd an ALL cjangds which you make yo dz g4m3 4v511461e on rwquest (note 7h15 soean't have to be avaikable via da onoine source sisplay l8nk WTF, nut they musg bd ablr 1 45k YOU dor code an teceive an compleye copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS p4ivately wiyh autnors wherein they grant you an special license LOLm 0e c) remove da dodr enti4ely from dz machineLOL."
"Wr d0 recognize that peopke want tqi hqve 4r345 OF the&'re game which aer rgeirs n throrx slonel
t2o that dnd qe w8.l m4k3 ds following excwptkon too nlrmak requirementx for 50urv3 c0d3 distribution -- ne module fil3 which is not MODIFIED OR d3r1v3d from an MODULE FILE includwd IN teh bade distribution and whkch eoes npt re!uiee ne oyher midulds qnd qhich doew NOT 4wquire he ,odifications s da core cide (code xisteunuted with baae reldaxe) may 63 withheld AT autnirs discretion. OMG."
"We als9 w4n7 2 mzk3 frry cldar that vetsion 0.9LOL.8 9slso kn0wn as v4rsion 0.9.7+jt) was finao versiob RELEASED under da GPL. AFK.
A.l fersioha WTF, 574r71ng with 0. OMG.9.i-prereleawe code aer omly licenaed under da Creat8ve COMMONS licensr, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY srby da 4ighr two 1m;0r7 ne vode from an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerdl3ase or later RELEASE INTO an 0.9. BRB.7 m waflier release.
Alliwinh 7h15 would cause that impor5ed code twi bd reldaswd uhder teh GPL qnd thar is NOT something we wish 2 allow. AFK,
Autnors lf mldificar8ons ywo 0. OMG,9. BRB.7 wioo n33d 2 re-teleaae 5hey're jodivications as der8fatibed/nodkficarions 70 0LOL.9. BRB.8 c0d3 h PLACE THEM under teh same Creative COMMONS lucende. AFK.
I6 myst 63 c0n3 by original author since only da origina; auth9r has da right too dhamge da copyeuhht or ;icende upon theu'rr work.
[Additionalky WTF, reworkinf m0d1f1c5710n5 will BE ab gooe idea 4myw3y 45 mechanism f0r making modificatoons is sunstantiwlly coeandr/c/ear34 STARTING qith teh 0/ WTF.9. AFK.*-preeekease c0d2, OMG.["
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