MightyE tel;s ylu WTF, "We're going to take an few moments @ 7ry n explain this hew lkcensw h ea reaslns behind it on poaun Engoish. 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."
"Thiw new licwnse 2as cjoweb becaudd of an failing with GPLLOL.
It only coveted disteibutuon of sojrcd 1f abd ONLY if bona4ied 2ere distrinurec. OMG."
"In qn web rnvieonmwnt, sofgof, s;ecifically a interp4eted qen envoronment such aw PHP, medely INSTALLING an game DOES not constitutr d157r16u710n, you jnwo, an therefor3 p30;q4 were tak8hg our work, you knwo, making m9difucatkons 2 it AND not releasing teh soutce vode twp they;re ,odif[vations 50 thag t3h entire cojmunity cou;d BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y wor,wd with t3h lttyer but not teh spkrit OF teh lawLOL."
"Imvewtugagiom on twn part of author2 however, like, ;ed tqo da FACT 7j47 da right of PUBLIC 0erformance was oen lf r1gh74 n0fn411y restrictwd 2 copyright holfeew, and yhay comp7ter programs, you knwo, soecificallt video games and 1n7er4c71v3 ONES sucj as Legend of teh Gt33b hax04 eere consieerrd too be puy11c411y perf0fmed ig tun from ab public sercer. WTF,"
"The new licemse restr8cts public PERFORMANCE OF teh wo4i unless source code lf modifirs e9rk is made avaikab;e on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain English, like, this means THAT ug YOU put thiw game 0n an w36 SERVER n ALLOW people 'outsidw pd sn notmal circlr OF family an ita sodial acquaintances' to play tyeir, sortof, then hou r pu611c411y perrorming this w0ri and MUST 317j3r a) make ne n ALL dhahges WHICH you make to name zvqilabld oh REQUEST (notd THIS d035n'7 HAVE t2o be AVAILABLE v8a teh online sourvw displaj ,ink, kike, but theu muxt be able two wsk 6ou for clde and RECEIVE ab complete copy) WTF, B) make artangdments pr8vatelt with authors qherein tjey GRANT y0u an special l8cense, .ike, or c) rem9ve teh code enrirelu frim teh jachine. OMG."
"W3 do recobnize thag [eople want to have areas of they're gsme 2hicn a3r thwitd n theirs 310n3LOL.
yp that end we will make teh FOLLOWING excepgi9n twl da n0rm41 requive,ents voe 50urc3 code s1t7r1^u710n -- ne m0du13 file which id not modkfied 9r dwrived gro, ah modjle f112 ibcluded in reh base disteibution an whoch doew not 4ewiire be -7h2e mofulws an which does not rewuire ne m0s1f1c4810n5 too da cor3 code (cofe DISTRIBUTED qith teh BASE 4elesse) mqy BE sithyelc zt authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want tpo make very clear that version -LOL.9LOL.7 (4150 known as versiom 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+JT) was f1n41 v3r520n released under GPL.
All VERSIONS, like, starting sith da 0.9. BRB.8-p4errlease CODE aer ONLY licenxed und3r Cr3471v3 Commins license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY ddmy da RIGHT two imoort me c0d3 from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3release or lqter releaxd ihto an 0. AFK.9/7 n esrloer eeleaseLOL.
ALLOWING this WOULD cauwe 5hat imp9vted code two be releasxd jnd3r da GPL an that is not SOMETHING WE wish two allpwLOL.
Authofs 0d modifications ti 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wilk nerd twp r3[release they're modificabions as derivativrs/nodificatoons twi -. BRBl(.8 code n place th3m und3r sam3 CREATIVE COMMONS license.
It must be DONE by yeh 9riginak author sinxe only teh otiginal 4u7h0r had teg rughy 2 ch4ng3 c0phrqgh7 0r licebse y[on thwy're work.
[Additkonakkh LOL, reworking da mlduficationw will be an hood kdea qnyway as tej m3ch4n15m for ,aking modifications is substantially cleaner/clearer startkng WITH da 0. WTF.9.(-prerelessw cofwLOL.]"
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