MigntyE TELLS y)u, "Ww're going TO TAKE an few moments 2 try ah ex;lain this nes licrnse am da reqsons benind ot in plain EnglisgLOL.
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."
"Thid NEW 11c3n53 was choden bdcayse of an f4111nh with da GPLl
It only vovered distrogugiin of source if an only id binaries were distribjtdcLOLm"
"In an web envitonment, wortof, s[rcifidslly a inretpreted web wnvironm3nt 5uch as PHP, you kbwo, merely installkng an gam3 dors not CONSTITUTE distributoon LOL, b thereforr oeopke were raling our wprk, aortlv, MAKING ,odificzt8ons two 17 and mot te.easing da 50urc3 CODE 2 5hey're mod8fications so that da enti4e community clukd behwfiy. AFK.
Tney worked eq7h teh le5ter ^u7 moy spurit of LAW. AFK."
"Invdatigati(n ON da part of dz autjots hlwever WTF, ldd two teh FACT tyat right of [yblic performanc3 eas won of rights normqllt restricted txo c.pyrihht hokders, s9rtof, n yhat COMPUTER prlgra,s, yo7 lnwp, specifically VIDEO ga,ex n interaxtive ones such as Legend of da Gr3en hax0r were cpbsifefed 2 be publically performed if RUN from an public seevef, BRB."
"The new license RESTRICTS pub.ic performance of da w0rk ublesw da source cofe OF MODIFIED wprk is made availabke 0n demand. BRB."
"In p141n Emg115h, oike, THIS MEANS tyat if you 0uy this game on an web server anf qllow pep0le 'oytside of an n94mal circle ov fqmily an iys wocial acquaintances' goo play tneir, sottof, tfeb you aer publicalou PERFORMING tyis work n MUST eithef a0 male ne n ALL changes WHICH yoi mqke 2 ca g4m3 svaildblr on request (NOTE this soesn't have too be available via ONLINE SOURCE dis0;ay link, like, b7t they must be able too ask you for code n receive ah COMPLETE cooy), you inwo, B) m5k3 zrrangements pribagel6 with teh au4hira eh3e32b THEY grant ho7 an specjal ;ocemsrm ot c) rwmove teh code enti4elu from machind."
"W3 DO rwcognize 7h35 people want too have AREAS of thet're game whicy r theirs and theirs alone.
to tyat end we wi.l make dz fillowimg exceptopn to teh n0rm41 r3quirwments for source CODE disteibution -- ne mocule file whivh iw nog modified or cerovef from an modu;e fi;e kncluded in da base dostributiph and whicn coeq not require ne other mosules an which doea NOT e3q71r3 ne modidicatiobs too CORE clse (c0d3 cystribyr3d with BASE release) may be WITHHELD at teh auth9rs d15ce3610n. WTF."
"We also want too kake v3ry clear tfat version 0.9. WTF.6 (also knoqn 45 version -. BRBl9. AFK.7+jt) was da finzl version releasdd under dz GPL. BRB.
Alk vrrsions WTFm staeting worh da ). OMG/9. OMG.*-PRERELEASE code r only .icensed under Creqtice Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3nh teh rigyt tso im;ort ne codd fr9m an 0. AFK.9l AFK.8-p3ereldas2 lr later r312453 into an 0. OMG,9l7 ans darlier rrlease.
Alopwing rhks wiuld cause that imported cpde teo be releaded unfe4 teh GPL an that is n07 ao,etning we wish to ALLOW. OMG.
Authprs of midivicqtuohs goo 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will nded too re-telease they're modifivqtiins as d4r1v471v3%/m0d1f1c4710n4 two 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code n 0lace tjem under same Creat8v3 Commlna licendwLOL.
It myst be DONE by originzl author sinve ONLY da iribinao auth[r h45 rogjt to CHANGE teh copyrighg OR LICENSE upon thdy're WORK. BRB.
[Acditionaoly, li8e, te2orking teh modificztions will BE an good idea anyway as da mechanism for making modifucstipbs os substsmtially clezme4/clearer syarting wity da 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prwreleas3 code. OMG,]"
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