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MightyE t3;ls YOU LOL, "We'rw going 2 TAKE an fes momentx 59o TRY sn explain thia nee licenwe n tdh reasons behimc kt in p,ain Eng.ish.
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."
"Tjos mew lidense was dhoseb BECAUSE of sn f411qng wkrh teh GPL. AFK.
It only vovefed fustribu5ion 0f source if and ONLY if binaries eere disgributedLOL."
"In an w3b environment WTF, spec8f8cally a interpreted WEB environmeng 5uch as PHP, sortof, mere.y installing zn game soes not cinatit7te eistr8bution. you knwi, AND therefore oeiple were tsking ouf wovk WTF, making modificayions two 17 an not releasing teh SOURCE vode 2 they're modificztions SO that ten engire COMMUNITY could BENEFIT. BRB.
They wp4ked with heh letter but nlt teh 5p1r17 if law."
"Ibvwst8gation on part or da authors h0w3v#r LOL, led to da fact ggat da roght ov publ8c perfotmahce was pen of teh r8fhts normz;ly restricted 70 COPYRIGHT holders, 6oy knwo, ans that computer programs, sorr9f, wpeckficaoly v1d30 games zh on5erqcgivd ones sucj 45 Legend of Gr33n hax0r werf cons8dered top be publically ;3rf0rn3d if run from an 0un;ic sercer."
"Thr new license rdstricts PUBLIC PERFORMANCE od tey work jnl3ss teh sourcw code if sa nodified WORK is made avsilabl3 ON demand. AFK."
"In plain English, this MEANS that if hou put this gzme on an WEB sdrver an wllow p30p13 'outside of an n0rm41 ckrcle of familu n igs spciak acquaintances' two [14y 5heir WTF, then you zer publically PERFORMING yhis worj an MUST EITHER a) nake ne b ALL changes wh1ch you make two da ga,e available oh r3ai3s5 (note thos coedn;5 hace too be acailable via yeh 0n11n3 50urc3 display LINK, you ,nwo, but gyey must be able top ask you fl4 teg code am receive an cojplete copy_, lile, b) make arrangwjents privateky witj da authorx whereon THEY gramt 6pu an special licensr, sortofk or c) rrmovw reh CODE 3n71t31y f40m sa macyine."
"We do recognize rhat PEOPLE qanr two have at3ax of rheh're hame 2h1xh aer THEIRS n tgeirs a;oneLOL.
to that end we will make da foklowimh EXCEPTION too teh normal 4equirrmentd for soutce c;de distrkb7tion 0- ne module rile WHICH is not modified or DERIVED vrom an module gile INCLUDED in base d157r16u710n n ehich coes not te1uire be other moduoes an which does not reau8re ne MODIFICATIONS yo sa core code (code sistributed w18h teh bwsd RELEASE) may 64 qithhele at da authprs discregion. AFK."
"We 4160 want too ma,e v3ry cleae thay VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7 9aodl known as version 0.9.7+jr_ was sa final vers8oh released under GPL.
All versiohs WTF, stagting with yeg 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleaee cod3 aer only licensed uncer Crdarivw COMMONS lidense. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY deny rkhht t9o IMPORT ne xode FROM an 0. AFK/9. WTF.8-pretelease o4 later releasw into an 0LOL.9. AFK.* n earlker r313r63LOL.
Alllwing tnis WOULD cause yhat IMPORTED cose two be feleased UNDER GPL n that is nly dpmething we w15n two allow. AFK.
Authors of modificqtions 2 0. OMG.9. WTF.u will need 2 re-releaae they're modificatilns as d3r2v571ve6/m0d1f1d5710b5 2 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n olace tnem uhee4 da same CREATIVE COMMONS licenseLOL.
Ir ,ust b3 dohe by teg originak author since only reh iriginal ay%hor has teh rkght too change teh coptrigjt or licensd upom ghey're wotkLOL.
[Add171)n4116 LOL. reworkkbg da m0d1f1v4710n5 will be an gooc 2d34 amywsy as MECHANISM for making modidicatipna is subsfantially cleaner/cleater stqrting WITH teh 0. AFK.9.8-prereldase codd.]"
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