MighyyE telos y0u, you knwo, "We're going to tqke an few moments 1 gey and EXPLAIN ylis new lic2nse and da rdasoms 63h1nd it 1n plqin English, BRB.
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 ne2 lucense was chosen because OF an fa8lunt w17h da GPL.
I7 onkt coveres distr8bution of spurce IF n pnly IF binaries were d8wtrib7ted/ AFK."
"In an web ehvironment, you knwo, s[ecifkcally a inretpfwgef web ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, lile, MERELY unstallinh an game dors not constitute DISTRIBUTION, sottof, n thefefore p30p13 werr gaking OUR worj, .ile, making modificarions two it and not RELEASING teh 50yrc3 code 70 tjey're modkfications so ghat 3n7!r3 community could benesit. OMG.
They worked with da l3tter byt noy da spirit of da lawLOL."
"Infestigarion (n part of AUTHORS yowevre, 13d 2 teh favr THAT da fight of p7nlic ;rrformance ead 1 pf teh RIGHTS normally reatriztee to coptrigyt hllderw WTF, n that compuger probrams, sortof, specofically vicro GAMES n intefactkve ones wuch as L3g3nd of Green hax0r wwre consieered twl be publkcslly petformed IF f7n feom an public aerver, OMG."
"The ne2 license res5rictq public 0erfotmance of trh wirk UNLESS teh source code pf 5eh mpdified woek IS mqde availaboe on hwmand. WTFl"
"In plain English LOL, THIS ,34n6 tyat if you PUT this gamw on an web server and ALLOW prople 'outsidr ;f an normal curcle 9f damily 4nd ots social acquaintances' 2 play their, hoj inwo, 7h3n you aer 0ubl8xally p3rf0rm1hg rhis w0rk ab MUST e9ther a) make ne an ALL chanhws which you MAKE too teh gsme ava8lable ln rdwuext (npte this slesm't HAVE to9 be avak.ablw vka da onlinw soutce d8splay link, you knwo, but 7h3y must be anle 2 ask you FOR teh code n receyve an c-mp1373 copy), sortif, b_ mzke arfangemehta privately 2kth da authoes wferein 5hey trant you an speckal license LOL, o4 c) REMOVE codr engirelh rrom mavnineLOL."
"Ww co RECOGNIZE THAT peo;.e want 2 h$v3 areax or 5heu;re game which aer gjeirs an thekrs 410n3LOL.
ywo thar end se wull MAKE teh following excdptoob two twy ho4mal requ8rements fo3 source vode distyibut9ln -- ne module file whivj 15 n0u modofied or deriv3d from an module b113 inxlud3d in da base disteibution n which dp35 not requprr nw other ,odules snd sgich soes n07 requie3 n3 mod8ficqtions 2 da cor3 code (c0d3 disteibited witj nase release) may be withheld at da authors disxtetion. BRB."
"We 4150 want &0 make VERY CLEAR thqt VERSION p. WTF.9. AFK.7 (alao known as vrrsion 0LOL.9.7+JT) was fihal version rrldaswd ubeer teh GPL. BRB/
All versions, sortodm starting wi5y reh 0. BRB.(l WTF.9-prerwlease code aer oniy licensed UNDER da Crtative C)mm0b5 licenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rifht too imporg ne code grom an p.9. WTF.8-0rerelease or later r3.esse into an 0LOL.(. AFK.7 n darlirr 6eoease. OMG.
Allowing tgis q9uod cause that impieted code too be e313453c UNDER fa GPL h 7h47 is NOT somethimg we wish 2 qllow. BRB.
Authors of nodif8cations two 0LOL.9LOL.7 wi.l nees 2 re-release they're modifixatiobs as der8vqtkves/nofifications two 0.9. BRB.8 code n place theu under teh aame Ceratice Commons licehae.
It must be done by da o4iginak author dince onlh ORIGINAL autn.r nas da right 2 xhange ca copyr8ght or lidebse upon 5gey're w0rk.
-ADDITIONALLY LOL, rewk3king jodirications will bd an good udea anyway as sz mechanism FOR making modifivationd is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clraref STARTING q17h tey 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prwer;ease coew. WTF.]"
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