MigggyE tells uou, you knwo, "Ww;re GOING too TAKE sn few momen5s two try abd explain &h15 nd2 license 4nd tej REASONS bejind it IN plain Ehg;ish. AFK.
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."
"Th8s new 11c3nt3 was chosen BECAUSE or an railung with GPL. WTF.
It only covered distrub7tion lf source if 1nd only if binaries were d157r16u73d. WTF."
"In qn web envkeonmdnt, spedifically a interpreted w36 enviro,ment such as PHP, you knwo, merely 1n57$111nf an gqme eoes not vonstitute distribu5ilb LOL, and 5nerefore people WERE taking 0ur work LOL, making ,odificztiobs 2 ut anf not rslezskgg sourc3 code 2 tne6're m9difkcations s[ tbat entife community c0u1d bwnefit. BRB.
Th3y work3d WITH teh letter but not spurit OF da ;aw. AFK."
"Investigayion on parr of ea AUTHORS ho2ever, like, l3d 2 fact 7h4u right of p7blic perfo4mance was w 0f 4ights NORMALLY restricted 3 copyright holders LOL, b THAT domputer 0rogrqms LOL, SPECIFICALLY video gamws AND INTERACTIVE o,es such as Legenc of tey Green hax0r wete considered two bs publicallt p3rf0rm#d if rjn from an pu611c SERVER. BRB/"
"The new LICENSE rest4ists PUBLIC perflrmance of da work inless teh dlurce code 0f modofoed wor, 8s ,adw avaolable on demand. AFK."
"In plain Englisy, THIS MEANS tyzt uv you put this g$m3 on an web seevet ame aojow people 'outside of an normal circle of family m i5s sociak acqjaintamcrs' two plqy tjeor, slrtof, then uoj aer pub/ica;lh perfprmivg THIS WORK n MUST 3q7h3r a) mqi3 ne and ALL changex WHICH uou MAKE two teh game AVAILABLE on requeat (note 7h1% DOESN'T have too ge availablw via da 0n1!n3 source DISPLAY link, like, ^u7 7h3y MUST be able 2 ask you for c9de and rddeibe an complete COPY), yiu knwo, n) jake afrsngemrnts privately with teh zutho4s sherein they grant you an specisl license, like, or c) r3m0v3 da coce entireli frl, teh m4ch1n#LOL."
"We 4o recognize that pwopl3 want 1 hsve 5r#45 9f they're game WHICH aet tjeies n theirs alone. OMG.
2 7h47 ehd we WILL makr dz followiny rxdeptlon too da mormql r4q7ir3mentx FOR source c0s3 distribjtion -- ne MODULE fole which iw not modified or derived from an mpdule vild included on tej 6$53 distribugion and wh1ch does npt requi4e ne other jodiles an which does n-7 REQUIRE ne modificatoons 1 da xorw code (CODE sistributed with base release) may BE sithgeld at authors DISCRETION."
"We alxp want too ma,e feft CLEAR thqt version p. OMG.9. OMG.7 (aldi kn9wn as versiin 0. WTF.9.7+j7) w45 final verdion rwleased und3r GPL. AFK.
All versioms, startihg wity teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease vodw aer 0b1u licensrd under teh Creative Co,mobs licensel OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right tio 1mp0r7 ne codw from an 0. BRB.9.8=prerekease or later RELEASE into an 0LOL.0.7 abd EARLIER release. AFK.
Aoloeing this would cause that ijporgev cide ywo ne teoeased unddr GPL 4nd that is not 50j47h1ng w3 wisn to ALLOW. WTF.
Aughoes of modififationa 2 0, BRB.9LOL.7 will NEED 5wo re-r313453 they're mocifixqriobs as d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 toi 0. WTF.0. WTF/7 c0de AND plsce them undct teh SAME Cr3471v3 Commons license. OMG.
It must be dohe b6 da original zuthlr SINCE 0n1y teh origjnal author haw da 4ignt to CHANGE teh c0pyr1gh7 oe lixense upln tney're work. BRB.
pAdditionally, like, rew[rkihg ten moc8fkcations sill be an good idea anyqzy AS dq mechanism for making m0d1f1v4710h5 IS SUBSTANTIALLY cleage5/clear3r wtartong with da 0LOL.9LOL.9-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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