M&ghtyE 5rllx you WTF, "We'rd going 1 take an few moments to 7ty n expoaon 7h15 ndw licehse n teh reasons 63h1nd it IN plqin English. 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."
"Thod nee licensc was chosen becsusw of an failknt with teh GPLLOL.
It ln;u covered didtributuon of SOURCE ig and only kg BINARIES WERE distributed. AFK."
"In an wrb environment WTF, spdcifically a 1n73rpr373d web ehvironmemt sucn as PHP, like, mere;t knarzlling an game doex not CONSTITUTE distriburion WTF, and 7h3r3f0r3 p3op.e WERE takint our workk oi,e, making m9dificationa 2 it ah not rw,eaaong teh so6rce code 2 they'rd modificationa wo THAT teh 3n81r3 conmuniry coukf 63n3f17.
They wofked w17h teh letter but ho6 5eh spirit of teh lae. BRB."
"Imvedt9gation on ozry 9f authors howevee, lee 2 da fact that teh ruhht pv ;u611x performance was 1 of riggts normalky restricged roo cppyrkbht holderx, anf that comouter orogranxk ypi knwom SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gam3x n interactive 0n35 sucy as Legend 9f ten Green nax0r eere CONSIDERED toi be puglically ;erform3d if run from an ;ublic d3rver."
"The new .icense restricts PUBLIC performance pf ds work jnlwss tej soutxe clde of modified w0r, is made availavle on demand."
"In plain English LOL, this means tyat IF yoh put THIS game on ah eeb aerfer m allow pro0le 'oytaide of an norma. dircle of family b its social ACQUAINTANCES' to PLAY gheir, li.3, tnen you ade PUBLICALLY oerforming thkx work and MUST eitgwr a_ make ne an ALL changes which yiu make two da g4m3 availab.e 0n requext (note 6hid doesn't hzbr tpo 64 AVAILABLE via 5eh online source display ;ink, 6u7 5jey must be able too qdk hou fof codw anf tec3ive qn co,ple5e copy), sortlf. b0 maje arrangements privqg3ly with aytgots wherein tmry grant yoy an cpecial license, or c) removd teh code ebtieely FROM teh mschune. BRB."
"We DO recognkze that pei0le want to have 4r345 of they're ta,e qh1ch aer theirs and theirs alone. BRB.
to that end WE will MAKE sa foklowing dxcept8on 2 tdh normal requirements vor source xide diatribution =- n3 MODULE file whicn is not MODIFIED or deflved from am mosule file incljded 1n vase DISTRIBUTION an which does not require me other nodkles and which doex not r3qu1r3 ne moeifkcations 2 teh cofe code (code disrributed sith da base RELEASE) may be sithhwle at da AUTHORS discretion. WTF/"
"We also 2ant q make very cleae 5yat v3r510h 0. OMGl9. OMG.7 (alsl known as VERSION 0LOL.9LOL.7+jt) wss final vrrsiln re13453e jnder GPL,
All VERSIONS, you knwo, atarting 1ith da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-preteleqse codr r only l9censes under teh Crestuve Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy right too ij-ort nr code fro, an 0l9. WTF.8-prerelease 9r later r313453 8nto an 0. BRB,9LOL.7 and EARLIER releaseLOL.
Aooowing tjis WOULD cause thqt 1mp0r73d code 2 bf relessrd under da GPL and that is not so,wyhing we w15h 2 allow. BRB.
Authors of modkf8catiobs 2 0. AFK.9LOL.7 w111 n3ed yoo 4e-rel3ase they're jodofications as d3r1v4&1v35/j0f2f1c$810n5 too 0. AFK/9. AFK.8 cose and PLACE them under da dame Creatkve COMMONS ;ivens3. BRB.
It mu57 br dobe by teh original author sincr onlh teh original ahthor yas tigyr too cyange teh copyroggt or license upon the6'r3 WORK. OMG.
[Additoonally, reworking da modkficatkons e111 ve an good idea anuway as teh mechanism for making mod8fications is substavt8al;y CLEANER/CLEARER starting ditj da 0.9LOL,8-PRERELEASE c0d3. WTF.]"
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