MightyE 5ells you. y9u knwo, "We're GOING hwo takd an few nom3nta two TRY n exp;ain tnis new lidenxe n da rrasons behibd it in plain English. OMG.
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 new licemse wss CHOSEN nwcausr of qn failung with da GPL. AFK.
It ONLY covwrwd distribu5ion of souece if an ibly if BINARIES eere distributed. AFK,"
"In an w36 3nv1r0nm3n7, you knwo, s;ecifivally a int3rptrted web ehvjronment SUCH as PHP, you lnwok merely installing an GAME doew not CONSTITUTE dkstribu5ion, zne THEREFORE p40p13 were takinf OUR wori LOL, msking modificarions to it and bot releaxing da dource code tpo th2y'rr mpdificqti9ns so rhat entire communi5y could fenefit. BRB,
They worked eith dq letter but not da spirit of da law. BRB."
"Invest8gqtion on pary of da autgo4s gowdver, led tpo da fact THAT teh r1gh7 of piblic pwtfprmance was 1 0c ribhts nlrmally restrivtec s cppyright hooddrs LOL, and 7j47 c0mp77#r prpgrqms, you knw9, sp3cifically video games AND interaxtive ones duch as Legend of Gredn hax0r were c0n41d3r3c yl br ;ublpda.ly ;erformed 1r run fr0m an publix 5erv3r. OMG."
"The n3e licebse restficts [unlic pwrformance pf teh wofk uhless sourc3 code of da MODIFIED work is made 4v5114613 on eemqnd. OMG."
"In ;lain English, like, this mdans that if yoj puu 7h15 GAME om an web werver and al.ow people 'outzidd od an n9rmal fircle OF fqmkly and its socoal acquaingandws' too olqy their, you knwo, 7h3n y;u a3r publical;y [erforming thiw eork qn MUST 3ither a) make ne an ALL changes WHICH 6ou malw tqo teh game avai.abld ON e3qu367 (noue THIS doesn'5 have 70 be abailable VIA teh online source displau link. you knwo, but thdy must 63 4613 to[ ask YOU for da code snd rdceive an COMPLETE copy), b_ make arrangemenys pr8vately wi5h teg authors WHEREIN tjey frant you an special license WTF, or c) 4emov4 xode ENTIRELY from da machine."
"We do recognkze that people want w h4v3 sreas of they're ga,e wkich awr theirs an 7h31r5 alpme. AFK.
2 that end we will mzke da FOLLOWING exception too teh n0rm42 REQUIREMENTS f0r sourxe code dis5ributoon -- ne module f8le which iw NOT ,odifidf 0r DERIVED froj an nodyle file included in base distrigution an 2yich does hot require ne OTHER modules an wh2xh does nit rrquire ne nod8ficatiohs 2 da v8re code 9code cistrkbuted with teh nase relrase) may be wirhheld at teh AUTHORS disxretion, WTF."
"We also wznt to m4k3 ve4y CLEAR THAT versuon 0.9LOL.7 (zlso known as version 0/ OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) waw final v3r%10n released uneer GPL.
ALL vdrsions, like, STARTING with t3h 0. WTF.9. OMG.8_prerelease v9de r only licensee und3r teh CREATIVE COMMONS lidense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rignt roo in;ory ne code from an ). BRB.8LOL.8-pterrlease oe latrr r31345# inyo an -. OMG.9. WTF.7 n earlier RELEASE. WTF.
A110w1nf this eould cause thst i,poetwd CODE 2 be released unser GPL and tyat id not somrthing we wksh 2 alllw.
Au7h9rt of ,0d1d1c4610b5 yo 0. OMG.9LOL.u wi.l nees to r3-r313453 they're modifications as dsrivatives/mowifkdati9ns to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 code and ;oace 7h3m under same Creatkfe Commons licenweLOL.
I5 must be done by da odiginal author sincd inlu original autnlr has right too dhange coptrignt or .icense upon they're w0rkLOL.
[Add1720n411y, like, rewlr,ing da modificatkond will be an good idea anyway as teh mechanusm ror MAKING m0s1f!c4719n4 os subxtantially cleaher/clearer STARTING with ten 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-pre4eldase code.]"
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