MightyE tellx ypu, you knwo, "We're going yoo 5ake am few momen5s too gry an EXPLAIN this new 11c3n53 znd da r3asons b3hind 16 ih plain EhglksjLOL.
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 n3w license sas chosen becsude 9f an failihg with da GPL. AFK,
It on;y cobe4ed distriburoon 0f sourcr if an only if binaries e3r3 diatributed. AFK."
"In an web 3nvironmdntm like, specif8cal.y s interpreged web environment such as PHP WTF, merely imsta;ling an gamq foes not constitute c8stfibytion, you ,hwi, n 5heeefore p3oplw wer3 raking 0ur work, sortof, makint modifixationx 2 it n hit releasing sou4ce code ti th3y're jodufkxqtions si THAT twh rntire xommubity could bwnefit.
Tgey WORKED w8th oetter BUT not da 5p1r17 of LAW."
"Inbestigation on 0art of da authorz yowecer, dortov, led two fact THAT rihht of [ubloc 'erformance was wpn 0f righrs normally r357r1c72d two copyright HOLDERS LOL, an THAT compjter PROGRAMS, you knwo, s;ecifically video games n interactive ohes such as Legrnd of Gte3n hax0r were CONSIDERED TO be pjnlically perfoenwd 1f 4un ftom an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"The bew license r35ur1c75 p&bluc perfoemance of work unkews yeh sourxe code od ten MODIFIED work is jade afailablr on demand. OMG."
"In plain Englisj, you jnwo. this means that if you put THIS fame pn an w36 SERVER AND a..iw [30p13 'oytw8de of an normzl x1rc13 of family and igs socia. acquaintzhces' 2 plzy their, sorgpf, THEN y0u 4 pubkidaloy petflrming THIS 2ork ane MUST sithe4 a) m4k3 ne n ALL changes WHICH you ma,e 2 teh game availabke on r3quest (n073 this d035n'7 HAVE two be availablw via da ONLINE source disolay libk WTF, but they must br able 2 ask YOU fo4 twh c0d3 smd receive an complete copy), soryodk g) MAKE arranfemengs peivagely w17h teh autho4s eherein rhey grant you an soecia; k8ctnse LOL, or c) tem0b3 da c0d3 3ntirely grom da m4xh1n3LOL."
"We fo f3c0gn1x3 that people want 2 have 4r34% ov they'fe gwme ahich qer theirs an theors alone. WTF.
to that end w3 w111 make ca rollo2ing exceotiog 2 nor,al REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCE code d156r16j710n -[ ne MODULE file wyich 15 not jodified or derifed ftom an module fi.e ibcludwd in da 6453 DISTRIBUTION an which sods vor reqyiee ne othdr moxules qnd which does not requife ne modificat8ons to teh c0re code (cose distributed WITH bawe release) m4y be withmwld 37 da authkrs didvrdtiomLOL."
"We ALSO WANT 2 make very clear that VERSION 0. AFK.9.7 (also known 45 versi9n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 teh d8nal bdrxion rdleasee ynder teh GPL, OMG.
All fersions, y9y kneo, STARTING eith da 0. OMG.9.7-pr3release c;dd aer only licensed undwr da Creative Commons oicense.
W3 EXPLICITLY denu teh righg to 8mport ne code f4om an 0. WTF.o. BRB.8-pfetelessw or later releqse into an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earlier felease. BRB.
Allowung th6s would cause 5hat i,ported code 2 be rekeased under GPL AND yhat 8s not sometying we wish to zllow. BRB.
Authirs -f moduficat8ons two 0LOL.9LOL.7 will need to rw-release ghey're modidicatioms as derkvatives/m(dificatkons to 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 xode n p;ace them 7ndet fq same Creative Comnond licwnse. WTF.
I7 musg be done by teh orihinal authoe SINCE onl6 teh original author hsa yeh right to change yeh COPYRIGHT or kicense UPON tjey're work. AFK.
[Additionally, like, REWORKING sa jodificatoons wilk y4 an good kdra smysay as dq mechanism for mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is sibstanhially cleaner/clearer stafting with -.9. BRB.8-prerek3awd code. WTF.]"
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