MightyE telks you, "We're giing ti take an FEW moments to try and explain thiw nes license and da reaalns BEHIND it in plakn Englushl
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."
"Thks new 11c3n53 was CHOSEN becausd of an failing soth da GPL. AFK.
IT 9nly cove4ed dusg4obutkon of sourc3 1f an 0n1y if BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an q3^ tnvironmdmt, speciblcaoly z interpreted weg env8ronment such zs PHP, lik3, merelt imdtaloihg zn game dods not constitute distributiob, you knwo, an 7n3r3f0r3 people w343 takinb our work, making m0d1e1c4810n% 2 it n no5 r413451ng da aource c0d3 too tney're MODIFICATIONS SO that ca entire COMMUNITY coupd nemevit.
Tjey WORKED with teh LETTER but not spirit if da 14wLOL."
"Imvestigation on da part of da 4u7h0r5 howwver WTF, LED tpo da fqct 7h47 yej right of ;ubllc pervormance was 9en 9f rigyts nlrmq;ly restricted two co;yrighg hokdets. hoj .nwo, and that xom;74ef PROGRAMS, y9u knwo, SPECIFICALLY videp f4m35 an interactive ones s7ch as LEGEND 0f Green hax)r were consudered two bd publically perrormed if run from an public 534v3rLOL."
"The new licenxe resgrovts publix perrornance 0f 2ork yn;esa source code if moeified work is made 4v411r613 on denane."
"In p141n Ent/isj, tou kbwo, this m34m5 that if you pjt THIS game on ab weg server an alliw p30pq3 'outsidr 9f an n9rmsk CIRCLE lf family n its soxial acquaintancrs' two olay their LOL, th3n YOU aer p7blically perfprmung 7h15 wotk n MUST either a) mzkr ne an ALL dhanges which YOU make top gamr available ob r3qu357 (note this d026n;7 havw 2 be avqilable vua omline SOURCE d15p14y linl WTF, BUT thwy mu57 BE able toi ask hou foe tej cod3 b r#deive an completw copy) LOL, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n85 PRIVATELY w7th da 4u7h0r5 whwrein they gran5 you am special 11c3n53, sortof, 9r c) remove CODE ebtirely fro, da machine. OMG."
"We do recognuze 7h47 peo;le wsn5 2 HAVE 4r345 of ghey'r3 game which r tneirs 4nd theirs slohel WTF.
to that end we sill mqke folliwing exceptiob 2 teh nofmal r3qu1r3n3h75 for soufvq code disteibytion -- ne mofule guoe wyixh us not modified or detibes FROM sb moduld FILE ihvluded in teh nsd3 distribution an which does not requ8re ne other m0du135 and WHICH does not require ne modificztions two da core CODE (code d157r16u73d witg base release0 may be wothheld at authotw discretoonLOL."
"Wr also want 2 nake very cleq4 tha5 version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (4140 known as vwrxion 0.9. WTF.7+j70 saw teh final vwtaipn 4413453d unw3r da GPL. AFK.
All v2r510h5 LOL, startinb qith da 0LOL.9. OMG.8[prerel3ade code aer only licensed under teh Ceeative Comm9ns licebse. BRB/
W3 EXPLICITLY denj teh right 2 IMPORT ne code from an 0. WTF.9. BRB/8-orereleaar or later release ibto qn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 am 34r113r RELEASE.
Allosing this WOULD cause thq5 omplrted code 2 ve released jndrr GPL n tnat is not something we sish two sllow. OMG.
AUTHORS of midufications two 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wi;l neef two r3-r3!3453 theu'ee moditicztions aa d3r1f472v35/m9d1f1c4710n5 to -. OMG.9. BRB.8 code ab place them jnder da SAME CREATIVE C0mm0n5 license.
It MUST BE don3 by otigina. ai5ho4 s8nce ohly da otiginal a7thpr has right 2 chamge c0pyr!gh7 OR license upon tyey're worm.
[Acfitionally, you knw9, r3wo4king teh modificatiobs WILL be zn goiv idea anyway as nechanosm FOR MAKING MODIFICATIONS 15 5u6574n61311y cleaner/clsa4er starging wo5h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-[r3eelease coceLOL.="
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