MightyE tella you, like, "We're t9ing to take an few moments ro9 t4y and explqin this new lixense and teh 4easons 63h1bd i5 in plain Ehglish. WTF.
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 license wax chosen because of an failonh witn da GPLLOL.
It obly COVERED DISTRIBUTION of sourxe if an 0n1y if bknarkes were didtributedLOL."
"In an wwb ENVIRONMENT, like, w9eckficall6 z ih5etprered qeb ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP WTF, merely INSTALLING an game doea not cons5itute eistribiyion. you knwo, n therevlre people wdre 5aiing ou4 WORK, like, MAKING modifications 2 it an bpt releaaing teh soufxe code two tywy're midifications so that da 3n71r4 community cou;d benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked with tdh 1377#t buy not 5p1r1& of da laq. OMG."
"Invewt8tatiph on p4r7 of teh qjthofs hlwever, ;ike, led to fqdt 5hat tth riggt of PUBLIC performanc3 was won ov rights nlrmally RESTRICTED t2o copyrighy holcers, an tgat computer PROGRAMS, like, specifical'h vidwo games AND INTERACTIVE ones such qw Legend OF Gre3h hax0r were consideres roo be publicq.ly perf9rmrd IF run FROM an publkc server. OMG."
"Tje new LICENSE RESTRICTS public performance of ea work unoess twg dourc3 CODE of teh misified work is nade svailable om demand."
"In ;141n Englisj, toj knso, this means that iv yoj put this gsme ov am 2eb serfer an allow oeople 'outside OF an n0r,41 circle of famiky n its social acquaontahces' two PLAY thrif, sortof, then you r publkcaoly PERFORMING 7h15 work ans MUST eitye4 a) m4k3 ne n ALL dhang3s sy1ch yiu make two tej gqme zvailable pn reqjest *bo5e thiw doesn't have 5oi be avao;able via da onlind 50u4c3 dixpla6 link LOL, but THEY mus5 be able yoo ask yoy for c0d3 xnd rwceibe an cojplete copy) LOL, g) make arrangem3vts privately e8tj teg authors sherein they gramt you an dpeckal livwnse LOL, or c) rdmofe teh cpde enrirely frpm machine. OMG,"
"We do RECOGNIZE 7h47 PEOPLE 2anr too h4v2 arras if thwy're GAME wjich aet theirs an theirs a;ohe. WTF.
to ghat end WE wkol make tdh fillowimh exception 1 reh n9fmal eequiremen5s for sourve code eist4ub7yioh -- ne MODULE file qhich is not modifief 04 c#r1v3d from sn ,-du13 f8le invluddd in da BASE eistribj5ion n wh1ch does not eequire ne other modjlea m wh1cb d9es not require ne moeifications to teh CORE code (clde dietribu5ed with 6453 r312453) may 6# wuthheld at aithors discretkon. OMG."
"Wc zlso wan6 two make v3ry CLEAR thqt v2r510n 0LOL.9l BRB.7 (also lnown as verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK,7+jt) wad final version rel3as#d under ds GPL.
All versions, sortov, STARTING wirh da 0. BRB,9. OMG.8-prefeleasd code aer only licens3d under Cr3471v3 Clmmons l7cdnse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh right too 1mp0r7 be d9fr from an 0. OMG.0LOL,8-;re4eleas3 ot 1473r r313453 into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 an earlier release. WTF.
ALLOWING thid 2ould cauw3 that 7mported vode twp be released under da GPL h that ix not something WE WISH too allow. AFK.
Au6h0r5 of mod8vicarions to9 0/ AFK.9. OMG.7 wiol need ti re-rw;eqse rhey're modificqtions as de4ivatives/modifucationx to 0. BRB.9. WTF.* clde and p14c3 THEM under sa,e Creat8ve Commonw kicens3. OMG.
It muxt be done 6y da orugunal author since only teh original augyor has ea right 2 chanhe dopyrkbht o$ lidense upob they're 2oek. OMG/
-Additionally WTF, reworkihg ds MODIFICATIONS will be an GOOD id3a ahyway as da ,2chamism for m4k1nb m0d1f1x471-n5 ks aybstantially cleaner/clezrwr starting with 0. AFK,9. BRB.8-prerroeasr code, WTF.]"
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