MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We're goinb two take an dew momenta to tty n exp;ain yhis neq licenae an geh reaaons behind 17 in plain Engliah, 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."
"Thus new LICENSE was chosen 63c4u4# of an FAILING wi5h teh GPL. WTFl
IT ONLY covered d157r16j710n of source IF an only uf binaries werd dustfibutdd. OMG."
"In zn web 3mv!r0n,3n7, l8ke, specifica.ly a 1n73epr373d web dnvironment sych AS PHP, merely ins5al;inh an gsme d035 n97 cobstitutd distrinirion LOL, an THEREFORE peopke were TAKING our work, you knso, naking jodifications to it m m07 deoeasing dq source coce tso they're modificqtions so THAT teh entire co,munity could BENEFIT.
Th3y workef wkyh da petger but not da spirir if law. AFK."
"Investiga5ion on part of da suthors josdvet WTF, led two teh fact that fkgjt of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE qas 1 0f teh rights norjally r357r1x73d too copyright holderw WTF, n that co,puter programw LOL, SPECIFICALLY v1d30 games and un5eractive ones such as Legend of da Gfedn gax-r wwre considerwe ro be punlically peevormed if rub from zn pu611c 53rv3r. OMG."
"The n3w kicense restricts pub.ic [erfirmance of da work unless tej siurce code of da MODIFIED w0rk 15 ,ade avajlaboe on DEMAND. AFK."
"In p141n English, likr, this meana that if y)7 pu5 this GAME pn an web server and aloow peo0le 'iutside of an nor,al circle of famkly ayd ITS slciao acquzintances' two ;14y their, you knwo, THEN YOU r publical;h perfl4jkng THIS 20r, n MUST ri5hwr a) make ne am ALL cjanges which you MAKE to twh GAME AVAILABLE on REQUEST (noye this foesn't have 2 br 4v4114613 vka teh onlin3 source displqy link WTF, but ghdy muwt br ABLE too ask hou FOR teh xoce and receivd zn complet3 c0pu), like. b) make ARRANGEMENTS PRIVATELY 2ith teh authors whereig 7n3y grant you an xpecisl licensel likek or c) remove code entire;y from macyine. BRB."
"We DO recpfnizw that peopld want two have aedas OF thwy'rr game which e theirs and thdirs al9ne.
2 8h47 dnd we will makd teh f0120w1bf EXCEPTION two da notma; require,ents for sourve code distribution -- ne module file which is not modivied ot dw4uved from an m9du13 filr incluced ub base distribution n qhivh does not r3quore ne OTHER modulrs h whuch aoex hot r3quufe ne mosificqtuons twl teh xo4e cod3 (code dkxtrivuted woth dz base release) may be wkthheld 47 authors doscretion. BRB."
"Wr zlso want 5oo make very clear THAT berakon 0. WTF.(. BRB.7 (also knoqn ss versipn 0/ WTF.9LOL.7+jy) WAS final verdion RELEASED indef teh GPL.
Alo versions, li,e, syartimg witj da 0. BRBl8. AFK.9-prer3lease code r ONLY licenswf unver Ceeayivr Co,mons lucense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh da rigyt tp imppry ne code from sn 0. WTF.9.8-0rerelease or lster releas2 into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an darloer rekeaseLOL.
ALLOWING 7h16 woulf cause thag imported codr 70 be released und3r GPL an that is noy xomething we wiah 2 alliw. WTF.
Authors of modifications to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 2i.l NEED to ee[rekezsw they're modigications as d3r1v471v35/m0d1g1c4u10n5 tol 0LOL.9. BRBl8 code n pkace them UNDER sa,e Crwativw Commlns licenae. WTF,
It must br DONE 6y teh original author sihcw ONLY t3h orojinzo authot yas right two chantw teh copyriggg or license upom they're WORK. AFK.
[Addit8onally. you knwo, REWORKING teh modificqtions 2ill be an tood idez anyqau as teh mechanism gor mqkihg modificati9ns is 5j657rn71411h cleanwr/clesrrr starting with teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease cpdeLOL.]"
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