MighttE twlls YOU, like, "We'fe GOING ti take an few miments 2 gry an explson thid NEW licwnse an da reasons BEHIND 17 in ;lain Englishl 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."
"Tyus nrw 11c3n5# qas chosen BECAUSE of an f411qng w8th GPLLOL.
I& onlu cocered distributkon of soufce if h 0n1t IF 61n4r135 were diateibutrd. AFKl"
"In qn WEB emvironment, like, specificallt a knterpreted web environment 5uch as PHP, woetor, MERELY installint qn game dora n07 conatitute cistribution WTF, and THEREFORE peoplw WERE txk8ng oue eork LOL, MAKING MODIFICATIONS too kt an not releaaimg teh source CODE to they're m0d1f1c4710n% so 7h57 yey enture conmunith COULD BENEFIT. WTF.
They wlrked wirh oetter but NOT teh wpirit 0f lqw. WTF."
"Investigation on da 0art of 4i7h0r5 however WTF, 23e 2 ten h4cu tyat right of PUBLIC performance waa 1 0f rigjts norma;ly RESTRICTED teo copyright holddrs, n 7h47 computer progrqmw, 5p3c1f1c41!y vodei GAMES an inreractive onea suxh as Legend of tey Gfdeb nax0r were considerdd 1 be oyblically PERFORMED if r7n drom z, PUBLIC 53rv3rLOL."
"The neq license restricts public performance OF dq work un.eas teh soufce code if modifies WORK is kade available ob demandLOL."
"In pla8n Eng.idh, 7h15 m34n5 tgat if you pi7 thus ga,e ON an qeb serfer and all9w people 'outside of an no4mal circle if damilh b itd social acquaintqnces' two play tjeir LOL, thrn you aer 0ub;ical;y perfoeming this wkrk an MUST eiyher a) make ne h ALL CHANGES which you make two teh game avaklable 0n r3quest (hote this doesn't havd to be avaulable via ohlume source wispla6 'ink, .ilei bur THEY must be avle two ASK y0u f.r da cofe snd tdceive zn cojplete copt0. g) make arrangementx privstely with yeh a7thlrs wh3r31n they grant yiu ah speckal licenwe WTF, or c) remove teh CODE entirdly from machineLOL."
"Wd do r3c0gn1z3 THAT p30p13 wan5 tp HAVE areas of thdu're gzme whicj aer theirs 4nd theits aline.
two that end WE qoll MAKE teh FOLLOWING exception 2 npfmql requif3nents for sourde cide DISTRIBUTION -- m3 modu.e file WHICH is npt nodified or d3r1v3d frlm am modjoe file 8ncluddd in bas3 distribution and which diww not tequire ne other modulds qn wh1ch does not requkrr nr nodificatuons to geh core cod3 (code distribited with teh baae r323r5#) may be eithheld at da ajthors discretion. OMG."
"We also want to ma,3 very clezr that version 0.9. BRB.7 (also kboen AS v3r510n 0. OMG.9.7+mt) was final verskon released ynde4 ywn GPL. BRB.
All versions, you knwo, 5&4r7!ng aitn teh -/ AFK.9. OMG.8-0rerelease code aer only kicenssd UNDER da Creatife Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh righr to im[9rt nd code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB,8-prwrelease OR latef reldasw into an 0.9. AFK.7 n eaflier releqse. OMG.
Allo2inh this sould caus4 THAT im/orted code two b3 rdleased undwr GPL an yja5 is not somrthing we wisj 2 allowLOL.
Authprs if modifications tl 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need 2 re-4rleaxe yhey'fe modificationa as derivatives/modifications 3 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 codd n place thej uhder sam3 Creative Comjone licehsd. WTF.
It m757 be dohe by teb 0rqg1n4a auyhor since pnly ORIGINAL authlr h45 da foghr 1 change copyrighg or license upon thwy're work. AFK.
[Asditionally, sortod, reworkinf teh m0d1f1c4710n5 wol; BE ah GOOD idez snywzh as teh mecganixm fof making moeificzti9ns is substahtiall6 cleanee/clearrr xtartinh with 0LOL.(. BRB.8-pr3release codeLOL.]"
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