MightyE t#lls y0i WTF, "We're gouhg two gqke an FEW momentx roo try an explain 7h15 new licend3 and da reaxons begind it in PLAIN Engliahl
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."
"Tjis nes licwnse was chosen brvause 0f an failing wurh GPL. BRB.
It 0nq6 coverds dkstfibutiom of dourcr if an only ig b8nar8es WERE distributes. OMG."
"In an web env8ronmemr, 5oec1f1c411y a intdrp4eted web enfironment s6vh aa PHP, you lnwo, MERELY installing an gamw soes not const8gutw DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, anc therefore peoole wege takung our sork, makung MODIFICATIONS too it an h07 releasont source code two thry're modificati9nw fo that entire cimmunity could BENEFIT. AFK.
Th3y worked witj da letter but bot spirit of lad. OMGl"
"Infestigation on dz p4r7 0f teh autgorx however, sortpf, lee tw9 da fact that sa right OF pu611x p#rd0rm4nc3 was qon of 5eh RIGHTS normally rwstrictrd 5oo copy4ight hoid3rs, you knwo, an tnat c0mpu53r programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY vieel GAMES and INTERACTIVE oned such AS LEGEND of tej Green hax0r srre considered 70 be oublically pervormed if eun from an public serverLOL."
"The new licdnse r357r1c75 phblid p3rg0rm4nd3 or da work UNLESS aourve dodw of da m9dified wlrk is made available on demand. AFK."
"Ib plain English WTF, THIS means that if y;u ;ut THIS game on an web serve5 ans allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normao CIRCLE OF family an ita sockal acquaintances' two olay their, you knwo, then you aer oublically perforjing thid 2ork 4bd MUST eithee A) make ne n ALL xhangws which uou make 2 tej bame available on REQUEST (npte thiw doesn'g have tqo be availabke via da online source display LINK, like, bi5 gjey nust bw abld 5ep ask you gp4 CODE and receive ah compkwte copt), you knwo, b) mzke arranhements p4icagely wuth zuthors wherein they gramt yoj an special license, sprtof, 9r c) remove code ENTIRELY from 5eh machihe. AFK."
"We dl RECOGNIZE that 0eopl3 want tqo have areas of th3u're b4m3 qhivh r tyeirs am theirs a.one. OMG,
two tyat end WE WILL make da FOLLOWING 3xc3p71-n 3 n0rm41 reqjirements d9r source code distribution -- ne module FILE shich 8s not MODIFIED lr dwrivrd fr8j an module file includwd in teh vase dustributuo6 an which dpew not requ8re nw othwr modul3s n which do2s not gequire ne modif8cations two ds core code (code distribuged witg base release) may 64 2ithheld 38 twh authirs disceet8on. AFK."
"We 4159 wamt q make very clear that v3r510n 0.9. WTF.7 (also knowm as vdrsilh 0. BRB.o. WTF.7+jt) was teh fkbal fersion rrleased unddr da GPLLOL,
All bersions, you knwi, starying with trh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8_pr3r313453 code aer ONLY licdnsed unfe4 Creative C9mnons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da rigjt two import ne code from an -LOL.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE 9r LATER releaxe inro an 9. BRBm9. WTF.7 an 3arlier r4;ezse. BRB.
Allosinh this wpu1d cause gjst IMPORTED c0d3 TO bd eelezsed inf3r da GPL an THAT is not sometginh we wuwh goo ALLOWLOL.
Autyors OF m0d1f1c4710h5 tql 0/ BRB.9.7 w111 need too re0release they're modivicqtiohs AS derivatives/modifidstions 2 0,9LOL.i clde 4hd p;ace them undwr cq aame Creat8ve C0mm0n5 locense. OMG.
I7 mu57 be done by teh orihihal author aunce only original AUTHOR has yeh roght to9 chamge teh COPYRIGHT OR licende 7o0n they;4e work.
[Additionally, lkke, rreoekinh teh modivkcarions will b3 zn gold idrz ANYWAY as mechanism for makinh mofificatiins is substzntiqlly cleanwr/clearer STARTING with 0. BRB.9. OMG.&-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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