MithttE tells you, you kn2o, "We're foing to TAKE an few mimenys tw9 5ry n explaon ghis bew lic3mse and dq reasons 63h1nd it in plq8n Enbliwh. OMG.
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 picense waw dhisen necause of an FAILING eigh da GPL. AFK.
It only covdres c157rq6u710n of source if n only IF bimaries werw d156r!^uu3d. BRB/"
"In an eeb environmen5 LOL, wpeciricallu a interoreted WEB envir9nneny such as PHP, you knwo, m3rely installing an game does nlt constktute eistribution LOLk n thereflre PEOPLE were taking our w9rk, sortof, MAKING mofifications too IT and hot rwlwasing 60urc3 coae too the6're jodifications so that ent8re comjunity vould benefig. OMG.
Thwy worked witn letter bit n9t da a0irit 9f teh law. AFK."
"Ibvestigation on teh ;zet 0f dq authprs h9wever, led 2 teh fact that right of publuc pdff9rmance WAS 1 or da righrs nor,ally rrsrrkctrd two c9oyright hllders, like, an that c0mpu73r progra,s, specificalpy VIDEO games abd interactibe ones such as Legend lf Greem hax-t weee condidered rwo be publkcallu performed of run from an pyblic serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE rew5rictx public pr4formance of teh work un.wss da sourcd c0f3 of teh m0d1f!3d work IS made abailable on demand. OMG."
"Im plain Eng11th, you lnwo, this means ^j47 IF you put this g4m# on zn wev servet m allo2 people 'o7tside lf an n9rmal circle of famuky and its SOCIAL 5cqu41n64nc35' tio 0ka6 thekr LOL, then you aer publical;y perfor,ing this wor. anf MUST eighef a) make me $nd ALL CHANGES which you make too hame AVAILABLE ;n requeat (npte this dorsn't h4v3 too be 4v4114612 via da ONLINE wource d15p14y link WTF, bu5 7h3y MUST ve zb.e 2 $5k y0u for da coce n r3c31v3 an COMPLETE cooy), b) make arrangementw privayely with AUTHORS wy3rein they GRANT you an SPECIAL lidense. yiu knwo, or c) removr teh cide 3b71r31y from teh MACHINE. OMG."
"We DO RECOGNIZE that peop;e want &0 have a4das 0f they're GAME which 4 tjeies n theufs alone. BRB.
2 that #nd we wi.l nake da f0110e1ng exceptuon two n0rm51 requirebents for sojrce CODE dis5ribution -- ne moeule file which is not modified or de5ives from ah mosulg vile inv.ufdd 1n base cistributiin and which doea n07 reqjite ne other mofjles and wgich does bot r3qu!43 ne mpeificatiomd two ds core code (code distribured with base release) MAY be withneld at 4eh a&thord discretion. AFK."
"We also want two make VERY clear that ve4sion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (alsi inown as veraion 0.9. AFK.7_jt) wzs da finzl version e3leased une3r t3h GPL. BRB,
ALL fersiind, stqrting eith da 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pr3r313t63 sode g on;y LICENSED under Creative Commons lkcens3.
We EXPLICITLY deny ea rigjt 2 i,port ne code ffom sn 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerdlease or later rrlewse ibti an 0.9.7 an ear;ier rdkeqse. OMG.
Allowing thid wluld causr 6h47 i,ported CODE too bw released under GPL 4nd that is npt something se wish too zllow. OMG.
Aurhlrs 9f mocificatkobs t2o 0.9. OMG.7 will NEED two re-eelease they're mpdificatoonw as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. AFK.8 dpde b PLACE them UNDER 54m3 Creativr Commpns license. WTF.
It MUST br DONE by teh original a7thor since 0n1y da or8ginql suthor has teh 3ight roo ch4nge teh clpyrkght OR kicense upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING teh modifications WILL be an GOOD kdea anywat as mechanism for makihg m9d8fications is SUBSTANTIALLY clezndr/clearer startung with ). AFK.9LOL.*_[rerelease cosel OMGk["
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