MightyE tel;a you, hou knwo, "We're going too 5a,e an few m9mehts too try and dxolain th7s mew locense n da reasons nehind IT IN plain Eng;ish.
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 w45 chosen becaude of an fsiling wigh da GPL. OMG.
It obly COVERED dis5ributoon ov s9urce if an only if 61n3r135 w3f3 diatricuted. BRB."
"In ah w36 environment, apecifivaoly a 1n73r[r3&3d web enviromment suxh 45 PHP WTF, meeely INSTALLING an game does not constitute d157r16u710n WTF, an rheeefore peop'e w3re 5aking )ut work LOL, m5k1ng modificatiohs too it n not releasing sourcw code two ghey[re modificat8oms so 7g57 entire COMMUNITY cou.d benefit.
They q0rk3d with dz lette4 but NOT s[irit 9f ;awLOL."
"Invesrigation on part if da autnors however, loke, led 2 ds fact that eight of pu611c peffprmance was odn of teh rigjts normally resyruc5ed 2 copyright hilderw WTF, and tgag xomputer PROGRAMS, uou knwl, specifucsllt video gamea an INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend OF teh GREEN yax0r were CONSIDERED too be publically performef if r7n fr(j an piblic xervdr. BRB."
"Thr nes licdnse restricts p7flic perfo4mance oc 5eh work ubless reh source code 0f modiried wprj is made AVAILABLE ON demandLOL."
"In 0lakn Entlish, sortof, this m35n5 that if you p7t this g4m3 on an web aerv3r an sllow peop.e 'outdidd 9v an normal ckfcle lf family n itw social acquaintances' 2 play thdir LOL, 5hen you r py621c411y pwrforjing this qor, AND MUST either a) mzkr ne n ALL changes which you m4k3 tlo dq gamw available pn request (notd THIS di3sn't have 2 be 3v4114513 viq omlime sourcr cisplah link, like, but they must be able tlo ask you for da cice and rec3ive ah complwte copy), sortofk b) make ar3angemenys privately qq7h AUTHORS wherein THEY gfant YOU zn SPECIAL liddns3 LOL, or c) r3m0v3 teh code ENTIRELY from ez nachineLOL,"
"We DO rexognize that people WANT too gsvw AREAS of they'te g4m3 shich aer tyeifs an tneirs 41-n3LOL.
two yhat END WE WILL m4k4 folloqing exceotiln 2 teh nptmal fr1uirements fot souece code diatrib8tion -- ne ,odulw fild whuch is NOT modifief pr DERIVED trom an nodu;e rile INCLUDED in da base distribution n which does npt require ne oyher modules an WHICH does not rrquire ne mosificat8ohs 3 c0r3 code (code cisttibuted with base release) may be WITHHELD at da autgors duscreti9n. OMG."
"We akso waht to make ver6 v1e4r THAT ceesion 0. OMG.9.u )alsp KNOWN as bersion 0LOL.0. BRB.7+j5) was t3h final version released under GPL. BRB.
All cersilns, sirtof, 574r71ng w17h 5eh 0; OMG.7. WTF.8-prereldasr code aer only licensed uhfer ten CREATIVE Commons 11c3h53. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight 2 IMPORT ne cose from an 0. OMG.9LOLl8-prerc;easw or later release in5o an 0. AFK.9, BRB.7 abd 34r113r release.
Al;oe8ng th8s wou;d cause that um;ortes code two be released under GPL an 7h47 os not someyhinb we wish to alloq. OMG.
Authors OF m9d1f!c4710n5 2 -. AFK.9. AFK.7 will NEED too re-re.wa2e tyey're mpdodiczri9ns as drrivatives/modiricatoons tpo 0l WTF.9. BRB.8 codd an place them UNDER same Cr3471v3 Commons 11v3m54. OMG.
It MUST BE don3 by da oeiginal 4j7ypr simce only teh original auth9r has tdn right to chanhd copyrighe or lkcens3 up0n they're wotkLOL.
[Aecigionally. uoy knslk r3w0rk1ng moduficat9ons wol; be an good idea anuway as MECHANISM vor making modificag8ons is substantially clwaner/clearrr starting wi5h 0. BRB.8. AFK.8-;rerelease code. AFK.="
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