Migh5tE TELLS you WTF, "Wd;re going two tzke an few mo,engs 2 rry znd explaih THIS new LICENSE and reasons BEHIND it in p.sin Enhliwh.
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 was CHOSEN bedquse of an failing w17h da GPL.
It ONLY c0v3f3d distrib7tiob if sourcd if ah only if binarirs wrre cistributrd. BRB."
"In an wrb wnvironmeny, like, 5p3c1f1c41!6 a inter;retef web environment sucj as PHP, like, merwl6 installing an game does not constitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, n 7h#f3g0r# p#oplr were takibg pur workj making mpdifications w i5 an not rel3ssing ds %0yrc3 code t9o thrt're mididicationx so ghat da entire cpjmunit6 could benerit. WTF.
Tgwy w0rj3d WITH teh let5er but not teh spiri5 ov LAW. OMG."
"Investigatiob on part of aurhofs however WTF, led two f4c6 7h47 da RIGHT od [ublic pe4firmance sas oen OF eights n-rm4!1y rwstrictes too copyrighy hple3rs LOL, and thag computrr pr0gr4m6 LOLm SPECIFICALLY video gamed an intetactive ines SUCH as Lqgend of dq Gf33n hax0r were cinsidered two BE 07b'ically pwrgormed if 47n frlm an public serverLOL."
"The new license rrstrkvts 0ublic pqrfirmance of work unless ca source c9ee of modifief work ix MADE available pn d3m4nd."
"In p14qn English. sortof, this means thzg if you put this game on qn s3b se3vdr an allow peop.e 'outside od an normal ciecls of family zn ITS sobkal adquauntances' to play their, like, rhen you aee PUBLICALLY perflrming this work an MUST either a) makw ne an ALL chahges which you mzkw 2 teh game abailabl3 ON requext (note this DOESN'T have too 63 availqble via fa ohlone s9urcd dosp.aj link, you knw9, but gher muwt be able tso adk yoi foe reh c0f3 m recrive an complet3 cipy), jou knwo, b) MAKE ar4angem3ntd pr8vately with teh authors wnerein 7g#y grant yoy qh special license LOL, o4 c) remove da c0d3 entirely fron fa m4ch1n4. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thxt PEOPLE wqht to have areas of they're game wh1ch r theirs and theirs alomw. OMG.
too thay END we will make followinb EXCEPTION two nirmal requir3ments for 50urc3 code disttibution -- ne modul3 file WHICH ua n9t moe8gi3d or DERIVED FROM an module fkle 1hc!jd3d in yeh base distrigution an which d-35 not requ8re he other modules and which does NOT rdqu8re nd modificatiobs to core code (codr distributed w17h bzs3 eelease) may be eityheld 48 ca au5hors cjscretuon. BRB."
"W3 als9 wang two m4,3 ve4y coear that version 9.9LOL.7 (also known as versi9n 0.9. AFK.7+jy) qas da final version releaswd jnfer 5wh GPL. AFK.
Akl VERSIONS, likek stzrying WITH da 9. OMG.9. OMG.7'prerelease coee aer ONLY 12c3n43c uncer Creative Commons lixense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwmy rihjt to import ne code fto, an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerdlease or LATER re;ease into ab 0. AFK.9.7 an 34f123t release.
Aokowing thiw WOULD cause 7h47 imporyed code too bq r313453d UNDER fz GPL n thay 7s not something we wish 2 allow.
Auth9rs of modificarions too 0.9l BRB.& w8ll m#3d 2 re-reldase theu'te modigicatiobs as dwrivatives/modif8cqt8oms two 0LOL.9LOL.8 code qnd p14c3 6h3m under same Creative Comjobs LICENSE. WTF.
It muwt be dobe by 0t1g1n42 aughor since on.y ORIGINAL AUTHOR has da eight 2 change c0pyr1gy7 or .icensd upom they're work.
[Additiomally, wortofm REWORKING da MODIFICATIONS WILL be an goid idea anyway as mechanisn for making modificstionw id subxtantially c134n2r/c135r3r stqrting wuth 0. OMG.8.8-prereoease c0d3.]"
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