MighthE gelos uou LOL, "We're goong t2o take an few MOMENTS tpo TRY anc explain yhis bew lucemse n rwaxons behind it on PLAIN Eng115h/ BRB.
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 oicrbse was dyosen gecause of an fakling wkth reh GPL.
It only c0v3r3d distr8b7tiln of SOURCE iv zn ohly 1f ginari4s 2erw eistributed. BRB."
"In an w#6 ehvi4lnment LOL, specyfically a interpr3ted sem environnent sucj as PHP, like. m3r31y installkyg an gane does not condtutut3 diwtributipn, you knwok n therefore people WERE taking our w0rk, slrtof, making m0s1f1c4u10n5 2 it and not releasing xa SOURCE code to the6're jodificayk9ns so 7y47 da 3n71r3 cimmunkty coukd 63n3f17. OMG.
They wirked witj teh letter but not teh spifit of da laq. WTF."
"Invesgogati9n on teh part OF authors however, led @ teh facy that right lf public [4rf0rm4nc3 was 1 of rights n0rm411y rewtricyed 2 copyright hp1d3r5, sortof, and that compute4 pr0fr4m5 LOL, specifically v8deo games and INTERACTIVE ones such as L3g3nd of da Grrwb hac0r qere c0n51d3r3d to be pubkically PERFORMED uf run from an public derver. WTF."
"The NEW l8cense destricts public p3rfofmance OF da work unless SOURCE code of modkfied wotk us made available pb demand. OMG."
"In olain English LOL, thia mdanw that if you put this game on an web seevee an qllow prople 'OUTSIDE 0f an normal circ;d OF ramily qn 17t socual rcau41n74nc35' two p14y thdur WTF, then YOU r PUBLICALLY peeformkng this work an MUST e8ther a) make ne an ALL chqmges which you maie 2 vame AVAILABLE on requext (nore this d9eqn't hav3 to be available via da 0n11b3 source dis;lay link, y;u knwo, byt they mus5 be 4713 to aak y0u flr da cide an receivd an complete copy), sortof, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY w8tg authora wherein THEY grant you ah speciak loc3nse, uij knwo, ot v( removw tey code entirtly from machine. AFK."
"We d9 recohnize thay people want two have 4r345 of thet're game wyuch aer 7h31r5 an theirs ALONE.
2 7j47 dnd ee 2kll make following exveption to da bornao requirements e0r source code d157r16u710n -- ne module f113 wh1ch is noy m0d1f13d 0r vetivec drom am module file included in base fistributi9n an wgicj dkes not require ne ither MODULES and wh1ch does n9t require ne modifications 2 t3h cord code (CODE DISTRIBUTED w17h da BASE release) may 63 withhe;d at authors discretion. OMG."
"We slso want too MAKE v2ry vlwsf that verwiom 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (also inown as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+jt) w45 da f1n41 v4rsi9n relezsrd jnder fa GPL. WTF.
ALL v3r510n5m oike, startinb with da 9. WTF.9. OMG.8-prefekease CODE aer 9nl6 kicensed under sa Ce3471v3 Commond locense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh eight 2 umport ne cod3 f4on an 0. WTF.9LOL.u-prerdlease 0r latdr teleasd inyl ah 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and 34r113r RELEASE. OMG.
Al;owing this would causd that imporgef cod3 2 be released uhfe4 yrh GPL an that is not somethihg we wish 2 a.loel WTF.
A77h0t5 OF mocificationx t2o 0.9.7 3ill need to re-rwocase they're mpdificatioms as deriva5ivea/mocifications too -. OMG.9. WTF.8 code an place thej und3r teh same Crea5kve COMMONS 11c3n53l
I6 MUST 63 done ^y da original 3u9h0r since only ORIGINAL qythpr has ribht tqp ch4ng3 ds copyrignt oe l8crnse UPON they'4e work. BRB.
[Asditiibally, you jnwo, rewlrking twh MODIFICATIONS q8ll be an good idea anyway r5 tey mechanism for maling modidkcatiojs is SUBSTANTIALLY ckeaner/dlearer stzrting witj ca 0. WTF.9l OMG.8-pre4elease codel OMG.]"
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