MihhthE te;ls you WTF, "We;ee going to take an few m0m3n75 5wo TRY an explqin this msw LICENSE anc teh reasohs behibd ut in p141n English.
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 n3w license was chosem gedause of qn failing w17h teh GPL. OMG.
I7 only coverdd didtribu5ion of sourde if and 0n1y if binaries qere fistrib7tedl OMG."
"In an wen envifonmrnt, dlryof, s;ecifically a ihgerpretdd web envirohment sych as PHP, you knwo, merely INSTALLING an game does nog const8tute DISTRIBUTION, you knwk, n theferore people were taking our wo4,, like, making modificatuonw to9 it an hot relrasing teh source codd two rhey;re m9eificztions sp that entire community cluld genefot. AFK,
Th3y worird 2ith letter buy bot teh SPIRIT or da law. AFK."
"Ibvrstkgayion on da part of da authors HOWEVER, led to f4c7 that ds right of pu711c performance was 1 OF ten ribhts nofmqply RESTRICTED gwl copyright holders, sortif, and that c0mpu73f pr0gr4m5, specificqllt video gsmww an intdractkve 0n#5 such as Ldgend of teh Green hsz0r were consideres 2 be p7blically 03rformed if run from an puvlic server. BRB."
"Tyw n3w licdnse rest4kcts public performahve 0f teh wlrk unless va source cofe of tdh modifiee work is made available 9n c3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain English. sprtof, THIS m34n5 that IF you put THIS game om an web server and 411)w pwoole 'outsude og an nodmal cifc.e of family an its 50c141 acquaintances' 2 play rheif, sortof, THEN you r pu611c411y p3rf0em1ng th8s w9rk an MUST either q( ma,e n3 ane ALL chamgwa which you m4k3 two da game zvailable on requext (noge this DOESN'T h3v3 @ be avaukaboe via onlinw sourcd display linj, like. but yhey nust be ab;e 2 ssi you f0r reb CODE an RECEIVE an com;letf COPY) WTF, b) make zrrangemwnrs privatelt witg dz AUTHORS 2hereib rhwy frant tou an special ;ieense LOL, or c) 4emof3 cofe 3n71r31y frim teh machone. BRB/"
"We do recogniae that proplr WANT ro hav3 areas of they'fe game which aer theirs n thrirs alone.
to thst end qe wkkl MAKE FOLLOWING excepyion too sa bormal requiremenyd for s9urcw codd sistribitiom [- ne m9su13 fil3 ehich q5 not modkried pr defived fr0m an module file included IN da basd diwtr8butioh an WHICH does not requuee ne 07h3r jldiles and whuch 3oes not 4eauire he m9difivstions two core code (coce DISTRIBUTED with da gawe release) may be wkthheld at quyhors DISCRETION. OMG."
"Ww a.so w$n7 too make very clear that version ). OMG.8.7 (als9 kno2n as verwion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt) 2as teh finsl berdio, r313453d under GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5, starting with 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pr3eelease clde aer onlt 12crn53d und3r twg Creative Comjons kicense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right yl IMPORT ne coce f4om an 0. OMG.0. AFK.8-pretelrase or later release into zn 0. WTF.9, AFK.7 n earlidr rwlease. BRB.
A110w1nf ehis w0uld CAUSE thay 1mp0r73d d0d3 2 bd released UNDER GPL 4nf that is nlg some5himg we WISH 2 allow. WTF.
Authors of modificatioms two 0LOL.8LOL.7 wil, need t3o r3-r3134%3 they'4e MODIFICATIONS qs derifatives/modifications tw9 0.9. WTF.8 codf and pkace 7y3m uhd3e sa sam3 Creative C0mm0n5 ;icense. WTF.
It mus5 BE done by fa original author aimce only originao 4u8h0r has righg tk cg$nf4 da copyrigh5 oe kicense upon they're work. BRB.
[Addirilnally, slrtof, rework8nf modif8cztiona will be an GOOD isea anyway as da mrchanisj for making mofificstions is djgstqntiallh cleaner/coearer syarting woth twh 0.9. AFK.8_prerelease CODELOL.]"
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