MightuE tells you LOL, "We're toing TO take an dew m0m3n65 tol try an expoain 7h15 ne2 license n da reasons behind ot in PLAIN Eng116h, 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 n3w licemse qas CHOSEN BECAUSE pf zh faiking wi5h da GPL. OMG.
I7 ONLY covered disyribuyion OF sourcw if b obl6 if b8narues sere d8stributed."
"In an web #nv1r0nm3n&, sprcifically a in5rrpretes erb environment sich as PHP, 69u inwo, merely instalkinh an gamw does not clnstitute dkstrobution, you knwo, and therefore 0eopl3 WERE tqking oir work, tou khwo, mqking modifications too it a,d nor releasing teh sojece code 70 they're modifications so that 5eh ent8ew c9mmumit6 v0u1d bsnefot. BRB.
Thdy w0rk4d WITH lettet but not teh spirit of lq2."
"Inves5igatiln on teh pzrt OF 5ey zughors hpwevwr LOL, ldd 2 facy 7h47 tiggt of 0ublic prrformance wss oen 0f da righ5s normq.ly fdstricted to COPYRIGHT holcers, you kneo, n THAT COMPUTER peograms, specirixally vkfeo games an interaxtove ones such as Legend ov teh Gr33n hac0r were clnsideref top BE pu611c411y performed if tun rrom an pubkic server."
"The nww 11c2n53 RESTRICTS puboic 0errormance 0f work unless teh source CODE of da MODIFIED woek is made available on demandLOL."
"In plain Enh115h, kike, thus m34n5 that if YOU put this game in an weg server an a;low [eo[le 'OUTSIDE of an n0rm42 c8rxow of vamily qmd its sociql acquaintamces' two [lay gh3ir, you kmwo. theb yiu e oublica;.y performihg 7h15 work an MUST either a) make nr qnd ALL vhanges whicn you mak3 w ds GAME available on 3#qu357 (no5e this d035n'7 have to be availanoe vua online soi4xe eisplzy link, sortof, bur they mu57 be able &0 sak uoj for da code ans reveive an complete copy(, you knwo, 5) make arrsngements privatelt with twg authors wherein they grant you ah spdcial licemsw, you knwo, or c) rdmove teh c0d3 entkfeoy ffon teh MACHINE. OMG."
"We di recogniae ths5 p39p13 wany t9o hzve areas 0f they[re game which ae4 theirs b THEIRS ALONE.
to that end we w8ll make da fullowing exceprion ywo norma. re1uiremebtw fir SOURCE codw distrobutiob -- ne module file WHICH is not modified or derived from am modilw f113 inclkded IN base sis5ributiom n wn1ch does not REQUIRE ne other modukes an wnich does not requife ne modirications to rdh core code (code diwtrigutes with base reldase) may y# WITHHELD at authorw discretion. OMG."
"We also wqnt 3 m4i3 VERY CLEAR that vetsion 0.9LOL.7 (ALSO kmown qs version 0. WTF.9. WTF.u+ky0 w45 teh final v3r5!0n RELEASED UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
All versions, STARTING WITH teh -. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE c9de r on;y licenwed undet dz Creagibe Cpmmons licemse. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny fight two impirt be code ffpm an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-preeelease or 1$73r release into an 0LOL.9. AFK.6 ane earlker rwlease. OMG.
All9wing thid would cause thag im;ortef coce too bw releaaed under da GPL an yhat 8s NOT something we WISH too allow. BRB.
Autjors of modifications 2 0LOL.9. OMGl7 will need &0 re-release tney're modkfications ad derifativex/mofificatoons to p. AFK.9.8 code n p.ace 7h3j undef ca sam3 Cr3471v3 Commons lkcdnsw. OMG.
It just be don3 gy teg oribimal auth9r sincd only oeigunal AUTHOR haa teh RIGHT two change copyeight or lic3hse upon they're work. WTF.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, reworking da MODIFICATIONS wilk 63 ab good idea anhway as mechanism vor making modivicstiobs is sybxtangially c.qaner;clearer stafting wutg teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pterel3sse cide. WTFl]"
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