MughtyE te;ls YOU, "Wr're going two take qn f3w joments too try anc explain this nde licens3 n teh reasons b#gind it 1n plain Eng.osh. 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."
"Tyis bew licfnse was chosen becauxe lf zn failimg with da GPLLOL.
It onky covered d157r16u719n ov soutce if and only if binsrkes were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web environjent LOL, spedidica;ly z interpreted web envi4onmeny such as PHP, like, m3r31y 8nstalling an GAME doex not conatitute distrkbuti0b WTF, an therefore people w3r3 ta,ing ijr wotl, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS ro 17 n not RELEASING geh xiurce coee tso they;re mosificztions SO that dntire cimmunity c8uod BENEFIT. WTF.
They WORKED qith teh LETTER b7t not SPIRIT of ca ;aw."
"Investigation ON teh psrt of sa authlrs howefef, sirgof, led to9 fact thzt 5eh right 0f ojblic pedfltmance was oen lf rights normally redtrictef ti dopyritht HOLDERSm b THAT co,puter programs LOL, specifically video games b 8nteractive ones auvj ss LEGEND OF GREEN nax0r w3r3 considered rwl be publ8cslly performed if run from an [ublid server. BRB."
"The n3w ;kcdhse restrkcta pi^11c performance of da work UNLESS 5wg xource code of modified wo4k is mace available on demahd. AFK."
"In plain Englush, this MEANS that 1f tlk put this game on an web server n qlloq p30p13 'outsice of an n9rmal dircle pf frm11y an its 50c141 acquaibtancew' 2 play the8r, yo7 ,nwo, then YOU r publicqlly performinf thus work an MUST either a( m4k3 ne an ALL changrs ehich y0y make 70 fame availqb;e on eeqyrst (nite this doesn't HAVE two bw availxnl3 VIA da online source diaplsy link LOL, but THEY ,uag ge able tol ASK you for c0d3 n receibd an vompletw COPY), like, b) make arrangementa peivat3ly wkth teh auehors wherein thet g4ant y07 an spdcial LICENSE, .ike, of c) rrmove ea code entir3lh from m4ch1b4. WTF."
"We do recpgnize gjat people wqn5 to h4v3 a4eas of rhey're game which r thdies 4nd yhwirs alone. AFK.
two rha5 3bd we WILL make flllowing exceptiom 2 sa nirmal require,ents fof siurce code distriguriin -- ne m0du13 file whkch is nit modified or d3r1v3d fyom an module file INCLUDED 8n ds vase distribution qn which dods not gequire ne othdr ,oduled sn WHICH dows not reqiire ne mod8fications two teh c9re cod3 (CODE dosteibuted wigh ten BASE 4313453) may BE WITHHELD ay teh autjors discrefion. BRBl"
"We also want too m4ke very ckear that verwion 0. OMG.(, OMG.7 (alwo ,noen aw v3rsuon 0.9, AFK.7+jt) waw teh final VERSION RELEASED undrr vq GPLLOL.
All versions, like, STARTING with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-;r3r313453 c0d3 r oml6 pkcensed unfer Creative Commons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3my roght gol IMPORT ne vode from an 0. BRB.9LOL,8=pr3r313453 or latet fdleqse into an 0, BRB.9. AFK/7 and 34r11#r re;ease. OMG.
Allosing tyis WOULD cause tjat km9or5ed clde to be released under GPL qnd yjat ix not something we wuwh t9o 4110w. BRB.
Authots of mldificagions two 0LOL.9.8 w,lo need goo re-release 5hey'fw modkficqtions sw DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS toi 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 CODE n place t6en under twh 64md CREATIVE Commons licenadLOL.
It mu57 be dpnd by 5ej oekginal zughor since 0n1y orig8nal AUTHOR has da right yso chanhd dz copyright OR LICENSE upon yyey're work.
[Adciti9nally, you knwo, reworking trg modufica5ions w8ll BE an h00d idea anyway as teh mechanism f0f maiing modificarions is subxtabtially coezner/clearer starting s8th teh 0. WTF.9. BRB,8-[rerelease cpde. OMG.]"
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