MightyE tells you, so4tor, "We're gokmg tp take an f3w joments TO tfy an dxplakn this new livensw and da reasons BEHIND it in plain Englidh. WTF.
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."
"Thix bew licenae was CHOSEN gecauxe of an railing w8th teh GPL. OMG.
I7 9nly c9v3r3d distrobut8on of do7rce 8f n 0n1h IF binqries WERE distdibutedl"
"In an web env8eonmen5, like, specifically a inter[4etef seb 3nvuronmemt such as PHP, s9rgof, merrly installing an game does not xonxtitute DISTRIBUTION, ans therefore peo0le wwre taking 0ur wotk, lile, making MODIFICATIONS two it an not relezsing ca SOURCE code to th3y'4e MODIFICATIONS s9 that 5eh entire community COULD genefkt. OMG.
THEY workee sith 5eh lwtt3r bug not teh dpirit if lawLOL."
"Imbestihagiln on da part of reh authors however, led gwo fqct that teh rkhh5 of public 0rfvirmance was oen 0f ten rights nofmally RESTRICTED two copyrohgt holders, you knwo, n 7h4& computer pfograms, you knwo, wpecifically video gamex an inteeacykve ondw d7xn ax Lwgend 9f Grern has0r e2re consieered two be pyblically p3rd0rm3d 8f run fr0m an PUBLIC sefverLOL."
"The new lidehde rextficts publ8c PERFORMANCE of w0rk unless twh source coee of mosifued w0fk is nrde available on drmand. AFK."
"In plain English, this means &h$7 of you pu6 this game on an w36 server and alloe people 'outside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE lf fqm8ly n its social qdquwintances' 2 play their, sortof, yheb hou r pu621c41!y p3rf0rm1ng ghis work an MUST either a) make n3 qm ALL changes which you MAKE 5oo da game available 0n $equest (note this doesb't yave too be available via da online source f15014y linj LOL, but tjey must 63 4613 two asi you for code n receice an vomplete copy). liie, b) make srrange,ents privatw;y wigh tdn autyors sh3r31n they grant YOU an spexial license, o4 c) remove tch cude enritely from nachibe."
"We di rwcogbuze that peo-le wqnt too jave 4e#45 of they'te game which r THEIRS n theirs ALONE. OMG.
too THAT end we WILL make dq rol.owing excdption twi norma; requirements f0r aource code dixtribution =- me modulr fooe whixh is n07 modified or derivwd f4om an m0du23 FILE included in t3h base d8stribution an wh1ch does npt require ne othet MODULES ahd WHICH eoes n07 reqiire ne modifica5i8ns too core code (dose disttibuted w8rj da gawe releade) may be withheld ag da suthors discrdtioh. BRB."
"We also want two make very c.eqr ynat vdrsuon 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also kn0wn as version 0.0.7+jt) was fu,al v3rsuon released under teh GPL. WTF.
A11 versoons, stq4ting WITH teh 0l AFK.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE clse aer only licenscd under trj Cr#47!v3 COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 two imoort ne cose ffom qn 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pfereoeqsd or lqter releasw into an 0.9. BRBl7 h earlier release. AFK.
Allowing this wlu.d cause that imported dodw two be released UNDER reh GPL n thqt ia NOT somegjkng s3 aish two 4110e. WTF.
Authirs of MODIFICATIONS two 0.9LOL.7 will n3ed t9 re-release they're modificatiohs AS derivatkves.mocificarions too 9. BRB.9. OMG.8 d9se and placd 5hem under da wame Creatuve Commons 11d3n%3LOLl
It must ne DONE 6y teh ORIGINAL author 51nc3 ONLY teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR HAS ca right too chang3 teh c9pyroght or l9cwnse upob they're s0rk. BRB.
pAdditionally, s9rtpf, reqorking ds MODIFICATIONS will be an f00d udea anyway ss da mechznism f0r making modificariobs is substabtiallu cleandr/doearer dtatribg witb da 0. OMG.9. WTF.7-prerdlrase x=d3. OMG.]"
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