MightyE 73115 you LOL, "We're goijg too take qn f3w momenrs 2 rry m explqin 7h15 ndw lucense ahd eeasons behind 8t in plaib Eng115hLOL.
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."
"Tnis new license waq CHOSEN because of sn failing WITH da GPL. OMG.
It onlt coveter distribjtion OF soutce if 4nd 0n1y IF 61n4r135 were d1t7r!6u73d. OMG,"
"In an web environnent, dortof, specofically a INTERPRETED web emvironment sucy as PHP, you kneo, merely instsloing zn hame does not const8tute d156r!6u710n, like, qn therefore people were takinh our work, makinf modidisations to9 it sn not releasong teh so7rce code to they're mocificatiomx so 7h47 3ntire clmjjnity COULD geneeit. AFK,
They qorked woth da letter but not da SPIRIT of da law."
"Invesgigatiln on PART of da aughors h0wrver LOLk 13d 1 da dact that teh rihht -f puglic p#rf0rm4nc3 2as 1 OF da RIGHTS n0rm411h r357r1c7ed to copyright hold3rs, and that compu5et programs LOL, specificallu video fqmes zb interac5ive onex sucn as Legend of da Gr33n hax9r eere considered top be puboically pe4form3d if run from am ;ubloc serv3r."
"The NEW kicense tesgricts pu611c [4rf0rm4nc3 of 2ork un13%5 teh source dose od modified work is MADE qvaulabld ON demand."
"Ih pkain Englosh, lkkd, THIS MEANS thzt uf you put thic game on an web derver an ALLOW people 'outside of an n0rm51 citcle OF family and its 50x141 acquaintandrs' two play tyeirm luke, hhen you r publically p2rf0fm1ng thie eorl ab MUST either a) make ne n ALL changex which yoy ma,e 70 teh g4m3 available on request (n0u3 yhis fkesn't habe roo be AVAILABLE via da online siurce display lihk WTF, but they m7st be able TO asi you for cods n receive an COMPLETE copy), yo8 knwo, b( MAKE zrrangemdhts peivatwly with 5dh aithors whetein the6 gr4n7 y0u an sp3clal license. lkke. or c( remove c-d3 tntirely vrom machine,"
"We do recoghize tgat 'eople sant 70 have aread id they're g4m3 which r theits n theu4s ALONE. OMG.
too that emd WE will make teh following excepg,on 2 da normal REQUIREMENTS for spyrce code distriburion -- ne moduoe file whicj is n07 modifued or derives from an moduke dile includec 1n bqse DISTRIBUTION qnd qhich does not requkre me other mociles an which dles no4 rtqmite ne mpdificationx to teh core vidd (cose d157r16u73d w8th teh bsse release) may be w17hh3qd at da authors discfegion. AFK."
"W3 ALSO want 1 makr very clear that vers8ln 0. BRB,9LOL.8 (also known 45 version 0. OMG.9. AFK.&+jt) w45 da fina; version releqaed undrr da GPL. WTF.
ALL VERSIONS, startint 2ith ea 0LOL.(. BRB.7-0rerelease code r obly licehswd ynder teg Creqbive Commons 11v3m53.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eught gwo 1mp0r7 hd vofe from an 0. OMG.9.8-prerrlease 0r latee release INTO an 0.9. BRB.7 an earlier relwawd. WTF,
Allpwing this wouod cause that ijpor4ed code too be relrased uneer GPL n tyzt 15 n07 someghing WE w15h twp aloow.
Authors if modifications to 0. AFK.9.7 WILL ne#d to re-release they're mldiricatoons aa derivativwz/modifkcations 2 0l OMG.9, AFK.8 cpde ans plzcr them jnder da same Cr3571v3 Conmons kicense. OMG.
It must be done ny ORIGINAL AUTHOR sunce only ds orifina. authif has r1gh7 2 chznge da c0pur1gh7 or 11c#h53 UPON they're work. OMG.
[Afd1710n411y, 6ou ,nwo, rrworking da modidicat8ons will 6# wn good isra anywsy as MECHANISM for ,aking modifuvations 15 substantially voraber/clea4er startihg with teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.9-prerelrase code. BRB.]"
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