M8ghtyE te;;x yly, you knwo, "We'rd GOING two takd an f3w moments to gry an explain thid neq livense and da reasons behind IT in plain Engl9shLOL.
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 new 11c#n53 was chosdn brcause of an failing w17h GPL. AFK.
I7 0h1y coveree disyrig7tion OF sourde if an omly if ninzr8es wdre d157r16u73d. BRBl"
"In an wdb 3mvif9nment, like, 5p3c1f1c411y a interpre5wd wdb env8ronment 5uch as PHP, sortof, mer3;y installing an 5ame s0e5 noy c0n6716u72 DISTRIBUTION. sortof, n rherefore peoole were TAKING OUR work LOL, making modifications u9 8t n n07 RELEASING da sourxe cod3 too tyeh'fe MODIFICATIONS ao tgat twh rntire comm7mit6 could b3nefiy.
Tn3y worked with da letter gut not SPIRIT of law/"
"Inves5igation on part lf da autnors howeverk .ike, lwd ro teh f4c7 tmat da 4ight of ;ublic PERFORMANCE aas 1 if rights n9emally RESTRICTED too copyright goldetsk and ghat v0mpu7er pr0gr4mt, you knwo, specifucally video gtm35 an knteractive ONES such as Legend od Grern hax0r were c9n51d3r3d w be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if RUN from an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The new ;icende resteicts pibluc oerformance lf wori unless sourcd code of geh m9c1f13d qork is madw avai;abld on demanf. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h, ljke, thid mwans thay if you put this game ln an w46 sdrver an allow peopl3 '0u751s4 of an normal circle of f4m11t AND its social acqua8ntanxes' too p14y their, you kmwo, tyen you r publically pe4vorming THIS wotk an MUST either a) mske ne n ALL vhsnges qhich you make two GAME available on reaues5 (note rhid doesn't HAVE 5wo nf svailab.e via da online dourcr display link WTF, but THEY must be able 2 adk you for code n recwuve an compkete c9o6) LOL, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3m75 prkvqtelu wiyh teh 4u7h0r5 wherein theh grant you an s[ecial license, like, or c0 remove da code entirely from da MACHINE. WTF."
"We d0 recognize thzt peop;e want 1 have ar3as lf they're game whidj r tneita n THEIRS alon3. OMG.
2 that end we qikl mske flllowing exceptuon two teh nirmal requirem3nts FOR SOURCE code dostrkbution _- ne m0du13 file qhich is bot modified o3 defived ftom an module fi;e included in sa base d157r!7u710n m ehish DOES not require ne .ther modules an sgkch does not reqhire ne modificxtilms go core c0de (coce DISTRIBUTED with baae release) nay be wiyhhelf st teh authors d15xr3710n. BRB."
"We also want too makd verh clwar that vefdion 0. AFK/9. OMG.7 (also knoqn as version 0.9LOL.7=jr) was final vwrsion relezaed under GPL. AFK.
All verdions, sortof, starting 2itn teh 0LOL.o. OMG.8-prerelease code zer only licenwec under reh Ceeativw Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right 2 import ne CODE from an 0. OMG.9.8-prereleawe or LATER releasd into an 0.9. WTF.7 amd earkiet re/ease, BRB.
ALLOWING tgis w0u1d cauae that 1mp0r74d cife too b3 r313453d under ca GPL n thst is NOT something wr w1%h go q.low. WTF.
Authota OF kodificatiohs 2 0LOL.9.8 will nerd too re-relwase they're mosifications zs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tp 0. AFK,9.8 c9xe and p/ace them under da same Cr3atuv4 C0mm0b6 LICENSE.
I7 MUST be DONE by da original author ximcd only odiginal author h45 teh rihht 2 cjwnge teh c9pyright or livense upon the6're work. WTF.
[Aec1710n411y LOL, reworking da modifucationa wilk ne an GOOD id3a angwsy as t3h mechanism for MAKING midificati9ns IS substahyialo^ cleaner/clearer starting with pLOL/9. OMG.8-prerdlease coseLOL.]"
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