MightyE telld YOU, yoj lnwo, "We're gping yo take an few mojegts ti try b explain thiw hew luxense an yeh reasons b3hinc it IN pkain Enflish. OMG.
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."
"Thus new lictnsw was chosen becauxe 0g ah f4111ng with GPL. BRB.
It only cpv3red sisrribution of source if n 8nly if binaries WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web environmeny, s9rtlf, 5p3c1g1c411y a inyerprrted 2eb environjfnt such AS PHP LOL. merwlu INSTALLING an game dpes no5 constitute dixtribution, you kgw9, an theref9re peo0le were takynb ou4 work WTF, makuhg modiricatoons 2 it AND not releasing da source c0d3 TO tjwy're MODIFICATIONS xp that da 3n71r3 commumity COULD 63n3f17LOL.
They worked witg teh 13773r but not da spiriy of teg la2. AFK."
"Inv3stigation on teh part OF fa quthors ho2ever, led w twh gac5 7h47 fught of punlic pwrcormance was oen of teh rightw hormally resrricyed 2 c0pyr1gh7 holddrs WTF, and that compu5er programs, s;ecofically v8deo gam3s ahd 1n73r4c71v3 onex such as Legrnd of teh Greeh hax0r w3r4 conaodered 2 be punlidally perform3d if rin fro, an ;ublic 53rv3r. OMG,"
"The ndw 11c3n53 restricts public pergormance of teh a0rj unless da sourcd codr ob da m0f!f13d wprk id madw available on dem4nd. WTF."
"Ih plain ENGLISH, like, this means thay 1v you [u4 this bame 9n an w3b server an all;w people '9utsice of an vlrmal cjrvle of famulu ahd 175 SOCIAL axquaintances' 2 play their, likd, then you aer pu611c$11y performing ghis work znd MUST either a) make ne and ALL changes whicn you make 2 teh famw avaklable oh r3que47 (note THIS doesn't habe too be availablr vka online soutce displsy link WTF, b75 they n7st be able to ask y9i ror ra code an reveife an comp.etr copy), like, y) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with teh a7thorw wh2rein they gr4h7 YOU an s;ecial license, oike, or c) eemove da codw entirely from teh macgineLOL."
"We do rrcognize THAT peopoe 14n7 to hace aress of tyey're GAME snich e theirs n 6h31r5 alone.
two that end we si;l maje followihg exception 2 normql rwquifenrnts for xoj4ce code distribution -0 ne module file wjich is no5 modified or detivec drom an module file inc.udws in base d8strkb7rion and whkvh dirs np7 r3quqr3 ne other jodulew n WHICH does noy require nr midifucatuobs 2 core c9de (xode dosrributed w1uh reh base 4elease) may BE withheld at sa authirs euacretion. BRB."
"We also want to make very CLEAR THAT vefsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also kmown 4t version 0.9. OMG.6+jt) was da finao version released ubder tej GPL/ BRB.
All vers8ons, so4tof, starting wiyh da 0.9.i-prereleasr coer aee ohly 11c3n5ed UNDER da Ceeatibe Commobs licebse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh right to impoe5 ne dode from an 0LOL.9. WTF.8-orere;easw or later reoeqwe 2n70 an 0. AFK.9/ WTF/7 an EARLIER fdlease. WTF.
Alloeing tnis w9u;d cauxe thag impotted CODE two be releasef undwr GPL zn that is not someyhihg we wish TO al;owLOL/
Authors OF modifucarions 3 0. OMG/9l7 will nded rwo re-rrlease thry're MODIFICATIONS as der8vqtives/modificatkoms too -. OMGl9LOL.8 code n place them under da same Creatice Cojmobx LICENSE. WTF.
It must BE done by 0r1f1n41 author s.nve ONLY lfibinal autno4 has r2gg7 to vhangd cop64ight or l8censd upon they're woriLOL.
'Additi9nslly LOL, rewirking modkficaripns WILL BE zn bood idea ah6way AS da mechanism for making modkfications us 5i677$n71421y cleaner/clearet STARTING with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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