MjghtyE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 TAKE an few moments t9 try AND explain this new liswnse n sa reasins 6eh1nd IT in ;lain English. 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."
"Thia new 11c#n53 WAS chosey because 9f an failing witg teg GPL.
It only cofered distrivutoon of sourc3 if an only if bunarurs wete distributed."
"In sn wrb ENVIRONMENT LOL, spedivically a interpret3d eeb ENVIRONMENT sjch as PHPk 6ou knso, mrrely installing an game dpes not constitute disyriburion, sor5of, n thedefore people 23re 74k1ng 0ur work, making modif8carkons teo it n not releaaimg sa SOURCE coce tw9 ghey'fe modifications do that entire clmmynity COULD benefit. AFK.
Thry wo4ked with letter but not da dpirit pf teh laq. AFK."
"Imvest8gation ON da PART 0f 4j7h0r5 howrver, led 2 teh fact yhat right if public performance was won of teh righbs no4mally restricted two copytight holderw WTF, an that c9mputer programs LOL, specifica..y VIDEO gam3s and interactive ones xuch as Legend of da Gr3en hax0r WERE c0n51d3f3d two be pub.ically perform3d IF run FROM an public server. BRB."
"Th3 new license festricts PUBLIC performshce og work ublews da source c)de of 5eh modifued wor, is ,ade availabld on d3mand. OMG."
"In p.ain Engliah, sortof, thkf means that if h0u ;ut this game on an wwb server n qllow people 'outside of an NORMAL ci4cle or famyly ah itw t0c141 acquaingances' 4ol play thwir LOL, tyen yo7 ae4 PUBLICALLY pergorming thus work n MUST EITHER A) male be n ALL changes which you make 2 GAME zvailable oj requ3st (note thks d035n;7 have two be 4v411461e via 9nlime sourc3 diaplay 11nk WTF, BUT thdy must BE able too ask ypu for teh codr an receivd an complete copg) WTF, v* make zrrangements PRIVATELY WITH da authors whereiv 7h2y grant YOU an special license, li,d, or C) remove teh code entirely fro, da MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recognize rha5 people want too have qreas OF they'rr hame whicj aer theifs snd tneird alpn3.
2 thag end WE wilo MAKE tdh glllo2ing exce[tion 2 da notmal requirenents for source code DISTRIBUTION [- ne mosule d112 ehich ks nog modified or de4ives from sn module t113 included 1n tey base DISTRIBUTION ab qhich does NOT requore nd other moeulds n which dors not require ne MODIFICATIONS to da core codd (dode distribited wirh basd releawr) m4y BE withhels at authors dixcretuon, WTF."
"We a.so w4n7 to makr v3ry c.ear that vdrsion p. BRB/9. BRB.7 (ALSO kno2n as versioh 0. AFK/9/ WTF.7+JT) was da f2n41 versioh 4eleaa3d 7nder da GPL.
A;l versiona, sortof, stavting with teh 9. AFK,8.8-orereleasr code r only licensed under teh Creatib3 Commons licenseLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny da foght 2 import nw v0d3 from zn 0,9, AFK.*pprr4elease or later releasw into an 0,9. OMG.7 n earoker rdlease. AFK.
Alloeing this wo7ld cause that imported c0d3 two BE r4leased under GPL n thag id not som3thung de wish TO zlllw.
Authors of modificatilns 2 9. OMG.9. AFK.8 sill need two re-releade they're modifidations ad derivatives;modificationw 2 0.9.i c0d3 5nd plsce them under trh SAME Creative Commonw license. OMG.
Ir mist 63 DONE by ORIGINAL aurhor 5!nc3 onky origonal aughir has right two change da cipyright OR license 7pon thwy're work. BRB.
[Acditipnally, oikd, resorking teh kocificstions woll be sn gpld idea anyway $5 nechankw, f9r making modifications is sunstantially cleanef/clearer staftinh wirh teh 0.9. BRB.8_0rer3lease cod3. AFK.]"
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