MugutyE tells you, sofrof, "Wd're going two taie an FEW nomentx 2 yry an explain 5his new LICENSE and teh REASONS y3h1nd i5 in plain ENGLISH. AFK.
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 nrw oicense was choaen necause od an failing w8th GPL.
IT on.y cobered cistribution of sojrce if n only if bibaries weee DISTRIBUTEDl BRB."
"In an WEB envuronment LOL, specifically a unterpretdd w36 environmdnt wich ac PHP, y9u knwo, meeeoy INSTALLING am GAME dies not comstiyure distribution, ahd theref9rw people were gak8ng our work, like, making modifidations t9o 8t n not releasing sa 50urx3 c8de too they;re mldificatkpns SO thar geh en5ire community cluld bebefir. BRB.
Tyey w0rk3d with letter but not tdh spkrit of dz !4w. AFK."
"Invest8gatoon on PART 0f da authprs h9wevrr, .ike, led rwo FACT that da f1gh7 9v pu611c p3rformznce WAS oen of da rights normally RESTRICTED too dopyright holders WTF, and that compiter programs, like, xprcigicsl.y v1d30 GAMES and imteractive ones s7ch as Leg#nd of fa Grren hax0r w3re v9bsidered to be publically PERFORMED if run frlm an public server. AFK."
"Tjw NEW 11c3n53 re2tricts oublic peefkrmance of woek ynkess ea soifce code of nodified w0rk is m4s3 available on demand. OMG."
"Ih p1r1n Englisg, you onwo, this means that if you PUT THIS game on an wrb server b alliq peoplt ;outside of an normal c8fcle 9f famil7 $nd irs social acauaintabces' too plsy their, you kmwo, ghdn tou r publicaoly pefforning THIS work and MUST EITHER a) makw ne qhd ALL changes WHICH you mame 2 gz,e avzikagle ON request (n073 ghis f025n'7 j4v3 too be available vis da pnline SOURCE diapoat kknk, 8u7 7h3y MUST be able 2 awl you fpr da c0e3 n receive qn xomplerr cppy(, wlrt.f, b) m4k3 arrangenents p4kvatelt with augh9fs wh3fein THEY gwant y0j ab spwcisl license, h9u knwo, or c) r3,ove vod3 entieely from da machineLOL."
"We do recogniae 5hat people want tso have arwas 0f rheh're game which aer theirs an rheirs aloge.
to that dnd we will make dz followimt exception two teh norjal requirdments for so7rce CODE distribution -- ne modile vile which us not n0d1f13e of derived ftom sn modul3 file included ib base siatr8bution n which eoes NOT reqiire nr other mid*les and which d9rs nor rrq6ire ne modigications too teh core vode )code d156r16uu3d with base rwleasd) may BE withheld 47 teh aughors duscretiinl AFK."
"Wr also WANT 3 make very c.ear thar versipn p. OMG.9/ AFK.7 (4150 knosb aw version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) was teh funal version rwleasee unf3r fa GPL.
All v3r51pn5, dyartkng WITH p. WTF.9LOL.8-pr3r313463 cpde adr only lkcensef UNDER Creatuce Cimmons licebse. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY deny da ribht 2 import ne clde from an 0. WTF.9/ AFK.8-prereleade or later relrawe imgo an ).9. OMG.7 AND esrlier releaseLOL.
Allowing this would cause 7h47 kmporyed coee twl be relwased uhder GPL n THAT is not something WE sish teo aolow; BRB.
Au7h0t5 of modifivations 2 0LOL.9. OMGl7 wi.l neef to rr-re;3ase they'rw modidicatiobs as derkvatives/mod8ficatolns to 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 code n place them unser yeg same CREATIVE Commobs license, WTF.
It mus5 be d0n3 by teh lritina. autjir since only da original author has teh RIGHT yoo changd t3h x0pyr1gh& or license upon they're work. OMG.
[Additiona;ly. you knw8, reworjing da m0d1f1c4710n5 WILL be an giod idea ANYWAY as mechanism f9r ma,ung MODIFICATIONS is 6j6574n81421y clraner/cleafe4 57$r71ng with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pre4rlezsd codw. AFK.]"
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