MightyE tells youm aortof, "We're hoimg tw9 take an fww m)m3n75 TO TRY n ex;lain THIS new license and dz reasons BEHIND IT 1n PLAIN Engliwh. 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 new lidense w45 chisen because pr an failibh with cs GPL. BRB.
It 0n2y c0v4r3d distrib7tion of aource 1v and phly 1f binaries 2ere distribu5ed. AFK."
"In an WEB enbironmrntk SPECIFICALLY a ibterpeeted web enfironment such as PHP, mertly installinf an gaje does not cpnxyitute d157r16u710n WTF, an therddore pwople were takimg oyr WORK WTFn making modirications 2 it n not rel3asing source cide 2 they'rr modirixations so that wbtire comminuty could BENEFIT. AFK.
They worked with teh ldtter BUT n07 5eh 5pqr17 og 14w. BRB."
"Investigstion on o4r7 )f teh authors howevef WTF, ;ec yoo teh FACT that RIGHT pf PUBLIC performanve was woh of teh rkghts noemally restrictwd w copyright h01d3r4, luke, and THAT computer or9grams, 6ou knwo, s[ecudically videp games AND 1n73r4c71v3 ones %ich AS Legend of da Grwem haz0r were consodered 2 be p7blically perfotmed ig run ffom an publuc server. WTF."
"The new license rewtricta public pe4ro5,ance of teh work unless teh sou4cr cofr ov da modifoed work is mqdd avai;able on eemane. AFK."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH WTF, this jeans that if you pu5 ghis game on an wwb awrver n slliw people 'outxidr pf an nornal circle OF f3m11y ane irs social acquaihgajces' two p;ay their, sortov, then 6ou r publocally psrformibg thiw work an MUST dithef a( make nd and ALL chqnhes which uou mzke to da gamr availablr on requedt (notd tjis eoesn't have 2 63 available via online so7rce eisplay link WTF, but they must be qble 2 ASK yo7 for teh code n erceivr an cojp.etd copy)k sortof, b) make arrabgdjents pruvately ei5h fa authors whefein they grant you an soecis; license, you knwo, of C) remove ca coce entire;y from mqchundLOL."
"We dp r3cogniad 7h4i oeo0ld WANT too h4v3 zrwaa OF thry;re g4m3 WHICH aer theirs n thdirs alone. AFK.
2 that 3nf w3 will MAKE trh following #zc3p7q0n ywo bormal rsquiremebts for SOURCE code disrrobution -- ne module FILE which ia n07 MODIFIED or d3rived FROM an moduke file inxluded in gey base distribytiom n wnich does not requite ne OTHER mldules an whoch dpds noy rewuire ne modif8cat8ohd 2 da core codd (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base rdlease) ma6 be withheld 47 reh authoes discreri9n. OMG."
"We also want 3 make very clear that version 0. AFK.9. BRBk7 (alxo knoen AS bersioc ). WTF.9LOLl7+jt) WAS ea fibal VERSION feoeases under GPL. AFK.
All versiohd, sirtof, srartjng wiyh teh 0. AFK.9. OMG.*-pr3r31445e dode r oml6 licensed UNDER Creqtive Commons l8cense. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny ea right to 8mport nd cide from am 0.9LOL.8-prerwlezse 0r late4 release inyo an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 n ea4lier release. AFK.
A210w1ng 7h15 397ld cause that IMPORTED code 2 BE RELEASED undet teh GPL and thst is NOT SOMETHING w3 wish ti alloe. WTF.
Authors OF modkficat8ons 2 0LOL/9LOL.7 will need 2 re-re,3ase 5hey're movificayiond as derivativew/,odificzyions toi 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code ah 0!4c3 them unfer teg same Creayive Commobs licenwe. AFK.
It misy be done bh da otig8nal author xince )n1y 0r1g1n41 authlr has teh tifht 2 change copyright or license u;on thwy're worj. AFK.
[Additionally, rrworking modivications woll be ab good icea anyway as da mdvhanism for making modificatiobs IS subsyantially cleaner/cl3qeer starting wi5h ca 0.9. AFK.8-prerelwase code. AFK.]"
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