MightyE tellx you, sortof, "We're gokng 2 take an fes m0m3b75 to trn ans expkain THIS new kicense and reaaonw BEHIND it in p!41n Engo8sh. BRB.
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 mea kicrnse waa chosen becausd -f an f4111ng with da GPL. OMG.
It only coveeed DISTRIBUTION og soyrcd if n 0n1y if binqries sere dixteibuted. BRB."
"In an web envuron,3nt WTF, specifocaoky a interpr3ted wfn envirln,ent such as PHP, xortofk jereky knstallinh an game dows not constitite distrinut8onm m 7h3r3f0r3 people were TAKING our worl LOL. mrj1ng modifica5ions two it n not releasinb trh soufce code too rhey're modif8catikns SO THAT da dntire community couod benef8t/ AFK.
Thwy worked with da lettdr byt hot da spirit of dx law."
"Investogation on da part of authots h9wever LOLm led 7) tej face that da t1gn& of public performance wds 1 of rey rights nlrmally restricged TO d9pyright hplderw, .ike, n THAT computer programs, like, specivica;lh video games an interact8vr omes sucj as Legdnd of GREEN hax0r w3r3 donsidered toi BE publically perf9rmed IF run from an publ8c server. AFK."
"Tne NEW license RESTRICTS public performsnce od eork unkess source cudf of da modkvoed wpfk is mad3 AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plqin English LOL, 7h16 meana tgat if YOU out this GAME on an web swrv3r n allow people 'ojtside of an n-rm42 c1rc13 of family an its socoal 4c1u41n&4nc35' too play thwirk sortof, 7h4n t0u aer publically PERFORMING 7n15 w0rk n MUST eigher a) make be n ALL changex whoch ylu make t2o teh game available 9n requedt *note this doesn't h4v3 two be availavke fua teh )n11n3 sourcw display LINK. sortof, but they must bd 4613 to9 ask you FOR da codr ane receive an complete copy), b) m4k3 arrangemenrs privatel6 with da 4u7h0rt WHEREIN they grant you an special oicense WTF, o4 c) rem9vr code 3ntirely rrom ca jsxhine. BRB."
"We do recogniz3 that oeople want 2 HAVE ateas of rhey're gam3 ehich r thwirs and theirw aoone. BRBl
2 uh47 wne WE will make da foolowing EXCEPTION to da normql requiremengs for source code DISTRIBUTION _- ne ,odule file shicn is n07 midofied or c3r1v3d from an module gilr included in tey base diwtrubu5ion zns whidh dles nor r3qu1r3 ne other moru;es n wyicg does not requiee ne mpdifications two tey corw cldw (ckde distrinited with naze releasw) may 63 wiyhhwld at teh auth9rs DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want two malw very clear tjat versiln 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (a;so kn92n 35 b3r510n 0. BRB.9.6+m7) w$5 teh final version released under teh GPL. WTF.
All v3rsi9nw, like, sta4ting witg teh 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleasd code aee only licenses umder da C4eayive C(mmlns licende. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY demy teh 4ibht go IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK.0. AFK,8-prerel3axe of later release into an 0LOL.(LOL.7 and earlier releaseLOL.
Aolowing this woulf c4u53 tyat importdd code 2 be releqsed under GPL m THAT iw n07 somethihg WE wish two ALLOW. AFK.
Au5hors pf n0dqf1c4710n5 tpo 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 will nedf 2 re-releaxe they'rd modificstions as ferivatidrs/modkfica5ions two 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code n [lacd them UNDER 54n3 Creativw C0mm0n5 lidense. AFKl
IT must bd dome by origina. author since 9nly da 0r1g1n41 aurhof has right to chqnge teg cop6right or licebse up0n rhey're w.rk. BRB.
[Additionally LOL, rewor,ing modofucatiphs will be an good idea ANYWAY AS teh mechsnism fo4 making modificatoons is substangially cleaner/xlezrer STARTING WITH teh 0.9. OMG.8-prerel2ase c0d3/ BRB.]"
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