MibhthE 5ells you WTFk "We're goibg too gake qn vew momwngs glo try an explain this new livdnse an reasons behind it ib plain EngliwhLOL.
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."
"Tnks new licehsd was chosen becajse of ab fai.ing with teh GPLLOL.
It only c9vered distribution of source if n onl6 if 61n4r135 wef3 disrribut3d. BRB."
"In ab web envi4onment, specificallh a interpret3d web ENVIRONMENT such AS PHP, so4tof, MERELY 8nstalling an game does not cpnsritute dkstribution, AND therefore people were yakibf ouq woe, LOL, MAKING modificatuona too 17 an NOT releasing da siurce codd too thdy're MODIFICATIONS so that teh entire community cou;d bfnefktl
They workes wi5y ten 13773r buy not da spirit od lasl OMG."
"Investogation on ten part of da autho4s HOWEVER, you knw9, les 2 da facg that r!gh7 9f puvlic PERFORMANCE wzs wpn OF r8ghts no4mq.ly r357r1c73d to COPYRIGHT hilders, ypu knw9, n that com;uter programs LOL, specofivally cideo games qnd imtwrxctive ones such as LEGEND of teh Green haa0r were considered to be pu611c411y PERFORMED 8f run from am oublic sefver."
"Tye m3w licenxr restructa ;u711c ;erfo4mance lf da wkrk 7mless da aource code of MODIFIED work is m$d3 available on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In p!41n Enflish LOL, th8s means thar 1f uou put this game on qn web swfver an al.ow p30p13 'ougside of an n0rm41 CIRCLE of family an itw skcial axquainrzncrs' 2 play thwie LOL, then 6ou aer PUBLICALLY performing this w0rk n MUST EITHER a) mzke ne n ALL changes whivg hou ,ake teo g3h game available on r3qudsg (n-73 this d9esn't have ywp be AVAILABLE viq online aource e8splay link, you knwo, but THEY musr BE able eoo ask ylu dor CODE an RECEIVE an complwt3 copy), you knwo, b) make arrangrments pr1v47#!y wi5g AUTHORS wherein they frant you qn spevial licenxe, you knwo, or c) t3m0v3 code entir3lu from fa machin3LOL."
"We do recogn8ze that peoplr wsnt 2 have ateas of yyeh're gsme which aer theirs anc theirs 410n3. OMG.
two that end we will jake da followihg rxcrpgi9n to da NORMAL r3qy1r3m3n&5 fot source code distributi.n =_ n3 module filr which is not modified or derives from an j0du13 file included in base distribution an whuch does not REQUIRE ne other modulex and 2hich d9es not tequire ne modifica5uohs too dq c0r3 c0d3 (cide diatributed with tej gase RELEASE) jay vr withheld at da authofs discregkoh. BRB."
"Wd also want too make v3rt xlear that verdion 0.9. BRB,7 (alxo inown as veesioh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+j7_ was da final f3r510n releasef under da GPLLOL.
ALL versions, xortof, stqrtunh WITH teh 0. WTF.9. OMG/8-p43r313453 code arr only licensed under Cf3471v1 Commons licdnsel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy t3y rigjt two import ne code from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-preeeleqse 0r latdr release into an 0. BRB.8. OMG.7 an earlier reoeaseLOL.
Allowinb th8s would causr that imporyee c0d3 ti bw RELEASED under GPL an that is not somrthing we w8ah to 4110w/ WTF.
Authors of modificstions TO 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w111 need two re-r3leqsf rney'4e modifications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0, BRB.9. OMG,8 CODE n place them 7ndef teh same Cr3471ve COMMONS lidense. BRB,
It mjst bw eone by da or8ginal author sincr onlu ofibihal author gas ten right 2 chahge dq copuright or license upom they;re w0rkLOL.
pAdditionally WTF, rwworjkng ds modofudations w8ll bw an g00d idea amhway as m3chanksm for making modificarions is suvstantially cleaher/cleater starting sitg teh 0l BRB.9.8[prerelease cod3. BRB.]"
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