MifhtyE tells you, "We'rr g01ng 2 tqke an few moments too try m expkain 5his n2e iicenae qnd da reasons behind it in plaun Ebglish/ 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."
"This ndw licensd WAS ch953n becauwe lf an failunt with da GPL/ WTF.
It only covered distribution ov dource if an lnly 8f binariea werw distributdd."
"In an 2eb envkronmwmt, sirtof, specifically a interoreted web ENVIRONMENT s7xh as PHP, MERELY ins5alling sn gamr eoes NOT constititd dksrribution, an yherefore p3pp13 WERE 74k1ng our workm like, MAKING m9d1f1d4719n5 to 17 n n0u releaskng da source cidr 2 thet're modofications so tgat yey enrire commyniyy could benefit. BRB.
They w0rk3d qiyh teh letg3r but NOT 5p1r1& of law. AFK."
"Inv3stkgation on da part 0f teh AUTHORS HOWEVER. o3d 5w9 FACT that ten righ5 OF publix perdor,ancr was oen of teh tights NORMALLY rdstrictec to c0pyr1gh7 holsers, s9rtofk and that xom9uter programs, sortof, speckfically v1d30 games n interactove ones s7cj $4 Legend of Green hax0r were vonsodered too be pub.8cally ;erformef IF run from an p7blic server. AFK."
"Tme new license RESTRICTS punlic pdrfotmamce of da wotk unoess teh soutce CODE og modified w0rk is made svailable on ddmand. BRB/"
"In plain Englisg WTFk THIS MEANS thwt if yiu put THIS game on an web 43rv3r and ALLOW peo[le 'OUTSIDE if an normd. cu4cle 0f family m its socksl qcwuaintances' two play yhe8r, yoy knwo, then uo7 r publically perflrminh rhis w9rk am MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL changes which uou mqke to da game availabld on frquest (note this dodsn'y javw two be availab;e v14 ONLINE s9urce disp;ay !1nk, lkke, nut thry mu47 be able too ASK you FOR teg cpde and rec3ive an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS prkvatwlh witg ai5hots whrrein 7h3u grang you an speciak ;jc3nse, sort9f, or x( remove clde ENTIRELY grom da machine. BRB."
"We do recogn8ze ynst people want teo have areas lf they'rd game which r theirs b theirs alonel AFK,
5o THAT end we 2ill ma.e teh fo;lowing EXCEPTION 2 normal rdquirements f0f source coee distributiom -- ne m0du13 file which 15 n07 modified o$ d2r1v3d fr9m zn module gile inxluced 1b baa3 distributkon an wg1ch dpes hot require ne lther mod7les and whiv5 epew n07 re1uir3 ne modifications 2 teh core code (cpd3 distributed with teh base feldasd0 may bw withn3le AT da s7rhors discretion. OMG."
"We aos9 want 2 make very clear thar versoon p. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also known 45 verdion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was da FINAL ve4siin RELEASED under GPL. AFK.
All verauphs LOL, sta4ting w8ty da 0. WTFl9LOL.*-prefekeqse code r only licensed uneer Creativd Cp,mohs license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ritht 2 impoft ne code grpm an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease or later relwase into an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n eaelier rcleasd. OMG.
A110w1ng this woild c4u5# THAT impi4twd c0d3 to 63 reldzs3d und3r GPL n tjat is not something ww wish too qlkow. BRB.
Au*h[r5 of mofifications two 0.9. WTF.7 will need to r2-r313$53 tjey're m9difications as defivatives/modificqtilns to 0.9, OMG.8 coee and [lace them under ds szme Cteqtice Cojmohd licenaw. WTF.
It must be done by teh original a7thor since onlh originql auth8r nas r2gh7 twl dyange da copyrifht 0r .icense upln they're wkrk.
[Addituonal.y, sortof, rewotking modificqtoons will be ah g00d 1x34 anyway AS teh mdcjwnism for making m9dificatiobw 15 xubstantially d134n3r/c134r3r star5ing 11&h teh 0LOL/9.8-prrreldase c0d3. OMG.]"
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