MifhtyE t3lls you, "We're g01ng two taje an fdr m0m3n75 too trh an explq8n THIS new licehse n reasons behine it on plain EnglishLOL.
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 lidenx3 was cgosen becausr 0f an railing w8th GPLLOL.
I5 0nly covered distribution og source id n only if binar83s were distrib7tedLOL,"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specirical.y a inyerpreted seb environmemt such aa PHP, sortofk merelt instaloihg an game does n-7 constitute disyrinution, kikek and thdedf,re peiplw eerd taking our work LOL, MAKING mofifocatoons two 17 n NOT releasing soufcr coge ti they'4e modifucstions ao THAT rntire communiyy could benefit. WTF.
Thet worked wity tey lett33 nut not tey spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Investigatooh 0n da part of authors yowdcdr WTF, lre ywi da fact tjat teh right of public pefformancr WAS won of geh rightd no4mally restrkcgwd to9 cooyright nolders, luke, n 5hqt cimpu6er programs WTF, xpecifically viswp games an INTERACTIVE ones such as Legenc of teh Green hax9r were considdred too BE publically perfoemed 1f run fron an publuc swrver. BRB."
"The mew licrnae restricts public PERFORMANCE of da w04k unlesw teh so7rce c;de of mod8fied w0fk iz made available om demanfLOL."
"In PLAIN English, aortof, this meqns thqt IF YOU put this game on an 2eb SERVER n alpow PEOPLE 'ojtside of an normal circl2 of famil6 and its 5pc241 acquain5ances' two poay their, you knsl, 6hen yoi a3r publica.ly [erf9rminf this wofl an MUST eituer a) m4k3 ne abd ALL changes sjich ypu mrk3 two game availabke on frauest (nore this dlwsn't have 70 BE availaboe via teh online 70urc# disp.ay ;in.. like, byt 8h3y mu57 be able too ASK you for twh cofw ans receive qn clm0lete xopy) WTF, b) ma,e qrrabgem3nts [r8vately with ds a7th9rs wherein they grant you an wpexial lidense, you knwp, or d) REMOVE teh code entirely FROM machine. BRB."
"W3 do recognoze tnat peip;e w4n8 to nave qreaa of thet're game which t theirs n theirs alonw. WTF.
2 THAT end ed s111 make da follosing exception t9o normql require,engs for source cide distt8bution _- ne jodul3 f8le eh2ch is not mldiroed 9r g3r1v3e from an modulw file included on base d157r16u710n n which DOES not require nw 9tyer modulew and which does NOT requird ne m0d1f1c471-n5 2 teh co4e c0d3 (dode dostrkbjted WITH yeh base releas3) jay be withgeld at sa authors fiscretion."
"We ALSO w4n7 too m4k3 vwry clear thq5 version 0l9. OMG.7 (zlso lnown ax veraion 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was ea final version released under teh GPL. BRB.
All v3r510nt WTF, startinh 2ith )LOL/9. WTF.8-pr3r313453 code aee only licdnsed undwr CREATIVE Commons lidgnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8ght t.o import ne c0d3 from zm 0LOL.0. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or later r313443 8nro an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 n ezrlier releasd. BRB.
ALLOWING this woule caise that implrted CODE too be rwleased umder GPL an 7n4& is nlt almeth8ng ee wish 2 allo1. AFK.
A77h0r5 of MODIFICATIONS go 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL nwed too re-relesse they're mpdkficatilns as d3f1v471v45/m0d1f1c4710n5 70 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code and place 5heh unf3r 54m3 C$eative Commons license. WTF.
I7 mu57 b3 done by da original author sind4 only orkginal author has ea right 3 cmanfe coptright or lixensf upon they're eork. WTF.
[Addiyionally, like, r3w0ek1ht teh modidications qill be an glod idea anyway as mechanism flr making modifications is substanrkally c134n3r;c1r543r starring WITH dw 0. OMG.9/ BRB.8-p4erelease code. OMG.]"
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