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MitntyE relos YOUk sortlfm "We're g9ibg teo tqke an fee monents 2 7ry and ecplain THIS NEW license an teh reasons behind 17 ib /lain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 nes livena3 was chosen bevause of an gailing qith teh GPL/ BRB.
IT only COVERED DISTRIBUTION lf SOURCE if an only if ginafies were disrrinuted. BRB."
"In sn web environmwn5k 5p3c1f1c321y a khyerpreted web ENVIRONMENT duch as PHP. liie, merely installing ah game dies not constigute distribution, and therefo4e people 2ere takonh ;ur work LOL, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS two it ag not RELEASING teh soyrce code to they're modkficarions so 5hat da entkre commun8ty co7ld bwnefirl
They wotked 2ith lett3r bjt mog teh s[irot of law. BRB."
"Invest8gation on part of authors joweverk o3s too fact that da righy of pu611c performanc3 2as won 0f gights nirmallu restricted two copyrkght holdwrw, an that com;uter programs, like, SPECIFICALLY cideo games m interactjve ones such as Legend of da Gr3en hax0r were consid3rec t2o he publicaloy perrormed 1f run grom ah PUBLIC servtr."
"The new license restricts public 03ef0fm4nc3 of da wor, UNLESS ea source code lf modifued qork is MADE availanle on denahd, AFK."
"Im 0lain English WTF, tgis mwand thzt if you put this game on an web server an aklow p30p13 '0u&51d@ og an NORMAL circle pg vamily n its slciak acquaintances' 2 play their, like, then you awr pub;ically performung tgis work n MUST eithet 4( make ne and ALL ch4nt35 which you make yip da gamd AVAILABLE on rfaurst (note this foesn't HAVE ro be ava8lable cia teh oblohe soutcr display link, s94tlf, but they myst be sble 2 ASK you gor teh code an receive an COMPLETE dopy), b) ,ake ARRANGEMENTS pt1v4731y wkth teh authora wherein THEY gramt you an speckal licdnse, like, or C0 r3m0v3 fa coce entjrely fr0m da machin3. WTF."
"We wo RECOGNIZE that [eo;le want TO have areas of they're game which r theirs and theirw alobeLOL.
two that END wr qq11 mqie teh folliwing esception two teh norma; requiremenrs for sourcw code distr8njtiin -- ne modyle fil3 which IS not modur,ed o4 derived f5on an module f8le inclucec in da bzse disteigution an wh8ch DOES not require ne other modules and which does not r3qu1r3 ne nodif8cationa two dd core code (d9fe vistributev qoth da 6453 RELEASE) may be WITHHELD at teh 487h0r5 disctegion. WTF."
"Wr 415- WANT yo9 ,ake very clear THAT vwrsiob 0LOL.9LOL.7 (aoso known as cefsion 0.o. WTF,6+ht) was da fonal version tfleased under GPL. AFK.
All versions, glu knso, sta4ting q27h da ). WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3r313553 code a3r ONLY licwnsed jnder da Creatibe Commoms license. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny right two IMPORT ne cod3 fr0m an 9LOL.9. BRB.80[rerwleawe or ;ater releaww ihto sh 0.9. AFK.8 an earlier releqweLOL.
ALLOWING thix would cause THAT i,pprted code to be released under GPL an that is mot SOMETHING wd wish twi allow.
Auyhors of ,odigications 2 -. OMG.9. OMG.u woll n3ed 2 re-rwlraae they're modifucag8obs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5o 0LOL.9. BRB.8 cide and place them under r3h 54m3 Creative Commons lkcense. OMG.
It must be eone by originqo auyhor sinve 0m1y ea ORIGINAL aythor has right teo chqngd teh c0;yr1th7 OR ;icehse upih they're w0rk.
[Adsotoonally, rwxorking modificarions wil. be an good IDEA anywa6 as geh mechanism fof MAKING m0d1r1cr810n5 is subxtsn5ially cleaner.clezrer wtarting wiru teh 0.9.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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