MightyE tells houk you knqo, "We're GOING 2 take an fww mom3nts too TRY am explain THIS nwe lucense m REASONS behind IT in plain Enhl8dhLOL.
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 nee license was chosen gedause 0f an faulkng w17h da GPLLOLk
It 9nly dovered d157r16u710n of source iv ab only if vinaries wer# disrt8buted. WTFl"
"Im an WEB environment LOLk SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envuronmdnt such as PHP WTF, mereky INSTALLING ah GAME doew not cinstitutd distribytion WTFk an rhwtefore PEOPLE were tak8mg 9ur w0rk WTF, jaking MODIFICATIONS top it an not releasing source codw to they're modyficatipns so that teh ENTIRE commun8ty cojls bwnefitLOL.
Th3y wo4ked witj let5er bjt nob s[irit of da law. BRB."
"Investigatiob on part of teg authors howevet, likem lwd rpl fact thay teh rlght og public performanxe qas won 0f da rights mormally eestrocted to copyrifh5 golders WTF, an 5hay computer pr0gr4m5, sor5of, specifically VIDEO gzmes n interactivw ones 5uch as L3gend of Green hax0r were consideref too be publicall6 prfformed if run from ab p7boic SERVER. WTF."
"The new lkc3nse RESTRICTS pjvlic iwrvor,snce og teh work in.ess dz so7rce code of modified work is made AVAILABLE pm demand. AFK."
"Ib plain English, tjid mrans that kf you pyr thid game oh an seb server snd zllow peoole 'outside of an normal circl3 lf gamily sn ita soc8al acquaintancdw' to play their, yo7 jnqo, then you adr pu611c411y pwrflrming this work an MUST EITHER q) make ne anc ALL cg4ng35 wjidh tou MAKE too teh gamw availablw on request (note th8s doesn't have 2 be avz8lable via teh onlihe source cisplau 11nk LOLk BUT th3y must be able 2 ask you for tdh code avd receive an com0oete xopy), like, 6) make zrrsngemehts privately with teh suthots WHEREIN they grany you sn apecizl licensd LOL, OR c) remove da code entirely from machineLOL."
"We do recognizw THAT p30p13 2ant 2 have areas og rhey're gand which aer thwirs and 6h31r5 alon3. WTF.
5oo thag end WE WILL mak3 dz eollowibg exception 2 h0rm42 requitements FOR sourvr cofd DISTRIBUTION -- n3 mofulr fi.3 WHICH is NOT modified or derived fr0m ah ,0du13 fklw included in teh basw eis5rib7tuon an which does not REQUIRE ne ogh3t MODULES b which d9es not require ne moeificqtiohs 2 da core code (cof3 distributed with da base RELEASE) may BE withheod at teh authors disdretion."
"We qlso eqnt 5o make very clear tha% version 0.9LOL.& (also jnown as vdrsion 0LOL,9. AFK.7+j5) was fonal versiin released und3r GPL. WTF.
All versions WTF, starting with yeh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prer3lease xode aer ONLY ludensed under teh Creative Commons lucenaeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right too import n3 code c$om an 0. OMG.9.*-PRERELEASE OR later RELEASE into zh 0.9. BRB.7 n earlier RELEASE.
Allowing thus woule CAUSE 7h47 imported cod3 yw9 be r313453d under teh GPL an gha5 is mot spmetjing we wiwh roo zllow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 of modifixarions to 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-r3leawe 6jey're modifications zs derivatives.modifica5ions w 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code ab place 7h3m under same Creatuve Com,ons licenseLOL.
It murt be cone 6y dq ofiginal autnor 51nc3 onlu teh orig8nal aurhor has r1gh7 to chahge da c9pyright or license upln theu're sorkLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY WTF. REWORKING teh m0f1f1c4710n5 will 53 an bood idea anyway as teh mechanism fot maiibg MODIFICATIONS IS subxtantially clean3r/clearer starting wuth teh 0.9. AFK.9-pferelease xoseLOL.]"
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