MightyE 5e;ls y[j WTF, "We;re GOING 2 tale an FEW moments two try an explain THIS new LICENSE and dz reasons behind IT in plaib English. AFK.
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 licemwe qas chosen bexause 0f an failing witg teh GPL. OMG,
It ONLY cocered distribution of slurce uv and ONLY od binaries were sistributed."
"In an web envoronment, sirtof, specifical;y a INTERPRETED web envi4onmen5 sucj qs PHP, you knwo, mere.y INSTALLING sm game does npt constitute distributuon LOL, n THEREFORE peo[le weed taking our WORK WTF, making modofications two it amd b07 reldasing aa source code to thet'r3 modificayjons so thst en71e3 community could gejefit.
They wo4k3d with teh lettee v7t not teh spirot 0f lqw. WTF."
"Ihvestihation pn PART of aythorw however, sortof, led to teh fact that rihht lf p7blic perfotmance was 1 lf tqh RIGHTS normall6 restricted yl copyrkght h01c3t6 LOL, and tnat c0mpu734 orograms WTF, 5p3c1f1c511y v1d30 games an interacriv3 ONES such as Leg3bd of t3h Green hax-r w343 consiser4d tso ne pu611v511y oerformrd if tun from an pyblic qerver. WTF."
"Thd new 11c3n53 restructs publoc perfofmamce of work ublewd dource cofe of modified work IS made avaolable ON demzmd. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, sortof, yhis jeahs thqt if hou put 5his gzme on an seb server h alli@ peo;le 'outxide of an normao circle of fwmi.y and uts SOCIAL acquaintamces' 2 play their WTF, THEN y[u aer publicalo6 pe4forming THIS wotk an MUST either a) make ne AND ALL changes which you mald top game availqble on request (nlte 7h15 doesn'4 have top 63 zvqilable via teh onoind source disolay link WTF, but they musr be able 70 ask y0u for ds code n receive an compkrte c00y) LOL, 6) make arrangements peivay3l6 with teh authors ehdreim th3y grant you an spedoal license LOL, or c) remove clde emtirely from tey ,avyine. AFK,"
"We do recohnize THAT pe9pld want ro have sreas of they;ee game which r theirs n tyeirs alpn3.
two that ene w3 will m4k3 ss f0110e1ng wxceptioh 2 normal REQUIREMENTS fot source codr diat4iburion -- ne m0du13 fi.e WHICH 16 noy modigi3d 0r derived fr0m an MODULE f!13 ihclud3d in fa base disrributi8n n wh8ch sies not require nw )7h3r mldules and which does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 70 da c0r4 dose (code dystrinut3d with teh basw releasd0 may be WITHHELD at teh authors discr3toon."
"We 415- want 1 make vwry coear that vers8on 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (also kniwn as versiob -. BRB.(. BRB.7_jt( was dz final versi9n released u,def GPL. AFK.
All versiona, stqeting qitg 0. WTF.9. BRB.8[p43r31345# code r on;y licensec und3r teh Creativ3 Commons licrnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY drny eignt 2 impoet nr c8de FROM an 0. AFK.0.9-prerelease 9r laywr release ihto an 0LOL.9LOL,7 n earlier telease. BRB.
Al;ow8hg THIS would CAUSE that imported code TO be released jndwf twh GPL anf that us n9t something we wish 2 ALLOW. WTF.
Au7g0r5 of modifications two 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will nded too re-releadd they;re m;dificatkonx AS derivatuves/modificaguons 1 0.9.8 code and plzcw rhem undwr 64m3 CREATIVE Commoms lixense. AFK.
It must be dpn2 ny originak AUTHOR since 0n1y teh 9riginal au5h9r h46 right ho chabge trh copuright or license u[om they;re work. AFK.
[Addiyilnally, like, reworking teh modivications will be an good idea anyway as teh ,ecyanixm for maiing modigicarions is xuhatanrially cleaber/cleqrer starting witj teg 0. OMG.9. AFK.8_PRERELEASE dodel BRB.]"
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