MkghryE tells you WTF, "We're gling 2 take an few miments tpo try an explaun THIS n3w 11c3h53 an teh eeas9ns behune it in p141n English.
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 licenwe was choswn because of an failont with teh GPLLOL.
It only cocered distribution od s9urce if snd only 1f 61n4r135 w3v3 vistrivutec, AFK."
"In an web emvir9nnemt WTF, specifically a inte4preted WEB 3nv1r0nn3b7 such as PHP, n3r31y ins5alling ab game d035 n07 constitute disyribution, n therefore people WERE TAKING our wor,, yoj knwo, MAKING modifications ro it n n9t releasibg twh sourcw dlde to tgwt'4e modificsyionw a( that entire co,munigy could venefit. AFK/
The6 wofked WITH letrer but nit da spitit of da law. AFK."
"Investigation on parg ov tey autj9ra hiwever LOL, led 2 da f4c7 that da rihht of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE wzs oen of teh rkghgs nlrmalky RESTRICTED ti copyright holddrd, you knwom n that con07ter proframs, lkkw, spec8fically v1d#0 games n interqctive ONES such as Legend of teh Green gax0r were conside4ed 2 be publically prrformee if tun dfom an piblic srrver. WTF."
"The new licensd rrstr8cts public PERFORMANCE ob gej wo4k jnlwss teh aiurce code of reh modivi3d work is made AVAILABLE on xr,amd. AFK."
"In plain Englidh LOL, tjis means that 8f you ;u7 this game ln an wdb server AND allow people 'outside 0g an normal circke of fami.y and iys SOCIAL qxquaibyancea' ti play their, 5hen yoy adr pjblically perf9rminn this work an MUST either a) MAKE me n ALL ch4nf35 wgich you make 2 game 4v4115613 on feauest (n073 this DOESN'T have tol 63 availzble via ds inlihe soirce diwplay /ink, soryof, b7t they must BE able 2 ask ylu for c0d# n recwove an complet3 co;y), b) make a4rahgwments p4icately with da autuors whereun they grant you ah apec8zl licrnse WTF, or c) REMOVE da codr entu4ely frpm machine/ WTF."
"We do recogbize 5hat 0epple 24h7 to h4v3 areas of they're GAME wgich aer theits and theira alone. BRB.
too that END we w8ll make 6eh following excdption 2 NORMAL tequirements foe source code distrubjykob =- nr module f113 which ow NOT modigied or DERIVED fro, an mocule dile INCLUDED un 745# d8steiburion an which doed not re1uite ne 07n3r midu.es n which d03% not require ne modificagions 2 CORE code (zode distributed with teh BASE release) MAY be withheld at teg authors siscretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want to makd very clear tyat version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (akso known AS ver510n 0.9LOL/7=jt) WAS final version ee.eawef under GPLo
ALL vefsions, you inwo, staryibg with 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-[rerelwase code r only licend4d ugd3r 5en Creatifr Comnons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny twh rigyt to IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. BRB.8-;rereleawr or later r3/rax3 INTO an 0. BRB.9. WTFl7 m earlier telease. AFK.
Allowinh this wo7lc CAUSE that k,ported code too be fel3asdd under da GPL and that is NOT somerhint ee wish two 4110w.
Authors of modificatioms two 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will newd tsl re-eeleds# they[re mofificqtions AS d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 TO 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 c0d3 b place them under same Cfeativd Com,pbs license.
It myst ve dlne by ptiginal author sknce 0n1y reh origknal author has rithy 2 CHANGE teh copyright or LICENSE 7pon they'te wpfj. WTF/
[Addi5ionally, reworiing t3h mod9fivationx w111 be an giod idea anywa6 as da MECHANISM gor MAKING mofidicarions 15 substant8ally cleaner/clearrr dtartinf with 0. AFK.9.8-0rere;ras3 CODE.]"
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