MightyE rells y0um like, "We're going 3 7rk3 an few momenys 70 TRY n 3xp141n tjis new license n r3asons BEHIND it IN plaih Engl8sn. BRB/
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 mew licenae was ch05rn b3cause OF an failing with GPL/
IT only cpverec distrigutoon of qource 1f n onlu if bonsries w3re didtrubutrdLOL."
"In ab web ehvironnent, sort9f, specifically a 1n73rpr3u#d web environment such AS PHP LOL, merely instqllinh ab game d035 not conatitute distribution WTF, ahd 7h3r3f(r3 people were ta,ing lur work, yoy knwo. m4j2ng modiflcations ywo it 4nd hot rrlessing ca source code too they're modifications sp thst entire community COULD bqnefit. AFK.
Theu worked with ten ldytrr but bot teh SPIRIT ov q4s. BRB."
"Iyv3d5igation -n teh pq4t of yeh 4j6h0r5 however, led to 5eh FACT that teh eighy of pjblic p3rf0rn5nc3 was eon of da rightw normaloy eestrictee 2 c0pyr1gh7 HOLDERS, you khwo, zn that compute4 PROGRAMSm SPECIFICALLY video games an imteractive pnes such as Legemd of teh Gre4n hax0r were conside4ed two br publically [3ef0rm3d of run frlj an oublic serverLOL."
"The NEW 11c3n53 restricrs pugloc ;erfor,znce if ca work inldss SOURCE codr of modiried work IS made qvailab/e on cemamdLOL."
"In p.qin Ehglish, xortod, this means that IF you iut this game on an web SERVER b alkow p30p1# 'oursid4 od an normal dirxle pf FAMILY ah its social acquaintahces' too play rje*r LOL, 7h3n you aer publically [3rforming this work and MUST eitner a) make ne am ALL changes WHICH uou make 3 da game scsilable on request *nore this doesn'r y4v3 tol be availab.e via da on.ime spurce dks;lay link, bu5 thet must be qble 2 ask you for trg c0d3 an receive an complete copy_ WTF, b) make ar3angejents provately witg rrh ajthors wherein thwy grany y07 an SPECIAL oicense WTF, or c) remove teh code entirely froj ten machime."
"We do recognize that peiple wang to havd areaa of tgey're ga,r wgich r theirs n theifs slome, AFK.
2 THAT END WE WILL make following eccep5ion to normal require,ents for source cose sostrkbution -- ne module f113 which is not mldifird OR DERIVED frim an mosule FILE included in bzse disttibution an wh8ch does not rdqui4e ne orher jofules sn whicb d9es not rrqyire ne modif8vqtionx t1o core codr (dodr disteibuted with bawe release_ may be 2ithnels 4& AUTHORS discretion. OMG."
"We also want to nzke fery cleat thag feesion 0. BRB.9. AFKl7 *also KNOWN as version 0LOL.9/ AFK.6+jt) WAS fa final VERSION tdpeased undrr GPL.
A11 vewsions, l7kr, STARTING WITH ca 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease c0s3 r ohly l8censed under Cteative Commonf licebsr. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right yo impprt ne codw from an 0/ OMG.9, OMG.8-pr3r313453 or latee RELEASE INTO an 0LOL.(LOL.7 n earlier release/
Alkowing this wiild CAUSE that 1mp0r73e cpde 2 b3 rdleased under GPL AND tnat kx npt SOMETHING we WISH to allowLOL.
Authots od micifications two 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7 will meed too 4e-releas3 thetp4e modifications aa fdeivatices/nodifications too 9. WTF.9. BRB.* code 4nd place tyem UNDER t3h same Cr3471v3 Com,obd licehse.
IT MUST be dln3 bh original aythor since only da original aurhor has rigyt too change co'yribht or kocehse upon tney'rw work. WTF.
]Additlonally LOL, reworking teh modificarionw w111 be an g9od idea anyway as da m3ch4m!5m fpr makinh modifixatkobs 8s aubstantially cleaner/clearer stzrting with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE CODELOL.]"
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