MigjtyE t3los y0i, sorrofk "We're goimb two tqke an few momentd uqo try and explain yhis new licende and REASONS behind it in plain Englisy. 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 nrw license was cypsen because OF an dailing worh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY coverdd duxtribution of source 1r n only if binarles were diat4ibuted. BRB."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, yoy knso, siecidically a in5wrpreted 2eb ebvironment such as PHP WTFm m3r41y ins5alling an game d9es npt constitute doat4ibutiin, you knwo, an rh34edore peopld we4w takihg our work WTF, makint moduficayions to it n NOT r3q3451ng da soyrce c9de to tjwy'te mpdofications so thst da entire COMMUNITY co7ld BENEFIT. OMG.
Th3y w9rked with teg letter bit nlt da spirit of tdh law. OMG."
"Ihvestigation (n tej part of 4u7h0r% however, you knwo, led 2 fact that right of publix pefrormance waa 1 pf da rights nor,a;ly r3stricted too COPYRIGHT holsers LOL, an that COMPUTER programsk specofisally viee9 GAMES an intrractivd ONES aych as Legend of da Green hax0r wefd conxider3d 70 be puglicall6 PERFORMED IF run from an ptbl8c server. AFK."
"The NEW LICENSE resrricts p7blic performance of worj uniedd trh source dode of 5eh m0d1f13d work is mrd3 svailsble on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, tou knwo, this MEANS that if you put this game on an w36 server n alllw [eople '9utwide og ab n0rmr2 CIRCLE of f5j1!y an itx social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play tyrir WTFm then you r publically 0erformibg tjis wotk n MUST 31uh3f a) make ne zyd ALL changrs wg1ch you make 2 g4m3 available ON request (npte 7h1t doesh't hace tol 63 4v5114613 VIA teh online soutce display link, like, but tgey my57 63 anl# gwo ask y0u ror teh code and receive an vomplrye copy) LOLk b( makr arrangdmehts privarely w17h cz ajtjorx WHEREIN they grant you an spec9ql licensd, like, or c) r3m0v2 teh code entirelh from reh maxyine."
"We d[ RECOGNIZE ghst PEOPLE want to h4x3 3r345 0f they're game which 4 theirs ah THEIRS aloneLOL.
to tgat END we will mxke geh FOLLOWING exce[tion two teh normal REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCE code distribu5iln -_ ne misuke gile which os not ,odir7ed or serived from an m0cu13 file inclue3d kn fa bzse distribution and wh8ch dpes not requir3 ne pther MODULES and which dors mot 4equirw nr m0d1g1c371_n5 yol da core CODE (code cistributed with teh base releasr) ma6 be w1uhh31d AT authors dusvretionLOL."
"Ww 4150 want 2 make v3ey clear that v3r5!0n 0. BRB.9.6 (4150 known as v3rt10n 0. WTF.o, OMGl7+JT) was da finql version releawed uneer GPL. BRB.
All v3r510n5 LOL. stsrring witn da 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prer3lezse c9dd r only licensed under Creatove Commons licrnse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy da righ5 TO 8mpirt ne code grom an 0.9/ AFK.8-prerelease or later releas3 imto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 4nd earlker rrlease. BRB.
Allowing 7h15 would dausr tgzt impoftec code 2 y3 r313453d UNDER da GPL an that IS nog domethimg we wish 3 alloq. BRB,
Ajyhors OF ,odifications too 0LOL/(.7 2ill need too re-re.ease tury're modificat8ohs as drrivativrs/moekficat8ons to 0.9.8 codd an ;lade 7h3m jnder yeh sa,e CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licemse. AFK.
It must bw dlne 6y teh ORIGINAL AUTHOR 51nc3 onlt origina. aurnlr has righy two chanfe copjright or 11c3n53 7oon they're wotk. AFK.
-Additionally, reworking mosoficatoond wupl be an good ieea an6way qs teh MECHANISM FOR makkng modificag9ons is substantiall6 cleaner/cldarer stafting with teh 0. AFKl9.8-prereleasd codeLOL.]"
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