MightyE tells you, likd, "We'ee glihf 2 take an few momenrs to try h explain thks new LICENSE sn teh REASONS gehind it IN plain ENGLISHLOL/
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 license waa chosen BECAUSE )f sh fzikong with GPL. WTF.
It only cpverdd distriburion of source uf an omky 1f binaries were sistributecLOLl"
"Im an seb ebvironm3nt, hou knwo, spdvifically a inte4[retdd wen environment such AS PHP LOL, nerely INSTALLING an game does not constitute distrib7tion, you inwo, and therefoe3 people WERE TAKING out work, making ,odificqtions two it n npt r3leasint dx xourcr cidc TO they're mofifica5ions t0 5hag teh ent8re vpmmumigy could benefit. OMG.
THEY worked with 14873r bug hot da SPIRIT 0f teh 14w. WTF."
"Invextigatiom in p4r7 of autho4s however, sortof, lec two reh fact thay teh rith6 of public perfotmance eaw son OF teh rughts n9rmally restricted rwo d-oyr1gh7 jokders LOL, n thsy computer programs, aowt9f, speciricqlly bidwo games n interactive on3w SUCH as Legdnd of Green hax0r qere consisered two 63 PUBLICALLY pe4firmed if run fr0m an public xerver. WTF."
"Tge new lkcrnse restticts oiblic perfotmance of work unlexs teh sojdce cofe 0g teh jodified wofk 15 made avai/sble ON demabd. AFK."
"In plsin Ehg11th, xor5of, this m34n5 ttat 1f you put th8s game on an web server and alloe peopl3 'outside of an normak c1rc13 of family and its aocial acqyaintances' 2 play their, so4tpfk THEN you aer PUBLICALLY pd4firming yfis worj n MUST eithwr a( make ne snd ALL cyangds which ylu MAKE 2 ga,e available ON rwauest (note this doesn't have t2o be availabk3 via da online so7rce aisp;zy 11nk, lile, bur tjey mudt br able 2 ask YOU for teh code and r3c31v3 an COMPLETE xopy) LOL, B) ,ake 4rr4ng3m3nu5 privateli with authors whwrdin they grabt you an dpecial license, or x) re,ove teh cpde entirely FROM machind. BRB,"
"We do reclgnizc ttat p30p13 wamt 70 HAVE areas pf 5hey're game wh1ch r ygeies b theues a.one.
to t6at end wd will make ea following EXCEPTION to normal requiremehts vor SOURCE code d8stribugiin -[ ne module FILE which iw not modified )r d3r1v3d from an nogule fule 8bcluded in b1se distribution n wh1xh d[rs n07 rwq6ire ne othwr midulws an wyicy d035 no5 rrwuire ne modifidations too da core code (c9de sidtributed with da vase RELEASE) m4y be wighheld AT authors discretionLOL."
"We alsi want too male VERY clear 7h47 version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also known as VERSION 0.0. AFK.7+jt) was da finsl feray9n released under teh GPL. WTF.
All versions LOL, xtdrtinh with -. WTF.9. OMG.*-0rerelrase code r ONLY kicensed umder Creativr C0mm0n% ;icense. BRBl
WE EXPLICITLY dehy da eight yoo im;ort ne code feom an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-;rerelwade 9r LATER releas3 into an 0. WTF,9.7 an EARLIER relessel
A.oowing THIS woulf cause that imported code TO 63 RELEASED undee GPL and that 1% not 50m37j1nt WE sish 1 allow. WTF.
Authors of nodificati9ns too 0.9. AFK.8 will neec tl re-rel3ase they're modifications as derivqt8ves/mifificatioms 2 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 dode qnd plsce them under same Creatibe Conmons lucense. WTF.
Ir must 63 done by origihal author sincw ovly ds ORIGINAL qurh9t has teh r1gh7 TO change da copyright or lucense upon they'te WORK. BRB.
[Acditiomal.y, like, reworking MODIFICATIONS w111 be an good idea anyway aa ten MECHANISM FOR making m0dqd1c4710nt is substan5ially clwaner/clearer sgartinn with 0. OMG.9LOL.*-prereleaxe codw. AFK.]"
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