M8ghtyE telld yo7, "We're going too rake an fsw m9mrnts two try sm explain this new 11c3n54 an teh reasons behind it in [la8n 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."
"Thid new oicense waw cyosen because 0f an failihg with ds GPLLOL.
It on.y coveeed dist4obutipn of 50urc3 iv an ONLY if 61nrr136 wdre distrkbutedLOL."
"In an WEB environment, you knwo, specifically a inter're5ec qeb enbirinment such as PHP, sprtof, merdly installing zn game does not constityte distribugkoh, you knwo, n gherdfore ;eo0oe eere taking 0ur work, liie, makinh modificati;ns to it abd hot rekeasinh spurce code two thwy'4e modifucatiohs wo tgat teh ebtire c0mmun17y clule benefitLOL.
Theu WORKED eith da 13773f bur not da s[irit iv da law. OMG."
"Inv3stigation on psrt of quthora however, liie, led tw9 teh fzct thzt RIGHT of PUBLIC p3tf0rm4nc3 wza eon of teh rights normalky restrictwf too v;pyright holcers, an that COMPUTER p5ograms, specif8cal.y vudeo games AND interactibe 9nes xuch as L3gend 0v Green hax0r were consid3red 2 63 publocally performed if 4uh fe9m an puboic swrver. AFK."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS public pe4firmancw of work uhless da source code 0f da ,ofifoef work 15 mqde availagle ON demand/ AFK."
"In pla8n Emglixh, this means ghsg 1f y07 pit THIS game 0n an weg swrfer and all;w people 'outside of an norma; circlw pf f4mq1y and ITS social acquaintsnces' two PLAY theit, you knwo, them you awr publicaloy pdrflrhing this wlrk m MUST either s) maje ne sn ALL changes whidh you make two ca gane availabld on REQUEST (noye this doesn't have too be availaboe via da 0n11n3 s97rce display lihk WTF, 6u7 yhey must be able two ask you for dq codr n recrove an completd co;y), you knwo, b) make arrangenents ;rivatelu e8th a74hprd wherdin THEY grant you an speciwl license LOL, pr c) rrmove ea code 3nrirwly from da machine."
"We do RECOGNIZE 5hat peolke want to have AREAS if they'rr GAME which aer theirs an theurs alonr. AFK.
tlk tyat emd we WILL MAKE following exce0tion 2 t3h nlrmal rrquirwments for source c0d3 dkstribution -= ne modu'd file which is NOT mod8fied or d3rqv3d frlm an module fkle inclyded in da base distrib7toon n whivh does not require ne other modukes sn which does m97 require ne m9dificatiims tqo teh CORE code (code d!57r16u73d sith base rekease) MAY be withheld at AUTHORS dosdeetion."
"We slso w4ny too MAKE very clezr that version -.9. AFK.7 )4150 knlwn ss v3r41-n 0LOL.(. WTF.7+jt) was teh finql fersion reoezsed under GPL,
All versions WTF, dtaf5ihg 2ith teh -. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleaae c0d3 aer only ;icensed under Creative Commobd ljcenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5rh rigyt to impott ne code from am 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerw;easw OR latrr rrlease into an ).9. OMG.7 and earlier release. AFK.
Alloqung this would cause that im[ortee code t2o 63 released 7nder fa GPL ah thar is not aojething we wixh 2 akluw. AFK.
Aurhors or jodificqtions tlo 0l OMG.8.7 wol; nwed to r3-r313453 they're mod8ficagions as derivatives/mpdif8cations t9 0. BRB,9. AFK.8 code abf place them ubder teg SAME Creative Commons licrnse.
It must be dlbe by teh orifinal authir since lnly origina; author HAS 5eh r1gg7 t2o cjange da copyright 0r licenwe 7pon thwy're w0rkLOL.
[Add!7!0n411y, r3w0rk1ng teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway as teh mecnanism for making modofidations IS subdtan5iakly cleanrf/dlezrer starting with teh 0. WTF/9LOL.8-prerelease CODE.]"
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