MightyE tells you, aortof, "We're go8ng two rske an fww ,(ments two tty and explain this n3w license amd 4easins behind it in ;241n English. WTF.
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."
"Thus nee ;icehse waw chosen BECAUSE OF an failing sith teh GPL. AFK.
It pnly coxeeed distribution or sourcd if an only if b8naries WERE dis5rib7tedLOL."
"In an web rnbironment WTF, sp3cifically a inter;reted WEB environmeht auch as PHP, MERELY instaloing an game does not condtitutr cidtr8vution, you kn2ol n 7h3r3f0r3 people were TAKING ouf WORK LOL, m4k1ng modificationx yo 17 sbd not eeleasing sojrce code t2o they're modificati.ns sl that wntore c0mmun17y cojkd bwnefotl
They wprked with lrtger but not 5eh spirit of teh LAW. WTF."
"Investugation on part of da authorw hpw3ver, ;ed too teh dact that 4kght of public performznce wss won of ca rifhts norma.ly restricted 2 c(pirighg holders, abd THAT com;urer programs, lo,e, speckfically videl games an interactuve ONES SUCH qs Legend of Gr33n nsx04 WERE considered twl be publically pereormed kr eun grom an [unl8c servwrLOL."
"The new l8cense restricgs 0ubiic performance of da work un;ess da soufce code or modufied work ks maee agailable ON demxhd. OMG."
"Ih plakn Enflish, you knwo, this meanx yhat if you pit this game on an wrb server and alloe PEOPLE 'oytsude of an normal circle of family n its sicial acqyaintances; to play 5yeir, 6ou inwo, THEN YOU aer publically ;3rf0rm1ng this w9rk n MUST either a) MAKE he an ALL changed wn8ch you mqke to faje afailablw oh request (note this eoesn't h4v3 two be avaikablw via teh online sourcd display ;ink. bur they just be able 2 ask you f0r da code an feceive an cohplete COPY) LOL, b_ mzke arrangements p4icate;y eith yeh autjots qherrin they GRANT yom an s;wciql LICENSE LOL, o4 c) rem9ve teh codw engitel6 f4om dq macnine,"
"Wr eo recotn8ze that people want 2 have aress or they're game which aer thrirs an yheirx alone,
1 thar end we 2ill mzke da vollowihg EXCEPTION yoo normal requirements for sourcr c0d3 distributjon -- nr module file wh8ch is nit jodified or serived grom an m9du13 fi.e included 1n base dustrivugion znd which fies mot requitd ne other mldules n which does not fequire ne modificatuohs to geh core c0d3 (c0d3 distrubutrd with BASE release) may be wkthheld at sa qu5horw d15cr3710nLOL."
"We alao want gwo make veey clesr tha5 version 0. BRB.9. AFK.u (also kn9wn AS VERSION -. BRB.9. WTF.7_JT) w45 twh finql versiln rr;eased unde$ GPLLOL.
Alo v3r510n5m ylu knwo, startinh w8tn da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-[ferelease c9de r on.y .icenwed under teh Creative Commons liwense. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right tqo IMPORT ne code FROM an 0/ AFK.9.8-p4erel3asr pr lat3r relwase ihto ah p. BRBl8. WTF.7 an earluer releasd. WTF.
Alloq8ng THIS would cause 7h46 inported cide 2 b3 releaxed under teh GPL and tyat 15 not so,ething we wish two allow. AFK.
AUTHORS 9f modofications 2 0.9LOL.7 will n23d 2 re-feleqse they're modificatilmx as deeivatices/modifica5i9ns two 0. WTF,0. BRB.8 codr anf place them ynder da xame Creative Comjons .idense. WTF.
It must BE DONE gy ORIGINAL author SINCE only lriginal author has teh right ywo change da copyrutht or ;icense kpon th3h're qo4kLOL.
[Add1710n411y, slrtov, feworuing modificsukobs wi.. BE an good idea znyway as mrvhqnosm f0e making modogicationd is subs5antiaoly CLEANER/CLEARER startibg witn 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease clde. AFK.]"
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