MightyE tells yo7, sortofk "Wr're going too take an fww momenys to TRY ane ex;lain tyis n3w LICENSE n da rdasons benind it in plaim 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."
"This nrw license w45 dhisen becaude 9f an f$111ng quth da GPLLOL.
It ONLY coveres distriburoon of source !f an only IF b7natids were c14&f16u73d. AFK."
"In an web emvironment WTF, s0ecifidally a 1n73tpr373d WEB environment sych as PHP WTF, MERELY installing an gqjd d035 not c0nt717u73 cisrribytion WTFk AND THEREFORE pdo[kr were tskint ou3 wirk, you kn2o, mskomg mpdifkcations to ot an not releasing source code to they'ee modifications so thst teh entire COMMUNITY cou.d BENEFIT. WTFl
Th3y worked woth da lwtger but not teh spirit of teg LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on part 0v AUTHORS howevrr, led to da f$c6 thqr ea right 9f ;ublic pdrgorjance sas won 0f da rightx NORMALLY t3stricted 3 copyright hp1d3r5, an THAT compiter PROGRAMS, specifidally v!d3p games and ontetzctive ONES such as Legend of teg GREEN hac)r w3r3 consuderes go be publically prrformes if RUN from an public se4cer."
"Tge new LICENSE r3sgricts public PERFORMANCE of fa w9rk uhless s9urce code of da modidked work id MADE 4v$114613 on e3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain Englisnm sort9f, tnis MEANS that if YOU put this game on an web 53rv3r n al.ow people [0u751d3 of ab n0rm41 c1rc13 of family an its 50c141 zcquaintahced' too PLAY theot, you kbwi, theh you e publicslly p3rf0rm2ng this work an MUST eith3r a) makw ne qnd ALL vhanged which you MAKE 2 da GAME available on request (note this doesn;t jave to be available via ca onlin3 50urc3 eisplay LINK WTF, but tjey mu47 ne 47!3 tqo swk uou for teh c0d3 an texeive an co,plete copy)m sortof, b) make aerzngements privat2ly soth 4u7h0r5 wherwon thry grant YOU an spedial license LOL, of C) remove rdj code entirwly from MACHINE. BRB."
"We do rec(gnizw tgat peopke wamt 2 have areas of they're game which r rheies an thekrs alone. AFK.
too that end WE qill maie FOLLOWING rxcrption 2 da normal reqjiremebts for xou4ce code distributkin -0 ne module file wnich us not m9dified pr deribdd from an module f8;d inclid3d in basf distribution an which does not fequ9re ne otjer modukes qn which d045 bot requore ne modificationw two core c0d3 (code cistributed with base rel3qse) may 63 woghhekd at da autgors djscrdtion/"
"Ww also WANT 2 MAKE very ckear that vercion 0. OMG.(.7 (also lnowb as version -/9.7+m5) was tdh ginal version e31#453d und3t teh GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS LOL, starbing with 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prere;ease coce aer inly ;icebs3d under teh Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny trh right yoo import ne code from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prereleaxe or LATER r3leaxe into an 0LOL.8LOL.& and eqrlier release. WTF.
Alliwing this 2ould cause that imported clde two 63 released under da GPL and that ix not so,ething we WISH too a.low. BRB.
Auth9rs of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.(. WTF.7 qill need 3 re-releax3 they're modifications qe derivatives;midivications toi 0/ BRB.9.8 cpfe n plzce yhem under same Creativd Cpmmoms licenseLOL/
It musy be done BY da origunal author sihce only tdh orig8nal AUTHOR h46 right tw9 change teh coptrighb OR license upln they're wofkLOL.
'Adfitiinallt. sortof, r3s0rk1ng teh ,odifications will be an GOOD idwa anyeay AS da mecyamism fof makint modifoxations oa 5u6564n71411y cleaner/cleqrer starting WITH da 0. WTF.9l89pt3r32$35e c0d3. AFK.]"
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