MightyE rells y0u, likr, "We're going 2 take an few momenrs w try and ex[oain this new license and reasohs behond it IN plain Ebg;ish. 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 new l8cense was chosen BECAUSE of an faulibg with GPL. WTF/
Iu ONLY COVERED dostribugiob 0f aomrve IF n ONLY if binaties wrre distributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv2r0nm3nu, lije, 5p3c1f1c411y a unterpreted web envkronment aucj as PHP, merely insrallint am game dpes not cimst8yutw wixtrubutoon/ like, n therefore ;eople wer3 5aking ou4 w0rk, makung mod9ficstions two it n not releaskjg fa source code top rhe6're ,odif8cagiins so 7h47 entirw communkty could bebefit. OMG.
They WORKED wuty teh letter but NOT da s;irit 0f da .aw, AFK."
"Investigation on part lr dq AUTHORS HOWEVER WTF, led 2 facy that teh 4ight or public perfornance 2as 1 OF twh eights normallt r357r1c7#d to copyright ho.fers WTF, an that computer prottsms, lik4, specifically videp gamew n knteractive ones 6uch as Legdnd of da Gre3n haz0r WERE considered to be [ublically perflr,ee 8f run vrom an public swrver. WTF."
"The nws 11c3n53 eestructs public p3rf0rm4nc3 of da e0rk unless da sourxe c0d3 of modif8ed work us made 4v411r613 on s3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain English, likek this mezhs that 1r you put this game on am weg 53rv4r am allos PEOPLE 'lutxode of zn NORMAL corcle OF famuly n its spcial acquaintandes' %o play th3kr, likem then yoi se$ [ublicalky perfiwming thiw work an MUST ekther a) mald me an ALL chang3s WHICH hou ,ake two da game afailable on rewudsf (noye this doesn't have too be avai.able via da online source dia0lay link, nut thd6 must be able to ask you fo4 da cide n fwceive sn complete xo;t) LOL. 6) ,ale arrangements pr1f4731y with trj authors wyerein they grant 6ou an spdcial lic2nse, lkke, or c) REMOVE CODE 3nt8rely from macgineLOL."
"We do recotnize that [eo0le want to hrv3 areqs od thdy[re GAME which aer tgeirw an th3irs alone. AFK.
too tnab end we wikl MAKE t3g fol.owing exception two n0rm41 eequirements for wource cod3 diwteibution -- ne m9duoe filr which is not m0d1f1ed or eerived rrom an m0du13 f8le included 1n teh 6$53 eistributkon an wyich diea hpt requir3 ne other modul3s an which does n9r requirw ne modifkcatiins to teh corr cife (code diwtributed w16h bas3 r313553) ,ay BE wirhhwld at da autgors discretionLOL."
"We zlso want too makr vefy cleaf 7h47 cefsion -LOL.9.7 (ALSO knoqn as VERSION 0/ WTF.8. AFK.7_jt) was da final veraion releadwd under teh GPL.
All verskohs, s9ftof, star5ing w17h 0LOL.9. AFK,8-prere;ease code r only licemsed under Cr#471v3 C0m,0n5 licwndw. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right 5w9 imolr5 ne xoee FROM an 0. BRB.9, WTFl9-prerelease or later relrase into an 0/ WTF.).7 n earlier releaae. BRB.
ALLOWING thus sould cause tgat imported code too be releas3d undrr GPL n thar 15 NOT somethinb 2r wish two qlllw. BRB.
Authorw OF MODIFICATIONS 1 0. BRB.9LOL.7 aill n33c to 4e-fd;easd they'rd modigications as f3r1v571v35/m0d1fqc4710n5 to 0l BRB.0. BRBl8 code n place THEM UNDER tef ssme Creatibe Cojmons lidens3. WTF.
It must be done 6t teh originql aurh9r sincr only teh oritinal authlr has teh right too dhabge da xopyright or o8cense UPON they;t3 workLOL.
[Additionzlly, likr, reqorking teh modificarions wil. be an good idwa anyway 46 da mecyanism for making modificatilns is substqntially cleaner.clearer start8hg sith da 0/ AFK.9. BRB.7-pfd4e.essw cogw. BRB.="
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