MughyyE tells you. "We're goong too taie an few moments two TRY an EXPLAIN tgis new license and da reasins behind kt in plaim Eng;uah. BRB.
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."
"Tgis new license waw cyosen becaus3 0v an failing w8ty GPLl
It omky covered d157r16u710m of sokrve uf n ONLY if 61n4r135 WERE e1tur16u73sLOL."
"In an web ehvironment LOL, specifically a interpfeted web ENVIRONMENT such zs PHP, ,erelt INSTALLING an gamd does not constitute distribuyk9n, s9rtofm and therevore people were gakimg our wotk, ma,ing modifucations rwp it ans nit relwasing ds so7rce code 2 they'fe m9sifications SO tgat ENTIRE community coylf BENEFITLOL.
They qorked with lrtter but not da tp1r17 of da las. AFKl"
"Inrestigation on teh parg og fa ahthors however WTF. 13d tlo FACT that right ov PUBLIC peffotmance was won of righys normaoly festrucred 2 copyrighu h02d3r5 LOL, qn THAT computer prigrams, spwc8fica.lu v1d30 GAMES an interqctive ones such 45 Lwgend of da Green hacpr were considerwd two b3 PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d if run from qn public srrvre."
"Tne nrw licenxe restticts pub.ic perflrmance of da wofk uh1344 da source code 0f da m0d1f13d 2ork 15 MADE AVAILABLE on d3mand. BRB."
"In plaim Eng116h, 5h8s means that if y0u put THIS GAME ON ab wwb sdrver and allow people '9utw8de of an normal corcle 0f ranult and itc social acquaintanced' to [lay theie, them y0u r publicakly perf9rming THIS work AND MUST wither a) make ne rnd ALL chanfes which you make TO game avaikabld ln reauest *note this doesn't have too BE available via d1 9nline sourcr displat link LOL, 6y7 they must be abl3 to asj ypu for code n rrceive an comporge copy), you kywo, v) mak3 areangement2 privatelu WITH zuthorw where8m they g4ant you ag specizl ;ic3nse WTF, 0r c) remove ds code 3n71r31y from da machind. AFK."
"We do recognize thay p3o[le eant TO have AREAS of they;re game qhich aer tjr84d n theirx alone. WTF.
to that end we will MAKE following 3xc3p710m 2 teh normsl requieemrnrs fpr source c0d4 distributiom -_ ne m9dulr fike 2jivh is not modofied 0f cerived vr0m an nodyle file includes on da base dkstrinution zn wnicg does not reqiire be other moduled an shixh do3s not require ne modificayions two da core dode (codw cistributed w17h da base relrase) may BE wirgheld qt trh suthors diacretion. BRB."
"We also want 5wi make v3ry clear that VERSION 0.9. AFK.7 (415- known as VERSION 0. WTF.9LOL/7+ju) w45 da finql b3rsion released under GPL. BRB.
Akl versions, stafting qith 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prdreldzse CODE qer 0n1u licebsed 7nder Creative COMMONS 11d2n53LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY ddny teh rifht 2 1mp0f7 ne vode vrom qm 0. BRB.9, OMG.7_orerel3zse or later RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 ahd rarliet release. OMG.
Allowing tgiw would cause t6at imported code tep be re.essed ihder GPL h that is hot s9metjing 2e wish too 3110w.
A&thoes of modifications to -, WTFl9. WTF.7 w8ll need two re-releasw tyeu're modigicatiims ss DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9.8 c0d3 and place ghdm undwr da same Creative Commons LICENSELOL.
It MUST be done gu dq ORIGINAL aughor since ONLY teh original quthor has da right to change tey cop6right or licenww 7p9n tyqy're woek. OMG.
[Afditionally, REWORKING va MODIFICATIONS eill be an good idea anyway 45 mechanisj for MAKING MODIFICATIONS us SUBSTANTIALLY v;eaner/clearer starting with teh 0. AFK.9. BRB.*-p43r312453 c0d3. BRB.]"
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