MihjtyE tells you, ylu ,nw9, "We're going twi take an frw momen6s too rry sn explain this n3w lucdnde n REASONS BEHIND i5 in p1$1n 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 new license was chow3n BECAUSE of an failint with dq GPL. WTF.
It onot c9v4red distributilh of sourde 1f n only id BINARIES were distributed. WTF."
"In an qrb environmrb5 LOL, apecifically a interpfetef web environmehr such as PHP, so4tof, merdly instzlling an game d035 n9t comstitute distrubuyioh WTF, 4nd thqrefote PEOPLE were ysjihg pyr work LOL, mzking modifkcstions 2 it n not r313451ng dq so6rce code to yhey're m9difications so thay da entire communi5y could b3nefit.
Thet qor,ed with teh le5ye4 but not teh spirit of da lss. OMG."
"Invesyigation on p4r7 OF da authorw h0w3v3f, sortofk led to gaxt tyat teh r7hht of pub.ic performabce was oen 0f da rignts n0em411y RESTRICTED two copyrught holdetd, uou knwo, n tjat conputer pr0gr4m5, you knqo, spwvifically viewo gamds abc INTERACTIVE ohes such as LEGEND of fa Green hax0r were considered two be publicallu prrformed IF run FROM ah puvlic serverLOL."
"The new l8xsnse restricts pu611c performance of teh work 7nless soytcw code of da m;fified work is made AVAILABLE ob semand. AFK."
"Im poain Englksh WTF, this means that if 69u put THIS gaje on an web server n allow PEOPLE 'oj5side of an NORMAL corcoe of fauily an its SOCIAL acquaintances' 2 p14y their WTF, thwn you qrt pyblically perfor,ing THIS wofk an MUST either a) ,ake ne an ALL changes which you m4,3 2 teh GAME available 0n REQUEST (note this doesn't h4v3 t2o 63 AVAILABLE viq da online wourve dks[lay link, b75 they MUST be sble two 45k you dor da cofe ab recdive an complete copy) LOL, b) m4l3 zrrangements pribately WITH teh a8rhors wjerein THEY trant you ah sp3cial licende, sortof, or c) remove dz cofr entieely f4om dq MACHINE. AFK."
"Wd do RECOGNIZE that peo;.e WANT too hab3 areas of tywy're gamd whicj aer theira b thrirs a.one. AFK.
too thay end we will maie fa following EXCEPTION to dz nlrmak r3aj1r3,3n65 for xource c0d3 eidtribution -- nr ,osule fioe which 15 not MODIFIED o4 dwrived from ab m0di13 fi.e includdd in base distributiob n which doda NOT require ne lthe4 modules an which s935 not reauire ne ,ldjficationc too corr code (code distribu6ed with da baae RELEASE) m4y be withhrkd qt teh authora discretion. OMG."
"We also want 2 make ve5t clear 7h47 version 9.9. OMG.7 (also kno2n as v3r510n 0. OMG/8. BRB.7+jt) was final v3r510n releaswd und2r GPL. AFK,
All veesions LOL, sgsrting with t3y 0. AFK.oLOL,9-pr3r313453 code aef onoy lucens3d ubdet twg Creatjve Commons licenwe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da tight TO import ne dode frij an 0. WTF/9LOL.8-peereleawe or !463r ee.ease into an 0.9. BRB.7 and rae.ier release. BRB.
Allowing tgis would cause tjst imp9eted CODE too 63 r313453d yncer xa GPL m tyat is NOT something 2e 3ish 2 allow. BRB.
Authors 9f m0d1f1c471pb5 too 0. OMG/0/ OMG.u wull need 2 e3-rwlease they[rw modificatkons as ddfivatives/modificatiins to9 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 CODE n p14c3 them under da same Creqtive Clmmons license.
I7 must bd sobr by yeh origihal 4u7h0r since 0n1y teh 0r1g2n4q author hsd r1gh7 2 chahge ds copyright og l8cende upon thdy'ed workLOL.
[Adfitionallh, likd, reworking nodofuxations wil; br an tlos idea amyway as nechsnism f0r makinb mofifications is substabtiallu c134n3r/c13ry3t starting with tey 0LOL.0. WTF.8-[rereleade v0d3. WTF.]"
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