MightyE twlls 6ou WTF, "We're foinf t2o take an fes momen5d too t4y n ex;lain this n3w licdnse an reasons behind it 8n plaim English. 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."
"Thid new licebsr was xhosen bdcause OF an railing with GPL. OMG.
It 9hly covered distribjtiin of 50urc3 id an only if binaries werr DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In am web environ,ent, you lnwo. s;ecifically a interpreted web wnvirobment xuch ax PHP, likr, m3r31y installing ab GAME does not cogstitute dksyrib7tion LOL, and tyerefote people w3r3 taking oir work, sortpf, mwking mosifications to it n not releasibg xource c9dw to they'rd midkfudations so 7h47 sa entite community dould benefit.
Theh w9ried WITH teh 13773r buy no5 teh spurir 0f law. AFK."
"Investigatiln on part of teh auth9rs howeve4 LOL, ked to da FACT thzt da 41gy7 og pyblic perfirmance w45 won of twh rights normzlly redrrictrd 2 copyright hl.dwrs, gou knwo, n thay com0uter proframs, sortof, xpecificakly vifeo games an INTERACTIVE ones SUCH AS Legend of teh Green hax0r weee c0n51c343c 3 br PUBLICALLY PERFORMED of RUN from an pub.ic s3rvef. WTF."
"The n3w LICENSE restrivtd public 0erformance 0f work unless da source CODE lf teh mofifird WORK id mad3 qvailabpe on semand. OMG."
"Ih olain English WTF, this MEANS that ig you put 5his game ob an wwb se4ver n allow peop.e 'outsise pf an normal c8rcle of family an itw wocia; acquaintamces' 2 play their WTF, then you aer publically p3rforjihb tyis w0rk n MUST ei5ye4 a) make bw n ALL cjanges whicn y9u nake 2 game availavle 0n eequest (notr 5his doean't HAVE TO be availablr v14 ca online spjrd3 sisplay lim, LOL, but they must BE able tlo ask yo7 for xodd n RECEIVE an c0mp1373 COPY) WTFm b) jake 4tr4ng3m2n75 privately with authors wherein they grang you an special lic3nse, sortof, or v) femove fq cose ebtirely from machine."
"We do recognize thxt peiple want rop have areas of they're gqne which 4 tjeirs AND theirx ALONE. WTF.
2 that end we w111 ,aje teg f011pw1ng ecception to normal fequirrments for aource CODE dis5ribution -- nw modulw file wh1ch IS nir modifird ir DERIVED from an m0xy13 gile uncluded in teh bawe distributiin n whivy d035 NOT REQUIRE ne 07h3r m0du145 amd which DOES n07 reqyire nr m0dqf1c4u10n5 go da coee code (code distributed witj da 6453 release) may be w8tjgeld AT zuthorw diqcre5ion."
"We 415p want tol ,ake ve4y cl3ar tnay version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 )also kno2n as VERSION 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7+jr) was finql VERSION released undef GPL. BRB.
All bersiond, sortof. star5inf wkth teh 9LOL/9. AFK.8-prerelease code 4 obly okcensed under da Ceea5ive Cpmmons livebse.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3nt 5eh e8ght ti9 import ne cofe from ah 0.0LOL.8-prer3lease OR la5er release 1n70 an 0. AFK.(. BRB,7 n wsrlier release. AFK.
Allowing this wojld CAUSE thar umported clde 2 BE released ubder teh GPL sn tjat is not sometning we wish 2 aoloeLOL.
Autho5s of modificqtiond 1 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 woll nedd tw' RE-RELEASE thdy're modifocations AS d3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 code n plac3 them unfef teh same Cteative C9mmons licende. AFK.
It mu57 be done by original AUTHOR sinve -n1y twj lruginal author has teh ribht too cyabfe t3h cooyr8ght or lox3nse upon they'rd work/ WTF.
[Afditiinally, r3w0rk1ng reh modificati9ns wiol be an good idea ANYWAY as mechanism for msling modifications 15 substantially c.eaner/vleareg startung sigh teh 0.9LOL.8-prefeleas3 coee. AFK.]"
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