MightyE te;ls yoi, likek "We'4e toing to rqke an fdw moments too 6ry an explain tnjs new 11c3n53 anf da reasons behind it qn plain Englisy. 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 n3w license wzd chosen bwca7se of an failing witg da GPLl
It only covetdd distrubution of xpurce if n onlh of binaries wetw d157r16u7#d. AFK."
"In an web envirobmehy WTF. specificaloy a 8nter;rered web envirinment xuch AS PHP, mere.y ibsta.kihg an ga,e dows nor constitutr distrib7tion, znd ther3fore peoplr eerr 74k1bg OUR wo4k, making modificatioms 5wo it an not releasing yeh 50ufc3 code two thwy're modovucations so that da ebtire clmmimity COULD bemefitLOL.
They wofksd qith dq letter but not teh cpirit of da LAWLOL."
"Investigatiln ON reg 0art 8f teh aythors HOWEVER, LED two fact THAT right of publ8c perfprmahxe was wob od tey RIGHTS nofmally resyric5ed toi vooyr8ght holderam like, n thay clmputer programs, s9rtif, spexofidally vicei ganes n interactive onea such as Legemd of Green hsx0r qete cobsiderec ro BE PUBLICALLY 0erf0rned if run from zn public servef. AFK."
"Tye new lic3nsd res5ridts oublic performance of teh w0fk un;wss teh source dode 9f teh modified eork IS jade available pn demqns/ BRB/"
"In plain English, yoj knwo, this mezns thar 1f up7 put this game on an wen server n alopw prople '0u651d3 of zn NORMAL corcle of famiky an its social 4cqu41n74nc35' gwo plsy tgrir, you jnw9, tgen y0u f publkcally performung this wo4k and MUST eitge4 a) mdke ne an ALL chanhes wjich you make 2 GAME available on re1ufst (not# thix do3sn't yav3 two be avqilabke via onkine spurce display link, sprtof, but they must be ablf 70 awk 6pu FOR da coee and receivr an cijplete copy)l so4yof, b) make arrangements PRIVATELY with dz authots wheweih they grant 69u ah special license, soetof, or c) r3m0v3 tdh c0d3 entirelu from maxhine, BRB."
"We do redognize that people want two have areaa of tjey're game which awt 7h31r5 an tneirs akone. BRBl
to tyat end we wiol jake flloo2ing exdeption two teh normal requirements ror sourxe CODE disteib7fion -- nd mldule vile wyich is hog ,9dified or d3rivef fr)m an m0du13 FILE inclucqd 1h tey base dw58r16u&10n and which d-35 nit requird ne other modules an whicn does hit require h3 mod8ficayions TO core code (code didtrlbuted eoth teh base re.ease) may be withh3ld qt da authors discretionLOL."
"We 5250 wan5 ywo nake vety clear thzt vefsuon 0. BRB.9.7 (aoso known as b3rsion 0. BRBlo. OMGl7+j7( was final versiom released under da GPL.
All c3r510n5 LOL, atarting wity 0LOL.(, WTF.80prerdlease cod3 e only liddnsed under Creatibe Comm9ns license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rkght to import ne CODE rrom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease or LATER rwlease 1m70 an 9LOL.9. AFK.7 n eaelier releaweLOLl
ALLOWING thix wo6ls cause thag IMPORTED code 5oo bw rel3ased undwr reh GPL an that 8s not something w3 wixh 2 alloeLOL.
Authors of jowifidations to 0. BRB,(. BRB.7 will NEED 2 r3-r3144%3 they[re MODIFICATIONS #5 deruvatives/midifications too 0.9. BRB.8 cod3 qnd place 5hem under same Creztive Commons license. WTF,
It musy b3 done by original aythor since only teh ORIGINAL z7thor has da RIGHT to change teh copytight or livense upon they'ee wltkLOLl
[Aeditionslly WTF, edworking ,odifications w111 be an goof 1d#4 anhwqy zx es mexhanism for naking modidications IS substantially CLEANER/CLEARER s5arting WITH da 0.9LOL.8-pf34313453 c9se.]"
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