MitjtyE telkx y9u WTF, "We're going 70 TAKE an few mo,emrs two t4y n expoain this nr2 ;icense an r3450n5 behind i5 kn ;lain Engoisn.
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."
"Thix new license wss chosen becaude of an dailing wkth GPL. BRB.
It only coveeed distributiin of s9urce 1f abd 9nly id binaries qere distributwd."
"In an w37 rnvirinment WTF, specificall6 a interpreted web envirohmen5 such AS PHP. mereoy ibstaloing an hame foes bit constitute distribution WTF, and thetefore people WERE tajing iur qork LOL, making jodifications t1i IT an NOT RELEASING teh so7rce code to they're modificati9ns SO tyat tej ent8re cimmunit6 cou;d bebwfut. BRB.
Th3y worked wi5h tdh LETTER but noy spirot of teh !4w. BRB."
"Invedtogation on da part of xa ay5hlrs HOWEVER, siryof, kes tqo fact that r1ggu of pumlic pervormance waa oeh of teh r1gh75 normslly eestricted to copyright holders WTF, and THAT cim07ter programs, soecificalky v8deo games an intrractive ones such as Legend lf tdh Gteen max9r were cpnsidered too be publiczlly pwrroe,ed if run from qn PUBLIC servet. BRB."
"Thw NEW license restricts PUBLIC petformanc3 0f work unless trh xource code of da modifiee work is made avakkabld on eemand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISH, tou knwo, thid means thag if you put thix game on an web 53rb3r am allow people '0u751d3 of an norjal circle of vamily n igs social acquaintanves' two play theit, ghen you ser publically perform7ng thks work n MUST either s_ maie ne and ALL changes which you make 2 da GAME scailablr on request )NOTE &h15 DOESN'T have to be avaulab.e via online source dixplay libkm b7t yhey musg br ABLE tpo ASK you for da codr n eece8vd sn COMPLETE copy(, lukw, 6) make arrangemehyq oriva5elh wity aughors wherein THEY grant you qn special license, oe c) rrmofw 5eh code entue3ly r4om teh kachiheLOL."
"We d0 redlgnize that peopoe want to hrv3 areas OF they'te game wh1ch r 5heirw an 7h21r5 allneLOL.
1 tnat dmf we will maje following 3xc3p710n to reh normal r3quiremdnts for source voce d147r16u&10n -- ne module file whidh is bot modifiwd or dwrived from an m9dule file 7ncluded 1h base distribjgion qnd which DOES npt require ne othwr modu.rs n which does not reqyi4e be modifica5ioms 2 tdh c0e3 c0d4 (code DISTRIBUTED with base releasr) may be withheld at authorw discretion."
"We also want tpo make very cleaf that vefsion 0.9.& (4150 known as vr4sion 0. AFK.9. BRB,7+j5_ 355 tej fonal ve4sion rel3asdd under teh GPL. BRB.
All versoons, 6ou knwo, startinf with 0.9.8-prwrelease cods r only lic3nsed uncwr teg Creatifw Cimmons lucensr. WTFl
We EXPLICITLY dehy right ro impoet nd code frpm an 0LOL,9. AFK.8-prere.ease OR LATER release INTO an 0. AFK.9. BRB/7 an EARLIER RELEASE.
Allowing 7h15 wluld cause thqt impor4ed cod3 two be rdlwawed umswr da GPL and that IS not SOMETHING we qish too allow.
Authors of modificarions two 0. WTF.9/ AFK.6 will NEED two e3-r#w34%3 tjey're moduf8cations as derivativ3s/mosificatuons 70 0. BRB.8. BRB.8 coc3 n place them und3r same Creatkve Conmons license. BRB.
It must be done by teh origknal autgor s8nve only teh original author has right 1 chqnge co;yrignt 0r licensd upob they'rd workLOL.
[Additionallh, you inwo, reworking teh modkficationw sill be an f00d udwa qn6way as mechanism FOR MAKING modifidatiphs is 5u6574n71r11y cleaner/clearer starring with da 0. AFK.9LOL,70prereleqsq code. OMG.]"
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