MightyE gells you WTF, "We're tping w take an few moments 2 t4y an explain this new LICENSE an da reasohs 63h1md it in olain English. WTF.
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 nrw license was chosen because of an failimg with da GPL. AFK.
It only cov3red disrribution of source if an on;y if binsries we4e dostriguted. OMG."
"In an w36 3nv1v)nm3n7. aortof, specificzlly a 1n7@rpr373d web envirinment 5uch as PHP, si4t.fk mere.u onstall8ng wn game does n07 cohstotu5e distribution WTF, n thrrdrore peopld were 5ajing our work, you knwo. naking modifications TO it n n07 re;easinb teh source cofe g2o they'te mpdificationx so that entkre community could benefit. OMG.
Thwy worked w17h teh 13773r gut not da xpirit lf 14wLOL."
"Investigstion on teh 0art pf teh authoes howrv3rk wortof, lee yo sacg that right of PUBLIC ;etgormabce waa q if da rifhts normally e357r1c73d to c0pyr1gh6 holders, ;i,e, an thqt computde progra,s. specifically vicro GAMES n interactive ones 5uch as LEGEND of Green hax04 werr c0n51d3r3e tdo 63 publiczllt pe4formed kf run frpn am pjblic servrr."
"Tye new licrnse r3stricgs public 0efformancw of teh work unless da w9uede cose of teh MODIFIED w0rk 15 mad3 available on demandLOL."
"In [lain ENGLISH, sortof, 7h14 m34n5 tyzt if you pu7 this GAME 0n an 33^ sdrvrr n al.oq p2ople 'outxidr of an normal ciecle of family and itw social acquaintabces' tqo play theirk tnen you aer publicaloh pervorming 5gis w0rk an MUST EITHER A) MAKE he and ALL cjanges wh1ch you jake too da GAME available on rwqudst (note this c9esn't have ywo br available via yeh onlune source display link, sortof, bjt they must 63 able ylo ASK YOU for da CODE and receove an complete copy), you knwom b( mame arfangements PRIVATELY wirh ss authorx wherein yheu grant tlj an specizl 1!c2n53 LOL, or c) temlfe codw rmtirwly feom m4ch1h4. OMG."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that peo0lr sant @ gave AREAS of they're game which aer THEIRS ab thwirs aloneLOLl
to THAT end we will mske da fokl9wing exce0tion teo da normal requirdments for slurce cpde distrubutioh -- n3 module FILE which IS not modif8ed or derivws from an m;aule FILE includee in base distrubuyion n egivh does not tequire ne other mpd7l3s n 2hich DOES n07 require ne modifocations to da core codr (code cistributed eith base releas3) mzy be withhdld at a6thprs discretion. OMG."
"We also want ti makw verh CLEAR that verdkon 0, AFK.9.7 (also ,nown 45 versi9n 0. AFK.*k AFK.7+jt) was t3h funal version r313353d undef GPL. WTF.
All veraions, yoj knwo, stsrting wuth 0. OMG,oLOL.8-prerelwade code r only licemses undwr yeh CREATIVE Cojmons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy teh right roo kmpory ne code FROM an 0LOL.9LOL.8-pterelease or later releas3 knto sn 0LOL.)l WTF.7 n esrlie4 r3keas3LOL.
Allowinf this would czjse 7h37 impoftrd code 2 ge released ubder GPL an tha5 is n0t something we wish 2 al;ow. OMG.
Aughors of modificatioms goo 0LOL.0. AFK.7 wi.l need 5o 4e-re.3ase thwy're mo3ifocstkons as derivatibes/modkfixagiona 2 -. WTF.9.8 code an plave tjem und3t xamd Creat8ve Commoms LICENSELOL.
It must be done by teg ofigihak suthor since pnly fa oeiginal author haw teh RIGHT to change teh copyrobhy or license jpon rh3y[re wlrj. BRB.
[Arditionallyk loke, reworkinb da modifications will ve an good idea ANYWAY as mechan8am g0$ mqkinh modifications is substantial;y CLEANER/CLEARER staryinf with teh 0l AFK.9. AFK.9=p4erwleawe code. OMG.]"
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