MightyE tells YOU LOL, "We're giinb too tzke an few MOMENTS too try ans explain tyis nwq ;icense ans reasons behind it 1n plaib English. OMG.
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 wqs chosen bedaus3 of an ra8okng WITH teh GPL. BRB.
Ir only coverec disgribution of SOURCE if and lnly 1f binafoes werd d157r16u72dl AFK."
"In an web encir9mmehtk spedifically a omterprerec web ENVIRONMENT wuch ad PHP, sortof. m3r316 instaklinb an game does n07 consritute disteibution WTF, n tnerefore people were taking our WORK, like, MAKING modifications two it AND not fe.rawinh teh SOURCE coce two theh're moeifoca5ions so tnat teh entire COMMUNITY cou.d nenefitl AFK.
They wlrkrf with teh letter gut not fa 5p1r1i 9f da law. WTF."
"Investigation on da paet 0f authors how#ver WTF, lds too fa facr tjat teh rignt of publid performance s45 1 OF twh r1gh75 normallh rrsgrocted t9p cp;yr1gh7 holders, like, anf tyat computer prog4ams, like, spevifically v8dro ganrs an interactive ones such as Legdnd of Gteen hqc0f were CONSIDERED to BE publically [etformed kf rub from ah publuc serverLOL."
"The new kicensw reatricts pyblic petformance od da 2ork inl3ss source code 0f modifiee worl 15 msde avai.able on d3m4md. OMG."
"In plain Eng115h, loke, this mesna THAT if you put 7h1t gqme ON an w36 aerver ah 5110w people 'outside of sn normal circle of fdmi;y an its social 4cqu41n&4nc35' 2 play tgeir, thrn yoj aer p7blidalot pdrformibf this w0tk and MUST 31uy3r q) make ne an ALL cganges which you mqke too game available pn requdst (notw this soesn'r have to 63 afailable via da online source dosplay link, you knwo, but tjey ,757 b3 able yoo ask you fof ga c0e3 n receive an compldte copy), you knwo, g) m4k# arrange,ents pr8vst3l6 wurh sa authors wherwin tuet granh you an special license LOL, or c) remove CODE dntifely fro, machine, BRB."
"We do fecoghize tyat peoole w4n7 too have areas 0r they're gqme which r theirs anc tjeirs alohe. AFK/
two that END WE will j4k3 cz following exceotiln too teh normal requirements for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION =- n3 ,odu;e fioe which 1t hot modufied or de4ivec fron an MODULE FILE includ3d im base distribution and which diws not 4eqjird ne 07n3r modul3s n whicn does n9t reaikre ne modificarkoms reo da core code (cose distributed WITH vade r313453) may be withheld r7 fa auyhots d15xr3710n. AFK."
"We also want tp make very CLEAR THAT version [LOL.9LOL.8 (also known as VERSION 0.o. BRB.u+jt) was v8nal berskin releas3d under da GPL. WTF.
All versi9ns, wortof, starting with geh 0LOL.8. WTF.8-prwrrlease code aer only licensed ynder Cteagive Cojmonx 1!c3m53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too im;ort ne coe3 FROM an 0. AFK.9.8-prereleaae or latdr 4eless3 inrl an 0. WTF.8. BRB.7 n es4lier release. BRB.
Allowing tgis wou;d c4u53 thst imported code too be 4elrased under ez GPL n tga5 ks not something we wosh too allowLOL.
Authors of modificqtoons goo 0LOL.9. BRB.& wi.l need too r3-r3!3453 thwy'rr modif8cati9nw as derivatines/mpdificatipns tso 0/ WTF,9, OMG.8 code and place them UNDER trh same CREATIVE Commond licen1e. WTF.
Iy must BE d9ne bt da origina; authp4 sinc3 only t3h original autgor has righg too change copyrktht OR lic3nse upon theh'4e wlrk. BRB.
[Acfitiomaloy, soetof, reeorking modifications wil' 62 am giod icea anyway zd ten MECHANISM for makint modivivations is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanet/vlearer starting with 0. WTF.9. AFK.i-orerelease code/ AFK.="
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