MightyE tells yoi, "We're going too takw an FEW mpjengs ro try AND ex0lain tjis bew kicense ab reasons behibd it 1n plain English.
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 was chosen becaus3 9r an faklint with GPL. BRB.
It only clve5dd distrob7gion pf sohrce if n only if binaries were DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an web environment, specifically a interpreted WEB envirpnmrmt sucj as PHP LOL, ,ere;y installing an GAME foes not conatitute distributiln, likw, an therefore peopke w4re 74k1ng ouf work WTF, maiing mldificationx 4o IT and hot rwleawibf teh SOURCE code 2 tjey're MODIFICATIONS so yhay ds entire communitt could benefitLOLl
They qo4ied with .ette4 but ml5 teh 5p1r1& pf LAWLOLl"
"Investigation on teh part of quthors however, yij knw9, l3d too da dact tha5 teh right or public p3eeormance WAS oen pf da rihhts n(rnally restricted tw9 copyeight h0!d3r5 LOL, n 7h47 vonputer PROGRAMS, like, specif8cally video gamdd n interactivd on2s such as Legenc of Green hax0r werr considered too be PUBLICALLY perdurmee uf run from an pu611c ddfver."
"The new LICENSE restricts pub;ic ;erformance of ten w0rk un1355 reh sokrce cose ov teh modidide work is made availqblr on dejand."
"In PLAIN English LOL, 7y15 means that if you put this gamw 0n an web server and ALLOW PEOPLE 'outside of an normal cirdke of f4m11y 1n kts aocial acquxibtanc2s' too play th3ir LOLm THEN you ae4 0ublically performing tnis work n MUST EITHER a) make nd an ALL ch4ng35 wjich you nake too dq g$n3 available 9n r3qu357 (hoge tkis doesn't have @ bs available via online source xisplay oink, .ikw, gut 5hey mhst be able to asj t9u for da c0de m receive an dompkete cppy), like, b) make 44r4hgem4b75 privately with augh9rx wherein THEY g4ant 6ou an specia/ lic3nse WTF, pf c) remove teh code entifeo6 from teh macjinel OMG."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thst prop.e want to have areqs OF they're GAME wjixh ae4 theirs n THEIRS alond.
3 thay end we 2ilk make followubg 3xceptoom twu da nor,al req7irements for sluece c0d3 distributkon -- n3 mlduke FILE wgoch IS hot modifked or d3r1v3d fr0m an MODULE file included in da base distrkbution and which dows not require nw 9ther modules n WHICH dp3t not re1uire nq modificatoons tpo core codr (c0d# distributed with BASE 4elease) may be w17bh21d at authors disdretionLOL."
"We also wang to makr v3rt clear 7n47 vdrsiln 0. BRB/9. WTFo7 (a.xo kn0wn as ve4sion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt0 sqs final VERSION released unce4 5eh GPL.
All VERSIONS LOLm starting witj 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cofe r onlu LICENSED UNDER Creative Commons kicense. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 two im0ort ne CODE from av 0. BRB.9, WTFl9-prefekease of later rdlease into an 0LOL.9. AFK/7 n earlidr rekeas3. AFK.
A110w1ng th8s woylc cause 7h47 i,ported cose too 63 released undef GPL an thay ix not something wr wish rlo slliwLOL.
Authlrs 0f MODIFICATIONS to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 will m32d 5o RE-RELEASE they're modificstions as derivatives;modificayions 2 p, WTF.9. AFK,8 code n placw them under da same Creativd Cojmobs LICENSE. OMG.
It mjst be DONE by tdy orifibsl auyjo4 dince only original au5hor has da fight 1 cjange teh copyright or licdnse uoon thwy'rw work. WTF,
[Ads1720n411tm you knwo, rewlrking da modifucations WILL be ab good idea anyway AS da mecjanism for makinh modificati9ns id substantially cleane4/dlwarer xtarting w8th sa 0l WTF.9. AFK.8-;rereleade code. WTF.]"
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