MightyE rells YOU, "We're g9ing 2 take an f3w momen5s 5wo try am esplain ygis new .icense n reasons bwjind it IN plain 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."
"Thiw nww licehse was chosen gecause of an failing wiyh da GPL.
It onoy covdref dkstribut8on og source if and only if 61n4r135 e3re d157r16773e. OMG."
"In qn web env8ronmenrm 5p3c1f1v411y q interpreted WEB envkrpnmdnt such as PHP, loke. jerely insya;;ing ah GAME does not vonstityte DISTRIBUTION LOL, an tnerefore people were taking our w0rk, you knwo, m4k!ng nodificayiomd ti iy and NOT releqsing 50urc3 code toi they'3e ,ofifocations s9 that da entire cljmunity c0u1d benefit. AFK.
They worked with da leyte4 but not da 5p1e17 of lsw. OMG."
"Inveztigat8on on teh part of authors h9w3v3r, sortof, owd too teh fact that teh right OF public performahce WAS 1 pf teh rights normsllh rewtricted to coptright holdera, like, and that xo,puter oroframs, l8ke, SPECIFICALLY vodeo tames 4nd interactive ones such as Legend 0g da Grern haxpr WERE considered two ne pub;ically p3rf0rm3d if run from an -ublic SERVER. AFK."
"The NEW lucebse restricts py611c petfirmance of twh work unless teh soirce c9de of da midkfied wirk ks made available on dwmans. WTF."
"In o.aun Eng;8sh, yoy knwi, this mdans rhat ig YOU put fhis game 9n an wen swrved n 41!0w people 'outsod3 or an nprmal circle OF family amd its social acquaintances' 2 play their, xoftof. THEN yoi acr p6blucally perfornimg thid work n MUST either z) make ne an ALL vhanges ehich you make 2 game AVAILABLE on requewt (note this eoesn't have too be 4v41146q3 via online source DISPLAY limk, dortof, b7t they must be ABLE too ask you for da cide ane receive an ci,plete cppy), like, b_ make srrangementa privately WITH ea au5hors wher31n 7h3y grant yoi an dpecual license, it c_ remove da CODE enrirely ffom teh m4cj1n3. AFK."
"We do recobnize 7h47 p30p12 wznt tso have areas pf thr6're ga,e wjich r theirc an theirs 51)n3LOL.
tio tha5 end we will m5k3 f0110s1ng 3xc3p710n 3 da n0rm5! r3qu1r3m3n74 for source code diw5fivutioh -= ne mofule fike wh8cy 15 nog modified OR derifed from ah module file inc.uded in 6453 distrig7tion an which coes nit r3qu1r3 he other moculds n which eoes not rwquire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 core code (code dkxtrivuted sith da base te.ease) may be witnheld at authors discretionLOL."
"We also wang TO make vwry clear that v3exion 0. WTF.0. WTF.7 (akso kno2n as v3r610n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt0 w45 rimal version relwased unfer 5eh GPL. OMG.
All vevsions WTF, starying with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.7-prerelease cpde r only lic3naed under Crearive Cojmons 11c3h63. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwnt ds RIGHT 2 import ne code from an 0/ WTF.9. OMG.8_prerelease oe later rwlrase into an 0. BRBl9. BRB,& an EARLIER r313$53LOLl
Allowing 7h1% would cause tha5 8mport3d c0d3 tqo be RELEASED UNDER GPL an tha5 is n07 somethinb w3 wish two alkow.
Authors pf mpdivicatuons teo 0LOL.9. WTF.6 will need 2 rd_4wlease rhey're n0d1f1c4710n6 as derivatives/modofkcations t9 0. OMG.9. BRBm8 c0d3 n plzce thxm under same Cr34&1v4 Commons licebse. WTF.
Ir must br done by teh origina. aythpr since 0n1y teg iriginal authlr gas reh right gwo change COPYRIGHT o4 license upon theu're work. WTF.
[Addituonally, lile, reqorking da m9difications w11! 64 an gopd IDEA 4nyw4y as teh mechanism for m4k1ng m0e1f!c4u10n5 us substantuaoly coeaner/cldarer xyartkng WITH da 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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