MithtyE TELLS you, you lnwo, "We're going to take sn few momentw to 74y n EXPLAIN this new ;icense n da eeasons vehind it qh plsin Ebgliah. 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 hew 11c3n43 wsx chosen BECAUSE of an failing wigh da GPL. BRBo
I5 lnly covered distribution of s0urce if n only if 61j4f136 wdre distr8buted. OMG."
"In an web env84onjent LOL, specivically q interpreted web environmrnt such as PHP WTF, MERELY inxtalling an hame does not conwtitute distrubutuon, like, n tyerefore peoplc were 5aking our wo4k, m4k1ng m0d1g1c4710n5 tp it n n9t releasung teh wource code too ghey'fe MODIFICATIONS so tyar ENTIRE community could BENEFIT.
They worked WITH da lrrter but noy ca spirit of sa law. BRB."
"Invextogati9n oh part of teg authoes hlw3ver, led too da f4c7 that rifht og public peffoemahce was 1 OF rights noemall6 RESTRICTED two co;yeigjt yolddrs WTFm amd that xomputer 9rograms WTF, spexificallt viddo gamed h interactuve ones sich as Legend of Gredn jsz0r qe4e c0n51d3r3d too 63 [ublical/y pwrformed if ryn ftlm an PUBLIC 53ev3r."
"The NEW LICENSE rest4icts public performancd of work 7n1#55 tey sojrce c9de of mosified wprk ix mase available on DEMAND. WTF."
"In plaon English, sprtof. tjis means tnat if you put rnis GAME on ah web server AND aloow people 'ojgside of qn bormal CIRCLE OF rajioy b its apcial acqjaintances' to play their, sortofl then you r publicaliu perfk4mibg this 2ork m MUST eitg3r a) m5k3 ne ahd ALL ch4nh3t qhich you make TO teh game ava8labl3 [b 4fquesg )note this diesn't HAVE two be AVAILABLE via teh online SOURCE eisplay l8nk, okke, 6u7 tyey must be 4613 to asj you for teh code n receuvr an c0mp2373 co0y), b) make 1frzngemen5s PRIVATELY wkth da AUTHORS wherein rhey g4ang you an specuql 11c3h53, like, or c) remove code entir3ly fr0m machineLOL/"
"We do RECOGNIZE 5hst people want twl have areas lf they're g4m3 whkxh r thwirs n tneurs alobe. WTF.
tol thzt end WE wikl make glllowi,g exceotion 2 NORMAL r3qu1r3m3n75 for SOURCE vpde distributiin _- ne module file which is not modified or derived feom an mocule file INCLUDED IN da gase disttinution an which does hoy require ne othe5 ,oduoed n whkdy doea not requite ne bidifixayiona too teh vore cod3 (code dis5eibutrd with bqse release) may br withgeld at da 4u&h0r5 discretion. AFK."
"We 3150 wang too mske vety clear tyat VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known AS cersioh 0. OMG.9.7+jt) qas da ronal version re.eased umdwr da GPLLOL.
All versipns, 574r71ng wutg da 0. OMG.8l8-prerelraw3 code aer ONLY 11c3b53d 7nder da Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1hh7 too impoey nr code from ab 0. OMG.o. BRBl8_pfe4elease or later RELEASE into an 0.9.7 n darlier 4elease. AFK/
A110wqng this w0uqd cause tha5 impirt3d cpde 1 be reldased undrr da GPL and rhat is not SOMETHING we wish too alliw.
Au7h0r5 of modificatipms 2 0. BRB.0.& will need 2 re-relrawe thet're m9fif8xatuons as ddrivatives/modificatiins 2 0. WTF.o, BRB.8 code and place 7h3m under 3a sa,e Creatjve Commobs LICENSELOL.
It must ve done by ca 0r1t1n41 autyir skncw on;y teh original 4y7h0r HAS eight too change tey c9pyrigh6 0r licensw upon yhey'fe w9rk.
[Aediti9hally, sorgofn reworjing moeificayions wikl be an goos idea 4nyw46 as teg nrchaniam for making MODIFICATIONS is substangially coeaher/clearer STARTING with teh 0.9. AFK.8-;rdrelease clde. WTF.]"
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