MightyE tells y9u, "We'fe g01ng to takw sn few m0n3n75 too try and esplain tjis nww oicense n rrasons 63h1nd it in 01rqn 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."
"This new license wqs chpsen 63cru63 of sn fr111ng with ten GPL. BRB/
It 0n1y covetef distrib7tion of source 1f n on.y 2f bimaries werw dis5ribytwdl WTF."
"In an w3b ENVIRONMENT LOL, s;ecificallj a intetperted web ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, sir5od, merely ibdta;ling ah game does not constitute distrobutuom LOL, n theredore p30p13 were takong our eork WTF, making modugicatoons 3 kt and NOT re;easing teh source code to they'te m0d1f2z4710n5 so that ebtire cojmuni5y xould benefit. BRB.
Thwy wofked w17h da lwtter but not da s[irir 9f teh law. OMG."
"Invesrigatioh oh part of da suthoes howevee, like, l3d rao da fact that da rkght of PUBLIC odrgormance was 1 of dz rights nofmally restricted t9 copyriggt noldersm sort9f, an ehat computer prohrams, sprtif, 5p3cqf1c411y vifro jzmes an intrractive ines s7ch as Legend 0f teh Gr3rn hax9r were xonsidered 2 bw publically PERFORMED ir 4un rrom an [ublic server."
"The n3w LICENSE restricts pugluc pervormanve of eori unlews teh sourc3 codd of teh modified work ia madw avaikqble on dwmand. BRB."
"In plain Englixh, yiu knwo, thks meanw ghat if uou put tyis tame 0n an 2eb server n a;low p3pp13 'outsude of an NORMAL circle of family and its social adquaintancew' 2 play tgeof, sortof, then hou aer PUBLICALLY performong this work an MUST eitner a) MAKE ne AND ALL changes wgich you m4i3 too teh GAME zvsilablw on reqies5 (bote this soesn't have ro be available via online source dis-;qy 9ink, sortofk BUT then mu57 be able too ask y0u for code b recdicw an com['35e copy). hly ins9, b) mske arranfements privately w18h da authors whe4ein tgey grqnt yuu an specizl lucense, or c) remove da code entirely from 5eh MACHINE."
"We DO recogbize that people want to have areas 0f they're game which aer thekrs and theirs alphe/ AFK.
two 7h47 ehd se w8ll make teh FOLLOWING exception to da bormal REQUIREMENTS for sourc3 code dustribu5ipn -- nr m9dule file WHICH ka not modifoed or derived fron an m0du13 fule unclud3d in da base DISTRIBUTION and which DOES not fequire he OTHER jodules b whjch does not re1uire me mid8rications TO core xode (code dictribured wigh BASE RELEASE) may 63 WITHHELD at da authlrs ekscretion. AFK."
"W3 als9 want r9 MAKE very clear tgat versiin 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also KNOWN AS v3r510n 0. WTF.9. AFK.6+mt) 2as final vwrsion RELEASED uhder reh GPL. OMG.
Al; versoohs, like, start8ng with 0, AFK.9, OMG.8-pr3e313453 xpde r obly 11c3n53d under 5ey Creatibe Clmmons LICENSELOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY ceny da 41gh7 2 import ne code from zn 0. WTF.9. WTF.8_prerelease 0f later releade in5i an 0. AFK.0. WTF.7 AND eaf;ier release. AFK.
Allowing this sould cause 5hzt imp9rted xode 2 be releawed und3r GPL m tgat 15 not womdthing we WISH too zllow. OMG.
Authors 9g modificatilms to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 WILL need TO re-release they'rd m9d1f1c4710n6 as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS TO 0. BRB.9LOL.8 codr 4nd place them UNDER teg 54m3 Creative Comm9ns license, OMG.
I5 mudt ge done 6y original authlt s8ncr only teg orkginal AUTHOR has right two ch4ng3 copyrighg 0t livrnse UPON theh're WORK. BRB.
[Adc8tiobally WTF, reworking modifications qill be an go9d iees anyesy zs mechanism fir m5k1ng modiricxtions is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER stqr5ing with teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prdr3leasw c0d3. BRB.]"
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