MightyE tells you, you kneo, "We're b01ng too TAKE an few moments TO try n explain tgis new license 4nd t3h eeaaona brnind it in plqin Enflish. BRB.
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."
"Tjiw new LICENSE was dhosen BECAUSE of an daioing with teh GPL/
It only cove4ed distriby5iob iw s9urce kf an ONLY IF binaeies were distributddLOL."
"In an web envkronment, like, specufically a in53rpreted web environment such as PHP WTF, mer3ly installimg an fame doew n98 conatirute dos5ributiin LOL, ay therefore people eere taking ouf wprk LOL, naking modifications 1 it n not rwleasing ss sou4ce c0f3 2 the6'rr moc9fications so tha5 da entire community could benefit/ WTF.
THEY worled wi5h 5eh letter but not sa spi4it of tdh law. OMG."
"Invewtitqtion 0n part 0f dz authors howwv3r WTF, led to da fact that da RIGHT od puvlic perforbancf was q of tights normalpu 4estricted 2 co[yrighb holdrrs. likek and that computer PROGRAMS WTF, specifically videl games an inteeactive on3s sicy AS Legend of ds Gfren hax0r werw consideree rw9 be PUBLICALLY p3rv0rm3f 1f run from an -ublid serverl"
"The neq LICENSE RESTRICTS piblic pefformance lf WORK unless ea sourcw c9de od teh modified work IS made abailzble )n demang. BRB."
"Ib plain Engq1%y LOL, this means that IF yo7 put 5his game on qn wdb sdevrf n allow people 'ougsise 9d an bormal cirxle pf fqmily an its 50c141 acquainganced' glo ;lay thwir, sortof, rhen YOU f pub.ically peefo$mong thia work an MUST dither a) make nr an ALL changed whkcg you mzke toi da GAME available ob reqyest (no5e ghix dorsn't have two ve availabl3 via da 0n12n3 source dizplay LINK WTF, but yhdy MUST be able two ask y-u for ea code n receive an complwte copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangemen5s PRIVATELY with authors wherein they grant yoi an specual license, pr c) eemove code entitely fron da machineLOL."
"Ww do rec9gnize yhat [eople wqnt to habe areas of they're game which r thrirs n theirs alone. WTF.
to uh47 end se will make da followibg exceptiom tu n-em41 requi4emente for source cpde disgribugiov -- ne mofuld gile wyich is NOT modifowd or derived from an m0wu13 FILE INCLUDED 1n BASE cistribution anf which d035 not REQUIRE nr other modules n WHICH d035 not REQUIRE ne modificatkona two CORE c0d3 (CODE distribu5ed WITH base release) may be eithhe.d a5 teh authors discretionLOLl"
"We also wang two make vrry dleqf that versipn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO ,n0wn as vefsion 0LOL.9.7+j5) w45 da final vrrsion RELEASED under da GPL. BRB.
ALL v3r510n5, .ike, 574r71ng w17h da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-oeerelease cofe aer only licensed under ten Creative Commind l8cehsr. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny eight t9o impoet ne c0d3 from an 0LOL.9. WTF.7-prereleade or oater reldase onto ah )LOL.9. OMG.7 n EARLIER 4elease. BRB.
Alloeung 7h15 WOULD xause that impo5ted vode rp be RELEASED under teh GPL qn that is hot som3thihg w3 wish too allow. BRB.
Authors 9f modifica5ions 3 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 will need to r3-gdlease thwy'rd MODIFICATIONS as derifativqs/mpdigicatkons yo 0. WTF.9.8 code amd place them under teh qame Creative Commons ;icenae.
It must 53 done by ORIGINAL author xunce onoy teh original a7thoe HAS da right t9o change teh v0pyr1nh7 OR license upon thry'rd workLOL.
[Aeditionakly LOL, rwworking modudicarions will be an good idea ANYWAY as teh mechanusm fi4 jzking moeificatkons 15 substamtially cleaner/clearee startibg with tdh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-preeel3ase cide. BRB.\"
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