MightyE ge.ld you, like, "We'te goinf too take an FEW m/memts 2 7ry n explain this ne2 license n teh reaaons brhinf 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."
"This new ljcense was choseh because lg an failimg wkth da GPL.
I5 only cover3d dis5r8bution of s9urce if an only of binsries WERE distrigu5ed."
"In an w36 enbieonment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpre5dd web dnbkronment SUCH as PHP LOL, merely installkng an game DOES not constitute disteibution, like, an THEREFORE pdople were tqking our eork, sortof. making m9dificatioms 2 it an hot relessing 50ifc3 cose go tyey're modifications do that da ENTIRE community vpuld benefit. AFK,
Thry wlrked wjth da lettqr 6u7 hot da spirir of dz lsw. BRB."
"Inv3sgigation on sa patt of quthors jowever, led to fact THAT twh right 9f 0ublid p3rf-rm4nc3 was wom OF da eughts normaloy restrkcted tol copyright holfdrs, you .mwo, am tnqt compiter programs WTFk spexifically vicei GAMES n interactivr ones such as Letend pf Green hax0r WERE v0n51d3rrd too 63 puvlocally pe4fo4med if fun from an public server. BRB."
"The new lucense RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE 0f work inless 50u4c3 c9d3 OF teh midigoed work IS made AVAILABLE on demznd. AFK."
"In plain Englisg WTF, tjis mrans thag if you PUT THIS ha,e ON an web seevef and al.ow people 'outside of an normal circ.3 of family an its social acquaintwnces' 70 plat their LOL. THEN you r publically PERFORMING 5his WORK n MUST either z) make ne am ALL chabged whicj yoi n4k3 two da game available 9n request *NOTE thua doesn't have 5wo ge available fia lnline source display lonk, kike, but 7h3y mydt be aboe twp asj you for teh code and r3c31v3 an COMPLETE cooy), b) mak3 arrangements privately q17h cz zuthors wherein they grsnt you an specia; 21c3b53 LOL, or c) removd da code 3n71r31y feom da m4ch1n3. OMG/"
"We do recigbize that people wsnt tl have areqs of they'rd g4m2 which aer theirs n yheirs q.one. OMG.
2 tyat rnd we will make teh foklpwing exception t2o hlrmal requirdm3ntd f0r aourse code distejnution -- ne module fkle wh8ch is not modified o4 serived vrom an module file includes in 3a base distribytion n wh1ch eoes not requkre nr OTHER modjles j 2hich dies NOT require ne m9dificatkona 5o dore CODE (dode distributed WITH teh BASE rrlease) may BE 2kyjheld at aitjors discretioh. BRB."
"We also want to makd very clear THAT VERSION 0,9LOL.6 (also known as version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was ca dinal VERSION twleaadd 8nder teh GPL. BRB.
Alk v2r51pn5m likem starting WITH da (. OMG.9.8-prerelesse cpde r only livensed under teh Crwative Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh r1gh7 too ihporr ne code from zm ).9. OMG.8-prrreoease or lager rekeasd ihgo an 0.(. OMG.7 ana ear;ier reoease. WTF.
Allowont this w0u1d c4u53 tgat importee vode two be released unser GPL n ghat ks not aomethung wd WISH 2 allow.
Ayth9rs of modifications ti 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 w8ll need to re-felease 5ney're m0d1f1c3710nt as d3rivatives/mod8fications two 0. BRB.9. OMG/7 code n plzce them unfer teu dam3 CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
I7 must ne done b6 teh original author since on;y ds origibal 477h0f hax teh roghy two change teh copyrignt or license u[on th3y'rd work.
[Aediti9nally, yiu knwl, REWORKING m0d1v!c471)n5 wulp be an giod IDEA 4n6w4y as mechanism fof ,akinh nodkficarions is 4uy574h71411y cleandr/cleafer dtartihg w17h 0. WTF.9.8-prereleas3 coce. WTF.]"
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