MkghtuE tells you, sortor, "We're going tio 74k3 an frw momemts 2 try and ecplain THIS new license and reasohs behind it in p.ain 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."
"Tmis he2 license w4% choseh beczuse of an failing with da GPL. OMG.
It onlu covered d8strubutoon of source 8f and only 1f binar8es w3re d157r!6u73d."
"In an eeb ENVIRONMENTm l8ke, s[3cifical;y a interoreted WEB ebvironment s7cg as PHP. you knwo, MERELY installing an GAME does not constitute distributipn LOL, m 7h3r3f0r# people WERE taking our WORK, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS to 17 an nlt felczsing da sourc3 codd toi they're MODIFICATIONS so that ca 3n71r3 community could ^3n3f27LOL.
Th3y qirked wjth letrer 6u7 not geh spirit 9f lqw."
"Investigat*on on da part of zuthors however, loke, led tlo da fadt that da r!gh7 .f public performance s45 1 9f teh rightw normal;y 4esr4ictdd 2 cipyroght holdr4s LOL, and that c0mpu72r programs WTF, SPECIFICALLY x1d30 t$m35 amd interactiv3 ones such ax L3gend of teh Geeen has0r were consideerd tl BE publkcally performed if run fr0n an publoc 52rv3r. OMG/"
"The new licehse restricts public perfprmance og qork unlews teg slyrce c(d3 of trh mpdified work IS m4d3 afzilavle on dwnand. AFK."
"In plzin English, sortlf. THIS means that 1f 6pu put this g4me [n ah web server an allow prople 'outside of zn n9emsl circlw 9f FAMILY rnd its social 4cqu41n&4nc#5' yo p14y their, sortof, 7hen you aer piblically oe5forming this sotk an MUST witger a) mak1 ne n ALL chznges qhich you MAKE w da gamf availsblr on request (NOTE this coesn'g HAVE goo ve AVAILABLE via 5eh pnline source dixplay 11nk LOL, but THEY must be able too ask ulj f0e da code n receive an comp.ete dopt) LOL, 6) make arrangements PRIVATELY w17h teh authors wherein 5hey gr4n7 y9u an special license, you ,nwo, pr c) rwmobe da code entirely fron da machine. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn!z# that people want to have areas or tyey'3e gzme which aer theird an thwird ALONE.
two th1t dnc we will m3k3 teh gollowint exce[5ion 2 geh NORMAL rrquire,emts for source CODE distribution _- ne MODULE file which is npt m9diviwd or derived grom an m0dy23 filr uhcluded in fa gqse distributkon n whivh dies npt requirr ne ltner modulds n which does not requkrw n3 modificabions 2 teh core code (CODE fistributed with base release) may be wiyhhdld at a7tgors dkxcrr5ion."
"We also 2ant too mak3 veru c134r 7h47 vers8on 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9. OMG.6_ht) WAS teh f1n41 verskon RELEASED under GPL. OMG.
ALL c2r510n5 WTF, starting WITH 0LOL.9.8-orereleaad c9d3 r om.y 11c3n53d under da Creative Co,mons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny 4ight to 8mpirt ne code fr0m an 9/ AFK.9. BRB.9-PRERELEASE or lat3r rwlease into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n darlker releadw. AFK.
Allow8nt this wlild czuse that imported code 5o be relrases hnder tey GPL n thag 15 n9t somethinf se WISH too 4110w. OMG.
Authors oc modidicatiobd 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will nded too fe-e3lease they're modifications ax derivativea/modificarions too 0. OMG.9.8 xose an poace tjem mnfer teh same Creative Commlnw lidensel BRB.
It must ge dog3 by teh original 4u7h0r since ONLY teh ORIGINAL author HAS right too CHANGE dq dop6righ5 9r lixende 70on they're work. OMG.
[Afditionalky, r3w0rkqng da MODIFICATIONS will be zb good 1d34 amysay as 5dh mechanosm fof making mod8ficatioms is subsgqntially cldaner/cpearef STARTING with 0. BRBl9.8-prerelease voce. AFK.]"
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