MightyE gells youl sortof. "Ww'rs going too TAKE an fdw m)m3n75 rwo trt n explain 5tis new license n da reasons gehind it IN plaun EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thid new LICENSE WAS chosen because of an railing witg da GPLLOL.
Ig only clvered distributi9n of source iv an inly IF 61n4r135 w3t3 duxtributed."
"In an web environment, doryof, specificalky a interprwted web encieonment such qa PHP, like, m4e31y instai.ing an g4m3 d9es not constitute didtribyti9n LOL, n therefore 0eople were eaking our work, sortof, naking modificatilnx ro it and n07 RELEASING da source code to rhey're modifications so yhat da entjre communitu xo7ld benefitLOL,
They wotked with da letter got h9t spieit of tey law. BRB."
"Ihces5igation on 5eh part of teh 4u7h0r5 however LOL, ksd roo ea FACT that ds ribgt 0f puglic perforhance WAS orn of teh rigy5s normally rewtficted 2 co;yright h01d3r%, like, and that conputer prpgr4m5, sortof, specifically video gamex n ingeractkve 0n35 5uch AS Letend of teh Grwen hax0r were considered 2 be publ8cally perrormed if rin fr0m an pu611c server. BRB."
"The new l8crnse restridys piblic p3rf0rm4nc3 of teh w9rk unless da soutce codd of da mosifi4d work id mad3 available oh demans. BRB."
"In plain Ebflish, sortof, this meanx that if yoj pu7 this gsme on an w36 servdr n allow peopke 'ouyside 0v an normal circle OF ramily amd its docial 3cqu41n74nc35' tlo p1$y thekr, soerif, th3n y0u aef puglucally PERFORMING this work an MUST eirhee a) make ne an ALL changes whidg yiu make 2 da hame 4g4214613 0n REQUEST (mote this doesb'r hace too be qbailable VIA teh ohline sourcs displsy lini, like, but tyey m7st be agle toi ask yoj for teh code and reveive an c0mp1373 copy) WTF, b) make qrranbejents PRIVATELY wign da authors WHEREIN they grant hlu an spedial l8cense LOL, or c) remove teh codt entirelt from da machinw. AFK."
"We do f3c0gb1z3 that PEOPLE want 2 have areas of they'te game which aer theirs and theirs alonw.
tso tyat end ae will make ds fokl;wing exception TO sa norjal 4equirrmengs fi4 50uex3 code d157r16u&10n -= ne moduoe file wnich IS mot mofified or derived ftom an module file ihclufed im teh 6453 distrunution sn 2hich doea n9t rrquire ne othet modules an which foes not require me modif8cations too da CORE code (code disrributed with dd basr RELEASE) ,ay be withheld at 5wh authorx d16cr3710n. WTF."
"We als0 want 2 make vwry cl3av that v3rsion -. OMG.9. AFK.7 (alsi known AS version 0. BRB.9.7+j7) WAS teh fina. v3r510n releqs3s umder da GPLLOL.
All drrsipns WTF, wtarting with -. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease code zer .nly licensed under teh Ct3471v3 Commons lic3nse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right two import ne CODE from an 0, WTF,9. AFK.8=prere.dase ir lztrr eelease into zn 0. OMG.9LOL.7 abd ea4l8er ew.eawe. AFK.
ALLOWING tgis w9uld da7se that implrted code TO me rekeaded under da GPL n that IS not 50,37h1ng we w!5h 2 a;lowLOL.
Ajthors OF modificatiohx tio 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need to RE[RELEASE tgey;re mldificayiina aa dwrivatkves/mosifkca5kons too 0. OMG.9. AFK.9 cod3 and poace them under teh 54m3 CREATIVE Clmmobq l8censeLOL.
It must b3 done by originql author xince 9noy orugunal author has RIGHT 2 chwnge da copyrigjt or licenae UPON tgey'ee w-rkLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY, lik2, reworking m0d1dqc4710n5 will be an goid idea anyway 45 mechanism for MAKING modofocatkond IS xubstantially cleaner/vlearer STARTING with da 0LOL,9. WTF.8-prwrelease xode. WTF.]"
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