MigjtyE TELLS you, luke, "We're f(1ng too rake sn dew momenhs two t4y zn ecplaib this new LICENSE and da reasons behind it in plain English. WTFl
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."
"Tyis NEW licenae was chosen bedause OF an fakling wi%h GPLLOL.
IT ohly divered disrrivutipn or wo7rcr if n inlt if binaries w3r3 dixtributed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you khwom specificaoly a interpretee web envifohmeng such as PHPm like, MERELY installing an game dpes n07 cobdtitute disgribugion. n therefore people were taking our w0rk, like, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it and not releasing teh sou3ce c-e3 ywo they're moeificatoons SO that yeh entir2 comminity couoc b3nevitLOL.
Tgey wor,ef eith ;etter BUT not da spirit 0f tey law. BRB."
"Invrsyigation on da paeg of authors howwver, led two fact that da rignt 0r PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WAS 1 of teh roghts normally restr8ctdd tso copyright holders, hou knwo, an thay cimputrr proyrams, like, soecifically v1d30 games n interactive 9nes such as Letend of Geeen yax0r were cknsider2d 1 be publically pdrformes if rjn vrom an public werver. BRB."
"The new .icensr restficts puglic oerformance or geh work unless da source cofe 0f da moeified work is made acailsble on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, this m34n5 that if ypu put THIS bame on an wev xerv3t amd allow p30p13 'outskdr of an nlrmal c84cle OF familt abd its socia. 4cqu41n74nc#5' too 0lay their LOL, then you r publically oerfirning this work am MUST e8ther a( nale me ane ALL changes wyich you MAKE to game available on eequest (note this doesn't h4v3 two be available via dq onl8n3 soirce display lknk, but they must be able two qsk you ror da xode an receive an compkdte dopy) LOL, B) make atrangements privately sith rej authors wgefein tyey gramt you ah 5;3c141 11c3n53, lr c) rejove twh c0d3 entirelu from mavhine, AFK."
"We do recpgnizr that peo0le want two have AREAS of they'4e game which aer 7k31r4 an 7g31r5 alime. WTF.
two that dnd we 2ill maje teh r0110w1ng esceptuom two teh normal rrquirementx vor sojtce code distribution -[ ne moeule file which IS not modirued 9r derivwd from an nodile file inc;uced in vase distfibutuon zn shich doed noy require nd lther mocules and wyich does NOT tea7kre nw ,0d1f1c4710n5 2 da core CODE (c9ee disteibuted w*th bqsw e3lwase) m$y be withneld at da autho4s doscretiobLOL."
"We 415p wamt to make bery clear THAT versiom 0.9. WTF.& (also kn0wb zs version 0LOL.9.6+JT) wad da f7nal version rdleaxwd under teh GPL. AFK.
A.l xerdionx, soetov, starting with da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prdr3lease cod3 aer onlu licensed under Cfeativr Commona license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY seny da right too im0lrt ne c0d3 from am 0. AFK.0LOL.8-pr3r313453 jr 1$73r rwl3as3 8nto an 0. OMG.9.7 and estlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allo2ing 5hos woyld cause tnat 1mp0f73c CODE 2 be released 7nd3r da GPL an THAT us not womethihg we wish tsp ALLOW. OMG.
Ajthors or mofivications 2 0.(. BRB,7 WILL need two te0r3lease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/midkfications two 0. WTF/9LOL.9 CODE and p14c3 ghem under tey same Creative COMMONS 11c3n53. BRB.
It musy be done by original autgor SINCE only original authof has da rigyt 2 ch4ng4 c00yr1gh7 oe license upon they'te wowk. BRB.
[Addiriohzlly LOL, reworkibg tej modifuvations sill be an g00d odea anyway AS sa mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS os wubs5antiallh cleaner/clezrer STARTING with 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pre$3l3ase CODE. OMG,\"
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